Schwabenhau 2026 returns to Ulm under new leadership
Schwabenhau is back in Ulm for Sept. 19-20, 2026, with its 13th edition set under new organizational leadership and a full sparring hall.
Schwabenhau will return to Ulm on September 19-20, 2026, and the biggest change is not the format but the people steering it. The 13th edition is being staged under new organizational leadership, while keeping the same two-day mix of workshops, lectures and open sparring that has made the event a fixture on the German HEMA calendar.
The venue stays the same as well: Eduard-Mörike-Halle, Hofäckerweg 84, Ulm. Organizers have set event hours at 09:00 to 17:30, and the sparring hall will remain open throughout the weekend. Registration is expected to open about two months before the event, with further information on the trainer lineup promised in the months ahead.
That balance of change and continuity matters for clubs planning the trip. Schwabenhau is not being pitched as a hard-bracket tournament weekend, but as a training and exchange forum where fencers can move between structured instruction and unscheduled bouts on the floor. For returning attendees, the message is clear: the bones of the event remain in place, but the leadership has changed hands.
The Schwabenfedern, the Ulm group behind the event, have trained there since 2011 and are part of SSV Ulm 1846 e.V. They describe Schwabenhau as one of the larger German events for historical European martial arts, and their own history backs that up. A 2024 press note said that year’s Schwabenhau drew about 70 participants from six countries, a compact but international turnout that fits the event’s role in the regional HEMA circuit.
The group also runs Symphony of Steel, one of its two major annual events, which helps explain Schwabenhau’s place in Ulm’s martial arts calendar. The spring tournament handles the competitive edge; Schwabenhau leans into the broader training weekend, with experienced trainers, open sparring and the kind of crossover between clubs that keeps the scene connected.
For September, the change in stewardship looks more like a handoff than a reset. The event is still rooted in the same hall, still spread over two full days, and still built around the same core promise: serious training with enough room left over for the bouts and conversations that give Schwabenhau its identity.
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