HG Nuremberg

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The club in 1937.

Hockeygesellschaft Nuremberg is a sports club in Nuremberg, Germany. It was founded in 1920.

By 1921, the club featured an ice hockey section. HGN won the Northern Bavarian Championship in 1923, 1924 and 1930, and finished second in the Bavarian Championship in 1921, 1925, 1926 and 1937.

In 1936, they opened a new home rink, the Lindestadion, with a match against Eislaufverein Eger. HGN competed in the German Championship in 1936 and 1937.

The club went on hiatus due to World War II in 1940, and was later revived in 1949. In 1953, HGN played in the Bayernliga. HGN rose to the second-level Oberliga in 1959. They formed a syndicate with Marienberg Nuremberg until 1962. In 1965, the ice hockey department was completely transferred to the newly founded club Spielgemeinschaft Nuremberg.