1932–33 Bezirksliga Bayern Schalke 04. The 1932–33 marked the end of the Bezirksliga as the top tier in Southern Germany and Bavaria as well as the end of the Southern German championship. The league was replaced by the Gauliga Bayern, one of 16 Gauligas in Germany from 1933 onward, introduced after the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933. Twelve clubs from the two Bezirksligas qualified for the new Gauliga Bayern while the two clubs from Ulm, located in Württemberg, were moved to the new Gauliga Württemberg. The 1932–33 season saw two new clubs in the league, Germania Nürnberg and SpVgg Erlangen.
Central Germany (cultural area) Central Germany (cultural area) Central Germany () is an economic and cultural region in Germany. Its exact borders depend on context, but it is often defined as being a region within the federal states of Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, or a smaller part of this region, such as the metropolitan area of Leipzig and Halle plus the surrounding counties. The name dates from the German Empire, when the region was approximately in the centre of the country. Since the German Empire's eastern territories became part of Poland (and Russia in the aftermath of World War II), "Central Germany" has been