Day of the Franks

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The Franconian flag

The Day of the Franks was launched in 2006 by resolution of the Bavarian State Parliament and has been celebrated annually on July 2nd or the following weekend since 2006. It is intended to make the diverse landscape and history of the Franconian region clear and to raise awareness of Franconia's development strength and innovation potential. The central festive event is held alternately in and by the three Franconian districts of Bavaria - that is, the Upper Franconia District , the Middle Franconia District and the Lower Franconia District - and has the character of a state festival .

The forerunners of the current day of the Franks in Bavaria were events of the Franconian Federation and other organizers since 1999 .

Historical background and furnishings

The Franconian Imperial Circle

The day of the Franks goes back to an initiative of the Franconian Federation , which organizes a Franconian Day every year from 1999 . The regionalist association placed this event in the tradition of the revolution of 1848/1849 , at the end of which in 1849, on a Frankentag, the acceptance of the all-German Paulskirche constitution was demanded.

July 2nd was chosen as the date, which was intended to commemorate the establishment of the Franconian Empire , among others . For more than 300 years, the Reichskreis formed an institutional framework in the territorially fragmented Franconia and carried out communal tasks such as coinage, securing the peace or the provision of troops for the Reich Army .

The name Frankentag was criticized by Hartmut Heller of the Frankenbund , as it reminds of the propaganda events of the same name in the Nazi era on the Hesselberg .

In October 2004 a petition in the Bavarian state parliament tried for the first time to enforce an official festival day. Repeated initiatives were finally successful after all the Franconian MPs of the major parties CSU and SPD had united and vigorously advocated the festive day. On May 18, 2006, the Bavarian state parliament approved the introduction of the day of the franc and confirmed July 2 as the appropriate date. The annual festive event aims to raise people's awareness of their own eventful history.

Events

An overview of the central festive events on the Day of the Franks

Previous events

Events in preparation

  • 2021 Haßfurt (Lower Franconia)
  • 2022 Bad Windsheim (Middle Franconia)

Day of the Franks (2006 to 2018)

The first day of the festival was celebrated in Nuremberg ( Middle Franconia district ) in 2006 . The venue was the Museum of Industrial Culture , in which the regional exhibition 200 Years of Franconia in Bavaria was presented at the same time . The main event took place in the Tafelhalle .

The second day of the Franks was celebrated in Bamberg ( Upper Franconia district ) in 2007 on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Bamberg ( 1000 years under the stars ) under the motto Franconia with body and soul .

In 2008, Miltenberg ( Lower Franconia district ) celebrated the Franconian feast day as part of the Lower Franconian Culture Days .

As a result of the alternating organizers, it was again the turn of the Central Franconia district to host the event in 2009. With the motto Franconia in Europe - Europe in Franconia , the district of Middle Franconia was the first to take the step of presenting Franconia Day as an independent festival day, separate from other events, in order to emphasize its importance. The venue was the Franconian Open Air Museum in Bad Windsheim . With reference to Europe, it was recalled that Franconia has been the European region as a hub of Europe, as a mediator between East and West, North and South, and as a traffic junction since the Middle Ages. Associations and exhibitors from all European member states were invited to present their own traditions and associations with Franconia to visitors as well as Franconian ones.

In 2010 the district of Upper Franconia celebrated the festival day in Kulmbach under the motto Enjoy Franconia , with a particular focus on Upper Franconia as a region of culture and pleasure.

In 2011 the district of Lower Franconia celebrated in Bad Kissingen . In keeping with the motto Singing, Sounding Franconia , numerous music groups presented the diversity of the Franconian musical landscape. During his speech, Bavaria’s Prime Minister Horst Seehofer described Franconia as the flagship of the Bavarian energy transition.

In 2012 at the Day of Franconia in Schwabach (Middle Franconia district) women were the focus according to the motto Women in Franconia . The life situations of women from various social groups from the Middle Ages to the present day were shown in an exhibition in the Schwabach City Museum. For five time islands (Middle Ages, modern times, industrialization, early 20th century, present time) three historical exceptional women were presented. As a traveling exhibition, it also met with great interest in the Bavarian state parliament in 2013.

In 2013, the Upper Franconian district developed a different concept. Instead of a central festival, there were events in over 100 communities in all three Franconian districts. The motto for all events in 2013 was Franks in the ear . It was chosen based on the two anniversaries of Jean Paul (250 years) and Richard Wagner (200 years) that took place in 2013 . The central ceremony took place in Bayreuth.

In 2014 during the Franconian Day in Ochsenfurt (Lower Franconia district), the main focus was on the Main as the lifeline of Franconia under the motto Franconia - this is where Main's heart beats.

In 2015, during the Franconian Day in Erlangen (Middle Franconia district), a comprehensive exhibition showed how immigrants came to Franconia at all times and made them at home here , according to the motto Strangers in Franconia . Erlangen in particular is a prime example of this, because the admission of 1,500 French Huguenots after the Thirty Years' War began the upswing of the city of Erlangen, which was depopulated to 500 people and continues to flourish today.

The day of the Franks 2016 in Hof (Upper Franconia district) had the motto ( Patents Franconia - Franconian Patents ). For this purpose, the KulturServiceStelle des Bezirks Oberfranken in cooperation with the Museum Bayerisches Vogtland in Hof designed the exhibition Patents Franconia . This proves that Franconia is characterized by a pronounced inventive spirit, which is reflected in numerous patents and innovations, without which today's world would be inconceivable. It also refers to the power of this region and its people to develop groundbreaking things in the future. This exhibition can be viewed in the IHK Academy Middle Franconia at Walter-Braun-Straße 15 in Nuremberg, unless it is currently on view as a traveling exhibition at another location in Franconia.

In 2017, the Day of the Franks took place in Kitzingen (Lower Franconia district) combined with the Lower Franconian Culture Days under the common motto Culture Bridges .

2018 was the festival day in Ansbach (Middle Franconia district), which had the motto Eating in Franconia , embedded in the Rococo Festival that took place at the same time. At the ceremony in the Ansbacher Hofgarten, Prime Minister Markus Söder gave a humorous speech about the work of the Franks for the benefit of Bavaria.

Day of the Franks 2019 - cross-border for the first time

The 14th Franconian Day was celebrated on July 6th and 7th by the district of Upper Franconia together with the Bavarian state government and the two host cities Sonneberg ( South Thuringia ) and Neustadt bei Coburg (Upper Franconia) for the first time across borders with over 25,000 visitors under the motto TOGETHER. FRÄNKISCH, STRONG.

The directly adjacent twin and neighboring cities of Neustadt and Sonneberg together have almost 40,000 inhabitants and form a common economic, educational and social area characterized by full employment and prosperity. Under the umbrella of the European Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg, the city duo is pushing ahead under the brand SON.NEC - GEMEINSAM.FRÄNKISCH.STARK. common development. The word and image mark of the two cities was also adopted as the motto of the 14th Franconian Day.

The main day on July 7th was opened in the amusement park Villeneuve-sur-Lot in Neustadt with an ecumenical service with speeches.

At the central ceremony of the Bavarian state government on July 7th in the Gesellschaftshaus in Sonneberg, the district council president of Upper Franconia Henry Schramm emphasized the commitment of the people in the two host cities in his welcoming speech. In the run-up to the event, Franconian Day was celebrated for six weeks with a hitherto unique number of 120 events. For the first time there was a separate Tag der Franken song with the refrain GEMEINSAM.FRÄNKISCH.STARK. composed, with which the Sonneberg songwriter Kristina Jakobs and her choir opened the ceremony. The song also recalls the tradition of the two festival communities as toy towns. The Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann gave the keynote address . Together with the Thuringian Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow and the two city leaders Frank Rebhan (Neustadt bei Coburg) and Dr. Heiko Voigt (Sonneberg) was discussed in a panel discussion on how the wish of the two neighboring cities for even closer cooperation can be realized.

In the two neighboring towns of Neustadt and Sonneberg, which are separated by the state border, the Itzgründisch is spoken, a Main Franconian dialect . The common alignment of the 14th day of the Franks indicates that Franconia was and is at home beyond the state border of Bavaria. To this Frankish bridge highlight between the states, Bodo Ramelow suggested the Franks song that was sung together at the festival to expand three more stanzas, one for the Frankish regions in Thuringia, Baden-Wuerttemberg and Hesse.

The 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall was commemorated in an exhibition in Neustadt, because the forty years of separation and reunification were intensely experienced by the citizens of the neighboring cities. On November 12, 1989, the inner-German border was opened at the Burned Bridge between the two neighboring cities. On July 1, 1990, Peter-Michael Diestel and Wolfgang Schäuble signed the contract on the spot to abolish border controls at the inner-German border.

The information tour for 70 years of the German Federal Government's Basic Law through some German cities was also a guest in Neustadt.

The awareness of the development strength and innovation potential of Franconia was demonstrated using the example of the practical use of hydrogen technology for environmentally friendly mobility. Various vehicles powered by fuel cells were the focus. For example, municipal cars were demonstrated that run on hydrogen produced by the Sonneberg-Heubisch sewage treatment plant from local, renewable energies. The shuttle bus between the two cities was also supported by a hydrogen bus. A hydrogen train was also used for the first time in Bavaria. The visitors were able to commute with the hydrogen multiple unit Coradia iLint from Alstom between the stations of Neustadt and Sonneberg, which are only a few kilometers apart.

Sonneberg is one of the germ cells for a decentralized hydrogen region that is being built between the Main and Elbe. More information can also be found in the free “Magazine for the Franconian Festival in Neustadt bei Coburg and Sonneberg 2019” published by the Upper Franconia district.

flag

The flag of Franconia, the Franconian rake , is not an official symbol of sovereignty in Bavaria. Strictly speaking, Franconia did not have its own flag before it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806. The Franconian rakes on a red and white background, which are common today and are widely known, are due to the Franconian authorities, who integrated the newly acquired Franconian areas into the Bavarian coat of arms and needed a symbol to represent the increase appropriately. The decision was made to use the coat of arms of the Würzburg prince-bishops, who from the 15th century had the additional title Duke of Franconia, and whose successor in office was the King of Bavaria, who in his official title was also Duke of Bavaria, Franconia and Swabia etc. let designate.

Since 1835 the Franconian rake can be seen in the official Bavarian coat of arms in the second field at the top right. The state constitution of Bavaria of December 8, 1946 confirmed the state colors white and blue and on December 14, 1953 the stripe flag and the diamond flag were officially introduced. On Franconian Day, all public buildings are flagged, a process that is otherwise only allowed on the highest governmental occasions. In addition to the Bavarian national colors, the flags of the Franconian districts are also hoisted. Since the Franconian rake is not an official symbol of sovereignty in Bavaria, the state cannot and must not order it to be hoisted. Since 2012, the Franconian rake can also be hoisted.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Program for the Day of the Franks 2015
  2. ↑ Contribution to the association magazine Wir in Franken 2005 issue 1
  3. ^ Website on the history of the Day of the Franks
  4. ↑ Dieter Weiß, Werner K. Blessing (Ed.): Franconia. Imagination and Reality in History (Franconia. Supplements to the “Yearbook for Franconian Regional Research”; Vol. 1). Degener, Neustadt a. d. Aisch 2003, ISBN 3-7686-9290-6 .
  5. ^ Thomas Greif: Franconia's brown pilgrimage. The Hesselberg in the Third Reich. Ansbach: Histor. Association for Middle Franconia 2007
  6. ↑ Printed matter 15/5583 of the Bavarian State Parliament (PDF; 86 kB)
  7. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www. Bezirk-unterfranken.de
  8. ↑ http://www.infranken.de/regional/coburg/frankens-flagge-flattert-ueber-sonneberg;art214,2845034
  9. ↑ https://www.infranken.de/regional/hassberge/bayern-blickt-nach-hassfurt;art217,4569037
  10. ↑ https://www. Bezirk-unterfranken.de/presseresort/20491.Corona-Tag-der-Franken-faellt-in-diesem-jahr-aus-3.-April-2020.html
  11. ↑ https://www.ihk-nuernberg.de/de/IHK-Magazin-WiM/WiM-Archiv/WIM-Daten/2006-05/Special/Freizeit-Festspiele/-200-Jahre-Franken-in-Bayern- .jsp
  12. ↑ https://www.crew-united.com/de/Frankenschau-Extra-Tag-der-Franken__124241.html
  13. ↑ https://www.nikos-weinwelten.de/beitrag/tag_der_franken_2011/
  14. ↑ Nürnberger Nachrichten of July 4, 2011
  15. ↑ http://www.dreykorn.info/hallo-welt
  16. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXAQuJlW84g
  17. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tagderfranken2013.de
  18. ↑ https://www.ulrich-goepfert.de/index.php/de/archiv/73-events/10677-tag-der-franken-2013-
  19. ↑ https://www.br.de/radio/bayern1/sendung/mittags-in-mainfranken/tag-der-franken-2014-100.html
  20. ↑ https://www.bayernkurier.de/kultur/3558-schon-immer-von-einwanderung-gepraegt/
  21. ↑ https://patente-franken.de/
  22. ↑ https://www.ihk-nuernberg.de/de/Geschaeftsbereich/Berufsbildung/Weiterbildung/Aktuelles-Projekte/100-patente-franken-ausstellung-in-der-ihk-akademie-mittelfranken/
  23. ↑ https://www. Bezirk-unterfranken.de/tagderfranken/startseite/index.html
  24. ↑ https://www.ansbach.de/Freizeit-Gäste/Kunst-Kultur/Festspiele/Tag-der-Franken
  25. ↑ https://www. Bezirk-mittelfranken.de/index.php?id=153
  26. ↑ https://www.tagderfranken2019.de
  27. ↑ https://www.tagderfranken2019.de/files/Lied-zum-Tag-der-Franken.php?nav=tdf
  28. ↑ http://mediapool.berlin/en/Projekte/70-jahre-grundgesetz-informationstour-der-bundesregierung
  29. ↑ https://www.iertel-oberfranken.de/ Bezirk/informationsmaterial- usual/?tx_publications_store%5Bpublication%5D=157&tx_publications_store%5Baction%5D=show&tx_publications_store%5Bcontroller%5D=Publication&cHash= 48d325ab3010e9b72
  30. ↑ Jürgen Umlauft and Carsten Hoefer: The rake is allowed to blow. In: New Press . April 20, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012 .

literature

  • The day of the Franks. History - Claim - Reality (= History and Culture in Middle Franconia, Vol. 1), ed. from the Middle Franconia district by Andrea M. Kluxen and Julia Hecht, Würzburg 2010
  • Handbook of Bavarian History, gre. Max Spindler, Vol. III / 1: History of Franconia up to the end of the 18th century, Munich 1997
  • Schöler, Eugen: Franconian coats of arms tell history and stories, Neustadt / Aisch 1992