Carnival in Hanover
The carnival in Hanover is one of the German carnival strongholds in northern Germany . An independent carnival culture has developed in Hanover since the early 1990s . The Hanoverian kings and Hanoverian electors celebrated the Venetian Carnival in the 17th to 19th centuries . However, this tradition was not continued. In 1949, the first Hanoverian carnival club, the Funkartillerie Blau-Weiss, Battery South, Hanover-Döhren eV , whose origins go back to 1888, was founded. Currently (2019) there are 14 carnival clubs in the Hanover area . The carnival parade has been held since 1992 and is the highlight of the Hanoverian carnival.
Songs
In Hanover, both the term “Carnival” and the term “Fasching” are used. The traditional carnival greeting is "Hannover Helau". The Hanoverian carnival anthem is the song "Viva Hannovera", a modification of " Viva Colonia ". But traditional songs are also cultivated. The songs "Die lustigen Hannoveraner", "In Hannover an der Leine" and "Unser Niedersachsenland" belong to the repertoire.
Events
Beginning
The carnival in Hanover traditionally begins on the Saturday after November 11th. At 11:11 am, the New Town Hall is stormed by the carnivalists. The mayor symbolically hands the town hall key to the carnivalists. There is a small supporting program of music and dance. In the evening, hangar No. 5 the proclamation meeting with the prince couple took place. Only the "Lindener Fools" open the carnival directly on November 11th with an evening event in the Narrhalla (Hanover-Ricklingen), at which the fool's rotto is awarded. About a week after the opening, the nationwide qualification tournament with the Lower Saxony championship in carnival dance takes place in the Eilenriedehalle.
Meetings and Women's Carnival
The Hanoverian carnival clubs hold several ceremonial meetings and parties from January to February. The main event locations include the Ricklingen leisure center, Hangar No. 5, the Narrhalla in Hanover-Ricklingen, the Ernst-August brewery and the Döhren leisure center. The program items include hand-made speeches, music and dance performances and humor. The Lower Saxony Tollitätengipfel is held every year at the beginning of January in Hangar No. 5 hosted.
On the day of Weiberfastnacht, women take control. Symbolically, the men's ties are cut off by the women. There are several events in Hanover on this occasion.
Parade and Rose Monday
The carnival parade takes place on the Saturday before Shrove Monday. The two-kilometer train usually starts at 1:11 p.m. in Culemannstrasse (near the New Town Hall) and ends at the Ernst-August brewery. There is a stage with a program on the corner of Seilwinderstraße and Osterstraße (near the World Exhibition Center ). The procession consists of around 1,500 carnivalists from Hanover and Northern Germany , many chapels and around 20 floats and convertibles. Five tons of camels are thrown from the wagons . Between 80,000 and 100,000 spectators line the roadside. After the train, the after-train party takes place in the Ernst-August brewery.
Rose Monday is not a public holiday in Lower Saxony. Nevertheless, on this day, many kindergartens and schools celebrate in carnival disguise. The city's largest Rose Monday party takes place in the evening in the Ernst-August brewery.
Ash Wednesday
The carnival ends in Hanover with a church service and traditional wallet washing at the Maschsee. According to tradition, the water is supposed to wash new money into the purses, which were heavily used during the carnival season.
Clubs in the Hanover Carnival
- Spark artillery Blau-Weiss, Battery South, Hanover-Döhren
- Carnival community Eugenesen Alaaf Hannover-Mittelfeld from 1962
- Carnival Society Die Leinespatzen - Stadtgarde Hannover -
- hannoverscher carnevals club from 1967
- Hanoverian Spark Guard from 1971
- Foolish Langenhagen knighthood red-yellow
- Carnival community Fidele Ricklinger
- Carnival Society BLUE-YELLOW Hanover-Buchholz
- Carnival old men corps from 1974
- Carnival Corps Döhren from 1980 KCD
- Carnival Society Wednesday Club Hannover Nordstadt from 2009
- Carnival dance sport association Hanover
- Hannoversche Karnevalsgesellschaft Grün Weiß
- Spielmannszug south-east Hanover from 1951
- 1. Carnival Society Blau-Weiß Linden "Die Lindener Narren" from 1965 Hanover
Web links
- Official website of the Carnival in Hanover
- Stefanie Kaune: Description and number of participants in Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung from February 17, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Spark artillery blue and white story. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .