German fencing championships 1898

German fencing championships 1898
date		13-15 November 1898
venue		Vienna (foil single, saber single)
Host		German and Austrian Fencing Federation
← 1897		1899 →

The German fencing championships in 1898 were the second and penultimate German championships held by the German and Austrian fencing federations . Only individual championships in the weapons foil and saber were fought .

Results

The championships were held in Vienna from November 13th to 15th . The foil was fought with a fixed and loose length , a light saber (corresponds to the modern saber of sport fencing ) and a German (heavy) saber. Team competitions did not take place, a competition in the epee was also not held. Dr. Camillo Müller from the Haudegen Wien club achieved a double victory in foil with a loose scale and a light saber. La Racine won the competition in fixed-scale foil . Last year's winner from Szalkowski from ATV Berlin prevailed in the heavy saber .

Foil in a loose scale

space	athlete	society
1	Camillo Müller	Vienna
2	Heinrich Muller	Vienna
3	La Racine	German-Italian Fencing Club Berlin

Foil with a fixed scale

space	athlete	society
1	La Racine	German-Italian Fencing Club Berlin
2	Josef Wimmer	Vienna
3	Richard Wimmer	Vienna

Light saber

space	athlete	society
1	Camillo Müller	Vienna
2	Richard Wimmer	Vienna
3	Ferdinand Mattausch	Vienna

German saber

space	athlete	society
1	Wladislaw von Szalkowski	ATV to Berlin
2	Hans Kufahl	Vienna
3	Lanzensdorfer	Vienna

Individual evidence

1. ^ Max Schröder: Deutsche Fechtkunst , Georg Koenig Buchdruckerei und Verlag, Berlin 1938, p. 49.