Heidelberg Debating A (Sven Hirschfeld, Daniel Sommer and Franzi Kriegelstein) won the final of the renown Streitkultur Cup 2011 in Tübingen. They defeated Streitkultur Pheme from Tübingen (Peter Croonenbroeck, Anne Suffel and Jonathan Spanos).Free speakers were Philipp Stiel, Lukas Windhager and Dominic Hildebrand. The final was judged by Vanessa Schilling, Tobias Kube, Oliver Hörtensteiner, Sarah Kempf and Leo Vogel. Mario Dießner functioned as president of the final debate. The audience chose Peter Croonenbroeck as best speaker of the final who was awarded with a traditional cactus.

The winners of the Streitkultur Cup 2011: Sven Hirschfeld, Franzi Kriegelstein and Daniel Sommer (Picture: Philipp Stiel)

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The motions of  the Streitkultur Cups:

• Vorrunde 1: Schein oder Sein – Sollen Retouchierte Bilder in der Werbung verboten werden?
• Vorrunde 2: Sollten Staaten, die andere Staaten in Krisensituationen finanziell unterstützen, Mitspracherecht in deren Landespolitik erhalten?
• Vorrunde 3: Soll das Ehegattensplitting abgeschafft werden?
• Finale: Im Namen des Volkes: Brauchen wir eine Jury von Geschworenen?