Witches guild

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The Offenburg witch
Schellenberg witch, Donaueschingen
Hexensprung, Donaueschingen

A witches' guild is an association of witches - bearers of the Swabian Alemannic Carnival .

history

As active parts of the Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht, witch guilds are the latest development. Many guilds came into being after the Second World War and new guilds are still being founded today. In part, they are the result of a further development of the traditional characters of the Wild People . Often the guilds also refer to legendary figures who take up local stories or events and sometimes modify them into a legend. The oldest still existing witch figure of the Schwäbsisch-Alemannic Fastnacht was designed by Karl and Pauline Vollmer in Offenburg in the early 1930s and is still active today as a central figure in the Offenburg witch guild .

Guilds (examples)

Witch figure & witch guild place founding year Legend
Waldstein Witches

Waldsteinhexen eV

Fischbach (Niedereschach) 1983 Inspired by the Haslach Carnival, founded by young people.
Flayer witches

Schinderhexen eV

Schramberg 1983 Old witch guild in the Black Forest. On "Schmotzingen Thursday" the flay witches perform their witch dance at the Narrenbrunnen. The name is related to the historical Schinderhannes , who made the Black Forest unsafe with various robberies around 1800.
Falcon witches

Falken-Hexen Schramberg eV

Schramberg Refer to the Falkenstein Castle near Schramberg
Mountain witches

Sulgener Berghexen eV

Schramberg Sulgen 1986
Offenburg witch Offenburg witch
guild eV 		Offenburg 1935 Oldest witch figure of the Swabian-Alemannic Carnival.
Litzlocher Moorhexen
Narrenzunft Litzlocher Moorhexen eV 		Achern-Gamshurst 1998 According to legend, the witches come from the Litzloch moor near Gamshurst and terrify the villagers.
City witch

Villinger Hexenzunft eV

Villingen- Schwenningen 1969 According to tradition, there were witches and "Wuescht" who were armed with brooms and oven forks and were forbidden by the authorities. The first such figure was called "Hagazusa" and legend has it that he lived around Villingen. She was the godfather of the city witch created in 1969. There are several roles of this witch with different masks and hats.
Herbal Huzeln

Kräuter-Huzeln eV

Schramberg 1987 "Wise women" were accused of witchcraft in bad times. The guild takes up this historical reference of plants and medicinal herbs, mostly older women and addresses the prejudices, fear of demons, enmity of the church against them.
Black Forest witches

Black Forest Witches Peterzell eV

Peterzell 1992 According to the legend, a "noble lady" was pursued by "hunters" and found refuge in Peterzell. It was hidden in the church tower. In gratitude, she bequeathed the Allmendwald to Reutin to the municipality of Peterzell. Since that time, the noble lady has been supposed to transform into a Black Forest witch every year during the carnival season.
Schellenberg Hex

Schellenberg Hexen eV

Donaueschingen 1975 The name does not refer to the Schellenberg family. Their castle and palace are said to have stood near Hüfingen at the foot of the Schellenberg. The Schellenberg witches first appeared in 1964 as an alternative to the traditional figures Hansel and Gretel. In 1975 a separate association was founded.
Buchbronn witches

Buchbronner Hexen eV

Hornberg 1978 Buchenbronn is a district of Hornberg. 1985 came with the "Buchbronner Hexenmusik" a music department to the club.
Finsterbach witches

Finsterbach Hexen Schramberg eV

Schramberg 1981 In 1981 the Finsterbach Witches first appeared in Schramberg and founded an association in 1986. The socks in which the colors of Schramberg, Lauterbach and Schiltach have gone also belong to their hatred .
Keaberg Hexa

Narrenzunft Freudenstadt eV

Freudenstadt 1984 The Narrenzunft Freudenstadt eV was founded in 1983 with the "Bergmännle" as the first figure. In 1984 the Keaberg Hexa was added.
Aichhalder witches

Narrenzunft Aichhalden eV

Aichhalden 1936 The association has over 850 members in the 3900 inhabitant town, of which over 500 are witches during Carnival. The witches came to the club after the other characters.
Cabbage Forest Witches

Narrenzunft Alpirsbach eV

Alpirsbach 1976 The legend of the Kohlwald witches is based on the historical first witch trials in Alpirsbach in 1605. The corrupt monastery administrator Josias Stehlin is said to have carried out witch trials. On Walpurgis Night , the witches are supposed to wail and howl to climb up into the cabbage forest to dance the sabbatos and, in revenge, to blow out the hated fire with which they were burned in the Alpirsbach charcoal piles.
Sulzbach witches

Sulzbach Hexen Hausach eV

House thing 1993 Legends-free young union with a music band
Lower village witches

Narren-Verein Trossingen eV

Trossingen 1995 According to legend, a cow in the Trossinger Unterdorf once only gave red milk. On advice, the farmer got up early in the morning, locked all the doors, put the red cream in a pan and beat it with a hazel rod until there was nothing left in it. The milk turned white again. A neighbor, however, who wanted to go into the house and was not heard, turned into a witch from the Lower Village.
Grafenhausen witches

Hexenzunft Grafenhausen eV

Grafenhausen 1963 During the beef parade in 1964, Grafenhausen activists appeared for the first time in a witch hare, which was more and more unified and in 1968 got its final coloring. With the "Witches Club" the witch was then permanently installed as a carnival figure in Grafenhausen.
Arbor witches

Laubenhexen Lahr eV

Lahr 1996
Herderer witches Bösingen In Bösingen there was a legendary Herdererhof, which inexplicably disappeared. The founders of the Herder witches believe it is a "witchcraft".
Bread Mountain Witches Rötenberg
Ore witches

Erz-Hexen Flourn eV

Fluorine 2001 The name "Erz-Hex" is based on the mining of floor ore for iron extraction, which appeared for the first time in the local chronicle in 1422. The Arch Witch's hat was developed out of this context.
Schlossberg witches Hornberg
Rebland witches Varnhalt (Baden-Baden)
Mauerberg witches

Mauerberg-Hexen Neuweier eV

Neuweier (Baden-Baden) 1995
Reichenberger castle witches

Reichenberger Burghexen Oppenweiler eV

Oppenweiler 2004 The name of the "castle witch" refers to a historical event in the history of Reichenberg :

In July 1527, following a complaint, a woman returning from the market was arrested because it was rumored that she had once ridden a stove fork over her garden fence and had intimate relations with the devil. As a result, she was considered a witch, her hair was stripped, her limbs were stretched and whipped with rods, her shins were worked with burning, pitch-soaked rags, and her feet were roasted over the brazier. When she did not confess despite these tortures, she was locked in the Reichenberger Tower, which had no roof.

Leonberger forest witches


Narrenzunft Leonberger Waldhexen eV

Leonberg 1995 The Leonberger Waldhexe is the focus of the Leonberger Fasnet.

Their appearance reflects this life in the forest with the sunken face and the pine cones and fir branches on the forehead of the traditional mask, the green color of the hat (clothing) and the straw shoes. The rustic apron, the yellow shawl and the striped socks in the Leonberger city colors black and yellow characterize the figure as an old, creative, but also mystical woman. The broom clearly reveals the old woman as a forest witch.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Metzger: The big book of the Swabian-Alemannic carnival: Origins, developments and manifestations of organized foolishness in southwest Germany . 1999, ISBN 978-3-8062-1221-1 .
  2. ↑ Alemannic Carnival | Schwarzwald Tourismus GmbH. In: Schwarzwald Tourismus GmbH. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  3. ^ The Offenburg Hexenzunft eV - Fasent Lexicon. In: www.hexenzunft.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Schwarzwälder Bote, Oberndorf, Germany: Schramberg: Schinderhexen drive their mischief - Black Forest Bote. In: www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  5. ↑ PartySchramberg - keeping the valley alive → Events → February 6th, 2016. (No longer available online.) In: www.partyschramberg.de. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016 ; Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  6. ^ Homepage of the Sulgener Berghexen. In: www.sulgener-berghexen.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  7. ^ The Offenburg Hexenzunft eV - Witch. In: www.hexenzunft.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Home - Litzloch Moorhexen. In: www.litzlocher-moorhexen.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Customs | Witches. In: www.hexenzunft-villingen.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Herbs Huzeln. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Patrick: History of Witches. In: www.schwarzwaldhexen-peterzell.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Board of Directors | schellenberg-hexen.de. In: www.schellenberg-hexen.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Super User: Club Chronicle. In: www.buchenbronner-hexen.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  14. ↑ Finsterbach – Hexen Schramberg eV In: www.schramberg.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  15. ^ Narrenzunft Freudenstadt eV In: www.nz-freudenstadt.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  16. ↑ The association. (No longer available online.) In: www.narrenzunft-aichhalden.de. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014 ; Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  17. ↑ Kohlwaldhexen - New project. In: www.narrenzunft-alpirsbach.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  18. ↑ 1 & 1 homepage construction kit: U.Lied - Homepage of the Sulzbach witches Hausach. (No longer available online.) In: www.sulzbach-hexen.de. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016 ; Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
  19. ^ Narren-Verein Trossingen eV (No longer available online.) In: www.nv-trossingen.de. Archived from the original on May 20, 2016 ; accessed on May 20, 2016 .
  20. ↑ >>> Hexenzunft Grafenhausen e. V. <<<. In: www.hexe-faege.de. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
  21. ↑ Herder Witches - About Us. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 23, 2016 ; accessed on May 22, 2016 .
  22. ↑ Reichenberger Burg witches Oppenweiler eV - History. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
  23. ↑ Leonberger Waldhexen. Retrieved March 6, 2019 .