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Assassination in Mannheim

When
23 March 1819
Where
Kotzebue's house
Part of
Assassination of August von Kotzebue by Karl Ludwig Sand

Sand visited Kotzebue's house in Mannheim on 23 March 1819 under a pseudonym and attacked the dramatist.

Sand, a member of a liberal Burschenschaft, had contemplated the murder in a diary entry from May 1818. On the morning of 23 March 1819, he visited Kotzebue's house in Mannheim using the pseudonym Henry. Kotzebue had recently moved to Mannheim, which was part of the Grand Duchy of Baden.

Sources

  1. Karl Ludwig Sand Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-15
  2. August von Kotzebue Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
  3. Mannheim Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30

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