German fencing championships 1897

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fencing German fencing championships 1897
venue Berlin
(foil, epee and saber singles)
Host German Fencing Federation
← 1896 1898 →

The German fencing championships in 1897 took place in Berlin . They were the first German championships to be held by the German Fencing Association, which was founded in the same year and which was soon renamed the German and Austrian Fencing Association . Only individual championships were fought with the weapons foil , epee and saber .

background

On March 7, 1897, 29 clubs and 11 individual fencers from Germany and Austria founded the German Fencing Federation in Berlin . In order to prevent a split, it was renamed the German and Austrian Fechterbund in October, on the second fencing day in Dresden . This was intended to express Austria's equal membership. The first title fights of the new association took place on June 6th and 7th, 1897 in Berlin.

Results

The foil was fought with a fixed and loose length , a light saber (corresponds to the modern saber of sport fencing ), a German (heavy) saber and epee. Team competitions did not take place. Lingenberg prevailed in both foil disciplines and with the sword . von Szalkowski (fencer) won the German saber competition. Richard Wimmer from Vienna won with the light saber .

Foil in a loose scale

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1 Lingenberg German-Italian Fencing Club Berlin
2 La Racine German-Italian Fencing Club Berlin
3 Henke Wiener Neustadt

Foil with a fixed scale

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1 J. Pridöhl German-Italian Fencing Club Berlin
2 Lambert Fencing Club Hanover
3 Measuring Hermannia Frankfurt

Light saber

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1 Richard Wimmer Warrior Vienna
2 Henke Wiener Neustadt
3 Theodor Adamovits innsbruck

German saber

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1 Wladislaw von Szalkowski ATV to Berlin
2 Crow Fencing judges
3 Dr. jaw Berlin FC

Sword

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1 Lingenberg German-Italian Fencing Club Berlin
2 Edward Breck Berlin FC
3 Henke Wiener Neustadt

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Schirmer (Ed.): En Garde! Allez! Touchez! 100 Years of Fencing in Germany - A Success Story , Meyer & Meyer Verlag, Aachen 2012. Page 22.
  2. ↑ Sport im Bild , No. 20, May 14, 1897. P. 327. online
  3. ↑ Results according to: Max Schröder: Deutsche Fechtkunst , Georg Koenig Buchdruckerei und Verlag, Berlin 1938, p. 49. For foil with a fixed length according to: Michael Wenusch, History of the Viennese Fechtsport im 19. und 20. Century (= dissertations of the University of Vienna 3 ), WUV - Universitätsverlag, Vienna 1996. p. 455.