![Solothurn seen from the west, mid-18th century. The redoubts, which had only just been built, surround the town.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/solothurn-mitte-18-jhd-300x225.jpg)
This one died at the garden fence, that one on the doorstep
An argument between two former friends from the patrician class in Solothurn was the undoing of both opponents and plunged a mother into hopeless despair.
![Peter Julius von Sury drops dead in front of the house of Anton Besenval's mother, Gertrud von Besenval. Engraving from around 1858.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/peter-julius-von-sury-wird-vor-dem-haus-der-mutter-von-anton-besenval-gertrud-von-besenval-vom-schlag-getroffen-300x233.jpg)
What had happened?
This one could well keep quiet! He does not belong here by right and is not worthy to wear the sword at his side.
Du Hundsfott!
![The disputed Stadtvenner election of 17 April 1723. This engraving was made in 1859, the church is therefore shown in the state after the classicist reconstruction of 1823/25.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/die-strittige-stadtvennerwahl-vom-17-april-1723-in-solothurn-300x239.jpg)
![Shortly after the duel in Solothurn 1723.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/kurz-nach-dem-duell-in-solothurn-1723-300x235.jpg)
![Waldegg Castle, family seat of the Besenvals, around 1780.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/das-schloss-waldegg-familiensitz-der-besenvals-um-1780-300x200.jpg)
Banished to St. Gallen
![Memorial cross for the duel of 1723 in the Greiben, near Solothurn's old town.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/erinnerungskreuz-fur-das-duell-von-1723-in-der-greiben-nahe-der-solothurner-altstadt-211x300.jpg)
Baroque Days Solothurn
As part of the Solothurn Baroque Days, the Museum Altes Zeughaus offers a wide range of professional and scenic guided tours, including an intensive fencing workshop. Topics include the 30-year war, the lucrative soldiering in Solothurn, duels and the decoration of fans.
The Baroque Culture Festival lets you experience the "Baroque" with all your senses for a full week.
For more information and tickets, visit barocktage.ch.