Nobel Prize Winners and Inventors from Hessen - invest-in-hessen
Nobel Prize Winners and Inventors from Hessen - invest-in-hessen
Nobel Prize Winners and Inventors from Hessen - invest-in-hessen
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<strong>Hessen</strong> Keeps You Fit<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ally, <strong>Hessen</strong> also offers well organized<br />
facilities for sports <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
golf, tennis, horse rid<strong>in</strong>g, hangglid<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
canoe<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>and</strong> bicycle tours.<br />
And when you need to unw<strong>in</strong>d, why<br />
not enjoy a long dip <strong>in</strong> the state’s<br />
numerous thermal baths? Indeed,<br />
<strong>Hessen</strong> has 32 heal<strong>in</strong>g baths <strong>and</strong><br />
spas, more than <strong>in</strong> any other state <strong>in</strong><br />
Germany. Wiesbaden alone boasts<br />
37 thermal spr<strong>in</strong>gs.<br />
Fans of spectator sports <strong>and</strong> the<br />
athletically <strong>in</strong>cl<strong>in</strong>ed have a lot to<br />
enjoy <strong>in</strong> <strong>Hessen</strong>. Here are some<br />
top recommendations: the oldest<br />
bicycle race <strong>in</strong> Germany ”Around<br />
the Henn<strong>in</strong>ger Tower“, the worldfamous<br />
Frankfurt Marathon, Iron<br />
Man Germany, <strong>and</strong> the largest<br />
runn<strong>in</strong>g event <strong>in</strong> Europe, the JP<br />
Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge.<br />
There is also the World Cup Ski<br />
Jump<strong>in</strong>g Tournament <strong>in</strong> Will<strong>in</strong>gen<br />
<strong>and</strong> the “Pfi ngstreitturnier”,<br />
the horse-rid<strong>in</strong>g tournament <strong>in</strong><br />
Wiesbaden. Besides top league<br />
matches <strong>in</strong> h<strong>and</strong>ball, ice hockey,<br />
<strong>and</strong> basketball, Frankfurt Galaxy<br />
(American football) matches <strong>and</strong><br />
those played by the venerable<br />
E<strong>in</strong>tracht, Frankfurt’s orig<strong>in</strong>al<br />
soccer team, are unforgettable<br />
experiences.<br />
DID YOU KNOW …<br />
› that skeptics abounded when the<br />
National Football League (NFL)<br />
established Frankfurt Galaxy<br />
<strong>in</strong> 1991? But it wasn‘t long before<br />
the unique mixture of American<br />
sports <strong>and</strong> high-powered enterta<strong>in</strong>ment<br />
captured the enthusiasm<br />
of fans <strong>and</strong> games were sold out.<br />
In the meantime, Frankfurt<br />
Galaxy has become the most<br />
successful franchise <strong>in</strong> the NFL<br />
Europe league.<br />
› that <strong>in</strong> 1993, the J.P. Morgan<br />
Chase Corporate Challenge<br />
(over 5 km) <strong>in</strong> Frankfurt started<br />
out with just 527 runners <strong>from</strong> 57<br />
companies, <strong>and</strong>, <strong>in</strong> 2006, boasted<br />
62,390 runners <strong>from</strong> 2,191 companies<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>from</strong> all parts of<br />
Germany, mak<strong>in</strong>g it the largest<br />
road race <strong>in</strong> Europe <strong>and</strong> one of the<br />
top ten worldwide?<br />
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