Bezirksliga Bayern Bezirksliga Bayern The Bezirksliga Bayern was the highest association football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1923 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933. The league was formed in 1923, after a league reform which was decided upon in Darmstadt, Hesse. Until the introduction of the "Bezirksliga", the "Kreisliga Südbayern" and "Kreisliga Nordbayern" were the highest leagues in the state. The league started out with eight clubs from all over the state of Bavaria, but without any teams from the Palatinate region (German:"Pfalz"), then politically a part of Bavaria
German name village of Veltheim, his family name would be "von Veltheim". In modern times, people who were elevated to nobility often had a 'von' added to their name. For example, Johann Wolfgang Goethe had his name changed to "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe". This practice ended with the abolition of the monarchy in Germany and Austria in 1919. Sometimes "von" is also used in geographical names that are not noble, as in "von Däniken". With family names originating locally, many names display particular characteristics of the local dialects, such as the south German, Austrian and Swiss diminutive endings "-l" "-el", "-erl", "-le"