German fencing championships 1896

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fencing German fencing championships 1896
venue Berlin
(foil single, saber single)
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The German fencing championships in 1896 were held in Berlin . They represented the first attempt at a national championship in sport fencing. Only individual championships in the weapons saber and foil were fought .

background

The first fencing clubs in German-speaking countries were founded in the second half of the 19th century. The first clubs were the fencing club Hanover from 1862 and the fencing club Offenbach founded in 1863 . By 1898 a total of 27 fencing clubs with around 1300 members had been established. Although the Gauverband Mittelrheinischer fencing clubs was established on May 2, 1880, the first umbrella organization that also hosted regional competitions, a national organization was not founded until 1897 with the German Fencing Association, which was soon renamed the German and Austrian Fencing Association (DÖFB) and a forerunner of the represents today's German Fencing Federation .

A year before the DÖFB was founded, an attempt was made for the first time on September 23, 1896 in Berlin to hold an all-German championship. Mainly fencers from the Rhineland and Berlin took part. The competition took place as part of the Berlin trade fair.

Results

Fighting was with foil , light saber (corresponds to the modern saber of sport fencing ), German (heavy) saber and bat . Team competitions were not held. Edward Breck won the title in the foil , with the light saber Kurt Pridöhl , who later belonged to the roster at the 1908 Summer Olympics but was not used, prevailed. Law student Steinert won with the German saber , and medical student Boldt won with the bat .

foil

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1 Edward Breck Berlin FC

Light saber

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1 Kurt Pridöhl Berlin FC
2 Herman

German saber

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1 Steinert ATV to Berlin
2 Witte Askan. TV Berlin

bat

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1 Boldt
2 Pan

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Schirmer, En Garde! Allez! Touchez! 100 Years of Fencing in Germany - A Success Story , Meyer & Meyer Verlag, Aachen 2012. Page 21f.
  2. ^ A b Max Schröder: Deutsche Fechtkunst , Georg Koenig Buchdruckerei and Verlag, Berlin 1938, p. 49.
  3. ↑ April 27 - October 31, 1908: Games of the IV Olympiad in London. Retrieved October 12, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Andreas Schirmer, En Garde! Allez! Touchez! 100 Years of Fencing in Germany - A Success Story , Meyer & Meyer Verlag, Aachen 2012. Page 218f.