Fraa Rauscher

The Fraa Rauscher fountain

The Fraa Rauscher is a Frankfurt city original .

Surname

Fraa (Südhess. For woman ) Rauscher contains an allusion to the young, still fermenting apple wine , which is particularly popular in Sachsenhausen during the season , which not only "rustles" in the glass, but can also cause severe diarrhea when consumed excessively. It is not known whether this was her real name or a nickname.

Bump incident

Ms. Rauscher is said to have lived in Frankfurt's Klappergass in the 19th century. Tradition reports that on a Sunday afternoon, Fraa Rauscher was found lying on the street with a bump on her head and was mocked by boys. An overzealous Prussian police officer used this incident as an opportunity to meticulously take down the facts and use them to construct a criminal suspicion and to determine whether the bump was caused by her husband or by the loss of balance due to increased cider consumption. The ridiculously minor incident is said to have even been mentioned in the newspaper's police report the following day , which is said to have caused general amusement at the new force of law in Frankfurt.

song

This curious story about the zeal for officials was presented in poetry by the Frankfurt graphic artist Kurt Eugen Strouhs in the former Mainz wine tavern and later set to music by the editor and writer Norbert Bruchhäuser (Bert Häuser). Today it is probably the most famous Frankfurt abel song.

The famous refrain is:

Fraa Rauscher from the Klappergass, the hot bump on the egg,

The police will clarify whether it's from Rauscher, whether it's from Alde.

Full text

On Sunday warn mer dribb de Bach, what awesome laughed,

so two spouses were enlightened and made no noise.

Uff aamal duds a dull thud, the woman borrows uff de gass

and all the kids sing out loud, it's great fun:

Fraa Rauscher from de Klappergass, she has a dent on her egg [...]

A griene has seen the fall and comes in a laaf step aa.

The husband cries out very frightened, I didn't think of anything!

Mei old, she knows kaa measure and goal, the hot too much bawled,

drumm hot the liewe Lord God punished them with aaner bulge.

Fraa Rauscher from de Klappergass, she has a dent on her egg [...]

Now it goes uffs the police station, the Buwe down three.

This is an interesting case, it shines for everyone.

The inspector is very upset, it's great.

The grave, as he is pleased, gives the record:

Fraa Rauscher from de Klappergass, she has a dent on her egg [...]

Now that would be enough, the intoxicants have reconciled with their husband,

We already know that and we are used to such cases,

but such a good newspaper guy does more than his duty

on the next day it’s thick un braat in the police report:

Fraa Rauscher from de Klappergass, she has a dent on her egg [...]

Honors

Mrs. Rauscher cider

• In 1961 a monument was dedicated to Fraa Rauscher in Klappergasse , which spits water out of its mouth at irregular intervals in the direction of the tourists standing in front of it. This Frau-Rauscher fountain was made by the sculptor Georg Krämer .
• An Äbbelwoi variety from the Possmann press in Frankfurt-Rödelheim was named after her.
• At every Eintracht Frankfurt home game, “Fraa Rauscher” pulls the “fan club of the day” out of a Bembel . This fan club receives 50 liters of Äppelwoi and a Bembel with the fan club name. The figure "Frau Rauscher" is embodied by Marianne Boss, who in turn belongs to the Carnevalsclub Laternche (CCL or just Laternche for short) and traditionally gives a handmade paper lecture at seven sessions in the Saalbau Titus-Forum during the carnival season .
• The band Böhse Onkelz from the Frankfurt area mentions Fraa Rauscher in their song “Kings for a day”, which is about football, alcohol and sex, with the line “and bathe with Mrs. Rauscher”.
• There is a restaurant with this name in Berlin-Kreuzberg . The story of Mrs. Rauscher can be found on the first page of the menu. The apple wine of the same name is also served.
• Since the beginning of 2014 there is again the “Frau Rauscher” apple wine tavern at Klappergasse 8 in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen, right next to the Frau-Rauscher fountain.
• The Frankfurter Rundschau has a daily gloss on page one of its local and regional section with the name "Rauscher", whose logo shows Fraa Rauscher.
• Since November 2019 there has been a pedestrian light at an intersection in Alt-Sachsenhausen with a representation of "Fraa Rauschers" as a traffic light man.

literature

• Vinz de Rouet: I love Sachsenhausen! 33 reasons to love Sachsenhausen. Berlin 2010. ISBN 978-3-86931-738-0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The apple wine song - The woman Rauscher from de Klappergass , frankfurt-interaktiv.de
2. ↑ Fraa Rauscher from de Klappergass' (Frankfodder Äppelwoilied)
3. ↑ https://deutschelieder.wordpress.com/2015/02/16/kurt-eugen-strouhs-die-fraa-rauscher-aus-de-klappergass/
4. ^ Art in public space Frankfurt: Fraa Rascher
5. ↑ Die Welt, “Fraa Rauscher” now lights up as a traffic light man in Frankfurt , November 27, 2019

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 18.5 ″  N , 8 ° 41 ′ 29 ″  E