You may now follow the world record attempt of Streitkultur Tübingen in long time debating. They are going to debate 44 debates in a row in OPD style. A livestream is online. You may also follow their twitter account @ZwoelfteMinute to get live informations. Finally: There is a Facebook Site online, too.

Learn about what the media in Germany and beyond have to say about the German Debating Championship, or Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (DDM) 2011. Please read the German version of this bit. Find the tabs of DDM online: The one after prelims and the final tab. ...

Please read the German version of this article to learn about winners, runner-ups, motions, special awards and to find pics from the black-tie party that the DebatingClub Heidelberg threw during the German Debating Championship, or Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (DDM). ...

This article is not available in English. Please read the German version to learn about how ten years back Michael Hoppmann, now professor in Boston, founded the Offene Parlamentarische Debatte (OPD), or open parliamentary debate, a format widely spread in German language debating. ...

Severin Weingarten, Moritz Niehaus and Clemens Lechner of Debattiergesellschaft Jena won the 11th German Debating Championship. More informations to follow soon. Please read the German version meanwhile.

For teams qualified for semis of the Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (DDM), or German Debating Championship. Read here who competed on a sunny Sunday morning for the title of Deutscher Meister. The motion read "Brauchen wir einen europäischen Marshallplan für Nordafrika?", or "Do we need a Marshall Plan for North Africa?". ...

The German Debating Championship is getting more and more exciting. The motion reads "Soll die Wikipedia Weltkulturerbe werden?", or "Should Wikiepedia become World Heritage?". Read here who made it to quarters in Heidelberg: ...

This article is not available in English. Please read the German version to learn about which teams, free speakers and adjudicators made it to octos at the Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (DDM), or German Championship in Heidelberg. ...

The break to finals of the ZEIT DEBATTE Jena is online! Please read the German version of this article to learn who made it to final. vro / apf ...

The Break of the ZEIT DEBATTE Jena is online! Please read the German version of this article to learn who made it to semis. apf / vro ...

When I started my year abroad at the US-American East coast I was really thrilled by the idea that Yale, my new alma mater to be, hosted one of the best debating societies in the world. I dreamt away, driven by my winning the German debating championship in Münster: exciting debates with great guest speakers and members of various secret societies in dreary vaults. I was quickly disappointed when I realized it was not that easy to get a mere impression of how debating is carried out on campus. Two reasons for being disappointed: Firstly, I was not granted admission into ...

More impressions from the German regionals. Please read the German version of this article to learn more about what debating societies in Heidelberg, Mainz, Bremen and Tübingen have to say about their respective competitions and how the media in the Brandenburgian capital Potsdam cheer for the winners of the Eastern German regional. Der Westen even discusses the problem of minors breaking to the final - they are students from a school in Unna. glx / apf ...

We are very sorry, this article is not yet available in English. Please read the German version to learn more about käsespätzle, org comm wearing dirndl and how Florian Prischl got sun burnt during a debate tournament. ...

We are sorry, this article is not available in English. Please read the German version of this article to learn more about the re-furbished website of Streitkultur Tübingen. xzy / apf

Please read the German version of this article to learn more about the Southern German Championship in Bayreuth.

Please read the German version of this article to find out who broke to semi-finals at ZEIT DEBATTE Stuttgart! ...

We're sorry, this article is not available. Please read the German version of this article to learn more about the success of the first "Tübinger Forum".

Old stagers from Tübingen wrote about how to use rhetoric during academic studies. Daniel Grotzky, himself a veteran on the German debating circuit, penned a review on the book by Tim-C. Bartsch und Bernd Rex. Interested in the book? Read the German version of the article to get a review. glx / apf

This article is not yet available in English. Please read the German version to learn more about wine tasting, masquerade and ... uhm ... yes, debating and motions at ZEIT DEBATTE 2011 in Mainz. It was a great tournament with amazing socials. ...

On January 23rd at 4 p.m., the debating society Streitkultur Tübingen will be organizing the "1st Tübinger Forum"! The overall topic of this first issue will be "Stuttgart21, smoking-ban and an education reform - do we need more civil participation?" The Tübinger Forum is characterized by a panel discussion with audience participation and well-known speakers. tr / apf

Read more on Tübingen's Streitkultur Cup in the German version of this article and find out how Marcus Ewald won the audience, how Natalie Wieseotte won a version of "Who wants to be a millionaire" on OPD (the German format of open parliamentary debate) and how Pauline Leopold won in a competition on the rules of OPD but still felt ashamed. ...

Marc Lenzke, Marcus Ewald and Isabelle Loewe (DC Bonn) won the prestigious Streitkultur Cup in Tübingen. They defeated as team for Debattierclub Johannes Gutenberg Mainz (DCJG) another DCJG team consisting of Sina Strupp, Jan Papsch and Nicolas Eberle. The final was completed by the three Free Speakers Lea Weitekamp (Bonn), Hauke Blume (Berlin) and Wladi Jachtschenko (München). Judges of the final were Mario Dießner, Jenny Bachmann (Karlsruhe) and Daniel Grotzky (München/Zürich), president was Gudrun Lux (Mainz/Bonn). The motions were: Round 1:  Sollen Volksentscheide bei Großprojekten verpflichtend werden? Round 2: Soll die Pressefreiheit bei Terrorgefahr eingeschränkt werden? Round 3:  Brauchen wir wieder Militärparaden in Deutschland? Final: ...

Nothing less than the most prestigious club title is at stake: This weekend, over 100 debaters from Germany, Switzerland and Austria will converge on the small college-town of Tübingen for the Streitkultur-Cup, the open club championship of Streitkultur Tübingen. On Saturday, 27 teams of three debaters will face off in three preliminary rounds to take one of the two spots in the final (or one of the three spots for single speakers), taking place in the evening. Traditionally, the final takes place in the Old Anatomical Building. Streitkultur-Cup uses the Open Parliamentary Debate (OPD) format developed in Tübingen. Particularly the widely ...

In early November, Pauline Leopold and Peter Croonenbroeck from Streitkultur Tübingen talked to the radio broadcaster SWR4. The complete interview is available on the internet. apf / glx

This is a bit on stories and rumours behind the BaWü 2010, for instance how a team from Berlin called and said how they're stuck in a traffic jam near Frankfurt - unfortunately, this team hadn't registered before! Read more on this and other stories in the German version of this article! ...

Old stagers from Tübingen wrote another book on rhetoric, this time on "key competence in argumentation". Daniel Sommer, himself a veteran on the German debating circuit, penned a review on the book by Markus Herrmann, Michael Hoppmann, Karsten Stölzgen and Jasmin Taraman. Interested in the book? ...

Streitkultur Tübingen announced the chief adjudicators of Steitkultur Cup: Mario Dießner of Wortgefechte Potsdam and Christoph Krakowiak, Streitkultur Berlin's president, will be in charge. Until November 14th, you may register for Streitkultur Cup, a German-language debating tournament held in OPD style. Please send an e-mail to vorstand[at]streitkultur.net and let your host know how many teams your institution is going to send to the tournament. Registration fees are 10 Euros and a limited number of crash will be available, others will be asked to care for their own accommodation. There will be three preliminary rounds and a final which will be staged ...

Mixed teams of all kind are welcome at the Streitkultur Cup 2010. That comprises novices and experienced speakers, male and female debaters, and even debaters from different institutions. The most renowned open competition on the German speaking debating circuit will take place on 11 December in Tübingen and will be held in the format of OPD (open parliamentary debate, a format developed by the hosting society), hence teams of three may now register via vorstand[at]streitkultur.net. Please let your host, the famous Streitkultur Tübingen, know how many teams your institution is going to send to the tournament. Registration fees are 10 Euros ...

The Gutenberg Cup 2010 tab is online, and the first credits of the free debating league (FDL) are listed. Thus, first pickings on the competition hosted by the Debattierclub Johannes Gutenberg Mainz (DCJG) are presented here. The Tab of the Gutenberg Cup 2010 is available on DCJG’s. It was already after the preliminary rounds that Tübingen’s team Streitkultur Dionysos was a probable candidate for the title of “Master of the Jokes”. A first ranking after FDL’s opening competition can be found on the league’s website. Now, Streitkultur Tübingen is at the top of the new hit list followed by DCJG Mainz. Upcoming ...

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