Racing skewer

Reenactor in the re- enacted Tjost ( Livermore 2006)

The racing skewer , also called Störtzer , was a stabbing weapon or thrust weapon of the Middle Ages , depending on its use .

It was a 3 to 5 m long, smooth lance with a long, leaf-shaped tip . The wooden shaft was mostly painted in the colors of the warlord, in tournaments in those of the knight .

The racing spear was one of the weapons of medieval knights and was not thrown, but served as a thrust and thrust weapon. In tournaments, the racing skewer with a blunt tip ( crowning ) was used for jostling , with a sharp tip for sharp races and to pick up a ring from the ground or from a pole ( ring piercing ).

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  Tournament crown (replica) at Lichtenstein Castle in the Haßberge district in Bavaria

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  "The Scharfrennen", from the medieval house book of Wolfegg Castle

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  Harnesses with racing skewers

See also

• Racing flag
• Renner (horse)
• Racing field
• Run away

Web links

• Gustav Friedrich Klemm : The tools and weapons, their creation and training. Neuse, Sondershausen 1858, p. 276 ( online ).