Debating in Germany is just 20 years old – the oldest debating society being Streitkultur Tübingen, founded in 1991. For their anniversary they take a whole weekend to celebrate. Kick-off for the celebrations is a show debate between on one side Ansgar Kemmann and Thomas Schwarz Wentzer, of the generation of the founding fathers, and on the other side Philipp Stiel and Peter Croonenbroeck, winner of the German national championship 2010. The show debate will take place on Friday, December 9. Guest of honor will be Asfa-Wossen Asserate, honorary senator of the University of Tübingen and grandnephew of Haile Selassie.

The rest of the weekend will be an open tournament for more than 100 debaters from all the German speaking regions across Central Europe. Honorary patron will be Winfried Kretschmann, prime minister of the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg. Read more on the details in the German version.

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