2010–11 3rd Liga
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The 2010–11 3rd Liga was the third season of the 3rd Liga
, Germany
's third tier of its football league system. The season commenced on the weekend of 23 July 2010 and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011. The winter break was in effect between weekends around 18 December 2010 and 29 January 2011.
, the worst two teams from the 2009–10 2nd Bundesliga
, the losers of the 2nd Bundesliga relegation play-off between the 16th-placed 2nd Bundesliga team and the third-placed 3rd Liga team and the champions from the three 2009–10 Regionalliga
divisions.
2009–10 3rd Liga
champions VfL Osnabrück
and runners-up Erzgebirge Aue
were promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga
. They were replaced by TuS Koblenz
and Rot Weiss Ahlen who finished 17th and 18th respectively in the 2009–10 2nd Bundesliga season
.
Borussia Dortmund II
, Holstein Kiel
and Wuppertaler SV Borussia
were relegated after the 2009–10 season
. They were replaced by the three 2009–10 Regionalliga
champions SV Babelsberg 03
, 1. FC Saarbrücken
and VfR Aalen
.
A further spot was available through relegation/promotion play-offs, which was eventually taken by 16th placed 2nd Bundesliga team FC Hansa Rostock
after losing on aggregate score against FC Ingolstadt 04
.
Notes
1 Voith-Arena was named GAGFAH-Arena until mid-February 2011.
19 goals Dominick Kumbela
(Eintracht Braunschweig
) Patrick Mayer
(1. FC Heidenheim)
17 goals Alexander Esswein
(Dynamo Dresden
) Matthew Taylor (Rot Weiss Ahlen)
16 goals Dennis Kruppke
(Eintracht Braunschweig
) Olivier Occean
(Kickers Offenbach
)
14 goals Björn Ziegenbein
(Hansa Rostock)
13 goals Eric Agyemang
(Wacker Burghausen) Frank Löning
(SV Sandhausen
)
12 goals Zlatko Janjić
(SV Wehen Wiesbaden) Marcel Reichwein (Rot-Weiß Erfurt) Marc Schnatterer
(1. FC Heidenheim)
Alexander Esswein
(Dynamo Dresden
) Dennis Kruppke
(Eintracht Braunschweig
) Patrick Mayer
(1. FC Heidenheim) Marjan Petkovic
(Eintracht Braunschweig
) Björn Ziegenbein
(Hansa Rostock)
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
's third tier of its football league system. The season commenced on the weekend of 23 July 2010 and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011. The winter break was in effect between weekends around 18 December 2010 and 29 January 2011.
Teams
As in the previous year, the league comprised the teams placed fourth through seventeenth of the 2009–10 season2009–10 3rd Liga
The 2009–10 3rd Liga season was the second season for the newly formed tier III of the German football league system. The season began on 25 July 2009 and ended on 8 May 2010.-Exchange between 2nd Bundesliga and 3rd Liga:...
, the worst two teams from the 2009–10 2nd Bundesliga
2009–10 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
-Personnel and sponsorship:-Managerial changes:-League table:-Results:...
, the losers of the 2nd Bundesliga relegation play-off between the 16th-placed 2nd Bundesliga team and the third-placed 3rd Liga team and the champions from the three 2009–10 Regionalliga
2009–10 Fußball-Regionalliga
The 2009–10 Regionalliga season is the sixteenth since its re-establishment after German reunification and the second as a fourth-level league within the German football league system. It is contested in three divisions with eighteen teams each...
divisions.
2009–10 3rd Liga
2009–10 3rd Liga
The 2009–10 3rd Liga season was the second season for the newly formed tier III of the German football league system. The season began on 25 July 2009 and ended on 8 May 2010.-Exchange between 2nd Bundesliga and 3rd Liga:...
champions VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :...
and runners-up Erzgebirge Aue
FC Erzgebirge Aue
FC Erzgebirge Aue is a German football club based in Aue, Saxony. The former East German side was a charter member of the 3. Liga in 2008–09, after being relegated from the 2. Bundesliga in 2007–08. The city of Aue has a population of about 18,000 making it one of the smallest cities to ever...
were promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga
2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga was the 37th season of the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its football league system. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 and ended with the last games on 15 May 2011...
. They were replaced by TuS Koblenz
TuS Koblenz
TuS Koblenz is a German association football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Fussball Club Deutschland Neuendorf, which was formed in 1911, is viewed as the foundation of the modern club.-Play under the Third Reich:...
and Rot Weiss Ahlen who finished 17th and 18th respectively in the 2009–10 2nd Bundesliga season
2009–10 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
-Personnel and sponsorship:-Managerial changes:-League table:-Results:...
.
Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund. They currently play in the Regionalliga West.-Current squad:-Current technical staff:- References :...
, Holstein Kiel
Holstein Kiel
Holstein Kiel is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. Through the 1910s and 1920s the club was a dominant side in northern Germany winning six regional titles and finishing as runners-up another six times...
and Wuppertaler SV Borussia
Wuppertaler SV Borussia
Wuppertaler SV Borussia is a German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in 1929 out of the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cronenberg and Ronsdorf – each with its own football club...
were relegated after the 2009–10 season
2009–10 3rd Liga
The 2009–10 3rd Liga season was the second season for the newly formed tier III of the German football league system. The season began on 25 July 2009 and ended on 8 May 2010.-Exchange between 2nd Bundesliga and 3rd Liga:...
. They were replaced by the three 2009–10 Regionalliga
2009–10 Fußball-Regionalliga
The 2009–10 Regionalliga season is the sixteenth since its re-establishment after German reunification and the second as a fourth-level league within the German football league system. It is contested in three divisions with eighteen teams each...
champions SV Babelsberg 03
SV Babelsberg 03
SV Babelsberg 03 is a German association football club based in Potsdam-Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903 and again as SG Karl-Marx Babelsberg in 1948 as successor to the pre-war side SpVgg Potsdam 03.-History:Playing as SV Nowawes the team...
, 1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903...
and VfR Aalen
VfR Aalen
VfR Aalen is a German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg.-History:The club was founded on 8 March 1921 out of the football department of the gymnastics club MTV Aalen and has led a largely unremarked existence as a lower division side...
.
A further spot was available through relegation/promotion play-offs, which was eventually taken by 16th placed 2nd Bundesliga team FC Hansa Rostock
FC Hansa Rostock
F.C. Hansa Rostock is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the former East Germany and have made several appearances in the 1. Bundesliga. Rostock currently compete in the 2. Bundesliga...
after losing on aggregate score against FC Ingolstadt 04
FC Ingolstadt 04
FC Ingolstadt 04 is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingolstadt and MTV Ingolstadt.-ESV Ingolstadt:...
.
Stadia and locations
No major changes happened to the capacities of the team's stadia during the off-season.| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aalen Aalen Aalen is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district, and its largest city, as well as the largest city within the Ostwürttemberg region. In spatial planning, Aalen is designated a Mittelzentrum... |
Scholz-Arena Scholz-Arena The Scholz-Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Aalen, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of VfR Aalen. The stadium is able to hold 11,169 people.... |
11,183 | |
| Potsdam Potsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre.... |
Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion | 10,499 | |
| Bayern Munich II FC Bayern Munich II Bayern Munich II are the second team of German association football club Bayern Munich. In 2010–11 they played in the 3rd Liga, having qualified for its inaugural season in 2008, and have consistently played at the third level of German football — they played in the Regionalliga Süd from... |
Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... |
Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße Grünwalder Stadion The Städtisches Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße is a multi-purpose stadium in Munich, Germany. It was built by 1860 Munich in 1911 and was the home ground for TSV 1860 München until 1995. Local rival FC Bayern Munich also played in the stadium from 1926 until 1972, when they moved to the new... |
10,240 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss... |
Jena Jena Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document... |
Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld The Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld is a sports facility in Jena, Germany. It was dedicated on August 24, 1924 and was named after entrepreneur Ernst Abbe 15 years later. The facility is in southern Jena, directly on the Saale River... |
12,990 |
| Dynamo Dresden Dynamo Dresden SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles... |
Dresden Dresden Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area.... |
Glücksgas-Stadion Glücksgas Stadium Glücksgas Stadium is a football stadium in Dresden, Saxony. It is the current home of Dynamo Dresden. The facility had previously been known as the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, but in December 2010, the naming rights were sold to Glücksgas, a Bavarian energy company... |
32,066 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:... |
Braunschweig Braunschweig Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser.... |
Eintracht-Stadion | 25,540 |
| Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock F.C. Hansa Rostock is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the former East Germany and have made several appearances in the 1. Bundesliga. Rostock currently compete in the 2. Bundesliga... |
Rostock Rostock Rostock -Early history:In the 11th century Polabian Slavs founded a settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc ; the name Rostock is derived from that designation. The Danish king Valdemar I set the town aflame in 1161.Afterwards the place was settled by German traders... |
DKB-Arena | 29,000 |
| Heidenheim | Voith-Arena1 | 10,000 | |
| Jahn Regensburg | Regensburg Regensburg Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate... |
Jahnstadion | 11,800 |
| Kickers Offenbach Kickers Offenbach Kickers Offenbach is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs including Melitia, Teutonia, Viktoria, Germania and Neptun... |
Offenbach | Stadion am Bieberer Berg | 26,500 |
| Koblenz Koblenz Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the... |
Stadion Oberwerth Stadion Oberwerth Stadion Oberwerth is a multi-use stadium in Koblenz, Germany. It is currently mostly used for football matches and is the home stadium of TuS Koblenz, who got relegated to the 3rd German division after the 2009/10 season. The stadium has a total capacity of 15,000 people including 4000 seats.... |
15,000 | |
| Ahlen Ahlen Ahlen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the District of Warendorf and is economically the most important town in that district. Ahlen is part of the larger Münster region, and of the historic Münsterland area.... |
Wersestadion Wersestadion Wersestadion is a multi-use stadium in Ahlen, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Rot Weiss Ahlen. The stadium is able to hold 15,000 people and was built in 1997.... |
12,500 | |
| Erfurt Erfurt Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian... |
Steigerwaldstadion Steigerwaldstadion Steigerwaldstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Erfurt, Germany. The stadium is able to hold 19,439 people and was built in 1931. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt.... |
17,500 | |
| Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live.... |
Ludwigspark | 35,303 | |
| Sandhausen Sandhausen Sandhausen is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 7 km south of Heidelberg.-People:* Selçuk Alibaz , footballer... |
Hardtwald Hardtwaldstadion The Hardtwaldstadion is a football stadium in Sandhausen, Germany. Situated in a small patch of forest near the Sandhausen town limits, it is the home stadium of local football team SV Sandhausen.- History :... |
10,231 | |
| Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... |
GAZi-Stadion auf der Waldau GAZi-Stadion auf der Waldau The Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau is a multi-use stadium in the Degerloch district in Stuttgart, Germany. The stadium is situated approximately 200m besides the Fernsehturm Stuttgart and holds 11,410 spectators , which makes it the second biggest stadium in Stuttgart.... |
10,100 | |
| Unterhaching Unterhaching Unterhaching is the second largest municipality in the district of Munich in Bavaria, Germany.-History:Based upon the discovery of graves, the settlement of the Haching Valley can be traced back as far as 1100 B.C... |
Generali Sportpark Generali Sportpark Generali Sportpark is a multi-use stadium in Unterhaching, Germany. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SpVgg Unterhaching. The stadium is able to hold 15,000 people.-External links:*... |
15,053 | |
| Wacker Burghausen | Burghausen Burghausen, Altötting Burghausen is the largest city in the Altötting district of Oberbayern in Germany. It is situated on the Salzach river, near the border with Austria. Its castle, atop a ridge, is the longest castle in Europe .- History :... |
Wacker-Arena Wacker Arena Wacker Arena is a multi-use stadium in Burghausen, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SV Wacker Burghausen. The stadium is able to hold 10,000 people.... |
10,000 |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | Wiesbaden Wiesbaden Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens... |
BRITA-Arena BRITA-Arena The BRITA-Arena is a football stadium in Wiesbaden, Germany. It is the home ground of 3rd Liga side SV Wehen Wiesbaden.The stadium is named after its former main sponsor Brita, a German company specialised in producing water filters, and replaced the Stadion am Halberg in Taunusstein as SV Wehen's... |
12,250 |
| Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen II is the reserve team of Werder Bremen. It currently plays in the 3. Liga and has been a regular fixture at 3rd level football in Germany... |
Bremen Bremen The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is... |
Weserstadion Platz 11 Weserstadion The Weserstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Bremen, Germany. The stadium is scenically situated on the north bank of the Weser River and is surrounded by lush green parks . The city center is only about a kilometer away... |
5,500 |
Notes
1 Voith-Arena was named GAGFAH-Arena until mid-February 2011.
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
Source: kicker (German)19 goals Dominick Kumbela
Dominick Kumbela
Dominick Kumbela is a DR Congolese football player playing for Eintracht Braunschweig.-Career:After being released from SC Paderborn 07 on 7 July 2009, he signed a contract with Rot Weiss Ahlen two days later. After two years he returned to Eintracht Braunschweig on 8 January 2010.-External links:...
(Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...
) Patrick Mayer
Patrick Mayer (German footballer)
-External links:...
(1. FC Heidenheim)
17 goals Alexander Esswein
Alexander Esswein
Alexander Esswein is a German footballer who plays as a striker for 1. FC Nuremberg.-Club career:...
(Dynamo Dresden
Dynamo Dresden
SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles...
) Matthew Taylor (Rot Weiss Ahlen)
16 goals Dennis Kruppke
Dennis Kruppke
Dennis Kruppke is a German footballer currently playing for Eintracht Braunschweig.He joined SC Freiburg from VfB Lübeck in 2003. He returned to Lübeck for a six month loan in January 2007. After this loan he played again for SC Freiburg but was transferred in January 2008 to Eintracht...
(Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...
) Olivier Occean
Olivier Occean
Olivier Occean is a Canadian footballer player who currently plays for SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-College soccer:...
(Kickers Offenbach
Kickers Offenbach
Kickers Offenbach is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs including Melitia, Teutonia, Viktoria, Germania and Neptun...
)
14 goals Björn Ziegenbein
Björn Ziegenbein
Björn Ziegenbein is a German footballer. As of 2010, he plays for F.C. Hansa Rostock. He made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for TSV 1860 München on 29 March 2006 when he came on as a substitute in the 78th minute in a game against SV Wacker Burghausen.-External...
(Hansa Rostock)
13 goals Eric Agyemang
Eric Agyemang
Eric Agyemang is a Ghanaian footballer. He currently plays for Arminia Bielefeld.-Career:On 10 April 2010, Agyemang scored his first hat-trick in Germany for Erzgebirge Aue against VfL Osnabrück.- External links:...
(Wacker Burghausen) Frank Löning
Frank Löning
Frank Löning is a German footballer, who currently plays for SV Sandhausen.-References:...
(SV Sandhausen
SV Sandhausen
SV Sandhausen is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg.-History:...
)
12 goals Zlatko Janjić
Zlatko Janjic
Zlatko Janjić is a Bosnian footballer, who currently plays for SV Wehen Wiesbaden.-References:...
(SV Wehen Wiesbaden) Marcel Reichwein (Rot-Weiß Erfurt) Marc Schnatterer
Marc Schnatterer
Marc Schnatterer is a German footballer who plays for 1. FC Heidenheim.-External links:...
(1. FC Heidenheim)
Player of the season
The following players were been nominated as the 3rd Liga Player of the season, with Alexander Esswein announced as the winner on June 3rd after a public vote.Alexander Esswein
Alexander Esswein
Alexander Esswein is a German footballer who plays as a striker for 1. FC Nuremberg.-Club career:...
(Dynamo Dresden
Dynamo Dresden
SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles...
) Dennis Kruppke
Dennis Kruppke
Dennis Kruppke is a German footballer currently playing for Eintracht Braunschweig.He joined SC Freiburg from VfB Lübeck in 2003. He returned to Lübeck for a six month loan in January 2007. After this loan he played again for SC Freiburg but was transferred in January 2008 to Eintracht...
(Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...
) Patrick Mayer
Patrick Mayer (German footballer)
-External links:...
(1. FC Heidenheim) Marjan Petkovic
Marjan Petkovic
Marjan Petković is a German football player of Serbian descent. He currently plays for Eintracht Braunschweig.-Career:He made his debut on the professional league level in the 2...
(Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...
) Björn Ziegenbein
Björn Ziegenbein
Björn Ziegenbein is a German footballer. As of 2010, he plays for F.C. Hansa Rostock. He made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for TSV 1860 München on 29 March 2006 when he came on as a substitute in the 78th minute in a game against SV Wacker Burghausen.-External...
(Hansa Rostock)