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The MTV 1846 Gießen (men's gymnastics club CR 1846 Gießen ) is one of the largest sports clubs in Hessen and one of the oldest sports clubs in Germany. Over 2300 members are organized in 30 departments. In the basketball Bundesliga , the professional team of the Gießen 46ers , which has been outsourced to a corporation, plays .
The sports facilities are located around the clubhouse of MTV 1846 Gießen. The MTV has two soccer fields, the more northerly place was completely renovated in 2007 and now has an artificial turf field and athletics facilities. The "46ers" play in the East Hall in Gießen , a converted school sports hall.
history
Today's MTV 1846 Gießen was created in 1957 through the merger of the Gießen gymnastics club, founded in 1846, and the Gießen men's gymnastics club, founded in 1855 .
Departments
The MTV 1846 Giessen currently has 29 different sports branches. These include classic fields such as football , gymnastics , gymnastics , basketball and American football , health and recreational sports as well as trend sports such as floorball , roundnet and Quidditch .
basketball
The basketball department of MTV 1846 Gießen was founded in 1937. It is the second oldest basketball department in Germany after VfL 1848 Bad Kreuznach . The team played in the top German league without interruption from 1966 to 2013. In the 1960s and 1970s she was four times German men's champion and three times cup winner . Since 1993 the professional team Gießen 46ers has been outsourced to a corporation . This has been playing in the Bundesliga again since 2015/16 . The MTV Giessen club continues to provide four men's teams and junior teams.
American football
The American Football division has existed since 2000 when loaner yesterday Lightnings joined MTV 1846. The first team has been playing under the name Gießen Golden Dragons since 2016 in the German Football League 2 , the second highest German league.
ice Hockey
After the Second World War , an ice hockey department was established in TV 1846 Gießen. In the 1950s, the team won several championships in the Hessian state league and played for promotion to the top division, the Oberliga . In the absence of an own artificial ice rink, it was occasionally necessary to move to Bad Nauheim . This eventually led to the dissolution of the department.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 41 ″ N , 8 ° 40 ′ 59 ″ E