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Today’s clash sees 5th meet 11th in the Verbandsliga Südbaden (South Badenese Football Association), which is one of the 21 German state football associations. Military history note: the separation of North Baden from South Baden stems from the aftermath of WWII, when the former was occupied by the USA, and the latter by the French.
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As such, this amateur league (unlike the 6th tier in England, which is semi-professional or even professional ) rests in the sixth tier of the German football pyramid.
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Lahr sits about 30 minutes outside Freiburg im Breisgau, which lies in the Black Forest region of Germany – and currently boasts a 1.Bundesliga team of it’s own (but I couldn’t get tickets for that). So off we go.
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