Gallusmarkt (Grünberg)
The Gallusmarkt in Grünberg , the "Upper Hessian Oktoberfest", is one of the oldest annual markets in Hesse . It is named after Saint Gall , whose name day is celebrated on October 16.
history
1480 was the then Emperor Friedrich III. by Landgraf Heinrich submitted by Hesse's proposal to grant the right of city Grünberg, a market on Gall hold. The Roman-German Emperor Friedrich III. thereupon granted the city the right in 1481 to hold a market on the respective day of Pope Callistus I. The imperial certificate is now in the museum in the hospital of the city of Grünberg.
The area has been Käswiese since 1869 , whereby the Krämermarkt was relocated to Gießener Straße and Theo-Koch-Straße in 1972, as the available area was reduced in size - mainly due to the construction of the Gallushalle and the erection of a larger festival tent. Before that, the Gallusmarkt probably took place on the market square and later, when it gained in importance and size, on the right and left of Londorfer Straße. A parcel of land there is called Auf dem Gallusmarkt . Due to poor soil conditions, the market was temporarily relocated to the paved roads of the Laimenkaute in 1838 .
A modern cattle auction has been attached to the Gallusmarkt since 1948. Cattle were already auctioned in the Middle Ages, in the 19th century only machines and equipment for agriculture were shown, today the Gallusmarkt has developed into a general trade show for agricultural machinery and livestock. In 2010, due to changes in agriculture, the cattle market was withdrawn from the program. Instead, there was an animal presentation. Both events are to be held alternately every two years.
The annual highlight of the market is the original Grünberger Wurzelbürger brushing, introduced in 1951, during the traditional morning pint . Here, newcomers who have made a voluntary contribution to their adopted home are accepted into the group of Grünbergers after having passed a dialect test. Afterwards, those present sing the Gallusmarktlied by Dr. Karl Stein - born in Grünberg in 1885 - based on the tune of O old lad glory .
Since 1972, the Upper Hessian Art Exhibition has been taking place in the rooms of the historic Barefoot Monastery parallel to the Gallusmarkt .
Gallus Market Commission
Together with the city of Grünberg, the Gallusmarktkommission, founded in 1926, is responsible for the design of the program and the process as well as for filling the fairground and awarding it to a party host. The commission is divided into various sub-committees: the art committee, the Grimmicher Bobbekist (formerly the children's festival committee ) and the brush committee.
Grimmicher Märtfraa
In 1974 the Grimmicher Märtfraa (Grünberger Marktfrau ) was created as a symbol of the market. The choice is made by a committee made up of the morning pint committee of the Gallus Market Commission. In alternation, a business woman or a private person is appointed as market woman who - in addition to representing the market and the city of Grünberg on festive occasions - works with a seat and vote on the commission.
The market women:
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Honorary market women are Colette Berger and Heidrun Lippert.
The hallmarks of the Grimmich Märtfraan are the dress, which is always in the same blue fabric, the basket with the Grünberger spoon drink Schusterpech it contains , including the pewter spoon, a golden heart and an individually labeled and hand-painted large spoon.
Gallusmarkt currently
The 539th Gallusmarkt took place from October 12 to 20, 2019.
For the 48th Upper Hessian Art Exhibition, which opened on October 4, 2019, artists from the region presented their exhibits under the motto mountains and valleys .
The grocer's market with around 270 stalls took place on October 16 and 17, 2019.
program
The Gallmärtsdäppler , as the visitors to the Gallusmarkt are popularly known , awaits a traditional program every year, which also includes new events. Fixed dates include:
| weekday | Events |
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| Saturday (I) | Opening of the fairground by the Grimmicher Märtfraa traditional bock beer evening |
| Sunday (I) |
Teckelschau Sunday shopping fairground Children's flea market |
| Monday | Rest day |
| Tuesday | Fairground lantern reading of the market certificate official opening of the market by the mayor Kneipenbummel be repealed curfew fireworks |
| Wednesday | Merchant market fairground |
| Thursday | Shopkeeper market for traditional morning pints with original Grünberger Wurzelbürger-Bürsterei fairground |
| Friday | Fairground marquee party atmosphere |
| Saturday (II) | Fairground with family day children's party |
| Sunday (II) |
From pots and herds fox hunt and fox tail gripping fairground award ceremony for the participants of the Upper Hessian art exhibition |
outlook
A major anniversary event is planned for the 550th anniversary of the Gallusmarkt in 2030, which will also include participants, traditional costume groups with traditional costumes from St. Gallen embroidery and exhibitors from Gallimarkt (Leer) , Gallimarkt (Mainburg) , St. Gallen Children's Festival and the St. Gallen Festival. The Gallusmarkt is to be extended to ten days and opened with a historic cattle drive from Schotten through Laubach via Wetterfeld and Münster along the old trade route, the Kurzen Hessen to Grünberg.
Web links
- Gallusmarkt Commission and City Council of Grünberg: Gallusmarkt in Grünberg. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .
- Gallusmarkt with the first “Rescue Day”. In: Gießener Anzeiger . September 30, 2011, accessed October 3, 2011 .
- Gallusmarkt Grünberg: the Oktoberfest in Upper Hesse. In: Gießener Allgemeine . October 1, 2011, accessed October 3, 2011 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerd Lippert: 60 years Grünberger Wurzelbürger-Bürsterei. In: Giessen newspaper . October 8, 2010, accessed October 17, 2014 .
- ↑ "I really got lost in Grünberg". In: Gießener Anzeiger . October 17, 2014, accessed October 17, 2014 .
- ↑ As for 534 years: Grünberg celebrates Gallusmarkt again. In: Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung . September 20, 2015, accessed October 4, 2015 .