Mountain parade

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Mountain parade in Marienberg in the Ore Mountains (2005)

The mountain parade , in some places where ores were and are smelted, also known as the mountain and smelter parade , served and serves as a public representative representation of a community or corporation whose working life is connected with mining and metallurgy . It takes place at celebratory highlights (also as a protest elevator to fight for the end of abuses). The mountain parade is a special form of the elevator in which people march past high-ranking personalities or which is organized for high-ranking personalities.

The tradition of mountain parades and mountain lifts in Saxony, which dates back to the Middle Ages , has been recognized as intangible cultural heritage in Germany. The German UNESCO Commission included mountain parades and mountain lifts in Saxony in the nationwide register of intangible cultural heritage in December 2016 .

history

Mountain parade on February 12, 1929 in Johanngeorgenstadt

This tradition originated in the Saxon Ore Mountains . It has been and is carried out differently over the centuries. The costume of the miners and huts was replaced by a mountain habit , which was often changed. With the introduction of the rank classes, the district colors and other regulations, the clothing of the Saxon miners and smelters took on a uniform-like character from 1768 and was called uniform from this time on . Structure, marching order and occasion as well as the number of participants were and are different and moved between 100 and 3000 participants who were recruited from mining, metallurgy or both.

The structure was also never uniform. The number of mining officials and officers , hunters or smelters involved (in Freiberg also officials from the Mining Authority and mining students ) depended on the importance of the parades. The size of the divisions fluctuated between 16 and 48, almost always in rows of 4 (less often 3, 6 or 8) men. The number of flags carried, artfully prepared mining and smeltering tools and the participating officers on horseback varied. The size of the parades depended on how many mountain bands participated.

The mountain parade also found its way into art, where paintings , carvings and castings were designed with their motifs .

Mountain parades today

Mountain parade in Marienberg, Saxony
Mountain parade in Stollberg, Saxony
Opening of the mountain parade in Annaberg-Buchholz

Today , mountain parades take place in the following cities on various occasions, such as Christmas markets , folk and city ​​festivals and other anniversaries :

literature

  • Vocational school for tourism Chemnitz (Ed.): Mountain parades in the Saxon Ore Mountains. Publication series Erzgebirgische Volkskunst, Vol. 10. Husum Verlag, Husum 2000, ISBN 978-3-88042-964-2

Web links

Commons : Bergparaden  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mountain parades and mountain lifts in Saxony. German Unesco Commission, accessed on February 27, 2017 .