Raigeringer Kirchweih
The Raigeringer Kirchweih (in dialect: Racheringer Kirwa) is an annual seven-day festival in the Raigering district of the independent city of Amberg in Bavaria . The parish fair is inextricably linked with the boys' association 07 Raigering, which is responsible for shaping and living out customs and traditions.
Boys' Association 07 Raigering
history
Founding years
The beginnings of the parish fair in Raigering are unknown. In 1907 the Raigering Boys' Association began to carry on the tradition. On September 21, 1907, 16 young men from Raigering met in the former Max Sterk inn, now the Schuch butcher's shop, and founded the Raigering boys' association. The purpose was and is the maintenance of sociable entertainment, especially the maintenance of old customs and the organization of excursions. The oral transmission of songs, handicraft techniques or processes has hardly changed in the course of time, apart from a few minor adjustments with regard to safety precautions and temporal changes. The founding members and first board members were: Johann Pirzer (1st board), Wolfgang Pfisterer (secretary), Georg Hufnagel (treasurer), Franz Baumer, Leonhard Hiltl and Johann Stich (all three committee), Johann Auer, Karl Baumer, Johann Birner, Sebastian Kirner, Leonhard Pirzer, Johann Rohrwild, Johann Schneeberger, Georg Schwab, Karl Söllner and Georg Weigl. The well-preserved founding protocol was handed over to the association on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of its founding in 1972 and is kept in the Amberg City Archives.
In 1922 the members decided to purchase a flag, which was consecrated on May 14, 1922 in the pilgrimage church on the Mariahilfberg .
Resurgence after World War II
Club life came to a complete standstill as a result of the Second World War . However, soon after the end of the war, those returning home, at first without official approval, revived the old customs of the boys and held events. The first “unofficial” board was made up of Hans Bauer, Josef Bauer, Leonhard Bauer, Josef Donhauser, Toni Gerster, Christoph Kölbl, Richard Träxler and Richard Wiesgickl. In January 1948, the first official meetings were held and the licensing of the association initiated. As before the war, the boys' association was able to play theater, organize excursions and trips and of course the association celebrated its parish fair every year. However, the licensing did not mean entry in the association register, because the Burschenverein 07 Raigering is not a registered association to this day.
In 1956, the location of the kirwa tree changed from the Hofmark to the festival area of the Sterk brewery . Since 2010, the tree hole has also been excavated with concrete on three sides for safety reasons.
In the next few years the association flourished and on June 24th and 25th, 1957, the 50th anniversary celebration could be held. During this festival, the boys 'association made their first contacts with the current sponsor association, the "Morgenrot" boys' association in Münchshofen, and this contact has not been broken since the flag was consecrated in Münchshofen in 1959.
After the municipal reform
As part of the regional reform , the municipality of Raigering was incorporated into the city of Amberg in 1972. This event also had an impact on the parish fair. At that time, the Raigeringen municipal councils - so it is said - negotiated as a condition for incorporation that from the time of incorporation the kirwa tree was to be donated annually by the mayor of the city of Amberg. This is still the case today.
Before the 70th anniversary, the association decided on its own rules of honor. It stipulated the requirements a member must meet in order to become an honorary member or honored member.
The 75-year-old was connected with the consecration of a new flag by the then episcopal council Andreas Meckl. On the new flag, the embroidery of the old one was adopted in a modified form and a pandur rider was also embroidered on the back.
In the run-up to the 90th anniversary of the founding ceremony, an association asked for patronage for the first time on the market square in Amberg. Accompanied by the Raigeringer musicians and a group of Pandur riders, the boys' association moved through Georgenstrasse to the market square, where they were received by the later patron, Mayor Wolfgang Dandorfer .
membership
Members of the association are only allowed to be single, male raigeringers who have reached the age of 16, who have lived in the village for at least seven years and who also have a good reputation. In the period between 1957 and 1974, "non-Raigeringer" were also allowed to apply for membership.
social commitment
The well-being of others in Raigering is always the focus of the boys' association 07 Raigering. As early as 1975, among other things, the construction of the children's playground was supported financially and with personnel. The net proceeds of the Katreintanz dance were also donated to the new kindergarten in 1980. Even after the 90th and 100th anniversary, the kindergarten was again supported with a monetary donation. The youth department of SV Raigering was also regularly given monetary or material donations.
Procedure of the Raigeringer Kirchweih
Preparations
The parish fair will be opened unofficially with the Kirwaversammlung of the Burschenverein 07 Raigering on the Friday of the pre-church week. Here the organization and distribution of the work is discussed, as well as serving the boys as a start to the church fair.
With the "tree fetching" on Wednesday of the construction week, the actual preparations for the festival start, during which a spruce, usually between 35 and 40 m in size, is fetched from the city forest and brought to the village. This day marks the official start of the parish fair. On this and the following two days, the guests mainly gather in the beer garden, which goes directly into the festival area and is not stocked with beer sets until Saturday.
The following two days are the busiest of the Kirwa week for the boys. The tree is divided into sections, in which the tree is peeled differently, and the summit is straightened using internal techniques and procedural patterns that have been handed down orally. This is usually achieved through precipitation and transport using the "Sterz process", i.e. H. Steering of the rear part of the car by means of chains attached to the axle, affected. The preparation of the summit is mostly done by the older boys. In addition, the tree hole is only dug by hand by the boys with a shovel and pick, this work is mainly carried out by the younger members of the boys' club. During these days, the tree is constantly guarded day and night to protect against attacks. The tree is also adorned with a garland and two wreaths, which are made of spruce branches and are created using a special fastening technique on Friday. On this day the dance platform will also be repaired. These well-guarded working methods are passed down orally from generation to generation and are actively learned.
Consecration Saturday
This is followed by the first big festival day on Kirva Saturday. At the same time as the boys 'last work, the Kirwamoidln meet at the fairground and tie together the wreath of flowers for their boys' hats. Here, too, as with the boys, tips and techniques are passed on verbally to the younger Moidl from the more experienced. Up to 80 Raigeringer men of various generations carry the decorated tree by hand from the storage place to the tree hole, then use man's strength to pull it into the tree with the help of so-called "swallows" - a pair of spruce trunks up to 15 m in length connected with ropes To heave upright.
Fair Sunday
The actual feast day follows on Sunday after another night in which the kirwa tree was guarded like a sanctuary from attackers. In traditional costume, the Kirwaburschen, dressed in black trousers, white shirt and with the decorated hat, collect their Kirwamoidln and meet to get in the mood for the "dancing out" of the Kirwabree. This takes place in the afternoon under the observation of hundreds of spectators on the fairground. The boys show off their Schnodahipfln and dance with their Moidln to different rhythms around the tree.
Fair Monday
After the festival Sunday, the "wake-up call" is on the program at 06:00 on the following day, with drumming through the village and the residents' attention to Kirwamontag and the bear frenzy . The "Kirwabär" feared by the village children, who in Raigering is dressed in rubber boots, apron, headscarf, pig bladder, cow's tail and the "Kirm" and is painted black, is driven through the village with musical accompaniment and is allowed to take the women at selected stations dance of the house. As the last stop, the entourage is back in the beer garden. Due to the morning pint that takes place at the same time, this is already very well filled, especially with the Raigeringer population and guests from outside. On Monday evening, the Kirwapaires, again festively dressed, move into the Kirwaplatz. In order to emphasize the special position of the Kirwa bear on this day, he dances the so-called 3 fürn bears with his Moidl surrounded by the other couples. Afterwards the so-called 3 will be danced for the elderly. Here those men who used to work for the boys' association and are now married are allowed to come to the dance floor with their wives (mostly in this constellation they also danced at least one church fair together). The current couples stand on a trellis for them and the men usually take a hat from the current Kirwaburschen for this dance.
Consecration Tuesday
Another specialty of the Raigeringer Kirchweih is the Kirva Tuesday, on which misconduct, noteworthy events and suggestions on the part of the older Raigeringer are presented to the active Kirwa boys in a cheerful "sermon" combined with the annually recited litany and the end of the Kirva period is mourned. Boys who are guilty of something are thrown into a water-filled trough and are allowed to officially end the church fair with a final dance together with their Moidln.
The Raigeringer Kirchweih and the church
The Raigeringer Kirchweih is an early example of the detachment of the church consecration practice from the actual church background. The Joseph's patronage or the Dedication of the 1969/71 built church had and have on the scheduling of the fair no effect. There is also no need to involve the local pastor or attend the church service on Kirva Sunday. Due to the lack of connection to a church festival, the kirwa tree was and is of particular importance. Until Sunday, the parish fair revolves mainly around the tree, from felling and decorating and guarding to setting up and dancing. Likewise, politics does not play a role on the Kirwatage, there is neither a greeting nor a speech by a politician or the church consecration is opened by the authorities.
meeting
Until 1963, the parish fair took place in August. Due to several problems with the weather, the decision was made to move the church fair to July. Since 1964 the Raigeringer Kirchweih has taken place from Wednesday to Tuesday around the last Sunday in July.
Media coverage
The Raigeringer Kirchweih receives significantly above-average attention in the media compared to other Kirchweih festivals in the Amberg-Sulzbach region. Above all, Amberger Zeitung and Mittelbayerische Zeitung report intensively every year on the Raigeringer Kirchweih. The Raigeringer Kirchweih is also repeatedly the subject of reporting in national media:
- The organizing committee for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich considered introducing the typical Bavarian customs to athletes from all over the world on a home evening . Adolf Eichenseer , then the Upper Palatinate district nurse , thought of the Raigeringer Kirchweih for his district. Therefore, he made a film in 1970, but for reasons that could not be researched, the screening did not take place. At the opening of the Danube shopping center in Regensburg, however, it was premiered.
- In 1975 the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation made the association and the parish fair known far beyond the boundaries of the Amberg-Sulzbach district when it made a film about the Raigeringer parish fair for the series Unter Unser Himmel and broadcast it in October of the same year. This contribution was regularly repeated on Bavarian radio.
- In 2013 a team of reporters from Servus magazine followed the events around the Raigeringer Kirchweih for a week. The resulting article appeared in the Bayern issue in July 2014.
Trivia
- Official boyfriend greeting: "The boy is always happy with unity and happiness"
- The gastronomic infrastructure as well as the fairground is provided by the Sterk private brewery and thus bears the entrepreneurial risk, but also receives the economic benefit. On the other hand, the 07 Raigering boys' association is solely responsible for practicing the customs.
- In the book “Mir hom Kirwa: Kirchweihfreuden aus der Oberpfalz” by Uli Piehler, there is also a report on the special features of the Kirwa bear and the Kirwa Tuesday of the Raigeringer Kirchweih.
literature
- Uli Piehler: Me hom Kirwa! Parish fair joys in the Upper Palatinate. Buch & Kunstverlag Oberpfalz , Amberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-935719-56-8 .
- Festschrift on the occasion of the 100th anniversary celebration of the boys' association 07 Raigering , Raigering 2007
- Festschrift 90 years of Burschenverein 07 Raigering , Raigering 1997
- Festschrift for the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Burschenverein 07 Raigering , Raigering 1992
- Festschrift for the 75th founding party with flag consecration of the Burschenverein 07 Raigering , Raigering 1982
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Graml: It just has to hum. Of course, the Raigeringers do not let anything come of their traditional Kirwa. But now they are seriously worried whether they are still vocal enough. In: The new day - Oberpfälzischer Kurier. July 27, 2015, accessed November 19, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c d D´Vereinsgschicht. (No longer available online.) In: bv07raigering.de. Burschenverein 07 Raigering, archived from the original on November 19, 2015 ; Retrieved November 20, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Festschrift of the Burschenverein 07 Raigering for the 100th anniversary
- ↑ Tristan Berger: "Funny is boy life ...". In: Servus in Stadt & Land - Bavaria edition , July 2014, page 122
- ↑ The Boy's Year. (No longer available online.) In: bv07raigering.de. Burschenverein 07 Raigering, archived from the original on November 19, 2015 ; Retrieved November 20, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ First broadcast on October 15, 1975 in the series "Unter Unser Himmel". Can be ordered for a fee via BR recording ( memento of the original from November 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Tristan Berger: "Funny is boy life ...". In: Servus in Stadt & Land - Bavaria edition , July 2014, pages 118–123
- ^ Uli Piehler: "Mir hom Kirwa", 2009, pages 94–97 and pages 100–103
