Stieldorf Passion Play
The Stieldorf Passion Play began in 1889 as an amateur performance in a hall in Stieldorf near Königswinter . In 1909, over 50,000 spectators attended the Passion Play, which was performed throughout the summer in the Passion Play House. The last demonstrations took place in 1935.
history
Michael Weyler (1841–1920), the conductor of the Stieldorfer church choir, brought the idea for the Passion Play with him from a visit to the Oberammergau Passion Play in 1880. In 1889 and 1890 the first amateur performances took place in one hall. A festival hall of its own was built as early as 1892 in order to cope with the enormous crowd. This soon proved to be too small and a house was built that could accommodate 1,300 people. In 1897, 1902 and 1909 the Passion Plays were performed throughout the summer season. After a break during the First World War , the games did not take place again until 1928. In the meantime, specialists from Bonn and Düsseldorf have also participated in the performances, including the set designer Walter von Wecus . After 1935, the Passion Play was stopped under pressure from the NSDAP .
Participation in the performances was voluntary. Compensation for loss of earnings was only made in exceptional cases.
literature
- Heinrich Hillen: The Passion Play in Stieldorf . Königswinter in the past and present, issue 7, Königswinter 2000
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The history of the Church of St. Margareta Stieldorf , website in the portal kirche-am-oelberg.de , accessed on November 14, 2017
- ^ Theodor Rutt: Land on Sieg and Rhine - History-Culture-Economy, Scientific Archive, Urkunde-Bild-Chronic GmbH, Bonn 1960