Carnival in the Rhine-Main area
In the Rhine-Main area there is a colorful variety of Carnival traditions , some of which go back far into history. In the region, the terms Fastnacht or Fassenacht and only rarely Carnival or Mardi Gras are used in the vernacular . The latter terms were mainly introduced in the last few decades. Most places have a pair of princes as a symbol in Shrovetide , who represent them. A popular custom among children in parts of the area is the Mardi Gras customs . Regional association of the Federal German Carnival (BDK) is the interest group Mittelrheinischer Karneval .
The Rosenmontagszug in Mainz is the largest carnival parade in the Rhine-Main area.
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Rheinhessen
Mainz
The carnival in the region is historically strongly influenced by the Mainz carnival . This is due to the fact that parts of the area have belonged to the Electorate of Mainz for centuries . The “political-literary meeting carnival” with a fool's hall march and ceremonial meetings is therefore widespread there. With the establishment of the first guard, the Mainzer Ranzengarde (1837) and the first carnival club, the MCV in 1838, the carnival was increasingly organized.
Alzey
A carnival parade already takes place on Shrove Sunday in Alzey . The battle cry is not Helau, as is usual in the rest of Rheinhessen, but Dollau. In the Weinheim district you call: Wau-Wau.
Guntersblum
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In Guntersblum , one of the largest carnival parades in the region takes place every year on Shrove Sunday with around 60 train numbers.
Rheingau
In the fifth season of the year there is a lot of carnival going on in the entire Rheingau . The Rheingau celebrates its own free form of Carnival , which, however, has influences from other carnival strongholds. Numerous carnival clubs in the Rheingau are dedicated to the maintenance of customs and enrich the local carnival with various foolish events. During the foolish days, various carnival sessions are held in almost every Rheingau community. Some of the sessions are well known far beyond the borders of the region. Even the Bläck Fööss from Cologne have already played in Rüdesheim with the support of the local Kölsch band QBA. The high phase of the Rheingau Carnival is the period in which, among other things, the street Carnival is celebrated, starting on Weiberfastnacht up to and including Rose Monday. On Weiberfastnacht the town halls are stormed in some villages, the keys are taken from the mayors and thus the fools symbolically take control.
Street Carnival
Carnival parades take place in many municipalities in the Rheingau, and groups from the carnival strongholds of Mainz , Wiesbaden and Frankfurt am Main are increasingly welcomed. The Rüdesheim carnival procession, which winds its way through the alleys on Carnival Saturday, attracts numerous guests from near and far . The largest Rheingau Carnival parade takes place annually on the Sunday before Rose Monday in Johannisberg , Marienthal or Aulhausen . One of the highlights is the Carnival Monday parade in Kiedrich , which is also well-known across the region and attracts huge crowds to Kiedrich every year. The Hessian radio broadcast the Kiedricher Rosenmontagszug or reported on it several times.
Carnival events during the crazy days in the Rheingau
Schnorr rally
The Schnorr rally of the Kiedricher Sprudelfunken is held annually on Weiberfastnacht in the Gothic wine village of Kiedrich and is a special feature of the Rheingau carnival event. The Schnor rally is very popular and attracts large numbers of guests and participants from beyond the region. During the Schnorrerrallye, masked groups or individuals wander through the streets of Kiedrich and have to stop in inns and wine bars according to a predetermined route and create a good atmosphere there with creative performances. The costumes and the performances are judged by a jury.
Rheingau men's ballet festival
The Rheingau Men's Ballet Festival is a fun competition in which men's ballet formations compete against each other in the form of artistic performances. The festival was brought to the Rheingau for the first time by the Reschhinkeln from Rauenthal, where it has already taken place twice. The venue usually changes annually.
Overview of Carnival events in the Rheingau (selection)
Campaign opens on November 11th
Women's Shrovetide
- Weiberfastnacht in the tent in Johannisberg
- Schnorr rally in Kiedrich
- Women's Carnival sessions in various parishes
Shrove Friday
- Various party and discovery events throughout the Rheingau
Carnival Saturday
- Mardi Gras parades in Hattenheim , Hallgarten and Rüdesheim am Rhein
- Numerous foolish events such as discos and masked balls in the entire Rheingau
Carnival Sunday
- Carnival parades in Erbach and Oberwalluf
- Carnival parade alternately in Johannisberg, Marienthal or Aulhausen
- Carnival disco in the tent in Kiedrich and other events throughout the Rheingau
Rose Monday Rose Monday parades in Kiedrich and Assmannshausen
Ash Wednesday
On Ash Wednesday, Shrovetide is buried in some communities according to an individual ritual. This custom was revived a few years ago in the Eltville district of Erbach , where after dark, masked people with torches and drums accompanied the Mardi Gras through the village and then drowned in the Rhine.
Wiesbaden
There are quite a number of parades in Wiesbaden . The round starts on Shrove Saturday with a children's parade in the city center and a parade through the suburbs of Mainz-Kastel and -Kostheim , which attracts around 10,000 visitors every year, with more than 20,000 visitors in 2011. The highlight is the parade through the city center on Shrovetide Sunday with regular six-digit visitor numbers. On Shrove Monday a move follows in the western suburb of Frauenstein . The conclusion follows on Shrove Tuesday with a train through the Biebrich district and the town hall tower. In 2008, 5,500 participants in over 200 groups took part in the great Wiesbaden parade, including 40 bands alone. The organizer is the "umbrella organization Wiesbaden Carnival 1950 eV" ("Dacho"). About 250,000 spectators came. In Wiesbaden there are several carnival clubs in addition to the "Dacho". The "Carneval-Gesellschaft Sprudel" is the city's oldest carnival association (founded in 1862). The Kasteler KCK is well known nationwide as one of the four organizers of the television session “ Mainz remains Mainz ”, which is broadcast nationwide on the Friday before the carnival weekend.
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Frankfurt
The largest carnival parade in Hesse is the Frankfurt parade, which is organized every year by the "Great Council of Frankfurt Carnival Associations" on Shrove Sunday . In 2008, 6,600 people took part in this move. In 2005 51 guards , 38 bands and marching bands, 775 minstrels and 66 horses were involved. 450,000 people attended the event and there were just as many on the screens during the live broadcast of the hr television . Not only sweets are thrown out here, but also the famous Frankfurt green sauce in packs or shrink-wrapped ribs . All of Frankfurt's districts have renounced their own pairs of princes since the end of the war. Since then there has only been one Frankfurt prince couple. In the local carnival stronghold Heddernheim , the so-called Klaa Paris , a governor was appointed. The carnival bustle in the city experiences the last highlight of the respective season with the parade in Klaa-Paris on Shrove Tuesday with 5,000 participants. The city's oldest carnival club are the "Heddemer Käwwern" from Frankfurt-Heddernheim (founded in 1882).
The Klaa Paris Carnival dates back to 1839. That year the first carnival procession took place. In the 111th year of the Klaa Paris Carnival, the Free Imperial City of Klaa Paris was founded. It has a mayor and a council elected and consisting of 11 articles Constitution adopted.
On Shrove Saturday, the Frankfurt fools storm the Römer , the Frankfurt City Hall.
The little jokes about the southeastern neighboring city of Offenbach am Main are traditional (see also the rivalry between Offenbach and Frankfurt ). In 2007, however, the local press called the Helau War among the carnival clubs in both cities when the Offenbach prince couple was unloaded from the Frankfurt side.
City of Offenbach
The carnival clubs in Offenbach are organized in the Offenbach Carnival Association (OKV) (21 member clubs). The OKV was founded in 1948, before the war the associations were united in the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Offenbacher Karnevalvereine" (AOK). The following associations organize carnival sessions: the "Konzertorchester" (KOO), the "Wiking-Elfer", the "KC Postkutsche", "Offenbacher 03er", the "Stadtgarde Offenbach", the "Gemaa Tempelsee ", "Sängerfreunde", "TGO- Elfer "and the Kolping Elfer. A specialty in Offenbach is that the foolish battle cry here is Hallau and not Helau . During the carnival season, the people of Offenbach call their city Lederanien . There has been an annual prince couple in Offenbach since 1936, it is provided by the OKV. The first carnival procession in Offenbach is recorded in 1855. After the Second World War , there were still carnival parades from 1949 to 1960. Since the city of Offenbach canceled its grant of 20,000 German marks , the carnival procession has not been carried out since then. From 1961 to 2001 the OKV then organized the "Offenbacher Gardetag" with a move. There was a carnival parade in Offenbach in 2005 for the first time in 45 years, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the mention of the Offenbach Carnival in 1855. In 2010, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the AOK's founding, another anniversary parade took place . Otherwise, a guard parade to storm the town hall takes place one week before Shrovetide. It is worth mentioning the oldie carnival on Shrove Tuesday in the Offenbach town hall and the prince reception for seniors on Rose Monday. This reception is carried out by the OKV and in 2007 had a number of over 60-year-olds in the town hall of 650. The Offenbacher Metall- und Kunstprägeanstalt WA Jäger is an important manufacturer of Mardi Gras medals (up to 30,000 pieces per year).
In the 1960s there were important masked balls at Offenbach Carnival, such as the "Zinnoberball" and the Rose Monday balls "in the Werkkunstschule (now the Hochschule für Gestaltung ) with elaborate sets. The masked ball" Cobacabana "in the shell of the Rudolf Koch School had two Evenings 10,000 visitors The Offenbach Carnival in the Offenbach city hall from 1979 onwards had the "Mexican Nights at Popocatepetl".
The two districts of Bieber and Bürgel are known for their carnival traditions . There are also regular carnival parades here. The one in Bieber with 20,000 spectators and 33 participating groups is on Mardi Gras Saturday and is organized by the Heimatverein; Bürgeler the cap ride on Shrove Tuesday from the Ranzengarde (RAGA, established 1904) 13,000 viewers and 650 Zugteilnehmern in 51 groups. Like the Offenbachers, the Bieberer Fastnights also call Hallau ; they can be found above all at the Catholic Youth Bieber (KJB, since 1946) and the IGBiF (Bieberer Fastnacht interest group, since 1981). Both hold two meetings each year in the Catholic parish hall of St. Nikolaus. In Bürgel Gut Stuss becomes - ahoy! called. In addition to the RAGA, the women from the parish of St. Pankratius are particularly active in the Bürgel Carnival, with several meetings with a total of 1,200 spectators. Bürgel is called Burgilla during the carnival season and is represented by the RAGA 's child prince couple with Mohr and lady-in-waiting (for two years). In Bieber there were also regular prince couples until 1960. Another peculiarity is that the Bieberer fools are not affiliated with the OKV and that the OKV does not take part in the carnival procession there, but is represented at the procession in Hanau on the same day. The KJB's masked ball is a particular attraction for the young fools in the vicinity. Several hundred young people gather here every year in the Bieber parish hall.
Offenbach district
A crowd puller - known far beyond the city limits in the region - is the Rose Monday procession in Seligenstadt through the historic city center and the adjacent urban area. There is evidence that this Rose Monday procession has existed since 1859. The Fassenächter call themselves “Schlumber” and their town “Schlumberland” during the fifth season . The Rose Monday Parade is as worn almost all activities in Seligenstadt, from local clubs and by the inhabitants and a small mite privately funded the Zugpublikums. Before the Carnival Monday procession, fools meet at 7:11 a.m. for a wake-up call on the market square. Music is then drawn to the prince's prince's palace before they continue and the prince later kisses his princess awake in her palace. Up to 50,000 spectators watch the Rose Monday procession with 99 numbers on the 4.1 kilometer long route. The organizer is the Heimatbund Seligenstadt. The train is particularly popular for the imaginative wagons, the motifs of which can largely move. In 2010 the Carnival Monday procession was broadcast live on Hessischer Rundfunk, the years before a summary was broadcast on Rhein-Main TV. Seligenstadt is also known for the witches' fair on the Wednesday before Shrovetide , which takes place in the entire old town and in all inns and halls there. The “Wednesday before Wednesday” has already achieved cult status in Seligenstadt. Another special feature is the so-called “Little Carnival Parade” or “Children's Carnival Parade” on Shrovetide Sunday. Over 1000 children, accompanied by several chapels and the Seligenstadt child prince couple, march through Schlumberland in several train numbers. The move is growing in popularity and growing year after year. The children's carnival parade is actively supported by the local primary schools. The mayor awards the "Town Hall Order" for special services to the Schlumberland Carnival. The "Interest Group Seligenstädter Fastnachtsmuseum" maintains its own carnival museum in Seligenstadt.
Mardi Gras is celebrated vigorously in Rodgau with over 50 gala, splendid and foreign sessions, masked balls and crepe coffees . The latter consist of a leisurely coffee session with consumption of the carnival-typical crepe ( donut ) and a subsequent many-hour program of meetings. The Nieder-Röder Kreppelkaffees are organized exclusively by women for women and have well over 2,000 visitors every year. The Weiskirchen sports association's blue and white ball is one of the largest masked balls in Rodgau.
There are a total of 25 meetings and three youth meetings in Rodgau. TGS Jügesheim welcomed over 2,200 spectators to its eight meetings, TGM SV Jügesheim 1,000 visitors. Other associations with their own meetings are the TG Nieder-Roden, RCC Knallkepp, TG Hainhausen, the Narrisch Singstunn, SKV Laternche, the Catholic women Weiskirchen and the Kolping Fastnights. A third of all participants in the Rodgau carnival are younger than 18 years.
The district Jügesheim (dialect: Giesem ) is considered the stronghold of the Rodgau Carnival . Here in front of the town hall on 11.11. the opening of the campaign and, on Shrove Saturday, the town hall tower, the symbolic handover of city power to the fools . On Shrove Tuesday , the Giesem carnival procession winds through the streets of Jügesheim (battle cry: Giesem- Helau ! ). It is organized by the interest group of local associations and in 2009 had 61 participating groups. The representatives of the Giesemer Fassenacht , prince couple and child prince couple, no longer come exclusively from Jügesheim. Other parts of the city can also submit applicants.
Also Mühlheim am Main and its district Lämmerspiel are well known as Carnival strongholds in the region. The Lammerspieler Carnevalverein (LCV) with its own club house, the Catholic Carnivalists Mühlheim (KaKaM) or the Tanzgarde Sonnau are mentioned here. The big Rose Monday parade in Mühlheim is very popular and has been taking place for almost 100 years and also moves through Dietesheim , the procession ends in the Willy-Brandt-Halle. In 2008 around 30,000 spectators and 90 train numbers came (2010: 96). It is organized by the Mühlheim Carnival Association (MKV). On Rose Monday before the Rose Monday procession, the prince couple is woken up in the morning by the fools. The Mühlheim Carnival Association was founded on April 1st, 1957 and in 2007, on its 50th anniversary, had 150 members. There was a town hall storm in Mühlheim only until 2002, since then a meeting of fools has taken place in the Willy-Brandt-Halle. The highest award of the Mühlheim Carnival is the "key order". The LCV Mardi Gras procession has existed in Lämmerspiel since 1958, and takes place on Shrove Tuesday. In 2009 it had 15,000 viewers and over 70 numbers. The lamb player carnival procession is financially supported by the sale of so-called carnival buttons for 1.50 euros. After the procession, the fools celebrate in the parish hall of St. Lucia, in the TGL gymnasium or in other places. A newer Mardi Gras tradition since the 1990s is the fool's jump of the lamb player Schellennarren. Here the fools jump over a fire in the Swabian-Alemannic style on Weiberfastnacht. In Mühlheim-Dietesheim , the Kolping Family offers carnival sessions.
The foolish time in Dreieich is traditionally on 11.11. Beginning at 11:11 am with the enthronement of the Dreieich Prince Couple. The prince couple of the city of Dreieich is provided annually by one of the Dreieich carnival clubs Tanzsportclub Bimmbär (TSCB) , Bremser , Sportgemeinschaft Götzenhain (SGG) and the 1st Sprendlinger Carnival Club (SKV) .
The carnival parade in Dreieich-Sprendlingen is organized with 55 train numbers every year on Mardi Gras and the carnival parade in Dreieich-Götzenhain with 72 groups every year on Mardi Gras Sunday.
In Neu-Isenburg , also known as “Watzedonia” during the carnival season - formerly known as Groß-Watzehause an der Erlebach - the citizens of the Altes Ort are woken up by groups of witches and rags on Rose Monday (here: Rags Monday ). At lunchtime the rag Monday train starts through the streets of the city. Symbolic figures are the Watz - dressed like an 18th century Huguenot with a floppy hat, but very colorful - and the rag in a rag suit. They go ahead of the train in Gerippte (Watz) and Bembel (Oberlump). In 2008 the train had 83 groups (2007: 73) and in 2010 10,000 spectators. Traditionally, lentil soup is eaten in the pedestrian zone in Bahnhofstrasse before the train arrives . After the procession, the fools celebrate in the Huguenot Hall. The carnival groups in Neu-Isenburg are the "Watze" (KV Die Watze eV), the "Schwarze Elf" (Schwarze Elf eV - Carnivalist Association of Catholic Communities), the "Kümmler" (carnival department of the "Männergesangverein Sängergruß Kümmelquartett") and other. The big carnival sessions of the "Watze", "Schwarze Elf" and "Kümmler" are celebrated in the Huguenot Hall. In 2009 the carnival association die "Kümmler" held its 57th meeting in the Huguenot Hall. The town hall storm takes place on the Saturday before the carnival weekend. The “Working Group of Neu-Isenburg's Carnival Driving Associations” (AKVN) determines the prince couple who are enthroned on November 11th each year. In addition, the AKVN organizes a joint meeting in the Huguenot Hall, to which all Isenburg associations make their contribution. With its "Owl Reception", the CDU has its own large carnival event in the Alfred Delp House.
The Rödermark district of Urberach is called Orwisch by its residents during the carnival season . The battle cry of the carnival people here is therefore “Orwisch - Helau!” . In 2010 the 14th Carnival procession took place on Rose Monday with 1,100 participants in 29 foot groups, 23 motif wagons and several marching bands. The “Halli Galli” masked ball for young people in Gallusheim has been held for 30 years. In the other part of the city, Ober-Roden, the carnival procession moves to the town hall tower. The Ober-Rodener Turnerschaft and the Musikverein Viktoria 08 invite you to their carnival sessions or to the cap evening.
In Heusenstamm , the town hall in Heusenstamm Castle is stormed on Shrovetide Saturday and the prince couple takes over rule until Ash Wednesday. The carnival procession organized by the city is on Mardi Gras Tuesday followed by a celebration at the gate . Carnival sessions are held in the parish of St. Cäcilia in the parish hall and by the "Carnival Club Disharmonie" (founded in 1986) in the TSV hall.
In Obertshausen the "vermilion ball" of TGS Hausen, the meetings and cap evenings of the Obertshausen carnival association "Die Elf Babbscher" eV and the meetings of the Catholic church choir Obertshausen (KKCO) in the parish hall of St. Thomas More are the highlights of the carnival season. Until 2017, the Catholic Church Choir Hausen (KKCH) had a tradition of more than sixty years of meetings. Since 2008 there has been a carnival club called “Die Elf Babbscher”. There were prince couples in Obertshausen only in the 1950s and 1960s, supported by sports clubs and choirs - most recently in 1966. In the 1980s and 1990s there was still a child prince couple. Since 2015, madness has been reigning fools again in Obertshausen, not a prince couple in the actual sense, but based on the leather goods trade of the Babbscher-Comtesse and Leder-Baron region, which are provided by the association “Die Elf Babbscher”. There is no carnival procession in Obertshausen, many clubs take part in the carnival procession in the neighboring Lammerspiel on Shrove Tuesday. Since 2015, a town hall tower with a previous short parade has been taking place under the direction of the Carnival Association.
In the district town of Dietzenbach , the Mardi Gras parade organized by the Tanzgarde takes place on Mardi Gras Saturday, in 2009 with 60 train numbers (2008: 31 train numbers). Here too, the town hall is stormed after the move. Mardi Gras sessions are organized by the "SC Soma", among others.
In Langen, the fools of the Langen Carnival Society storm the town hall on Shrove Tuesday and also organize gentlemen's meetings . In Egelsbach (during Mardi Gras : “Elschbach” ) the Mardi Gras procession of the “Karneval Gesellschaft Egelsbach” (KGE) takes place on Mardi Gras with 650 participants in 44 groups (figures from 2010). In addition, the airfield is stormed here on Shrove Tuesday. In 2010 there was the 60th prince couple in Egelsbach.
In Mainhausen - Zellhausen the "Zellhäuser-Fastnachts-Narren" (ZFN) invite every year to the Mardi Gras procession on Mardi Gras Tuesday with 40 numbers (in 2010). There is also a couple of princes in Zellhausen.
In 2010 in Hainburg - Hainstadt , over 600 children in 50 train numbers took part in the 35th children's train on the Sunday before the carnival weekend. During the move, donations are collected for social projects.
Main-Kinzig district
In 2007, a carnival procession was held in Hanau for the 50th time (on Mardi Gras Saturday). Up to 40,000 visitors come here to see the 112 numbers. The move is organized by the Hanauer Carnevalszugverein (HCV). In 1999, the carnival procession was moved from Mardi Gras to Mardi Gras Saturday and has been better attended since then. Eight carnival associations have come together to form the "Great Council" and have been holding joint meetings in the "Congress Park Hanau" (CPH) since 2004 .
The Hanau districts of Klein-Auheim and Steinheim also have their own carnival parades. These move through the two places on Shrove Tuesday.
The train in Steinheim has around 70 train numbers and leads to the culture hall. This train is financed by the support group Steinheimer Fastnachtszug eV. Train badges are also sold here as support. The train is organized by the "Carneval Club Schwarz Weiß" (CCSW, founded in 1960). The largest train numbers are provided by the 1st Steinheim Carnival Society with the Steinheim Prinzenpaar and the Carneval Club Schwarz Weiß. The train has around 20 music trains in its program that take on the musical design.
The train in Klein-Auheim starts an hour later than the one in Steinheim. So it is possible for the audience to see both trains. Around 60 train numbers, the largest from the carnival clubs CV at the beginning and from the 1st KG at the end, take part. The procession is now organized by the Carnival procession association founded in 2007. Afterwards there will be a celebration in the CV hall. The fools shout "Klaanam - Helau!". Mardi Gras sessions are held by the Steinheim "Carneval Club Schwarz Weiß" (CCSW, founded in 1960) and by the 1st Steinheim Carnival Society (1st SKG) in the culture hall by the Catholic women's community St. Johann Baptist in the Kardinal-Volk-Haus in Steinheim and the 1st Carnival Society and the Carneval Association 1895 Klein-Auheim in the TSV-Halle.
The carnival procession in Großauheim with 500 participants in 33 groups (in 2010) is on Mardi Gras Tuesday. The organizer is the "Association for Culture in Großauheim". Afterwards the participants meet for the "Faschings-End-Party" of the "1. Großauheim Carnival Society" (GKG) in the Lindenauhalle. Since 1990 the CCSW has also been inviting visitors to the Steinheimer Kulturhalle on Thursday. In Klein-Auheim, the carnival society provides a child prince couple.
In Maintal , the carnival procession also takes place on Mardi Gras Saturday in the Dörnigheim district. In 2007, the 104 train numbers were watched by 12,000 fools.
The carnival procession in the Barbarossa town of Gelnhausen takes place on Mardi Gras Saturday and that in Wächtersbach on Mardi Gras Sunday.
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Bergstrasse district
In numerous towns and communities in the Bergstrasse district there are carnival or carnival clubs that hold ceremonial, Elferrat meetings or similar carnival events every year, for example in Bensheim , Heppenheim , in the Weschnitz Valley and Überwald . Nationally known Carnival parades are the Heppenheim Carnival Parade, which is organized annually by the Heppenheim Carnival Parade Association, as well as the Boa Narhalla, the parade of the Ober-Absteinacher Carnival Club eV
Groß-Gerau district
In Gernsheim , the carnival parade traditionally takes place on Mardi Gras Saturday, which starts punctually at 11:11 a.m. Afterwards, the carnival will reach its climax at the town hall.
City of Darmstadt and the Darmstadt-Dieburg district
The Karnevalverein Dieburg 1838 eV (KVD) ( Darmstadt-Dieburg district ) is Germany's largest carnival association in the "Bund Deutscher Karneval eV" (BDK) with around 1,700 members. The Dieburger Fastnacht finds its first historical mention in 1508. Thus, in 2008 the 500-year carnival anniversary was celebrated under the motto "500 years of carnival joy, lives on in Dibborsch to this day". The Mardi Gras parade in Dieburg with 111 groups is held on Mardi Gras Tuesday. The move attracts up to 90,000 visitors. Dieburg is also known for its street carnival on Saturday evenings and Mondays on the market square and the surrounding area. The fool's call in Dieburg is Dibborsch-Äla . The call should derive from herding goose. On Rose Monday at 11:11 a.m., the KVD awards the Holzisch Latern its highest external award. In 2007 it went to the Augsburger Puppenkiste and in 2008 to Walter Renneisen . A week before Mardi Gras there is a separate children's Carnival procession led by the Prince and Childhood couple. The KVD holds up to ten meetings a year. In addition to the KVD, the Dieburg parish group also hosts its own carnival meeting with over 200 guests. Every year the KVD presents the Dieburg Prince Couple on Shrove Tuesday at the train station, which is extremely secret until this point and is selected by the Prince Committee. Dieburger Fastnacht is known for its more than 70 private train groups who implement new costumes and ideas every year.
In Babenhausen the fools are organized in the "Carneval-Verein Babenhausen". He celebrates his meetings in the town hall and provides the prince couple and child prince couple. Approx. 300 visitors celebrate the "Kräppelsitzung" organized by the city in the town hall. In the Harpertshausen district there is a carnival meeting of the Red Cross with around 180 visitors in the DRK home. On Shrove Saturday in 2010, the 55th Babenhausen carnival procession took place. The train is financed by selling train buttons at a price of 1.50 euros. In the Sickenhofen district , the Sickenhofer Carnival Association (SKV) celebrates its meeting in the multi-purpose hall with around 260 spectators.
In large rooms the fools celebrate their carnival sessions with the footballers of the FSV.
In Darmstadt, the carnival parade moves from Marienplatz / Hügelstrasse through downtown Darmstadt, where the Karstadt grandstand is located, to the Otto-Berndt-Halle for the maneuver ball for the participating gardens and music trains. The Darmstadt carnival greeting is Hä - Hopp ! The Darmstadt Carnival Society was founded in 1846, making it one of the oldest carnival clubs in southern Hesse.
In Griesheim the fast rollercoaster call Hie Schlott .
In the Pfungstadt district of Eschollbrücken , the Couchumer (Couchum = nickname for Eschollbrücken) Carnival Association traditionally invites you to the Mardi Gras parade on Mardi Gras Sunday.
In Ueberau (district of Reinheim) the carnival parade takes place on Mardi Gras Sunday . The move with almost 60 train numbers (in 2010) starts at 1.33 p.m. The Ueberauer carnival greeting is Iwwero - Helau !
In Eppertshausen , the football club from 1920 (FVCA, carnival department founded in 1972) celebrates two meetings with a total of around 900 spectators and 170 players in the multi-purpose hall. The volunteer fire brigade has a cap evening and the "Settchesball" attracts visitors to the multi-purpose hall.
In Münster , the fools of the Free Sports Association (FSV) have been celebrating carnival sessions in the multi-purpose hall and, since 1947, the DJK Blau-Weiß Münster in the club hall. In Altheim, large carnival sessions were previously held by the men's choir. The DJK Münster also celebrates on Weiberfastnacht. Women's community, church choir and Kolping Family (FKK) invite around 200 guests to the "happy Catholic carnival" in the Münster parish center.
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In Ober-Mörlen in the Wetterau , the "Klein Mainz am Usastrand", the traditional Mardi Gras parade with 111 train numbers takes place on Shrovetide Sunday. In 2007 the visitor record of around 50,000 visitors was achieved. This made the Ober-Mörler carnival procession on that day one of the largest trains in Hesse and the largest in the Wetterau. The Ober-Mörler Fassenacht has been celebrated since 1753 and is known nationwide. The figure of Mohr von Mörlau, a carnival figure that originated from the municipal coat of arms, is unique . For a long time there have been two local associations that have committed themselves to the carnival. MCC Ober-Mörlen and KG Mörlau share the festively decorated "Narhalla" (Usatalhalle in Ober-Mörlen) for the various events. Each club holds two costume sessions as well as a children's session. In addition, the KG Mörlau organizes a women’s meeting and a men’s meeting, and the MCC Ober-Mörlen organizes the "Ball of 1000 Masks" on Carnival Saturday, which is known beyond the Wetterau state borders.
Traditionally, on the weekend around November 11th, a carnival-symbolizing doll is pulled from the local river, the USA. This officially opens the 5th season. The same doll is burnt in this river on the night from Shrove Tuesday to Ash Wednesday, which in turn means the end of the carnival season.
In Friedberg the fools call their town Fribersch (dialect) and call Fribersch - Helau !
In Bad Vilbel -Massenheim, the association ring organizes annual carnival meetings in the Catholic parish hall.
In Bad Homburg vor der Höhe , the carnival was mentioned for the first time in a police regulation in 1816 and the first carnival newspaper appeared in 1860. With "Die Sauern" the first carnival club was founded in 1870 (dissolved again in 1897/98). The "Homburger Karnevalverein" was founded in 1902, the "Club Humor" in 1904 and the "Carneval Verein Heiterkeit" in 1919. After the war, the "Friends of Carneval" (FdC) were founded in 1952. They have been holding cap evenings since 1953, then meetings and masked balls. Seniors' meetings have been held since 1968.
In Usingen the fool's call is Ulau , a combination of U sing and He lau .
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In Mörfelden-Walldorf , the parade organized by the groups “Buschspatzen” and “Sandhasen” takes place on Shrove Tuesday. After the carnival parade, the fools celebrate the maneuver ball in the community center. The carnival drive is financed by the sale of fairy tales.
Nationally known is the Flörsheimer "Fassenacht move" with sometimes more than 3,500 participants (around 160 numbers) of each on Carnival Sunday starts at 13:31 and has regularly around 50,000 spectators. In 2007, according to police estimates, there were even around 80,000. But this is also due to the fact that in the neighboring communities there are no carnival parades on Sundays in the uneven years.
Flörsheim is also characterized by its unique carnival call ( fools call ) “Hall die Gail”. The call comes from the early days when there were still many horse-drawn carriages on the carnival procession. If these horses then became restless because of the many screaming and waving people, the horse handlers were often asked to hold their horses tightly by the reins. In a nutshell: "Hold the horses (horses)!" Or in Flerschemerisch: "Hall the Gail". In order to stand out from the friendly Mainz Fastnights, the Flörsheimer Carneval Verein (FCV) decided to shout this through the streets of the city in the future.
The town hall storm in Rüsselsheim am Main takes place on Mardi Gras Saturday and all four Rüsselsheim carnival clubs organize a joint senior meeting. The Rüsselsheim Carneval Association 1936 eV is one of the largest cultural associations in Rüsselsheim am Main with around 200 members. The association is dedicated to the maintenance of the customs of the Rhenish and Alemannic carnivals, operates a guard dance department and is the home association of the Guggemusik Bembeljeescher . The RCV is the organizer of the International Guard Day. The event, consisting of a torchlight parade, open concert, carnival parade and maneuver ball, takes place annually on the second weekend before Shrove Monday and attracts around 25,000 spectators to the carnival parade on the Rüsselsheimer streets.
In Hattersheim the "Hattersheimer Carneval Club" (HCC), the "Okrifteler Carneval Club Mainperle" (CMM) and the Eddersheimer Gesangverein Liederkranz-Eintracht are active in the carnival.
In Hochheim / Main the fools can be found among others at the "Carnevalgesellschaft Fidelio" (founded in 1880).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung Landskrone of the Rhein Main publishing group of February 23, 2009, p. 9.
- ↑ http://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/region/mainz/amoeneburg-kostheim-kastel/10301067.htm accessed on March 8, 2011, 7:00 a.m.
- ↑ Despite the ice-cold east wind, a hot show of fools , report from Offenbacher Post from February 8, 2010.
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: 150 years of street carnival in Offenbach )
- ↑ www.ranzengarde-buergel.de: History of the Bürgeler Fastnacht ( Memento from September 30, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ www.katholischejugendbieber.de: History of the Bieberer Jugendfastnacht
- ↑ a b ( page no longer available , search in web archives: "Hessentipp" des hr television ), accessed on February 20, 2010
- ↑ a b Website of the Heimatbund Seligenstadt ( memento of February 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 20, 2010
- ↑ Article from Offenbach-Post , accessed on February 20, 2010
- ↑ Article from Offenbach-Post , accessed on February 20, 2010
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Information letter from Heimatbund Seligenstadt on the children's carnival parade 2009 ) (PDF; 192 kB), accessed on February 20, 2010
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Report on the award of the City Hall Order 2005 ), accessed on February 20, 2010
- ^ Mardi Gras Museum in Seligenstadt. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ hr-online Carnival parades: Hessen firmly in the fool's hand - 80,000 spectators in Flörsheim ( Memento from June 30, 2007 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ FCV 1928 eV - Origin of "Hall die Gail" ( Memento from February 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
See also
Web links
- Interest group Mittelrheinischer Karneval
- Grand Council of Frankfurt Carnival Clubs
- Offenbach Carnival Association
- Offenbach City Guard
- Website of the governor of Klaa-Paris
- Klaa Paris website
- Carnival Association Dieburg 1838 eV
- 'dibborsch.de' - private website for Dieburger Fastnacht
- Umbrella organization of the Wiesbaden carnival clubs
- ObertsHäuser Carnival Association "Die Elf Babbscher"