Mooswiese (Feuchtwangen)
The Mooswiese (Franconian Mooswies ') - also called Mooswiesen-Messe - is an annual folk festival in the Franconian town of Feuchtwangen , not to be confused with the so-called rear Mooswiese in the Feuchtwanger area (Franconian Muuswies'), which is also an annual festival in the Franconian-Hohenlohe Rot am See-Musdorf . The rear Muswies is the last big folk festival in this area and takes place in October (the week depends on Burkhardi , this is October 11th in this case, on this day his bones were transferred from the place where he died, Homburg am Main) founded Würzburg monastery.), originally both festivals were based on the memorial day of the Archangel Michael.
The original parish of St. Johannis existed in Feuchtwangen , this patronage is the successor to the older, decommissioned St. Michaels Chapel on the Königshöhe / Michelsberg. Only in the 16th century this patronage was transferred to the cemetery chapel. The feast day of the Archangel Michael is September 29th . In the Mooswiesen fair at the end of September, the parish fair of this probably first Feuchtwang church is still celebrated. The term “Mooswiesen-Messe”, however, indicates the company with Fieranten , who used to come mainly from “Württemberg abroad” from Matzenbach and Deufstetten .
The festival has a tradition of over 450 years. It takes place in the second half of September every year from Friday to the following Tuesday.
On the Mooswiesenfestplatz there are rides, the beer and wine tent and the market stalls in the surrounding streets. Live music is performed daily in the wine tent. Originally the fairground was closer to the city, by the former shooting range. It was moved to its current location in front of the old sewage treatment plant with the creation of the current bus station, the parking lots, among other things by the demolition of the old shooting house.
On Friday evening the festival starts around 6 p.m. and the mayor taps the beer in the beer tent at 7 p.m. On Saturday there is a trade fair and festival with an agricultural machinery exhibition. In the afternoon the rifle parade of the local rifle club 1459 Feuchtwangen takes place with pick-up of the city council at the old town hall on the market square and subsequent proclamation of the king in the marquee. The mayor dances the "plaster waltz" with Ober-Schützen-Liesel on the market square. Sunday again trade fair and folk festival operation with the agricultural machinery exhibition, at 9 a.m. festival service in the Catholic. City parish church, at 10 a.m. festival service in the Protestant collegiate church, 10:30 a.m. stand concert in Museumstrasse, from 1.30 p.m. Mooswiesen festival procession with the car and flower parade of the ADAC local club Feuchtwangen. The pageant has changing mottos and moves through the old town of Feuchtwangen, in 2015 the pageant was held for the 63rd time. It shows historical events in the local history and presents the local clubs, accompanied by brass bands from Feuchtwangen and the surrounding area and with the participation of thousands of spectators. The special thing about this parade is that the festival wagons are covered almost exclusively with horse and carts. Monday and Tuesday there are trade fairs and folk festivals with the agricultural machinery exhibition, and each Mooswiese ends with the “Great Brilliant Fireworks” on Tuesday evening at 9 pm.
literature
- Klaus Seeger: The Feuchtwanger Mooswiese - history and memories. Summer 2007.
- Wilhelm Schaudig, church councilor and dean i. R .: History of the city and the former Feuchtwangen Abbey, Verlag Sommer & Schorr 1927
- Dr. Klaus Leder, Dean i. R .: I hear a bell ringing ... Churches, bells and tower clocks in Feuchtwangen, Verlag summer 2009
- Werner Uhlich: Feuchtwangen - history of a Franconian city, publishing house summer 2001
Web links
- Mooswiesenfestzug Feuchtwangen 2013. on: youtube.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.kirmes-in-deutschland.de/wiesenkirchweih-mooswiese-in-feuchtwangen.html
- ↑ http://wuerzburgwiki.de/wiki/Heiliger_Burkard
- ↑ http://www.weyer-neustadt.de/content/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=180
- ↑ http://www.muswiese.com/historisches.html
- ↑ The "Mooswiese" calls. In: Hohenloher Tagblatt. the Südwest Presse
- ↑ Christoph F. Jacobi: History of the city and the former Feuchtwangen monastery. S. 137. (online at: books.google.de )
- ↑ http://www.feuchtwangen.de/index.php?id=154
- ↑ http://www.feuchtwangen.de/index.php?id=154