the first german cup was held in 1935. it was then called "von tschammer und osten pokal", or "tschammerpokal" for short, named after "reichssportführer" (sports chief of the reich) hans von tschammer und osten. the first final was contested between the two most successful clubs of that era, 1. fc nürnberg and schalke 04, with nürnberg winning 2 – 0. after the last "tschammerpokal" was held in 1943, the cup was not held for almost ten years, being re-introduced by the german football association (dfb) in 1952 under its current name, "dfb-pokal". in 1965, the original trophy, "goldfasanen-pokal", was substituted by the trophy which is still awarded today, because the original reminded dfb president peco bauwens of the nazi era.