Eggenburg time travel
The time travel to the Middle Ages Eggenburg is a major event of the Association for Research into the Middle Ages in Eggenburg . It is the largest and most important medieval festival in Austria and takes place largely within the historic city walls of Eggenburg. The date of the event is always the second weekend in September.
General
The first time travel to the Middle Ages took place in 1995. In interviews, the initiators expressed their motivation to the effect that they were enthusiastic about relevant events abroad and wanted to bring this concept to Austria. Only a few genre events with a long tradition are known in Austria. According to current knowledge, only the castle festivals in Kaprun (took place 23 times up to and including 2010) and the Güssing Medieval Festival (20 events up to and including 2009) have an older tradition.
The event in Eggenburg is known within the medieval scene as the largest medieval festival due to its dimensions; since 2009, over 30,000 people have come every year. In 2010, 170 marketers offered their goods for sale at the event.
The admission prices are moderate compared to the market - an adult ticket was charged 5 euros in 2010, whereas entry to the thematically comparable major Austrian event Ehrenberg - Die Zeitreise in the same year cost 19 euros. In 2016 the entry was 7 euros.
For the municipality of Eggenburg, which has around 3,500 inhabitants, the national festival is an important economic engine. The importance also emerges from the fact that special ÖBB trains are offered to get there.
Program and venues
The artistic program is based on a new theme every year, which runs like a red thread through the performances. In 2011, the 700th return of Albrecht II's declaration of consent (HRR) , which took place in Eggenburg and brought the city privileges and a 100-year heyday, was the focus. In 2015 the focus was on the reception of the Middle Ages in the 20th and 21st centuries, in 2016 everything revolved around myths, sagas and legends, and in 2017 the topic was “500 years of the Reformation”.
During the journey back in time to the Middle Ages, the entire old town becomes a stage. At more than ten performance spaces, actors give demonstrations every half hour, which include music, juggling, dance, drama, exhibition fights, but also scientific lectures. Special highlights are shown on the Kanzlerwiese, an area in the city area separated by its own entrance. Demonstrations there are usually elaborate equestrian tournaments or burglar storms by stunt teams.
The places to perform are:
- Fraghäusl (market square)
- Grätzl (market square)
- Plague Column (Market Square)
- Church square
- Moat
- town hall
- Martin's Chapel
- Bürgerspitalgasse
- Klemenshaus
- Chancellor Meadow
Since 1995, numerous national as well as international acts have performed on the journey back in time to the Middle Ages, which are also known outside of the medieval scene. So were in addition to the Austrian music group Die Tuivelsminne or Dulamans Vröudenton among others, the battle-group Dreynschlag , scientists Eberhard Kummer , Helmut Birkhan and Roland Girtler and the Czech music group Krless or the Society for Creative Anachronism guest.
Eggenburg Bruchenball Tournament
The "Eggenburg Bruchenball Tournament" was held for the first time in 2010. It is a team sport based on medieval consecration exercises by miners. Although this “sport” is by no means historically documented, the trophy “The Eggenburger Bruchenball-Pokal” is fought hard. The mixed male and female teams try to maneuver a large ball into the corresponding goal. This happens under the supervision of two referees, the humorous moderation of a bailiff and to the fun of the audience. In doing so, the control bodies run the permanent risk of becoming the miners' plaything themselves. This competition, held on the Chancellor's Meadow, is very popular with visitors, especially since the fighters are only dressed in medieval undergarments, the bruoch .
Print magazine
In 2010 the organizers' association published the print magazine "Eggenburger Scriptum" with a print run of 5,000 copies. It is the first well-known professional print magazine of the Austrian medieval scene. Comparable genre magazines are Karfunkel , Pax et Gaudium and Miroque, the magazine . The magazine followed the annual theme of the event and offered background information on the venue as well as historically relevant information on a popular science basis.
Web links
- Homepage of the time travel to the Middle Ages Eggenburg
- Eggenburg - 30,000 guests at the medieval festival - noen.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ oe24: The spectacle that attracts 30,000 visitors a year ...
- ^ Eggenburg Scriptum. Print magazine. No. 1, 2010, p. 4.
- ↑ Events: Noble knights and noble love: The history business is booming. ( Memento from December 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: Wirtschaftsblatt. August 31, 2007.