Sennfelder and Gochsheim Peace Festival

The Sennfelder and Gochsheimer Friedensfeste , also Sennfelder and Gochsheimer Kirchweihen ( Schweinfurt dialect : Kärm or Kirm ), in the communities of Sennfeld and Gochsheim go back to the regaining of imperial freedom and the right to exercise the Protestant faith freely in 1649. They take place at the same time as the parish fair. They are the high festivals of the year in both places, to which thousands of visitors from the Schweinfurt area come together and those who have emigrated return. Both places bear the title of a former imperial direct and free imperial village . The two large villages are at the gates of the former imperial city of Schweinfurt .

In 2016, both festivals were included in the nationwide register of intangible cultural heritage by the German Commission for UNESCO .

history

The peace and joy festivals in Sennfeld and Gochsheim go back to the regaining of imperial freedom in 1649. In 1635 imperial freedom was lost. During the Thirty Years' War , the empire-free villages were given to the Würzburg prince-bishop as a fief . One year after the proclamation of the Peace of Westphalia , the restitution receipt (restoration contract) was drawn up in Schweinfurt on August 14, 1649 . After 14 years of legal dispute, Sennfeld and Gochsheim got their rights back as empire-free villages.

"And on this the 12th Trinity was held for the first time by our ancestors a solennes peace festival with singing, music-making and preaching, and the Most High God for help from young and old thus shown to a large number of people from Schweinfurt, who also attended the service, thank you very much. "

In Gochsheim, the peace festival, which has been documented since 1650, has been celebrated together with the parish fair from the start. In Sennfeld, after the new Trinity Church was built in 1705, the peace festival and the parish festival were merged. The original name Friedensfest has been replaced more and more by parish fair since the 19th century .

Festival descriptions with the essential elements of singing, making music and preaching have been handed down since the 19th century .

background

Gochsheimer Kirchenburg

The two peace festivals are among the most traditional in Franconia . Sennfeld is an important center of Franconian costume . The Gochsheim fortified church forms an imposing historical festival backdrop in Gochsheim .

Sennfeld and Gochsheim have been well-known, wealthy gardening villages near the Schweinfurt market square in the very fertile Schweinfurt region since time immemorial . Since historical time, the population has been able to afford special costumes , similar to the second Franconian costume center, the Ochsenfurt Gau . Both festivals reflect the joie de vivre of the people in Weinfranken , with countless festivals and the effort to extend them over as many days as possible.

The people of Schweinfurt also regard both festivals, which can be reached by city bus, as the most important traditional festivals in their homeland, as the Schweinfurt Volksfest has much less tradition.

The festivals

Events

The festivals take place on the first Sunday in September. However, they start on Saturdays and end on Mondays. Just like many other festivals and church fairs in the Schweinfurt area, whereby Monday is not an appendage, but is very popular with visitors. On the following weekend the two post-church consecrations take place on Saturdays and Sundays .

organization

The local folk costume preservation association in Sennfeld is commissioned to organize the festival. To this day, the Gochsheim Peace Festival is a free boys' plan and is carried out by young, unmarried men (local fraternity ) on their own - also financially - responsibility.

Special features

The plant dance is characteristic of both festivals . The festivals take place on the plan . This is how the central village square is called in several villages, especially in the Schweinfurt area. Traditionally, beer is served at the Sennfelder Kirchweih (Sennfldder Kärm), which is closer to Schweinfurt, and wine at the Gochsheimer Kirchweih (Gochsumer Kärm) .

Fixed course

On Saturday in Sennfeld a 30 m high is jaw of the plan lads manually placed in front of the parish church. In Gochsheim, the spruce boys in the community forest pick up spruces on the same day and set them up at the entrances of the inns accompanied by music. The plan boys , unmarried young men, fetch the plan tree, a spruce about 10 to 15 m high .

On Sunday the planned boys dance first with little girls (Gensdreckli) , then with their respective planned girls and finally all other festival visitors are allowed to go on the dance floor. Traditional round dances such as waltzes , Rhinelander , Scottish and Dreher are danced in Franconian festive costume. The cylinders of the plan boys, decorated with colorful ribbons, are characteristic . Sunday worship follow, plan speech and plan dance .

On the feast Monday (Kerwamandi) , the ceremony on Sunday is repeated and there is dancing from the afternoon into the night.

On Kirchweih Tuesday (Kerwädiensdi) , ständele ( serenades ) are performed in front of the houses of the pastor, the mayor and the planned girls , before the day ends with a group of egg lard .

On Wednesday there will be a joint boundary stone festival between the two communities on their common border.

On the following weekend, the two celebrations end with the post-church consecration with the same ceremony. Carousel, shooting galleries and much more are also part of the parish fair.

Web links

• Sennfeld municipality: Customs and traditions in Sennfeld
• Community of Gochsheim: Gochsheim Peace Festival

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art: Intangible Cultural Heritage. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 14, 2018 ; accessed on December 11, 2018 . 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.  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Gochsheim community: Gochsheim Peace Festival. Retrieved December 13, 2018 . 
3. ^ Community Sennfeld: Customs and traditions in Sennfeld. Retrieved December 13, 2018 . 
4. ^ Walfried Hein: History of the Gochsheimer Kirchweih. Plantanzverein Gochsheim e. V., accessed on March 16, 2008 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} German UNESCO Commission: Sennfelder and Gochsheim Peace Festival. Retrieved December 11, 2018 .