History and stories: The legend of Bökelberg

The Bundesliga ascent match between Mönchengladbach and Holstein in June 1965. It must have been a colourful activity when religious Catholic boys and the sports community Teutonia met in the Mönchengladbach district of Eicken in August 1900. In 1914 a sand pit was acquired, which was only called "de Kull", five years later the sports field was opened on Bökelstraße. Munich-Gladbach, according to the then spelling, was then the first German city…