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Despite the 11 penalty councils on stage, the penalty council sometimes consists of a larger number.

The Elferrat is the parliament of the fool's kingdom in Carnival, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras and Fastelovend. This consists of eleven dignitaries.

History of origin

The term probably has its roots in French law, which was introduced with the occupation of areas on the left bank of the Rhine by France after the French Revolution . French became the official language, French laws and jurisdiction applied. In the course of the revolution this had also brought civil rights , with a certain freedom of speech and an equality of citizens before the law .

The eleven, in the spirit of the French Revolution, was interpreted by the citizens deprived of their rights as a number symbolizing the equality of all people, one next to one, so to speak. "ELF" can be formed from the first letters of the slogan of the French Revolution: " E galité, L iberté, F raternité" - "Equality, freedom, brotherhood".

The Elferrat, in one of the few northern German carnival metropolises, carved as vertical bars and immortalized on a half-timbered house

This abbreviation was only introduced as a motto at the beginning of the Third Republic in 1871 and later declared the main maxim of the revolution. In the course of the revolution this was only one of many three formulas such as “salvation, strength, unity” and “strength, equality, justice”, which are by no means more common than the latter in historical documents from this period.

With the defeat of Napoleon had the temporary period of civil liberties to an end, and it came to the restoration of absolutism . In Mainz the Austrians and Prussians were together the military power. Cologne , the once free imperial imperial city , came completely under Prussian rule. The Elferrat saw itself in the origins as a council in the bourgeois-democratic spirit, later hidden under the fool's cap . The official term was introduced with the Rhenish Carnival Reform in 1823 .

According to Töller, the eleven for the number of board members of a carnival club, which has been the number of fools since the 16th century, probably comes from the first Aachen carnival club of the Florresei , which was founded in 1829. Because while eleven dignitaries are explicitly named in the statutes of the Florresei from 1829, there are apparently no sources that suggest a similar meaning of the number eleven in both Cologne and Düsseldorf carnivals for the period before 1830. (...) In 1829 the statutes of the Florresei laid the foundation stone for the establishment of the 11-member board, which quickly developed into the characteristic management body of all foolish clubs.

The Elferrat in today's Carnival, Mardi Gras and Mardi Gras

The penalty council will u. a. supported by the Elferrat Advisory Board. In some cities there are separate female councils, such as the Achterrat in Freiburg, because the male-dominated traditional clubs only allow women in positions like the dance marie, but not in these representative positions. In many associations, so-called honorary councilors are appointed, mostly deserving association members or supporters of the association such as politicians, business people, etc.

tasks

The Elferrat plans and organizes the club's own events during the carnival session, such as balls, carnival meetings and parades . But also outside of the foolish times, Elferrat members lend a hand at various festivities.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Töller: 150 years of Aachen Carnival Association founded in 1859 eV 1859 With foolish cheerfulness AGAINST THE ANIMAL SERIOUS 2009. Kuper Eschweiler 2009, p. 19, 234.

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