Skat

Skat is a three-player trick-taking card game developed in Altenburg in Thuringia around 1810–1820, drawing on older games such as Schafkopf and Tarock. It spread through Germany during the nineteenth century and became the country's national card game, with standard rules fixed by congresses from 1886. Altenburg remains its centre, home to the international Skat court that rules on disputes and a fountain dedicated to the game.