St. Ingbert mountain chapel
The mountain chapel St. Ingbert e. V. is a wind orchestra from Saarland . It was founded in 1839 and is therefore one of the oldest mountain chapels in Germany. The mountain chapel was originally occupied exclusively by miners . Since the closure of the St. Ingbert Rischbach tunnel in 1959, musicians with other professions have gradually been accepted. With its numerous appearances and parades at home and abroad, it is an important cultural figurehead of the medium-sized town of St. Ingbert . The musical repertoire of the band includes marching music , polkas and symphonic brass music as well as pop music and musical arrangements or big band jazz.
history
The mountain chapel was founded in 1839 when the regent Therese von Bayern presented a miner's flag to the St. Ingbert miners' association. In 1920 the coal mines of the Saar region and thus the mountain chapel came under the administration of France . In 1935 the mines came under German administration again and the mountain chapel became a factory chapel for Saargruben AG. In May 1960, the Association for the Preservation of the Mountain Chapel was founded, as the St. Ingbert mine had been closed the year before. Uniforms and instruments were adopted.
Tours have taken the band to Italy, Spain, the opening of the Munich Oktoberfest , to Finland and Ireland. In 1969 the Bergkapelle was the first Saarland association to receive the Pro Musica badge . The mountain band performed several times at the Musikparade , an international festival for military and brass music in Germany.
Miner's uniform
The Bergkapelle St. Ingbert traditionally plays in the miner's uniform, i.e. with a black jacket with golden fringes and golden buttons with hammer and mallet , black trousers with golden stripes, shaft hat ( shako ) with white cord and red plume (with the Kapellmeister: white plume) as well as the mountain leather .
Kapellmeister of the mountain chapel
The band masters of the mountain chapel always held their office for a long time. This explains why there have only been seven band masters since it was founded in 1839, namely Johann Nikolaus Sonntag (1839–1885), Heinrich Engel (1885–1909), Christian Schetting (1909–1931), Friedrich Arthur Möbius (1931–1945), Engelbert Wild (1946–1963), Theo Stolz (1963–1998) and Matthias Weißenauer (1998-today) directed the orchestra.
Television appearances
The Bergkapelle appeared in two television films: 1983 in Die Buddik , a film directed by Frank Guthke , the Bergkapelle appeared on the market square and at a funeral scene, in 1997 the band was briefly heard in the film Die Rättin , the film adaptation of the same name Romans by Günter Grass , directed by Martin Buchhorn .
Oddities
For years, the St. Ingbert original Albert Weisgerber , called "Senkel" (1910–1996), a nephew of the painter Albert Weisgerber , worked as a trumpeter or cymbal player , often for the amusement of those present.
literature
Wolfgang Krämer: “History of the city of St. Ingbert. From the beginning to the end of the Second World War. A local history based on archival sources. ” 2nd edition (completely revised and significantly supplemented). Self-published by the city of St. Ingbert, St. Ingbert 1955, 2nd volume p. 223 f