Duel between Ketteler and Lohmann

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Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler as bishop in 1865
Picture of a Göttingen scale length 1837 in the German House . Visible the possibility of wounding the face and upper body
"German House" or "German Garden", Göttingen 2012

The Ketteler – Lohmann duel was a duel on basketball that was held in 1830 between the Göttingen student Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler and his fellow student Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor Lohmann. It is the only combat with arms in which a (later) Roman Catholic bishop was involved with Ketteler .

People involved

At the time of the duel, Ketteler was studying law in Göttingen, where he had been a member of the Corps Guestphalia since 1829 . Lohmann, who came from Sottrum and later became a lawyer in Stade , studied the same subject and was a member of the rival Bremensia . Ketteler's second was Count Max von Korff called Schmising auf Tatenhausen, Karl Ernst Felix von Platen zu Hallermund from Hanover acted as referee . Timpani doctor was the university's prosector , Joseph Ignatz Pauli.

course

The two opponents met by chance in the summer of 1830 in the restaurant Deutsches Haus des Wirts Kaiser in Reinhäuser Landstrasse 22 in Göttingen. Lohmann is said to have accidentally stepped on Ketteler's foot. The Lohmann confronted by Ketteler denied this fact, which led to an exchange between the two. In the course of this, Ketteler uttered a formal insult, according to the student self- image of the time, with the remark, "He thinks it is strange that Lohmann does not want to see his bad manners ." Lohmann then challenged him to a game of rackets with 12 courses. The duel took place a few days later in the Ulricis bowling alley (Groner Landstrasse 8) in Göttingen. In the fourth gear, Ketteler was so wounded by a blow in the tip of his nose that part of his nose was bleeding. The satisfaction was therefore taken for granted, and as a result no formal reconciliation took place. Ketteler was led by Dr. Pauli looked after immediately; however, the wound did not heal properly. Ketteler tore off the tip of his nose that was not healing and went to Berlin for medical treatment. A rhinoplasty reconstruction of the tip of the nose was partially successful. However, Ketteler retained a lifelong visible scar on the tip of his nose.

consequences

Although the duel was not fought with a pistol or saber, but with basket hammers , it was not without danger. Since the fencers were not protected by goggles according to the rules of the time, there was primarily a risk of eye injuries. It could also have been fatal. The University of Göttingen therefore opened a university court investigation against the opposing parties. In this, both parties involved were forbidden from continuing their dispute under threat of relegation by judgment of August 30, 1830 . Lohmann, who had already been convicted of other matters by the university, was given the Consilium abeundi, which was limited until Easter 1831 . The hitherto inconspicuous Ketteler was 14 days detention condemned the seconds of three days each.

aftermath

Although von Ketteler was convicted of the duel and served his term in prison, this had no detrimental effects on his career as a priest and politician, so that he became a bishop and a member of the Reichstag. As for the duel, Ketteler explained as bishop in a pastoral letter in 1866 that the church does not condemn the duelist, but rejects the duel as such. Against the background of this differentiation, he could say of himself in old age: "I was certainly a brisk student, but God saved me from things that I should be ashamed of in the world."

literature

  • Otto Pfülf : Bishop of Ketteler (1811–1877) . A historical account. 3 volumes, Kirchheim Verlag, Mainz 1899.
  • Gerhard Saul: Corps students as spiritual dignitaries , in: Einst und Jetzt , Vol. 24 (1979), pp. 43–54.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 69 , 180
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 40 , 343
  3. ↑ Korff studied in Göttingen from November 5, 1828; see. Oesterley: History of the University of Göttingen , Part 4, Göttingen 1838, p. 46
  4. ↑ Von Platen (born August 3, 1810 in Marseille; † November 9, 1887) studied in Göttingen from May 14, 1829; see. Oesterley: History of the University of Göttingen , Part 4, Göttingen 1838, p. 46 .
  5. ↑ He died in 1855; see. Bayerisches Volksblatt of April 9, 1855, p. 337.
  6. ↑ The restaurant was also called "on the Kaiser" after the landlord. Today it is called Hotel Eden and still bears the name Deutscher Garten as a name for the building facing the street, which was used as a restaurant (after the fire on June 30, 1996): Photo at Panoramio Archivlink ( Memento from May 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Historical photo of the pub room in the German House in the state of the Bismarckian era from Corps Hannovera Göttingen
  8. ↑ City chronicle for the year 1920 The Ulrici inn was a traditional dining hall in front of the Groner Tor and should not be confused with Ulrich's garden in the east of the city, also known as "Weibergram" in the 18th and early 19th centuries / later Marinekameradschaft Göttingen
  9. ↑ Cf. from a medical point of view Gerhard Saul: Corps students as spiritual dignitaries , in: Einst und Jetzt , Vol. 24 (1979), p. 51
  10. ↑ So also the first concern in Eduard Wedekind's report : Student life in the Biedermeier period: a diary from 1824 , reprint Göttingen 1927, p. 102
  11. ↑ See Johann Michael Raich: Wilhelm Emanuel Freiherr von Ketteler. Pastoral letters , Mainz 1904, p. 442.
  12. ↑ Otto Pfülf : Bishop of Ketteler (1811–1877) . A historical account. 3 volumes, Kirchheim Verlag, Mainz 1899, p. 35.