Berlin Carnival
The Berlin Carnival is a carnival parade in Berlin, which is partly based on Rhineland traditions. Traditionally, Berlin is not one of the carnival strongholds in Brandenburg . The customs have been acquired and adapted from other regions at all times. They are cultivated in associations that organize events every year, but which hardly influence the cultural life of the city.
History of the Berlin Carnival until 1961
The Berlin carnival has a long and almost unknown tradition, which is also due to the fact that the Rhineland , which was well versed in carnival style , fell to Prussia at the beginning of the nineteenth century .
As early as 1430, large families and councilors celebrated the so-called “Fastelawende” in the city and in the 15th century the so-called Zampern (parades and dance events) was made known and introduced in Berlin by immigrants from Lausitz .
As the intensity of the celebrations continued to increase afterwards, the first ban on mummery dances, comedies and jugglers' games was issued in 1629. From 1659, the mask parades of the Berlin craftsmen were largely banned - mainly because the craftsmen went "blue" for up to eight days in order to really celebrate.
In 1743 the carnival redoubts were introduced in the Berlin opera house. These were masked or costume balls . These festivities have remained known in the tradition, because up to 2000 guests were fed with corresponding amounts of food, such as: 300 ox tongues, 100 roast rabbits, 200 roast veal and venison, 200 cakes, 6 bushels of candy, 1 quintal of chocolate , 200 Baumkuchen, 1,800 sandwiches and approx. 400 bottles of sparkling wine. The " Berliner Pfannkuchen " was also served on such days , which in Alt Berlin included a carnival punch with an interpretation of the future from coffee grounds and cards.
The Prussian kings such as Friedrich I and Friedrich II (both 18th century) introduced mask redoubts (games or dance events) at court, but these were rarely associated with parades. Every spring, Frederick the Great (Old Fritz) celebrated the traditional carnival in Berlin with the so-called high society.
In 1815 the Rhineland became Prussian and again immigrants came to Berlin who brought their carnival customs with them.
The first Rhineland carnival clubs were founded in Berlin as early as 1870. After the end of the First World War , the carnival clubs were very popular with all levels of society and delighted the people of Berlin.
History of the Carnival in Berlin from 1990
In 1990, the West and East Berlin Carnival Associations merged in the Landesverband Berliner Karneval eV under the then President Wolfgang Roeb (West) and his Vice President Wilfried Kupsch (East), thus anticipating reunification , if you will . On the carnival level, there were hardly any problems with the merging of the "East" and "West" carnivals compared to the political ones, since the same traditional German carnival was celebrated in both parts of Berlin and the ruling political authorities were foolishly fooled took. However, there were also small differences in the implementation of the events. While the pomp and meeting carnival was celebrated in western Berlin, the popular carnival was more popular in the eastern part of what is now the German capital.
Carnival parade in Berlin
The carnival parade in Berlin is not just an invention of the modern age or an invention of the Rhinelander, who moved to Berlin after reunification due to the government move. Even before that there were carnival parades in Berlin, but influences such as the building of the wall and ongoing financial problems due to the loss of sponsors meant that only a limited tradition was formed.
Even the beginnings after reunification in 1992 with the start of a car parade were not continued because the city refused to cover the street cleaning costs and not enough sponsors took part.
The next attempt was started in 1995, now with much greater effort. However, this attempt also failed due to a lack of sponsors who were supposed to cover the high costs of city cleaning.
In 2000 there was the next action, which resulted in the establishment of an association with the specific task of "setting up the 2001 carnival parade". This association managed to bring all interested parties (associations, sponsors, media and the city of Berlin) to one table.
Thus in 2001 there was the first carnival parade after the reunification through the city of Berlin. Every year, the Berlin carnival parade, which leads past historically significant buildings through Mitte, attracts almost 750,000 visitors to its route. Until 2010 it took place on Carnival Sunday, from 2011 on the Sunday a week before.
The fool's call of Berliners is "heijo", derived from cheerfulness and joke.
In 2006 alone, 22 clubs with around 4,000 active carnivalists, 50 floats, 15 music parades and many foot groups took part in the Berlin carnival parade, which led from Potsdamer Platz to Schlossplatz and the Rotes Rathaus.
Between 1998 and 2010 the move moved through Budapester Str. To Kurfürstendamm. To conclude the move, a large carnival party was held in the Universal Hall .
The organizers canceled the train for 2014 due to more difficult requirements on the part of the city of Berlin with regard to noise emissions (upper sound limit: 75 decibels for music) and subsequent street cleaning.
On November 11, 2011 at 11:11 am, the outrageous carnival took place in Berlin for the first time . Citizens of Berlin, not organized in carnival clubs, showed their outrage with their costumes, gestures and chants.
The Berlin carnival procession on Kurfürstendamm was then carried out again in 2016 and 2017, but will be canceled for 2018 and 2019.
Associations in the Berlin Carnival (as of February 18, 2020)
- Berlin Carneval Association
- Carneval Club Berlin
- Carneval Club Lichtenberg
- Harlequin Berlin
- Carnival Club Spandau
- Berlin Neuköllner KG Fidele Rixdorfer
- KG Rote Funken Berlin
- Fools Guild Berlin
- Prinzengarde of the city of Berlin
- Rheinische KG in Berlin
- Dance-Sport-Group Rixdorf
- KG Happy elf
- Association of Aacheners in Berlin
- Carnival friends Berlin
- 1. Carnival regulars table OUT
- Charlottenburger KG blue-yellow
- KG Blue Guard Britz
- KG fool's cap Berlin
- Rose Guard Berlin
- Stadtgarde Rot-Gold Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4048973,00.html
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung: and don't walk across the beds ; berliner-kurier.de
- ↑ http://bewegung.taz.de/termine/karneval-der-empoerten-occupyberlin
- ^ Berlin carnival procession . berlin.de. January 18, 2018. Archived from the original on February 9, 2018. Retrieved on February 8, 2018.
- ^ Berlin carnival procession . berlin.de. February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
Web links
- Károly Mária Kertbeny: Berlin as it is . 1827, chapter fifteen. The carnival ( google.de ).
- Carnival Association Berlin-Brandenburg (KVBB)
- Festival Committee Berlin Carnival e. V.
- Carnival in Berlin , website of the city