Aachen Carnival Association

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The Aachen Carnival Association, founded in 1859 eV (AKV), earlier spelling: Aachen Carnival Association (ACV), is a carnival association founded in Aachen in 1859 . It is the second oldest association of its kind in the city of Aachen and currently the largest in terms of membership. The AKV is the organizer of the annual award of the order against seriousness . Since May 20, 2019, women can also become members.

history

Florresei

On February 12, 1829, the Florresei Carnival Association was founded in the then new Aachen City Theater with the participation of Mayor Edmund Emundts and a "considerable number of honorable men" by the judicial officer Clemens August Hecker and a Carnevals Committee , the later Elferrat, with the approval of Aachen Police Director Friedrich Joseph Freiherr von Coels von der Brügghen founded. The purpose of the establishment of the association, which was approved by the police in accordance with the requirements of the time, was the order and regulation of the Aachen carnival. According to Conrad Stossberg, the first chronicler of Florresei, the name comes from flor bloom or flora flowers and in Aachen refers to a person in dazzling clothes, the Florres . According to Will Hermanns , the word arises from the French faire florés , the Latin flos and means to live wonderfully and in joy .

The first mask parade of this carnival society took place in 1830 and was considered a bourgeois adaptation of a form of parade originally reserved for the nobility . Chancellor Otto von Bismarck was made an honorary member by the Florresei in 1879. In 1883 there is still talk of the Florresei, which probably went down in the anti-carnival mood in 1899.

Since 1997 the traditional name Florresei has experienced a contemporary comeback in the form of a costume ball of the AKV, organized by the honor hats , the ball and festival files , which have been united as Chapeaux d'honneur since 1830 , in the baroque hall of the Alten Kurhaus Aachen , which for this purpose is the Florresei Palace is called.

ACV

On December 9, 1859, on the initiative of Felix Ackens and the incumbent president of the Florresei, Peter Kaatzer , a group split off from the Florresei and founded the New Aachen Carnival Association in the Zum new Klüppel wine bar . In the first year of the association, 222 gentlemen from the better and best classes in town became members. The annual fee including cap in the colors blue-yellow-red-white and songbook was initially three club thalers .

The early years were considered disorderly , as four sessions were held without the award of a medal. In 1865 the first club newspaper Echo of the Aachen Carnival Association was published and the first two carnival medals had been donated. The statutes also included charitable work. A mask procession for all carnival clubs was organized by the ACV in 1864 and by 1899 the ACV was known beyond the city limits. From 1881 onwards, the Aachen Carnival Prince was exclusively provided by the AKV. From 1899 to 1921, the carnival took a back seat and was initially denounced as pagan customs and later drowned out by the chaos of war and temporarily stopped.

AKV

At the instigation of Peter Geulen, a new edition of the club life took place in October 1921. On November 12, 1921, the first general assembly since 1913 took place and the association was henceforth registered as the Aachen Carnival Association . On the occasion of his 50-year membership, Geulen, who has meanwhile also been appointed honorary chairman, founded the Peter Geulen Foundation for the war blind in 1923 . Legal restrictions, the economic crisis and the final phase of the Weimar Republic put a strain on the activities of the association and with the beginning of the Second World War, all kinds of carnival events finally ceased. It was not until November 22, 1947 that the AKV was able to hold its first general meeting after the war with 82 of 248 members in the Aachener Bürgerbräu .

As a now registered association and meanwhile a member of the Aachen Carnival Committee , which was founded in 1935, the AKV began the 1953 session and the prince was proclaimed in the provisional hall of the New Kurhaus . At the end of the war, the previous charitable foundations had expired, but this association tradition was continued in 1954 by the new Jacques Königstein Foundation for war victims and needy survivors.

Since 1950 or 1954, on the initiative of Jacques Königstein , the AKV has awarded the Order Against Animal Seriousness, the most important and supraregional best-known award of the AKV, which is awarded annually until 1991 because of the second Gulf War . From 1985 the AKV tried to be professional and followed a mercantile course. In 1991 a full-time managing director was hired and since June 1996 the meetings have been held in our own rooms.

On the initiative of the incumbent President Helmut Strack and with significant support from the main sponsor Heinz-Gregor Johnen , the "Zentis Children's Carnival Prize", endowed with 3,333 euros, was launched in 1992 and has since been awarded annually to people or groups from the Aachen Children's Carnival.

In addition, in 1993 the AKV acquired the Crous Collection , a historical art and rarity collection from Helmut A. Crous . The non-profit GmbH has been located in the old spa house since 1996.

structure

The association consists of the President, the 1st and 2nd Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer and Managing Director, the Elferrat and Elferrat Advisory Board, the Technical Advisory Board, the press officer, the mascot Barki, a grandson of Bahkauv and the members elected in the ballotage process as well as the knight convention. In addition, the 13 honor hats were added later, since 1937 the senators, since 1982 the prince corps as an association of ex-princes and since 2004 the creative team.

Festivities and activities

The highlights of the session include the award of the order against seriousness ; the prince proclamation; since 1960 the market meeting on Fat Thursday, since 1997 the Florresei Palace , as well as the final ball with a festive performance in the Aachen City Theater , at which the prince is abdicated at midnight from Violet Tuesday to Ash Wednesday. Outside of the carnival session, the men's evening, the summer party and, since 2008, the classic car rally belong to the club's events.

In addition, the AKV has been a vintner since 1979 with around ten times eleven Riesling vines on the Wingertsberg in Aachen's city garden . The vines come from the Trier Carnival Society Heuschreck and have been supplying around 50 to 70 white wine bottles per year since 1982 . As a lease of symbolic 111 cents, the city of Aachen receives eleven bottles for its foolish council meeting on Fat Thursday, the others are given out for anniversaries and awards. The Aachen Green Space Office maintains and looks after the vines. After the grape harvest, the grapes are processed and bottled at the Karthäuserhof winery in Trier-Ruwer / Eitelsbach . The AKV vineyard is considered to be the northernmost in Europe. The Narrenauslese is called Oecher-Heuschreck-Durchbruch and is described by some as sour, by others as noble with a certain sweetness.

Friends of the Trier Heuschreck have been friends for over 180 years , the Dülkener Narrenakademie for over 120 years, the Ettlingen Narrengilde since the 1960s , which awarded the AKV with the Narrenbrunnen Prize in 1983 and the Swiss honorary citizens of St. Gallen , which attacks philistine bourgeoisie.

President

  • 1859–1863 Christian Felix Ackens
  • 1868–1871 Max Möller
  • 1871–1873 Carl Theodor Küpper
  • 1873–1880 Leopold Cornely
  • 1880–1884 Peter Boehmer
  • 1884–1887 Carl Theodor Küpper
  • 1887–1891 Louis Gilljam, 1883 Prince Carnival
  • 1891–1893 Joseph Buchholz
  • 1894–1899 Alex Weber
  • 1900–1906 without a president
  • 1907–1910 Louis Gilljam
  • 1911-1914 Julius Thyssen
  • 1914–1925 without a president
  • 1925-1929 Julius Thyssen
  • 1930–1939 Jacques Königstein, 1927 Prince Carnival
  • 1939–1947 without a president
  • 1947–1968 Jacques Königstein, Honorary President, 1967 Fool's Fountain Prize from the Ettlingen Fool 's Guild
  • 1968–1971 Erich Servais, interim president with Jacques Königstein as chairman of the medal ceremony
  • 1971–1984 Helmut A. Crous , Vice President, Honorary President, 1986 Dr. humoris causa of the Dülken Narrenakademie, honorary minister of the Trier Heuschreck, honorary member of the AAK
  • 1984–1987 Jules Peters, 1954 Prince Carnival, member of the AKV since 1951
  • 1987–1997 Georg Helg, 1960 Prince Carnival, Honorary President, Honorary Minister of the Trier Locust
  • 1997–2003 Dirk von Pezold, Honorary President, Honorary Minister of the Trier Heuschreck, 1994 Narrenbrunnenpreis , 2003 Dr. humoris causa of the Dülken Narrenakademie
  • 2004–2007 Dieter Bischoff , 1968 Prince Carnival, honorary member, since 2008 Senator, honorary minister of the Trier Heuschreck
  • 2007–2010 Horst Wollgarten
  • from 2010 Werner Pfeil

medal

  • Swan Order awarded since 1865 in recognition of special speeches, named after the founder Franz Schwan. The oldest AKV medal is a silver medal with a swan over which an owl flies. In 1960 there was a gold version. This traveling medal, there is only one copy, is awarded for lifelong services. Georg Helg has been the sponsor since 1997.
  • Serious emergency medals / medals awarded since 1865 for the Elferrat, because of their troubles / severe misery after 11 years of office. It shows how an owl flies away with a braided wig. This medal is worn on a four-colored bow on the chest.
  • The Locust Order has been awarded to active people since 1873, donated by Carl Theodor Küpper, named after the Trier KG Heuschreck that is on friendly terms with the association. The shape of the order is that of a grasshopper. She holds the tape: Aachen Carnival Association .
  • Awarded the Windmill Order since 1918, donated by Friedrich Leopold Cornely, one of the highest awards of the Aachen Carnival, a silver star with an aversed mill, the initials of Friedrich Leopold FL and the motto Gloria tibi Dülken , a reminder of the befriended Dülken Narrenakademie. Norbert Blüm and Baron Philipp Franz zu Guttenberg were honored with the neck medal on an orange ribbon .
  • Peter Geulen Order of Merit awarded since 1928, donated by Peter Geulen (Honorary President) on the occasion of his 55 years of membership in the AKV, awarded a total of eleven times.
  • Peter Geulen Memorial Order awarded since 1935.
  • Order of Eulenspiegel
  • Normal class medal 1955.
  • Special class order 1955.
  • Jacques Königstein chain awarded since 1955, donated by Jacques Königstein in recognition of the best carnival session performance (hand-made speeches, singing, parody) with the exception of dance performances. Wandering order, but after being awarded two or three times in a row, the order becomes property.
  • Medal against seriousness awarded since 1954.
  • Order of Felix awarded since 1975 for exceptional support services, donated by Ricardo Tassistro (Elferratsherr 1971–1984). The inscription Semper Felix wishes the wearer luck and is also a memory of Felix Ackens, the first AKV president who left the Florresei and founded the ACV.
  • Königstein Order, awarded since 1988/89, eleven pieces donated by Jules Peters on his 50th birthday and Königstein's tenth anniversary of death. The medal in the form of a silver scallop symbolizes the name Jacques Königstein with a golden owl on the upper edge and a crowned pebble in the middle. It has already been awarded eleven times.
  • Jölde Hazz va Oche has been awarding an honor for special services that is not given annually since 1988, donated by the Elferrat.
  • Ex-Prince-Order awarded since 1992 for the 111th anniversary of the AKV after midnight on Violet Tuesday.
  • The Timothy Order has been awarded since 1995, donated by Wolfgang Tim Hammer (1997 President Petzold's Elferratherr). It is awarded each year to three winners who are not members of the AKV but who have supported the association on a voluntary basis. President, managing director and hammer make the selection.
  • Ladies order for the ceremony for the ladies of the members
  • Lords of the members
  • Session medals
  • Order of Prince
  • Membership medals for 25 years of membership with a silver number in an oak wreath and for 50 years of membership with a gold “50” in an oak wreath

literature

  • Christina Frohn: Carnival in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Aachen 1823–1914. Dissertation. Bonn 1999 pdf
  • Thomas Töller: 150 years of Aachen Carnival Association founded in 1859 eV 1859 With foolish cheerfulness AGAINST THE ANIMAL SERIOUS 2009. Kuper, Eschweiler 2009.

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aachen Carnival Association now also accepts women : spiegel-online from May 21, 2019
  2. ↑ Hecker was secretary at the Aachen Regional Court and, as a carnivalist, was a knight and doctor of the glorious mounted academy and lunar university in Dülken , the Dülken Narrenakademie and knight of the Trier Schoppenstecherinnung - Töller, pp. 14, 17.
  3. ^ Töller, p. 236.
  4. ↑ Zentis Children's Carnival Award ( Memento from February 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive )