Frundsberg Festival

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Frundsbergfest in Mindelheim in Bavaria (Unterallgäu district).

The Frundsbergfest in Mindelheim in the central Swabian district of Unterallgäu is one of the largest historical city ​​festivals in Germany. It has taken place every three years since 1853 (next date in 2021) in the historic center of the city. The festival is celebrated in honor of the knight and imperial field captain Georg von Frundsberg , who had his seat on the Mindelburg , which is located high above the city. Many residents, including numerous children, wear historical clothing. Large pageants with over 2000 participants as well as open-air plays, demonstrations by old craft guilds, jugglers' performances, a historic farmers market, old town festivals and medieval camp life, re-enacted battles, but also concerts in the Jesuit church and contemporary theater in the backyards of the old town, bring the times back to life.

The organizer is the Frundsberg Festring in cooperation with various Mindelheim associations. The next Frundsbergfest will take place from June 25th to July 4th, 2021.

history

Frundsberg statue at the town hall.

Originally the Frundsbergfest was purely a children's festival that took place irregularly. The roots go back to 1836 when children and their school teachers moved to the Katharinenberg for the first time and remembered the former city lord Georg von Frundsberg with games. The next unofficial Frundsberg Festival took place in 1855 when a memorial plaque was attached to the Mindelburg, the seat of the Frundsberg family.

Further festivals are documented for the years 1869, 1872, 1873, 1875, 1884 and 1895. With the installation of the Frundsberg statue at the Mindelheim town hall in 1903, the focus of the event was moved from the Mindelburg to the old town. From 1912 the Mindelheimer Bürgererverein took care of the organization of the Frundsberg Festival. In 1933 the citizens' association was renamed the Frundsbergfest Association.

After the Second World War, Frundsberg festivals took place in 1950, 1953, 1956, 1967, 1970 and 1973. From 1949 the festivals were organized by the Frundsberg-Stadtverband eV, and since 1966 by the Mindelheimer Faschingsgesellschaft Mindelonia. Since 1977 the Frundsberg Festring Mindelheim eV has organized the Frundsbergfest. Since 1976, the festival is no longer just a children's festival, but is also celebrated by adults. Since then, the city has returned to the Middle Ages for eleven days every three years . The old town is closed to car traffic during this time.

The program includes a. Pageants on Sundays, plays and concerts. The numerous program items are supplemented by a craftsman's yard, a guild street, a historic farmer's market, backyard theaters and camp life at the old town festivals. Since 2006, the battle scene on the Schwabenwiese has also been recreated.

Similar to the Passion Play in Oberammergau, the Mindelheim men also grow their beards during the Frundsbergfest years, which are shaved in the camps on the last day of the event.

photos

  • Wrapped traffic signs in the city center during the Frundsberg Festival

  • Cannon at the Frundsbergfest

  • Knight armor in the camp of the Fähnlein Ems in the city moat

  • Fähnlein tent on the Mindelheim city wall

  • The turmoil below the Mindelburg

  • Lined up halberds

  • Lined up skewers in front of the parish church

literature

  • Hans Högel, Reinhard Baumann, Christian Schedler, Johannes Högel: Frundsbergfest 2015 . Verlag Hans Högel, Mindelheim, ISBN 978-3-9816725-6-5 .
  • Bernd Feil, Michael Oswald: Frundsberg Festival. Mindelheim - city in the Middle Ages . Ledermann, Mindelheim, ISBN 978-3-88748-009-7 .

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