Deidesheimer Weinkerwe
The Deidesheimer Weinkerwe is one of the great wine festivals in the Palatinate and the largest folk festival in the Palatinate country town of Deidesheim ; it has been celebrated in its current form since 1972 and takes place on the second and third weekends of August, from Friday to Tuesday.
history
In many places in Germany, and in some cases going back a long time, the market and parish fair coincide. The Deidesheimer Kerwe is also the continuation of an old fair tradition; the term "Kerwe" is a term for church fair, which is sometimes used in the Palatinate and Bavaria. The market tradition in Deidesheim goes back at least to 1776: The ruler of Deidesheim at that time, the Prince-Bishop of the Prince-Bishopric of Speyer , Damian August Philipp Karl von Limburg-Stirum , granted Deidesheim a fair for the Tuesday after St. Matthew (21 September). In 1833, Mayor Andreas Jordan applied for it to be moved . The government of the Kingdom of Bavaria complied with the request in 1845: the fair was now held on the second Sunday after St. Martin's Day (November 11th). This was usually a few days before the feast of St. Catherine (November 25th), which is why the market was called Kathrinenmarkt . In the years before the First World War , the market was filled with foreign showmen and traders who, according to the city archive, came not only from the Palatinate but also from cities such as Frankfurt , Stuttgart , Chemnitz , Bremen , Munich and many other cities.
In 1928, the Deidesheim Tourist Office ensured that the annual fair was held in August as a summer kerwe. The Kathrinenmarkt was retained as an aftermarket , but increasingly lost its importance - in 1992 it was still on Deidesheim's event calendar, but was no longer held. In 1955 the title Weinkerwe was used for the first time for the Sommerkerwe . Because of the high consumption of mineral water due to the mostly hot weather, the event was mocked as "Selterswasserkerwe". For a long time the Sommerkerwe could not really assert itself.
This changed in 1971: at that time it was decided to hold the Weinkerwe as a festival on the street, as other Palatinate communities had been doing for a long time. The concept was successful and the Weinkerwe quickly developed into a leading wine festival on the German Wine Route . The number of visitors is estimated at 100,000 to 150,000 depending on the weather. The Weinkerwe has been taking place in its current form since 1972. This year was the founding year of the Deidesheim community , whose communities were included in the festival by allowing local wineries and associations to operate dispensing stations here. Since 1973, a wine princess of the association has been chosen as part of the Weinkerwe.
procedure
At Deidesheimer Weinkerwe, Bahnhofstrasse in Deidesheim acts as a "wine lane". Many wineries, winegrowers' cooperatives and other associations of the Deidesheim community operate their dispensing stations here. In addition, many wineries located along the wine route have opened their farms. In terms of alcoholic beverages, only wines from the association's community may be served.
At the start of the Weinkerwe, there is a public Riesling wine tasting in the town hall with Rieslings from the association. The so-called Kerweumzug , which takes place on Sunday afternoons in most rural Palatinate communities, takes place in Deidesheim before the official Kerwe opening on Saturday evening. Almost every place in the Palatinate has its own kerwean date; there are many customs associated with this festival. Almost everywhere bearers of the Kerwe customs are unmarried boys who organize the Kerwe parade, set up a so-called Kerweb tree or Kerwestrauss , and deal with local events in a speech; these customs are particularly pronounced in the western and northern Palatinate.
In Deidesheim, the Kerwebuwe, who help shape the festival, tie in with these old Palatinate traditions. At the official opening of the Deidesheimer Weinkerwe, a “ Kerweredd ” written in Palatinate dialect will be performed on the market square according to the old tradition , which will thematize the events of the past year. Then the Kerwebuwe bring a 20 m high spruce , the "Kerweb tree" adorned with colorful ribbons, to the high section, which remains standing during the Kerwe. When the kerwe tree is up, the Wingerts shooters fire a volley, so the kerwe is considered opened.
The festival ends on Tuesday of the second week. In the evening the kerweb tree is sawn off. Afterwards, there will be a folk evening at the von Winning winery , which is organized by various traditional groups and associations from the Deidesheim community. One of the evening's agenda items is the auction of the top of the candle tree.
literature
- Heinz Schmitt : billy goat, wine and state visits - Deidesheim over the last 150 years . Ed .: City of Deidesheim. Verlag Pfälzer Kunst, Landau in der Pfalz 2000, ISBN 3-922580-82-3 , billy goat, Weinkerwe and Herbstschluss, p. 93-100 .
- Heinz Schmitt: Celebrations and everyday life. A contribution to the folklore of Deidesheim . In: Kurt Andermann, Berthold Schnabel (Ed.): Deidesheim - Contributions to the history and culture of a city in the wine country . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1995, ISBN 3-7995-0418-4 , p. 325-355 .
Web links
- Deidesheimer Weinkerwe on the official Deidesheim website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jürgen Keddigkeit : The Palatinate Kerwe. Kerweb customs through the ages . In: Jürgen Keddigkeit (Hrsg.): Festivals and festivals in the Palatinate . Kaiserslautern 1992, ISBN 3-927754-03-X , p. 48; 84-85 .
- ↑ Schmitt, Geißbock, Weinkerwe and Herbstschluss , pp. 93,96
- ↑ Schmitt, Geißbock, Weinkerwe and Herbstschluss , pp. 96–97
- ↑ a b c Schmitt, festival and everyday life ... , p. 334
- ↑ a b Schmitt, Geißbock, Weinkerwe and Herbstschluss , p. 100
- ↑ a b Schmitt, Festival and everyday life ... , p. 335
- ↑ In the beginning there was wine ... (No longer available online.) Deidesheimer Kerwebuwe, archived from the original on October 26, 2016 ; accessed on August 6, 2017 .