Association of Swabian-Alemannic fools' guilds

The VSAN flag in front of the Waldkircher town hall

The Association of Swabian-Alemannic Fools 'Guilds ( VSAN ) is the umbrella organization founded in 1924 of 68 traditionally oriented fools' guilds for the Swabian-Alemannic Carnival . The fools' guilds are located in the administrative districts of Freiburg , Tübingen , Stuttgart (all Baden-Württemberg), Swabia (Bavaria) and in four cantons in German-speaking Switzerland .

history

Carnival in Wolfach

The association of Swabian-Alemannic fools guilds was founded on November 16, 1924 as the first umbrella organization of the Swabian-Alemannic carnival in Villingen . Founding members were 13 fool's guilds and associations from Bräunlingen , Donaueschingen , Elzach , Haslach , Hüfingen , Laufenburg , Oberndorf , Offenburg ( old historical fool's guild Offenburg ), Rottweil , Schramberg , Stockach , Villingen and Waldshut . It was initially founded under the working title of the Gauverband Baden and Württemberg fools' guilds ; the name of the Association of Swabian-Alemannic Fools' Guilds was only decided at the general meeting on November 30, 1930 in Oberndorf. The first president of the association was Benjamin Grüninger from Villingen, who died in 1927. His successor was Albert Fischer, who was also a member of the Villingen Narro Guild .

The seizure of power by the National Socialists in Germany in 1933 also had consequences for unification. From 1934 the president called himself Führer ; the association joined the Reich Chamber of Culture of the NSDAP . In 1937 a carnival congress organized by the National Socialists took place in Munich, in which Albert Fischer also took part as chairman of the association. The association was subsequently included in the newly founded Bund Deutscher Karneval. In the same year, a survey was carried out within the association to determine which member guilds had a historically grown carnival in their place. A number of guilds were classified in the category of non-historical guilds. The guilds from Freiburg and Breisach , which were included, therefore withdrew from the association and founded the Association of Upper Rhine Fools' Guilds (VON). With the outbreak of the Second World War, the activities of the association and its member guilds were largely suspended.

After the Second World War, individual fools' guilds were re-established in the French occupation zone from 1946 with the approval of the military administrations . On October 13, 1946, it was decided to re-establish the Association of Swabian-Alemannic Fools' Guilds at a meeting in Villingen. Albert Fischer was again elected to the first board. On April 24, 1949, the Association of Alemannic Fools' Guilds received final approval from the French military government. In 1952, the Villingen district councilor Weibert Zehnder became the new president.

The fifties were marked by disputes within the association over the preservation of the carnival traditions. In 1953 the tradition-conscious fools' guilds from Elzach , Rottweil and Überlingen left . They were followed in 1955 by the Historisches Narrozunft Villingen 1584 e. V. and in 1958 the Oberndorf fools guild .

Weibert Zehnder's successor was Hans Ströhle from Markdorf after 1960. Elzach, Rottweil, Oberndorf and Überlingen have formed a loose four-way union without any statutes since 1963 . The very restrictive admission procedure of the Association of Swabian-Alemannic Fools' Guilds also led to the establishment of numerous other fool's associations within the Swabian-Alemannic Carnival with less strict regulations on customs and the acceptance of new guilds. Examples are the Narrenvereinigung Hegau-Bodensee (NVHB - founded 1959), Association of Hochrheinischer Narrenzunft (VHN, founded 1964) and the Alemannische Narrenring (ANR, founded 1969). From 1977 to 1989 Karl Dilger from Donaueschingen and from 1989 to 1995 Horst Bäckert from Lindau were president of the association. In 1996 Roland Wehrle from Furtwangen became the new president.

In July 2012, with the Schnabelgiere Meersburg fools guild, a fools guild was excluded from the association for the first time. According to a resolution from 1988, the association no longer allows new groups of witches for the fools' guilds. In 1995, the Meersburg fools guild submitted an application for approval of a castle witch group. Since then, no agreement on the castle witches has been reached between the fools' guild and the association.

Structure and purpose

The association of Swabian-Alemannic fools 'guilds now includes 68 fools' guilds from Baden-Württemberg , Bavaria ( Lindau ) and Switzerland ; Since the entry in the register of associations in 1978, the registered office has been Bad Dürrheim . The aims of the association are to maintain and promote the carnival tradition in the Swabian-Alemannic language area, to advise the member guilds and to represent their interests towards third parties ( lobbying ) as well as to promote carnival research.

In Bad Dürrheim, the association has been running the Narrenschopf as a museum and event location since May 5, 1973 .

The organ of the association is the annual journal Journal Schwäbisch-Alemannischer Fastnacht .

Bureau

Roland Wehrle ( Furtwangen Fool's Guild ) has been president since 1996 . Vice-presidents are Otto Gäng from Markdorf and Peter Schmidt from Munderkingen.

The executive committee includes the board of directors as well as the landscape representatives of the landscapes and the cultural advisory board. The Presidium and the landscape representatives are elected by the annual general meeting. The general meeting always takes place on the weekend after Epiphany . In the autumn there will be another general assembly with the autumn working conference, at which, however, no elections etc. will take place, but only content-related topics will be dealt with.

Intangible cultural heritage

In December 2014, at the request of the VSAN, the German UNESCO Commission registered the Swabian-Alemannic Carnival as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Since then, VSAN and the Cologne Carnival have endeavored to become a World Heritage Site.

Member guilds

Since 1964, the member guilds are eight landscapes associated with:

• Baar
• Lake Constance - Linzgau - Switzerland
• Danube
• Hegau
• Upper Rhine
• Neckar - Alb
• Upper Swabia - Allgäu
• Black Forest

Most annually find landscape meeting place of the respective country. All member guilds of a region meet here, but other guilds are usually invited as well.

Every four years the 68 member guilds and the “partners of the association” meet for a big VSAN fools' meeting. The last meeting took place on January 18 and 19, 2020 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt . For the 100th anniversary of VSAN, the next big meeting of fools is to take place in 2024. A venue has not yet been published (as of January 2020).

place	guild	landscape	Fool call	characters	Picture gallery
Aulendorf	Narrenzunft Aulendorf e. V.	Upper Swabia-Allgäu	Ha, ha, ha - yo what sucks ou	Corner witch Shreds Flourishes Tschore & Rätsch	Commons
Bad Cannstatt	Kübelesmarkt Bad Cannstatt e. V.	Neckar-Alb	Narri - Narro - Ahoy	Fountain Spirit (single figure) Felbenkopf Stingy moon Moon extinguisher Fool mother	Commons
Bad Durrheim	Narrenzunft Bad Dürrheim e. V.	Baar	Narri - Narro	Old fool Johli Narro Salt spirit Salzhansel Boilers Guild Wiber	Commons
Bad Säckingen	Narrenzunft Bad Säckingen e. V.	Upper Rhine	Narri - Narro	Hüuler Maisenhardt jogels Fool cop Satchel guard Romans (single mask) Sick men Original Maisenhardt jogels Woods	Commons
Bad Saulgau	Dorauszunft Saulgau e. V. 1355	Upper Swabia-Allgäu	Doraus, detnaus - by old Linde naus	Adam and Night Watchman (single figures) Flower junk Büttel Dor screamers Fur devil Riedhutzel Pointed column Zennenmacher	Commons
Bad Waldsee	Narrenzunft Waldsee e. V.	Upper Swabia-Allgäu	AHA	Faselhannes Federle Narro Schrättele Schorrenweible Werner's donkey (single figure)	Commons
Baienfurt	Narrenzunft Henkerhaus e. V. Baienfurt 1936	Upper Swabia-Allgäu	Hangman's House - Let D 'Fool Out	Flower lover Kardelhannes Bird lover	Commons
Berschis	Carnival society Berschis	Bodensee-Linzgau-Switzerland	Use with de Butzi	Peasant figures in wooden masks
Bonndorf in the Black Forest	Plum eater Bonndorf	Baar	Narri - Narro	Plum Eaters Fotzli-Hansele (single figure) Sun (single figure)	Commons
Bräunlingen	Fools guild Eintracht Bräunlingen	Baar	Narri - Narro	Bluemennarr Stadtbock Stadthansel Drummers Primal witch	Commons
Donaueschingen	Narrenzunft Frohsinn 1853 Donaueschingen e. V.	Baar	Narro - Narro	Hansel and Gretle Cow endings	Commons
Ehingen	Narrenzunft Spritzenmuck Ehingen e. V.	Danube	Kegel - hoi	Demons Krettenweiber Spheres Splashes of mosquito Pfanna-Mate and Mate Chapel Wild woman (witch)	Commons
Endingen am Kaiserstuhl	Endinger fools guild 1782 e. V.	Black Forest	Respect for us - Jokili	Altjokili Dialfraili (single figure) Galli (single figure) Jokili Rebwib City animal (single figure) Stork (single figure)	Commons
Narrow	Narrenzunft Engen e. V.	Hegau	Narri - Narro	Cat music Hansele Munding (single figure) and blue dyer Fool's Booty (single figure) Fool parents Spöckmännle Spöckwieble Forest man with wild boar (both individual figures) Fool advice	Commons
Fridingen	Fools guild Fridingen	Danube	Ju - Hu - Hu	Old women Bettelmann and Lisebeth (single figures) Fridinger fool Plow jack sower More quickly	Commons
Furtwangen	Narrenzunft Furtwangen e. V.	Black Forest	Narri - Narro	Soil forests Old maid Fuhrkigili Hanseli Fool tree setters Spattle City witches	Commons
Geisingen	Fools guild Grünwinkel 1858 Geisingen e. V.	Baar	Narri - Narro	Gretele Hansele Witches Jester shepherd Theobald and Fridolin	Commons
Gengenbach	Narrenzunft Gengenbach e. V. 1499	Black Forest	Hoorig, hoory, hoory is the bear	Former Gengenbacher Bott (single figure) witch Shirt blinks Klepperlesbub Klepperlesmaidli Rag dog Schalk (single figure) Spättlehansel	Commons
Haigerloch	Narrenzunft Haigerloch e. V.	Neckar-Alb	Narri - Narro Rutsch - Naa	Bridal boys Bischöfle bat Remple rottweiler Stadtbutz (single figure) Uhrafiedle	Commons
Haslach	Fools guild Haslach i. K. e. V.	Black Forest	Narri - Narro	elephant Gullerreiter Hazelnarro Klepperlesgarde Foolish militia Satchel guard Schellenhansel stork	Commons
Hausach	Free fools guild Hausach e. V.	Black Forest	Narri - Narro	Castle women Erzhansel Hansele Fool police Fool advice Spättlemadlee Urmadlee	Commons
Hechingen	Old historical fool's guild Narhalla Hechingen e. V.	Neckar-Alb	Narri - Narro	Old Slug Hacho (single figure) Plague men Roter Butz (single figure) Jerk	Commons
Hirrlingen	Butzenzunft Hirrlingen e. V.	Neckar-Alb	Butz, Butz Dollia - hot an alta Doffel a ' Narri - Narro	Butz Butzenzuttel Castle witch	Commons
Hornberg	Narrenzunft Hornberg e. V.	Black Forest	Narri - Narro	Brunnenhansele Hofschlurfe (single figure) Hornberger Horn (devil)	Commons
Hüfingen	Narrenzunft Hüfingen e. V.	Baar	Narri - Narro	Baptischli (single figure) Bärcheappeli Mountain witches Gretle Hansel Scheeremanne Siireschalm	Commons
Immendingen	Narrenzunft Strumpfkugler Immendingen e. V.	Baar	Narri - Narro	Bumbismaale (single figure) Danube spirit Gretele Hansel Mettebergwiible (single figure) Night watchman (single figure) Fool police (single figure) Strumpkugler (fools of honor)	Commons
Kiebingen	Butzenzunft Kiebingen e. V.	Neckar-Alb	Narri - Narro	Butz devil	Commons
Kisslegg	Narrenzunft Kißlegger Hudelmale e. V. Kisslegg	Upper Swabia-Allgäu	Schnarragagges - Heidenei	Grundhold Huddle marks Riding Alder Schnarragagges (single figure)	Commons
Constancy	Konstanzer Blätzebuebe-Zunft e. V.	Bodensee-Linzgau-Switzerland	Ho - Narro	Blätzlebue Hansele Polizeiblätz (single figure)	Commons
Laufenburg (Baden) and Laufenburg (Switzerland)	Narro old fishermen's guild 1386 Laufenburg	Upper Rhine	Narri - Narro	Narro Fooless	Commons
Lindau	Narrenzunft Lindau / Bodensee e. V.	Upper Swabia-Allgäu	Oops - ho	Rush spirits Büttel (single figure) Kornköffler Running fools Fool parents (single figures) Moschtköpf Plaster studs Schanzengarde	Commons
Loeffingen	Association of Lantern Brothers Löffingen e. V.	Baar	Narri - Narro	Hansel witch Reichburgmali	Commons
Markdorf	Historical fool's guild Markdorf e. V.	Bodensee-Linzgau-Switzerland	Narri - Narro	Old Markdorf woman Hanseler Chew Fool police Jester Fool parents Survey crew	Commons
Messkirch	Messkirch cat guild	Hegau	Hoory, hoory, hoory - is the cat	bat Hirling-Hansele cat Nose grinder Petter Letzkopf (single figure)	Commons
Möhringen	Narrenzunft Möhringen e. V.	Baar	Narri - Narro	Blätzle Hansele Kiltelmadlei (single figure) Konzeburggoascht (single figure) Möhrin (single figure) with fool's seeds Executioner (three)	Commons
Muhlheim	Fools guild e. V. Mühlheim / Donau e. V.	Danube	Narri - Narro	Woodworkers Kea woman Child-mad Miller Bell fool	Commons
Munderkingen	Trommgesellenzunft Munderkingen e. V.	Danube	Narro - hee	Well diver Court jester (single figure) Town hall witch Seven Swabians Drum journeyman Heraldic lion (single figure) Bustling	Commons
Obernheim	Hexenzunft Obernheim e. V.	Neckar-Alb	O-HO, O-HO, O-HO	witch devil Damsels Knight couple Landsknechte Court ladies Judge	Commons
Offenburg	Old historical fools guild Offenburg e. V.	Black Forest	Bell, bell, six, Alli alde witch, Narro - s'bist mi ä flea, you know where, on the bottom	Bott (single figure) domino Flag thrower (single figure) Night watchman (single figure) Veef and Andres (Fool Parents) Satchel guard Spättlehansel	Commons
Offenburg	Offenburg Witches Guild V.	Black Forest	Bell, bell, six, Alli alde witch, Narro - s'bist mi ä flea, you know where, on the bottom	Büttel witch Warlock (single figure) Spättlehansel Büttel (witch candidate, maximum six) Old Offenburg woman	Commons
Pfullendorf	Narrenzunft Stegstrecker Pfullendorf e. V.	Bodensee-Linzgau-Switzerland	Narri - Narro	Witch teasing Fool parents Fool police Nidler Schaalweib More quickly	Commons
Radolfzell	Narrenzunft Narrizella Ratoldi 1841 e. V. Radolfzell	Bodensee-Linzgau-Switzerland	Narri - Narro	Hansele Woodcutter Kappedeschle Klepperle-Narro Narre-police Sämaa Schlegelebeck with Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Galan, Geiz, Höllebock, Lumpeseggel and Narrefresser (all individual figures) Carving wiib Schulerbue	Commons
Riedlingen	Guild of fools Gole 1865 e. V. Riedlingen	Danube	Gole	Broom woman Boppele Double face Jaundice Old Gole New gole Golf companion Kupfernäs Stork and frogs	Commons
Rottenburg	Fools Guild Rottenburg - Guild for the maintenance of old customs	Neckar-Alb	Narri - Narro	Ahlande Bogges Countess Mechthild with court Pompele Runner fool City witch	Commons
Sachsenheim	Primeval guild Sachsenheim	Neckar-Alb	Hirräi	Bear and driver Mummerl Tire oscillator Tailor Rössel Urzel	Commons
Schömberg	Narrenzunft Schömberg e. V.	Neckar-Alb	Yay Narri - Narro	Harzer (single figure) Blätzle (single figure) Fox needle Fringe fanatic Half black (single figure) Hussar Wart '(single figure)	Commons
Schramberg	Narrenzunft Schramberg e. V.	Black Forest	Narri - Narro	Bruele Da-Bach-Na driver Endive use (single figure) Hansel Kehraus (single figure) Narro	Commons
Schwenningen	Narrenzunft Schwenningen e. V.	Baar	Narri - Narro	Hansel Hölzlekönig (single figure) Moss witch Moss mulch Schantle Tännlelupfer	Commons
Seventh	Röllizunft Siebnen	Bodensee-Linzgau-Switzerland	Rölli Rölli Suppechnölli	domino Scheller Fossli Rölli	Commons
Sigmaringen	Guild of fools Vetter Guser Sigmaringen e. V.	Danube	Nauf d 'Stang	Brown bat Journeyman grooms Red bat Schlossnarro Traditional bat	Commons
To sing	Poppele-Zunft Singen 1860 e. V.	Hegau	Hoorig	Egg woman (single figure) Hansele Furry bear Poppele vom Hohenkrähen (single figure) Rebwiieber Schellenhansele Guild journeyman City bear with driver	Commons
Stetten	Bock guild Stetten akMe V.	Danube	Bock - mow	Buck Hudl Ann (single figure) Johann Jakob Scheiffele (single figure) Market woman Guild shepherd	Commons
Stockach	The High Coarse Fool's Court to Stocken e. V. Stockach	Hegau	Narro - Narro	Old Stockacherinnen Court fools Hans Kuony (single figure) Hansele Running fools Sutlers Carpenter	Commons
Tettnang	Narrenzunft Tettnang e. V.	Upper Swabia-Allgäu	Montfort - jehu	Gätterlet Gickeler Hop lover Hop sow (single figure) Red spider Great Hop Fool (single figure)	Commons
Tiengen	Citizens and fools guild 1503 Tiengen	Upper Rhine	Narri - Narro	Katzenrölli Fool advice Court of fools and executioner Cord rewyber	Commons
Triberg in the Black Forest	Narrenzunft Triberg e. V.	Black Forest	Narri - Narro	Feather beak (single figure) Red fox (single figure) Spättlehansel Triberg devil	Commons
Unterägeri	Wylägerer Fasnachtsgesellschaft Unterägeri	Bodensee-Linzgau-Switzerland	Narrety - foolishness ... bi üs dänei	Badjöggel Möstliblöser Nüssler with old man Bjass Blätz domino Hudi Tyrolean Gypsy	Commons
Waldkirch	Narrenzunft Krakeelia e. V. Waldkirch	Black Forest	Narri - Narro	Bajass Candelabra Büttel (single figure) Kläpperlebub Old maid	Commons
Waldshut	Narro guild Waldshut 1411 e. V.	Upper Rhine	Narri - Narro	Gel drummers Hansele hangman Katzenrölli Foolish court Narro Surians	Commons
Wangen in the Allgäu	Wangemer Narrenzunft Kuhschelle Weiß-Rot e. V. Cheeks	Upper Swabia-Allgäu	Bell, bell - Schell - ouch	Aneweible Flax fool Crazy Schellenbue (single figure)	Commons
Wehingen	Fools guild 1939 e. V. Wehingen	Neckar-Alb	Narri - Narro	Harrasweible Wehinger Narro Pfhus (single figure) with farmers	Commons
Vineyard	Plätzler Guild Altdorf Weingarten 1348 e. V.	Upper Swabia-Allgäu	Breisgau - Ofaloch	Altdorfer Schalknarr Fasnetsbutzerössle Laura Laura spirit Red cookie Red and white cookies Schlösslesnarr Traditional woman Urbletzler Forest woman White Plätzler Root sep	Commons
Wave things	Narrenzunft Wellendingen e. V.	Neckar-Alb	Narri - Narro	witch Hexenreiter (single figure) Quick fool 3 storks with a married couple	Commons
Wilflingen	Narrenzunft Wilflingen e. V.	Neckar-Alb	Narri - Narro	Clone Fool seed dispensers Quick fool Straw bear devil	Commons
Willisau	Willisau carnival guild	Bodensee-Linzgau-Switzerland	Narri - Narro	Old men Enzilochmannen Moorsträggel Night watchman City animal Willisauer Wöschwyber Guild journeyman Hearty	Commons
Wolfach	Free fools guild Wolfach	Black Forest	Narro	Bretschelhans (single figure) Purse washer Count Konrad (single figure) Gullerreiter (single figure) Coffee aunts and drummers Landsknechte Mealworm Hansel Fool police Narrogeist (single figure) Nasal pusher Nutshell Hansel Giant lady (single figure) Röslehansel (in black and red) Rungunkel and Müller Schellenhansel Spättlehansel Striped hansel Drum major (single figure) Wohlaufmann	Commons
Zell am Harmersbach	Narrenzunft Zell am Harmersbach e. V.	Black Forest	Hoory, hoory, hoory is the cat, and if the cat were not hoory, it would not be misleading.	Bändelenarro Playing cards narro Snail hiislinarro Welschkornnarro	Commons

The following guilds are recognized as "partners of the association":

• Röllelibutzen Verein Altstätten , Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Carnival society Goldmäuder Einsiedeln , Canton Schwyz, Switzerland (with a fool figure Ustrichler )
• Narrenzunft Empfingen , Freudenstadt district, Baden-Württemberg
• Old Konstanzer Hanselezunft, Konstanz , district of Konstanz, Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Narrhalla Reichenburg , Canton Schwyz, Switzerland
• Schwyzer Nüssler, Schwyz , Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland
• Guild Heini von Uri Sursee , Canton Lucerne, Switzerland

literature

• Martin Blümcke: Designing the Swabian-Alemannic Carnival . (Südkurier), Konstanz 1989, ISBN 3-87799-050-9
• Association of Swabian-Alemannic fools guilds (ed.): On the history of the organized carnival . Doldverlag, Vöhrenbach 1999, ISBN 3-927677-17-5

Web links

Commons : Association of Swabian-Alemannic fools' guilds  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Association of Swabian-Alemannic Fools Guilds (VSAN)
• List of links to the member guilds
• Google map of all places with member guilds of the association (as well as the places of the Quadruple, Villingen and Meersburg)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ VSAN: Only historical figures. Schwarzwälder Bote, July 16, 2012, accessed on July 16, 2012 .