Imposition
The Abschiesset is a Thun folk festival that takes place in autumn (every fourth Sunday in September until Tuesday). The roots of this shooting festival go back to the 16th century. Today the cadets' crossbow shooting is the highlight of the festival. The figure of Fulehung , who is chased through the streets and alleys of the city , also plays a central role . The shooting set is also the end of the season for the Thun shooting clubs and the end of the Thun cadet squad.
Expiry of the imposition set
The kick-off set begins with the cannon shot and the subsequent parade of the entire cadet corps on Sunday afternoon.
Monday
On Monday morning at five o'clock in the morning, the Fulehung appears on the town hall square of Thun and drives children and adults around on the town hall square. The subsequent vigil, or morning prank of the cadets, wakes up the residents of Thun around the area of Rathausplatz, Obere Hauptgasse, Lauitor, Bälliz , Kuhbrücke and Untere Hauptgasse with the cadet music and the Fulehung at the top, which drives the people out of the way for the cadets block. The tambours come from all over Thun. Traditionally, they march from the residential quarters into the city center at 4 a.m.
At about half past seven, the flag is handed over and another march through the old town is set off. Then the cadets disband and the Fulehung takes action.
During the day there are several shooting tournaments, including small-caliber shooting in the Guntelsey. The Fulehung is still in action in the city. At around 4 p.m., the Fulehung says goodbye to the crowd before climbing up through the castle stairs of Thun Castle. Then he is driven by his helpers to the Guntelsey, where he helps at the shooting tournaments.
At 8 p.m. the concert of cadet music and tambours takes place on Thun's town hall square.
Tuesday
On Tuesday, right after the batches, at around 10 a.m., the gessler shooting takes place. A picture of Gessler is shot from 30 meters with old crossbows . The aim is to hit the coin-sized white medal around his neck. Every Thun cadet who took part in the summer program has a shot. The winner receives the picture and becomes a legend in Thun. In the afternoon and evening the cadet ball takes place. Afterwards, from 10 p.m., the traditional kick-out ball, or alumni ball, starts. Former cadets meet here.
Täntsch
The Täntsch is the shooting range at which old crossbows are fired at the Thun launching set . The subject is redesigned and implemented annually by the cadet squad from Thun.
location
The Täntsch is located opposite the Thun crossbow house in Berntorkreisel is essentially a simple Scheibenstand . Shooting is from the Armbrustschützenhaus a good 30 meters across Burgstrasse.
use
It is used for the summer shooting program of the cadets from Thun throughout the summer. Every year at the Thun Committee, which takes place from the last Sunday in September to the following Tuesday, the Täntsch is decorated by the Thun cadets. Decorating the täntsch takes about 1–2 days. Branches of fir trees and of course all kinds of flowers are used. On Tuesday mornings, the Täntsch is also the target of the Gessler riflemen via the imposition set. A picture of Governor Gessler is shot, which the best shooter can keep. A shot in the heart is the prerequisite for this.
history
The Knabenschützenhaus and the Täntsch were built in 1583 for the boy crossbowmen. After the renovation of the Täntsch in 1970, the Knabenschützenhaus was also renovated in 1983 in its old form.
The tradition of boy crossbowmen in Thun can be traced back to the 16th century. Unlike in the past, girls are now allowed to participate in the shooting. Since no girls were tolerated in the cadets until around 1960, shooting was also a purely male domain. Even today the shooting building is inscribed with "Knabenschützenhaus".
Traditionally, clay has been shot at for centuries. Since the maintenance of these panes became more and more expensive and could hardly be financed, the clay panes were replaced by plastic in 2003. On the one hand, these last longer and are also much cheaper to maintain.
Word meaning
Täntsch or Tatsch are related to each other in the meaning, prank, blow with the word Tasche, or monosyllabic Täsch.
Tatsch is or was the clay-kneaded target for crossbow shooting, also for example the trajectory, shooting range, partly attested to around 1920 from the cantons of Schaffhausen , Zurich , Zug , Lucerne , Unterwalden and Glarus , today as a word probably disappeared everywhere, although that Crossbow shooting has become naturalized again.
Tattschhus, -meister, -schießen, -schiesset can be seen a lot about the custom of crossbow shooting since the 16th century. The oldest evidence is provided by the Zurich chronicler Edlibach: "sy shot as in einnen tätz" (1444 before Rapperswil). This means like in a target. Incidentally, one can ask oneself whether our Täntsch in this meaning was not originally a nasal-less form of Täntsch Erddamm, which word is attested in the same meaning to the target wall or target for the dialect of Thun and 1657 from Bern.
In the following, the term “tattsch” refers to a flat, free piece of ground, namely the alpine pasture around the hut or, especially in central Switzerland, the area in front of the house, the village square.