FC Bayern Munich 3. Bundesliga Süd. The focus of the department is on youth support. The baseball division existed during the 1960s and 1970s, during which the team won two German championships, in 1962 and 1969. From 1966 to 1969 there existed an ice hockey team, which completed two seasons in the Eishockey-Bundesliga. The gymnastics department was founded in 1974 and were most successful in the 1980s. During this time, the team won four German championships in 1983, 1986, 1987, and 1988. In 2014, the division was dissolved. FC Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V., commonly known as FC Bayern München (), FCB,
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