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Tag Archives: Schläger
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Broken water pipe leads to discovery of rusty saber
Posted in 20th Century, fencing, Gear, Schläger, Sword Fighting, Weapons
Tagged Korbsäbel, korbschläger, Säbelfund Magdeburg, Schläger
Legends of the Sword: Satan fights a Mensur
The German novelist and poet Wilhelm Hauff (1802—1827) is more famous for his fairy tales than for his novels. Unreasonably so, because his Memoiren des Satan alone are better written and more enjoyable than all the semi-competent writage they throw at German literature students in college these days.
Hauff studied philosophy and theology at Tübingen. In 1826, he wrote Mitteilungen aus den Memoiren des Satan (Memoirs of Beelzebub), in which he works in some of the fencing activities of his brother, a member of the Tübinger Burschenschaft.
For the connoisseur of Gedecktes Hiebfechten, this is a rare monument of armament and strategy of the early Mensur… Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Duel, fencing, Library, Schläger
Tagged Biedermeier Mensur, memoiren des satan, memoirs of satan, mensur, Schläger, tübingen mensur, wilhelm hauff
Schläger Mensur; Heidelberg, Germany, 19th ct.
Thanks to Mark Twain and Jerome K. Jerome, Anglo-Saxons on both sides of the Atlantic consider the Mensur — a pan-German ritual of passage practised wherever quality German is spoken Heidelberg Mensur — synonymous with Heidelberg. Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, 20th Century, fencing, Schläger
Tagged escrime, fechten, fencing, heidelberg, korbschläger, mensur, Schläger, student duel, student prince
Fencing sabers; Germany or Austria, c. 1910
A little bit of help from the Tramizu Community would be appreciated to identify both weapons and origin…
Schläger Mensur; Germany, c. 1910-30
Most 19th- and early 20th-century photographs of Mensuren are staged. This one isn’t…
Posted in 20th Century, fencing, Images, Schläger
Tagged duel, duelling, fechten, fencing, korbschläger, mensur, Schläger, schlägerfechten
Bellguard Schläger Fencing; Germany, c. 1910
Posing for a souvenir photograph…
Posted in 19th Century, fencing, Schläger
Tagged fencing, glockenrapier, glockenschläger, mensur, Schläger, schlägerfechten
Mensur fencers; Germany, c. 1900
Posted in 19th Century, fencing, Images, Schläger
Tagged fencing art, mensur, Schläger
“Turner” with Schläger; Germany, c. 1900
After the Napoleonic Wars, the “Gymnasts Movement” tried to turn soft Germans into men of steel…