Dietemann
The Dietemann is the symbolic figure of the district town of Eschwege in the Werra-Meißner district in Northern Hesse , and the residents of Eschwege are popularly known as the "Dietemen". The name is reminiscent of the knight family of Diede zum Fürstenstein , who guarded the salt road between Bad Sooden-Allendorf and Eschwege from Fürstenstein Castle and whose husbands partly lived in Eschwege. Since then, the people of Eschweg have been the diet men.
The fictional figure of Dietemann represents a tower guard with a blue trousers, white doublet and red jacket with a halberd , lantern and horn and is part of the art clock that was built into the roof lantern of the "pavilion" in 1927 , the tower-like extension of the Eschweger Landgrave Castle.
The pavilion was built between 1615 and 1617, together with the arcades between the tower and the north wing of the palace, under Landgrave Moritz von Hessen-Kassel . The roof lantern with the original clockwork was put on in 1650 under Landgrave Christian von Hessen-Eschwege . The Dietemann itself was inaugurated on July 2, 1927, with his first tour around the castle tower.
The landmark of Eschweg blows every hour during the day on a tour around the top of the castle tower, from where it guards the city. Once a year, for Johannisfest the first weekend in July, it rises from its tower and, together with twelve Biedermeier girl's pageant on. On the Saturday of the Midsummer Festival, during the May procession, the Dietemannslied is traditionally sung, which can be understood as the Dietemann's song of praise.