Martensmann
The custom of Martens's journey is first mentioned in 1520. Every year in November on Martin's Day from Lübeck , the Mecklenburg princes sent a barrel of red wine ( Rotspon ) to Schwerin so that the princes could get along.
The custom combines elements of the tithe traditionally paid on Martin's Day with the prayerful use of the children along the route, especially in Rehna .
The route leads the Lübeck messenger via Schönberg to Rehna on November 9th , where Martensmann spends the night in a hostel. This hostel has been the German House for a long time . In 1758 the Rehn boys raised their demands for nuts and money so vigorously that they partly threw the windows of the Martensmann with earthen balls and stones. The next morning the Martensmann continues to Schwerin, where he arrives on the evening of November 10th and hands the duke the barrel of wine around noon on November 11th.
The custom expired in 1817. In 1991 it was re-established as part of the reunification at the initiative of the then Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein , Björn Engholm . The arrival of the Lübeck messenger is celebrated in Rehna as a folk festival.
literature
- Georg Joachim Mark : D. Georg Joachim Mark's story of the Martini evening and Martins-Mann , Buchenröder and Ritter, Güstrow and Hamburg 1772 ( digitized ; digitized , Bavarian State Library )
- Rudolf Tarnow : De Lübecker Martensmann: A home pill ut olle Tieden in fief Biller. Schwerin: E. Köhn 1929
