SHW Bergkapelle Wasseralfingen
The SHW Bergkapelle is closely connected with the Swabian Hüttenwerke Wasseralfingen . Günter Martin Korst has been the conductor since 2015.
history
Due to the ore deposits on the Braunenberg, the prince provost of Ellwangen in Wasseralfingen invested in ore mining and in a steelworks as early as the 17th century . In the course of secularization from 1803, the iron and steel works fell to the Kingdom of Württemberg , which expanded mining and iron and steel works in the course of industrialization.
Founding years
From the beginning, the mountain band was manned by amateur musicians and has continued this tradition to this day. In 1813 eight miners from the mine got together to form a band. They were housed with their archmaster in the so-called “Erzhäusle” of today's inn “Erzgrube” near their workplace, the deep tunnel .
Rise in the 19th century
The rise of the royal ironworks and the high economic importance of the place in the 19th century promoted the construction of a representative chapel. In contrast to the founding of male choirs at the time, which were founded in the pre-revolutionary period before 1848 as associations with democratic statutes, the band remained closely tied to the state commercial enterprise. Only members of the company, mostly workers from the mine or from the smelting furnace, were given special musical support and were musicians in the ensemble.
At the beginning, concerts and performances were only held for the iron and steel works. This changed from the middle of the century, when operettas, symphonies and the like were performed for the public with other musicians from the region.
20th century and today
The band developed over the years into an orchestra with an emphasis on wind instruments. It is a registered association, but is still closely associated with SHW Wasseralfingen.
orchestra
The line-up, which consists of around 70 musicians, is characterized by a combination of musical instruments that are required for a symphonic wind orchestra.
There is currently an active youth orchestra.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Josef Westerman: The history of the mountain chapel . In: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke GmbH (ed.): 1813–1963 - 150 years of the mountain chapel . South German newspaper service, Wasseralfingen 1963.
- ↑ Active orchestra of the mountain band. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .