ESV Kaufbeuren

ESV Kaufbeuren
Greatest successes
Bundesliga 2nd place 1966 German junior record holder (7) German league champion (second division) in 1961 , 1,969 four-time German Zweitliga- Master Master Oberliga Süd 2009
Club information
history	ESV Kaufbeuren (1946–1994) Kaufbeurer Adler (1994–1998) ESV Kaufbeuren (since 1998)
Location	Kaufbeuren
Nickname	Buron joker
Club colors	red , yellow
league	DEL2
Venue	Erdgas Schwaben Arena
capacity	3,100 seats (including 1,096 seats)
executive Director	Michael Kreitl
Head coach	Rob Pallin
captain	Julian Eichinger
Season  2019/20	9th place

The ice sports club Kaufbeuren ( ESVK for short , based on the historical name Kaufbeuren and the mascot "Joker" also Buron Joker ) is an ice hockey club in the Bavarian-Swabian town of Kaufbeuren . As Kaufbeurer Adler was outsourced professional team of the Association founding member of the German Ice Hockey League , from which they, however, in the season 1997/98 after a bankruptcy was eliminated. The ESVK club then continued to play in the 1998/99 season.

The ESVK has been playing its home games in the Erdgas Schwaben Arena since October 2017 .

history

Early years of Kaufbeurer ice hockey (1929 to 1969)

In 1929 an association was founded for the first time under the name ESV Kaufbeuren , which, however, was dissolved again a few years later. Today's ESV Kaufbeuren was finally founded in 1946 by Georg Leitner junior, whereupon the first game took place at the Kaiserweiher near the Kaufbeuren swimming pool. In 1956, the construction of an artificial ice stadium began at the current location, into which the club moved in 1956 after advancing to the ice hockey league , the top division at the time . Two years later, the ESVK lost 0:32 against EC Bad Tölz , which is still the club's highest internal defeat, the highest-scoring game and the highest victory or defeat in the history of the highest German ice hockey leagues. This record has not yet been surpassed in the German Ice Hockey League .

After relegation from the newly founded Bundesliga in the following year , the direct resurgence and relegation in the Bundesliga in the following two years could be celebrated under the coach Xaver Unsinn in the 1960/61 season . The team's top performers were Alfred Lutzenberger and Manfred Hubner , who in 1966 became the first player from Kaufbeur to become top scorer in the Bundesliga with 26 goals. In 1967 , the ESVK finished fifth in the preliminary round, but only placed third in the relegation round and thus had to relegate to the top division again.

"Elevator team" and establishment (1969 to 1994)

Two years later , he was promoted to the Bundesliga as a league champion, and the ice rink was converted into the current ice rink. In the same year, the attendance record of 7,000 spectators was set for a game against rival Augsburger EV . In the following years the team commuted repeatedly between the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga until the club was finally able to establish itself permanently in the ice hockey upper house in the 1980s. In the 1980/81 season , ESV Kaufbeuren moved into the newly created play-off round for the first time, where it failed in the quarter-finals, while striker Dieter Hegen was the top scorer with 54 goals. In 1984 the team with players like Vladimír Martinec , Bohuslav Šťastný and Hegen finally even reached the semi-finals and finally failed in the game for third place at the Mannheim ERC , as well as a year later at the Cologne EC . In the 1986/87 season , the club was leaders in the Bundesliga for a long time, but then slipped to fifth place and failed in the quarterfinals in four games against Mannheim.

In 1989 the ESVK rose to the 2nd Bundesliga for the first time since 1979 after a weak season. The decisive last game against Krefelder EV was lost with 2: 3, a draw would have meant relegation. In 1990 promotion to the Bundesliga was only given up on the last day of the match, as the ESVK took the lead 4-1 against EHC Freiburg , but ultimately lost 4-5, while a draw would have been enough for promotion. The club finally achieved this in the 1990/91 season and belonged to the top division until it was dissolved in 1994 .

DEL and economic decline (1994 to 1998)

Logo of the Kaufbeurer Adler (1994–1998)

For the 1994/95 season , the outsourced professional team Kaufbeurer Adler was finally a founding member of the newly created German Ice Hockey League , in which they twice reach the play-off round of 16 and can secure relegation once in the play-downs . After only a few game days of the 1997/98 season, however, the Adler finally had to file for bankruptcy due to financial problems , whereupon the team was excluded from the game.

New beginning and resurgence (1998 to 2015)

For the 1998/99 season , the first team of ESV Kaufbeuren continued the game operation in the fourth-class 2nd League South , after the license was granted shortly before the start of the season. As champions of the division, which has since been renamed Regional League , the team qualified for the Oberliga Süd in 2000 , and as runners-up, they returned to the 2nd Bundesliga after two years . In the following years the ESVK was able to secure relegation in the play-downs or the relegation round. In the summer of 2006, President Bernhard Pohl resigned after an internal power struggle with coach Peter Ustorf , and Kurt Dollhofer became the new chairman. In November, the contract with Ustorf was finally terminated after the previously promised successes failed to materialize. Then the former Kaufbeurer defender and national player Dieter Medicus , a member of the legendary defender formation "Kaufbeurer Stadtmauer", was appointed team boss.

Medicus resigned from his position in February 2007, whereupon he was replaced by Mike Bullard . After a 5-0 defeat in the seventh play-down game at ETC Crimmitschau , ESV Kaufbeuren finally rose in the same year to the league, where it finished fourth in the 2007/08 main round, but was already in the quarter-finals Dresdner Eislöwen failed and thus could not qualify for the DEB Cup in the next season. The Joker finished the preliminary round of the 2008/09 season with a third place and reached the play-off final, which was won with 3-1 games against EC Peiting . As champions of the Oberliga Süd, the ESVK qualified for the 2009/10 second division season . In the three following seasons, the ESV Kaufbeuren reached the play-offs despite one of the lowest budgets in the league, but were eliminated in 2010 and 2011 against the Schwenninger Wild Wings in the quarter-finals; In 2012 ESV Kaufbeuren lost to the later runner-up Starbulls Rosenheim in the quarter-finals. In the following seasons, the leap into the championship playoffs was no longer successful.

Renewed outsourcing of the 1st team to ESVK Spielbetriebs GmbH (from 2015)

On March 26, 2015, the extraordinary general meeting of the ESVK association decided to outsource the 1st team to ESVK Spielbetriebs GmbH , whose managing director Michael Kreitl was appointed.

Immediately after the end of the 2015/16 season, the ESVK announced the first contract extensions. At the end of July 2016, head coach Toni Krinner resigned for family reasons; Andreas Brockmann was appointed as his successor . In March 2017, goalkeeper Stefan Vajs received the DEL2 awards “Player of the Year” and “Goalkeeper of the Year” . At the beginning of April 2020 it was announced that the club was separating from head coach Brockmann. A few days later, Rob Pallin was introduced as the new head coach.

successes

• Bundesliga main round 2nd place 1966
• Bundesliga main round 3rd place 1964 , 1965
• Promoted to the Bundesliga in 1961 , 1974 , 1980 , 1991
• Promotion to the Oberliga (1st division) in 1956
• 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga record champions (4)
• German second division record champions (6)
• Four times German second division champion
• German Oberliga champions (2nd division) 1961, 1969
• German Oberliga runner-up (2nd division) 1976
• South German runner-up in 1956
• Bavarian champion (2nd division) 1956
• Champion Oberliga Süd 2009 , Vice-Champion South 2002
• Champion Regionalliga Süd 2000
• Bavarian runner-up (2nd division) 1954

Teams

Squad for the 2019/20 season

As of July 8, 2019

No.	Nat.	player	Item	Date of birth	in the team since	place of birth
32		Stefan Vajs	G	July 13, 1988	2010	Bonn , Germany
6th		Philipp de Paly	D.	0September 8, 1993	2017	Kaufbeuren , Germany
91		Julian Eichinger	D.	0May 7, 1991	2018	Fuessen , Germany
77		Valentin Gschmeißner	D.	17th August 1993	2019	Wolfratshausen , Germany
16		Florin Ketterer	D.	17th June 1993	2016	Starnberg , Germany
3		Leon Kittel	D.	October 24, 1999	2019	Marktoberdorf , Germany
13		Fabian Koziol	D.	October 11, 1999	2017	Fuessen , Germany
5		Simon Mayr	D.	March 12, 1995	2019	Weilheim , Germany
8th		Sebastian Osterloh	D.	February 20, 1983	2016	Kaufbeuren , Germany
76		Denis Pfaffengut	D.	0November 3, 1997	2014	Kaufbeuren , Germany
40		Steven Billich	RW	May 16, 1993	2017	Freiburg , Germany
71		Sami Blomqvist	RW	June 12, 1990	2016	Örnsköldsvik , Sweden
51		Branden Gracel	F.	May 24, 1990	2018	Calgary , Canada
39		Jere Laaksonen	C.	February 28, 1991	2016	Eurajoki , Finland
74		Louis Latta	F.	0August 7, 1998	2019	Schongau , Germany
11		Joseph Lewis	F.	July 26, 1992	2017	Newport , UK
69		Daniel Oppolzer	LW	January 28, 1989	2015	Kaufbeuren , Germany
4th		Ossi Saarinen	LW	0December 9, 1986	2018	Helsinki , Finland
		Tyler Spurgeon	C.	April 10, 1986	2020	Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
47		Alexander Thiel	RW	July 26, 1991	2018	Kaufbeuren , Germany
17th		Florian Thomas	F.	May 27, 1991	2014	Schongau , Germany
18th		Tobias Wörle		0August 1, 1984	2019	Fuessen , Germany
7th		Jonas Wolter	F.	January 27, 1997	2017	Cologne , Germany

Item	Nat.	Surname	Date of birth	in the team since	place of birth
Trainer		Andreas Brockmann	June 11, 1967	2016	Bad Toelz , Germany

Former teams

Season 2009/10 of the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga

The attacker Jordan Webb was the top scorer of the season.

2010/11 season of the 2nd Bundesliga ice hockey

With the attackers Daniel Menge (4th place) and Petr Sikora (10th place), 2 ESVK players were among the 10 top scorers of the season.

Season 2011/12 of the 2nd Bundesliga ice hockey

With the attacker Brady Leisenring (5th place) an ESVK player was among the 10 top scorers of the season. As in the previous year, the team was the youngest team in the 2nd Bundesliga with an average age of almost 24 years.

Season 2012/13 of the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga

The season was marked by the closure of the stadium, which was in danger of collapsing, and led to the departure of high performers such as coach Ken Latta and strikers Kevin Saurette and Daniel Menge .

2013/14 season of the DEL2

The coach Kenneth Latta, the defenders Matthias Müller and Milos Vavrusa, the strikers Daniel vielle, Maximilian Forster, Markus Eisenschmid, Lukas Brückner and Denny Kearney of the 2012/13 squad moved to other clubs.

In December 2013, the club announced the signing of German-Russian striker Konstantin Firsanov .

Season 2014/15 of the DEL2

After the 2013/14 season there were extensive changes in the squad. Goalkeeper Johannes Wiedemann, defenders Christof Aßner, Maury Edwards, Matti Näätänen, Jakub Körner, Philipp Gejerhos, Max Dropmann and forwards Alex Thiel, Hans Detsch, Philipp de Paly, Michael Kreitl, Konstantin Firsanov, Sami Ryhänen, Markku Tähtinen and Stephen Schulz left the club. New additions were the defenders Rob Kwiet , Matt Waddell , Martin Heider , Gregor Stein , the strikers Daniel Menge , Michael Fröhlich , Tim Richter , Florian Thomas , Brad Snetsinger and Matt Marquardt . Thorsten Knorr, Philipp Messing, Christian Scharr, Wayne Lucas and Jonas Lautenbacher joined the team from the junior team. The players Dustin Strahlmeier , Mathias Müller , Stefan Loibl and Manuel Wiederer from the cooperation partner Straubing Tigers have been given funding licenses and are therefore also part of the ESVK squad.

Season 2015/16 of the DEL2

Immediately after the end of the 2014/15 season, the ESVK announced the first contract extensions. Michael Kreitl ended his career as a player and was appointed managing director of ESVK Spielbetriebs GmbH . On February 16, 2016, the club announced the separation from head coach Mike Muller and assistant coach Norbert Pascha after a sporting downturn . The Joker could not ensure relegation until the seventh game of the playdowns on April 10, 2016.

Season 2016/17 of the DEL2

After the difficult 2015/16 season, the young strikers Max Lukes and Daniel Pfaffengut left the team; likewise, the contracts of forwards Josh Burnell, Chris St. Jacques and Wayne Lucas and defenders Lee Baldwin, Mitch Versteeg and Phillip Messing were not renewed. The Joker reached the semi-finals in the best season in 26 years.

Season 2017/18 of the DEL2

The first home game took place in the new stadium on October 8, 2017 - the Jokers defeated Wölfe Freiburg 1-0 in the Erdgas Schwaben Arena .

The team finished the main round in 4th place and reached the semi-finals as in the previous year. There they were eliminated from the eventual runner-up SC Riessersee .

2018/19 season of the DEL2

The team finished the main round in fourth place and reached the semi-finals as in the previous two years. There they were eliminated from the later master Ravensburg Towerstars .

Cooperations

The ESVK has been cooperating with the ERC Ingolstadt DEL association since 2015 . Since 2017 there has also been a cooperation with the upper division club ECDC Memmingen . In both cases, the aim is to better promote young talents.

More teams

In the 2011/12 season, teams of all age groups will take part in matches under the umbrella of the ESVK , with the junior, youth and school teams taking part in the highest division - the Bundesliga and DNL .

Women's team

Since the 1985/86 season, a women's team has also been taking part in the game under the umbrella of the ESVK , which took part in the women's ice hockey Bundesliga from the 1988/89 season . After the 1996/97 season , the team was relegated from the Bundesliga to the second-class Bavarian women's national league, in which the team also took part in the 2014/15 season.

offspring

• German junior record champion (7)
• South German U17 runner-up (youth) 2019
• German junior runner-up 2010
• German youth champion 1989, 2007
• German student champion 1999

player

Well-known former players

• Hans Birk
• Walter Birk
• Armin Birk
• Harald Birk
• Klaus Birk
• Bruce Cassidy
• Robert Dietrich
• Sebastian Furchner
• Dieter Hegen
• Horst Heckelsmüller
• Manfred Hubner
• Alfred Hynek
• Thomas Holzmann
• Thomas Jörg
• Drahomír Kadlec
• Walter Köberle
• Edgar Lill
• Alfred Lutzenberger
• Vladimír Martinec
• Michael Machek
• Dieter Medicus
• Sebastian Osterloh
• Jochen Reimer
• Patrick Reimer
• Pavel Richter
• Heiner Römer
• Manfred Schuster
• Bohuslav Šťastný
• Alexander Sulzer
• Go Tanaka
• Thomas Tragust
• Xaver nonsense
• Stefan Ustorf
• Michael Waginger
• Jordan Webb
• Erich Weishaupt

Venues

Due to static deficiencies, the club stadium was unusable from December 2012 to October 2013 and was largely cordoned off.

After the Second World War , ice hockey games were played in Kaufbeuren on the ice pond in the Jordan Park , and later also on a splashed meadow in the city pool and on the Kaiserweiher. With the promotion to the league in 1956, a new, careless artificial ice rink was built on the site of today's ice rink at Berliner Platz, which offered space for 5,000 to 6,000 spectators. In 1969 the covered ice rink was opened at Berliner Platz , which was last sponsored by the SparkassenArena and had a capacity of 4,600 seats.

Stadium closed from December 2012 to October 2013

On December 14, 2012, the club owned ice rink on Berliner Platz was surprisingly closed to all use by the city of Kaufbeuren. A routine structural analysis of the hangar's towing system anchored in concrete pylons in August 2012 revealed defects. The following laboratory tests of the core drilling of the roof-bearing pylons revealed high chloride values ​​in the concrete, which are presumably due to an entry from the outside and endanger the statics of the hall. Due to the stadium closure, the club suffered a loss of income and high additional costs for stadium rents and trips to neighboring ice rinks. In a press release on December 21, 2012, the city of Kaufbeuren promised to contribute to expenses for travel expenses, supervisors and stadium rents in the non-profit area of ​​the association's work. After completion of the renovation and renovation work, the venue was opened again in October 2013.

New building

→ Main article : Erdgas Schwaben Arena

The city council of Kaufbeuren decided on July 1, 2014 to build a new ice rink. In the decision of July 29, 2014, he decided on the "Parkstadion training grounds" location. The referendum: "Protect our city bag - no new professional ice rink" to reject the use of the new ice rink for professional ice hockey was rejected in the referendum on January 18, 2015. On February 24, 2015, with the city council resolution on the spatial program, the order for the preparation of the preliminary design for a stadium for max. 3,500 spectators (with up to 1,000 seats) granted. The contract went to the ASP architects from Stuttgart, which also worked at the reference stadium Eisstadion Weißwasser .

The construction and subsequent operation of the new stadium will be carried out by the new municipal company Eisstadion Kaufbeuren , to which the already concluded contracts have been transferred and whose losses are to be borne by the city of Kaufbeuren. The groundbreaking took place on April 6, 2016, and the opening took place on October 6, 2017.

Web links

• ESV Kaufbeuren. Official website of ESVK Spielbetriebs GmbH. ESVK Spielbetriebs GmbH, accessed on February 17, 2016 (homepage of the 1st team). 
• Ice sports club Kaufbeuren. Official website of the ESVK youngsters. Eissportverein Kaufbeuren e. V., accessed February 17, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Spectator statistics for ice hockey online
2. ↑ 60 years of the ESVK. (No longer available online.) In: Geschichte. ESV Kaufbeuren, formerly in the original ; accessed on June 3, 2011 : "Kaufbeuren was so clearly superior at the time" 
3. ↑ Spectator statistics for ice hockey online
4. ^ Philippe Bader: Forward-looking decisions made. Extraordinary general assembly decides to outsource the professional hockey department. In: News. ESV Kaufbeuren, March 27, 2015, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; accessed on April 7, 2019 . 
5. ↑ esvk.de; April 17, 2015: Michael Kreitl Managing Director of ESVK Spielbetriebs GmbH ( Memento from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed online May 16, 2015)
6. ↑ Philippe Bader: Andreas Brockmann takes over the coaching position at ESVK with immediate effect. In: News. ESV Kaufbeuren, July 26, 2016, accessed on July 19, 2018 : "Toni Krinner can no longer work at the ESVK for family reasons." 
7. ↑ Kaufbeurens Stefan Vajs is the best player in the DEL2 2016/2017. In: DEL-2.org. ESBG Eishockeyspielbetriebsgesellschaft mbH, March 4, 2017, accessed on July 17, 2018 : "With Stefan Vajs from ESV Kaufbeuren, a goalkeeper was honored as the best player of the year in the DEL2 at the German ice hockey gala in Cologne." 
8. ↑ https://esvk.de/news/rob-pallin-ist-der-neue-an-der-esvk-bande.html
9. ↑ http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/Allemagne1954.htm#Bayern
10. ↑ Top scorer of the main round 2009/10. In: Archive. Hockey Spielbetriebsgesellschaft mbH , accessed on May 28, 2011 . 
11. ↑ Top scorer. Main round 2010/11. In: Archive. Hockey Spielbetriebsgesellschaft mbH , accessed on May 28, 2011 . 
12. ↑ Christian Demel: Defenders Bernhard Ebner and Jannik Woidtke use DEL chance. In: News. ESV Kaufbeuren, March 29, 2012, accessed on July 19, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Two new strikers for DEG: Henry Martens and Marco Habermann. (No longer available online.) DEG Eishockey GmbH, April 11, 2012, formerly in the original ; accessed on April 27, 2012 : "After Woidtke and Ebner, the native Peißenberger is also moving from Kaufbeuren to the Rhine." 
14. ↑ Max Forster moves to Kaufbeuren. Ex-cannibals in action against Landshut on Friday. In: News from the Landshut region. Wochenblatt Verlagsgruppe, November 15, 2012, accessed on January 8, 2013 : “The former U18 and U20 national player and former DEL professional (85 games for the Straubing Tigers) has been back at his home club EV Landshut since the start of the season. There was, however, until 15.11. Fixed-term contract no longer extended because of the exhausted team budget. " 
15. ↑ Next setback: Kevin Saurette leaves Kaufbeuren. Ice Hockey News , December 20, 2012, accessed December 27, 2012 . 
16. ↑ ^{a b} Alexander Thiel leaves Ravensburg. Schwäbische Zeitung , January 3, 2013, accessed on July 17, 2018 : "Towerstars striker Alexander Thiel is moving to ESV Kaufbeuren in his hometown with immediate effect." 
17. ↑ Christian Demel: Joker squad back to target strength. Striker Denny Kearney replaces Changed Saurette. In: News. ESV Kaufbeuren, January 7, 2013, accessed on July 19, 2018 . 
18. ↑ Christian Demel: Ken Latta leaves the ESVK. Trainer asks ESVK for approval. In: News. ESV Kaufbeuren, April 15, 2013, accessed on August 19, 2018 : "ESV Kaufbeuren regrets the short notice Latta has canceled, but looks back on many successful years of good cooperation with Ken Latta and wishes him all the best for the future." 
19. ↑ Entries and exits of the Buron Joker. ESV Kaufbeuren, archived from the original on August 1, 2013 ; accessed on July 17, 2018 . 
20. ^ ^{A b} Philippe Bader: New entry for the ESVK. Konstantin Firsanov is moving to Kaufbeuren. In: News. ESV Kaufbeuren, December 23, 2013, accessed on July 19, 2018 . 
21. ↑ Entries and exits of the Buron Joker. ESV Kaufbeuren, November 2014, archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; accessed on July 17, 2018 . 
22. ↑ Philippe Bader: ESVK releases trainer Mike Muller from his duties as head coach. In: News. ESV Kaufbeuren, February 17, 2016, accessed on July 19, 2018 : "At the same time as the likeable German-American, Norbert Pascha will also be released from his duties as assistant trainer." 
23. ↑ The ESV Kaufbeuren team in the 2017/2018 season. ESV Kaufbeuren, December 2017, archived from the original on December 9, 2017 ; accessed on July 2, 2018 : "Average age: 24.11 years" 
24. ↑ The ESV Kaufbeuren team in the 2018/2019 season. ESV Kaufbeuren, April 2019, archived from the original on April 18, 2019 ; accessed on May 9, 2019 . 
25. ↑ ESVK and ECDC Memmingen cooperate - Buron Joker. Retrieved August 22, 2018 . 
26. ↑ Women's ice hockey in Germany - historical teams (accessed online on May 18, 2015)
27. ↑ http://www.lev-nrw.de/vergangenheit%2009-10/tabellen/nachwuchs/deb/jug%20dm%20end.htm
28. ↑ http://www.esv-kaufbeuren.de , History - Foundation
29. ↑ hockeyarenas.net Eisstadion Kaufbeuren
30. ^ Christian Demel: City puts pressure on the stadium issue. Stadium owned by the ESVK, but the city supports the club as much as possible. In: News. ESV Kaufbeuren, December 21, 2012, archived from the original on January 1, 2013 ; Retrieved on July 17, 2018 (press release from the city of Kaufbeuren). 
31. ↑ The ice stadium in Kaufbeuren can be used again . Focus Online. October 18, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
32. ↑ kaufbeuren.de; July 1, 2014: Resolution of the City Council: Kaufbeuren Ice Stadium Discussion and resolution on items 2 - 7
33. ↑ kaufbeuren.de, decision of the city council: Eisstadion Kaufbeuren - location decision (accessed online on May 25, 2015)
34. ↑ kaufbeuren.de, December 4, 2014: Resolution of the City Council: Decision on the approval of the citizens' initiative "Protect our city sack - no new professional ice stadium" (accessed online on May 25, 2015)
35. ↑ kaufbeuren.de Preliminary result of the referendum ice stadium (accessed online on May 25, 2015)
36. ↑ kaufbeuren.de, March 12, 2015: "Planning phase at the ice rink is progressing" (accessed online on May 25, 2015)
37. ↑ kaufbeuren.de, April 20, 2015: Delegation of the city council visits the ice rink in Weißwasser (accessed online on May 25, 2015)
38. ↑ kaufbeuren.de, September 30, 2014: City council resolution: company statutes for the "municipal company Eisstadion Kaufbeuren"; Advice and decision-making (accessed online on May 25, 2015)
39. ↑ December 4, 2014: Resolution of the city council: Transfer of the contracts for planning services from the city of Kaufbeuren to the municipal company Eisstadion Kaufbeuren (accessed online on May 25, 2015)
40. ↑ kaufbeuren.de, April 3, 2015: Budget 2015: The most important data and facts (accessed online on May 25, 2015)