I want to get some JSON data from a HTTPS secured Webserver using a ESP8266.
For some reason I'm getting an empty response, I believe there's an error parsing the GET request.
In Chrome I get the JSON response without problems.

GET Request:

    httpsClient.print(String("GET ") + path + " HTTP/1.1\r\n" +
                   "Host: " + host + "\r\n" +               
                   "Connection: close\r\n\r\n");
Host and Path:

    const char *host = "www.adler-mannheim.de";
    const char *path = "/jsonapi/game/current";


**UPDATE:**

I tried fetching some JSON from another Server and it worked finde, so i can rule out my code.
Fiddling around with the host and path I observe this:

 - Hostname without "www" results in a 301



 - Hostname with "https://www" results in no HTTPS connection at all
 
So it seems that a "www" is required although it unfortunately leads into a empty response. 

The output is as follows:

    headers received
    reply was:
    ==========
    ==========
    closing connection

In the first case, without using "www" in ahead of host there's some 301 HTML in between the two lines of "=".

How can I fix that?