Guild of Wiedikon

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The Wiedikon guild is one of the classic district guilds of the city of Zurich . It was founded in 1897.

History of the guild

In the Middle and Late Middle Ages , the craft guilds and the Constaffel played an important role in the political life of the city of Zurich . In addition, they also had professional, military and social functions. During the 19th century, the 12 historical guilds and the Constaffel Society lost their political importance. With the incorporation , the residents of the neighborhood felt the need to preserve their neighborhood tradition by founding guilds.

The Wiedikon guild was founded in 1897, four years after the incorporation. The founders had two goals in mind: * On the one hand, they wanted to be real citizens of Zurich from now on and consequently also take part in the Sechseläuten ;

  • on the other hand, the traditions of the former village community of Wiedikon had to be preserved and passed on to future generations.

Just a year later, the young guild acquired its own banner. The former Wiediker Gemeindewappen, now the guild emblem in the center of the banner, shows the orb as the crests of Conrad Meyer occupied by 1674th

The incorporation marked the end of the long history that began when the Alemanne Wiedo chose the Bühlhügel as his residence for himself and his clan, the Wiedinge. The "Höfe der Wiedinge" appear in the language of that time as "Viedinc hova" in a document from the year 889. Another key document is a document from the year 1259, which states that Wiedikon was a royal court at that time. This document forms the basis of the Sechseläute costumes of the Wiedikon guild.

Sechseläuten parade of the Wiedikon guild

Noble, noble citizens and clergy from the nearby town came ridden or marched to Wiedikon, be it on a court day, be it on a hunting trip and the farmers and craftsmen of Wiedikon, all of them on foot of course, joined the distinguished procession. This is how the Wiedikon guild presents itself at the Zurich Spring Festival, the Sechseläuten. In addition to historically authenticated persons, there are also invented ones, and craft trades are represented among the commoners that did not exist in the village of Wiedikon either then or later. This is to underline that the Sechseläuten procession can and should also have a playful touch. The costumes are as historically correct as possible. The Manessian song manuscript , which was created only a few decades after 1259, provided picture templates for contemporary costume design .

The end of the train is the five- horse guild car - driven today by the international four-man vice world champion Hanspeter Rüeschlin - with the model of the Friesenburg , which was built around 1259 on a spur halfway up the Üetliberg and its foundation walls have been restored. A knight lived there and watched over the herd of cattle, which belonged to the Schweighof in Friesenberg and which of course was a temptation for robbers and cattle thieves.

When the deed of 1259 was drawn up, the powerful barons of Eschenbach-Schnabelburg ruled over the Reichshof Wiedikon as bailiffs. Later the bailiwick passed to other sexes, the Müllner, the Glentner, the Schwend. They had secured citizenship behind the protective walls of the city of Zurich. Thus Wiedikon came more and more under the power of the nearby city. Nevertheless, the Wiedikers lived well as farmers, brick makers and carters.

The guild house for the "falcon"

The history of the "Falken" restaurant, which has served the Wiedikon guild since 1897 as a guild house, dates back to 1620 when the Zurich council allowed the Wiedikern to buy Heinrich Keller's house and use it as a school and journeyman's house. Over time, an economy emerged, which in 1756 was called "Community tavern for the Reichsapfel". After the renovation in 1842, it was renamed "Falken". In 1880 the community sold the "falcon" to a private person for lack of money. After several changes of hands, the property was transferred to the City of Zurich in 1907, which still owns it today. In 1971 and 1988 the “Falken” was again extensively renovated and rebuilt.

As early as the 17th century, the annual citizens' drink at the beginning of the new year took place in today's Falken - at that time still a journeyman's house. We ate and celebrated. With the incorporation, this custom was lost. The tradition of the citizen drink was brought back to life on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Wiedikon guild. The common service in the Bühlkirche, musically framed by the guild game, is followed by the traditional citizen's drink in the parish hall.

The Wiedikon Riding Society (RGW)

The riders of the Wiedikon guild make a significant contribution to the move to the fire. They all belong to the Wiedikon riding company, which was founded in 1907 and took part in the Sechseläuten parade just a year later. The riding society has been closely associated with the guild ever since. The riders all have their own horses and regularly take part in larger rides. Every year on the Saturday before the day of prayer, the Comecon takes part in the star ride of the Zurich guilds. The annual riding holidays are also very important.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guild of Wiedikon in the Falken restaurant ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2012 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.restaurantfalcone.ch
  2. ↑ Riding Society Wiedikon