Kick-off

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When Antlassritt ( "Antlas" from Middle High German  antlaz  for, drain Dismissed from the Repentance) is, at a Corpus Christi conducted Eucharistic procession in honor of the Blessed Sacrament believed as present Lord . The reason for the vow of the single procession on horseback, practiced for centuries, on Corpus Christi day in North Tyrol can no longer be determined with certainty, but is often attributed to the "danger to Sweden" towards the end of the Thirty Years' War .

Participants and course

Swedish Chapel in Kirchberg in Tirol

In addition to the pastors from the communities of Brixen im Thale , Kirchberg in Tirol and Westendorf, only men from the villages mentioned take part in the procession . The first ride begins on Corpus Christi day at 1 p.m. at the deanery church in Brixen and leads over the main road to Kirchberg to the Klausenkapelle ("Schwedenkapelle") built in 1750 and back. On the Klaus chapel there is the inscription Until here (sic!) With the year 1643 and the Swedish riders got no further . The chapel also marks the old state border between Salzburg and Tyrol, which was valid until 1816. Bells ringing and the playing of the local music bands accompany the train.

history

Regarding the historical background of the inauguration there are different traditions. On the Klausenbach, which flows through a natural valley narrow (Klause), the so-called "Enterlender farmers", that is, the Kirchbergers, Brixner and Westendorfer, are said to have ridden against the invaded Swedes and defeated them in a tough battle during the Thirty Years' War.

According to another version, the dean of Brixen caused the attacking enemies to flee wildly by holding out the monstrance. However, this description cannot agree with reality, because it has historically been proven that the Swedes never reached the right bank of the Inn - and thus the Brixental - although the inscription on the Klaus chapel at first glance speaks against it. The assumption of local history researcher Anton Dörrer that the ride was a pledge to banish the danger to Sweden is therefore more likely.

Dörrer also suspects an ancient Germanic depiction of the victory of summer over winter in the Antlassritt and gives the reason for riding around the maypole as a symbol of growth and fertility. After the memory of the original meaning faded, the ride in the war needs of the 17th century merged with a vowed procession to the Swedish Chapel.

literature

  • Franz Caramelle: The Brixental Admission Ride. In: Sebastian Posch (Ed.): Brixen in Thale 788–1988. Innsbruck 1988 (= Schlern script No. 281)
  • Günter Kapfhammer: Customs in the Alpine countries. Munich 1977
  • Ludwig von Hörmann: Tyrolean folk life. Stuttgart 1909

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