Walpurgisnacht - Walpurgis Night

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Die Nacht in der die Hexen fliegen

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2024 sind die Hexen motorisiert! 😀

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Die Walpurgisnacht
Die Walpurgisnacht ist ein traditionelles europäisches Fest, welches sich mythologisch auf vorchristliche Feierlichkeiten im Harz zurückführen lässt.
Im Rahmen der Christianisierung benannte man das heidnische Frühlingsfest (Beltaine Mondfest) zum Gedenktag für die hl Walburga um, welcher bis ins Mittelalter am ersten Mai gefeiert wurde.

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Auch Goethe baute die Walpurgisnacht schon in den "Faust" mit ein. Seine Handlung spielt auf dem Brocken im Harz.

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In Schierke am Fuß des Brocken findet jedes Jahr an diesem Datum ein großes Mittelalterspektakel mit buntem Treiben der Hexen und Teufel statt.

In meiner Heimat mußte am 30.4. alles was nicht niet- und nagelfest war ums Haus herum in Sicherheit gebracht werden. Denn sonst konnte man am anderen Morgen seine Sachen im ganzen Dorf suchen gehen. Angeblich waren das ja die Hexen, die Unfug trieben. Aber in Wahrheit waren es die jungen Burschen, die in der Nacht schauten, wo sie was finden konnten, um es woanders hin zu tragen. Da wurden Gartentüren ausgehängt, Schubkarren versteckt, ganze Anhänger durchs Dorf gezogen. Die meisten Sachen fanden sich dann auf dem Dorfplatz wieder.

Manch junger Mann war aber schon die Tage davor demit beschäftigt, den Maibaum für seine Liebste her zu richten.

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In der Nacht zum 1. Mai wurde dieser dann vor dem Haus der Freundin aufgestellt. Wenn man aber nicht aufpasste, dann konnte es auch vorkommen, dass ein anderer den in der Nacht entwendete und seiner eigenen Angebeteten vors Haus stellte.

Wenn die junge Frau nicht ganz so angesehen war, kam es auch mal vor, dass sie einen Blechmaibaum erhielt. Der war dann mit alten Dosen geschmückt. Das war dann eher peinlich für Diejenige.


The night the witches fly

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In 2024 the witches are motorized! 😀

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The Walpurgis Night
Walpurgis Night is a traditional European festival that can be traced back mythologically to pre-Christian festivities in the Harz Mountains.
In the course of Christianization, the pagan spring festival (Beltaine Moon Festival) was renamed to commemorate St. Walburga, which was celebrated on the first of May until the Middle Ages.

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Goethe also incorporated Walpurgisnachtinto “Faust”. Its plot takes place on the Brocken in the Harz Mountains.

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In Schierke at the foot of the Brocken, a big medieval spectacle with colorful hustle and bustle of witches and devils takes place every year on this date.

In my home town, everything that wasn't nailed down had to be brought to safety around the house on April 30th. Otherwise you could go looking for your things all over the village the next morning. Supposedly it was the witches who were up to mischief. But in reality, it was the young lads who looked in the night to see where they could find something to take it somewhere else. Garden doors were unhinged, wheelbarrows hidden, whole trailers pulled through the village. Most of the things were then found on the village square.

Many a young man was already busy the days before preparing the maypole for his sweetheart.

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On the night of May 1st, this was then erected in front of the girlfriend's house. However, if you weren't careful, it could happen that someone else stole the maypole during the night and placed it in front of their beloved's house.

If the young woman wasn't quite so prestigious, it sometimes happened that she was given a tin maypole. It was then decorated with old cans. That was rather embarrassing for her.

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