Oecher Penn
The Stadtgarde Oecher Penn is the oldest association of the Aachen Carnival . It was founded on March 3, 1857 and currently has over 700 members.
history
The Oecher Penn emerged from the glee club Concordia and the Aachen Carnival Society Florresei from which a little later the Aachen Carnival Association was formed. The name is formulated in the local dialect, the Öcher Platt , where Oche stands for Aachen. The name Penn should from the carving of small thin wooden sticks, the Holzpinnchen result or wood Penn. These pens were needed by the cobblers for soling their shoes and the former soldiers improved their wallets with the sale. Therefore they were also called Pinn-Zeldaate / Penn soldiers . The sculpture Penn Soldat by Klaus Gehlen from 2007 in front of the Marschiertor, a bronze cast , made in Monschau, has passed down this carving .
The city guard Oecher Penn was originally a parody of the city soldiers of the free imperial city of Aachen. This city militia was decommissioned when Napoleonic troops marched into Aachen and dissolved after 1815 in Prussian times. Their historically verifiable colors are: blue-white-red.
Ballroom in the marching gate
Collection of the Oecher Penn in the marching gate
The so-called headquarters of the association is the Aachener Marschiertor and its current commander Jürgen Brammertz, alias Jürgen va Marschierpooetz . About 145 Penn guardsmen with a couple of sutlers belong to the association. They march to the music of the Penn March. The military structure is divided into soldier corps, ensign corps, officer corps, minstrel and music train. The Spielmannszug was founded in March 1982.
Festivities and activities
The Penn session includes the ladies' session , the gentlemen's session, the Penn session, the house ball in the “Goldener Schwan” district, the sessions for the Aachen seniors in cooperation with the city of Aachen, the Penn ball, the fat Thursday party, the Öcher fool's meeting on Carnival Friday, the pea soup meal on Carnival Saturday, the Penn tent party and the Penn marquee on the Katschhof on Carnival Sunday, the Rose Monday party and the swearing-in of recruits.
The association is active in the meeting and street carnival and maintains the Aachen city partnerships, for example with performances in Reims and Naumburg . The association received a special honor with the invitation to the New York Steuben Parade in 1995.
medal
- Small Order of the Guard on a ribbon, since 2011
- Little Guard Order (2008-2010)
- Order of tent on a blue and red cord, approx. 8.00 cm × 7.90 cm