Fellbach autumn
The Fellbacher Herbst is a local festival of the city of Fellbach in Baden-Württemberg ( Rems-Murr-Kreis ), which takes place every year on the second weekend in October in the entire city center and arose from the harvest festival for the wine harvest. After the Cannstatter Volksfest , Fellbach Autumn is the second largest harvest festival in the Stuttgart region. The Cannstatter Volksfest ends on the same weekend that Fellbach Autumn takes place.
History and facts
Fellbach Autumn began before the Second World War in 1938. Ten years later, in October 1948, the first Fellbach Autumn was celebrated in its current form, although the basic process has hardly changed to this day. Erich Schlenker and the mayor of Fellbach at the time, Max Graser, are considered to be the spiritual fathers of Fellbach autumn. In their spirit, it is celebrated in the tradition of the old "Wengerter spirit", which results from the history of Fellbach as a vineyard village. Thanksgiving is also the focus of the celebrations. a. There was also a thanksgiving speech and a small memorial service for the founding fathers of Fellbach autumn.
In the course of the Fellbach autumn, the oldest citizens of Fellbach are honored every year. The Fellbach autumn is traditionally an integral part of the intellectual and cultural life of Fellbach in the city's history as well as in the festival calendar of the greater Stuttgart area . In addition, Fellbach's partner cities are integrated into the autumn events every year. In contrast to other local festivals, only wine is served at Fellbacher Herbst.
In 1977 Sepp Herberger should have been guest of honor at Fellbach Autumn, but his illness no longer allowed it. On October 7, 1977 Fellbach mourned Sepp Herberger. On the occasion of a class reunion, the former Federal Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer spent the “autumn” weekend 2007 in Fellbach and used this to take a detour to the Fellbach autumn. Fischer grew up in the Fellbach district of Oeffingen and attended school there.
Procedure and events
Fellbach autumn begins on the Thursday evening before the second weekend in October with a large wine tasting by Fellbacher Weingärtner eG in the Schwabenlandhalle . The Fellbach Evening will take place on the following Friday evening, at which the "Fellbacher Blossom Magic" flower decoration competition has been celebrated together with a stage show since 2012. On Saturday afternoon there will be a big pageant, followed by the traditional autumn speech of the Lord Mayor in the atrium of the Schwabenlandhalle . Wine and festival tents , stalls , rides and a wine fountain have been set up on the fairground there . The streets of the city center are closed to traffic on Sunday shopping. In the evening there will be fireworks from the roof of the Schwabenlandhalle. Fellbach autumn officially ends on Monday.
Motto and pageant
Fellbach Autumn is celebrated under a different motto every year, which has an impact on the parade, as the floats and parade participants base their contributions on the annual autumn theme. In front of the motto, the current year of Fellbach autumn is also given. Traditionally, however, the pageant begins with the same words that Dr. Max Graser had opened the first Fellbacher Herbst: "Now brings the car into town that has loaded wine and fruit." Another highlight that recurs every year is the rural youth's harvest wagon during the parade.
literature
- 50 years Fellbacher Herbst
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel a contentious liberal
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Autumn is coming now, the bathroom later . Stuttgarter Zeitung of October 10, 2012.
