70 years of the parish and local festival in Gemünden

Mayor Jürgen Lippert spoke of a small replacement at the vernissage on Friday evening after this year’s church consecration and homeland festival and the anniversary parade in Gemünden unfortunately had to be canceled. Lippert also praised the exhibition as a testimony to current events: “Special thanks go to Lotte Bayer and Bruno Schneider, as well as to Joe Gutbrod, who has faithfully compiled events and images of the city over decades.”

The mayor then told of a birthday present from the Historical Association for the 70th church consecration and homeland festival to the city of Gemünden, and of his own memories when he attended the pageant with the Seifriedsburger band in his youth. “The first Heimatfest was a beacon of hope for the future and the expression of love for the hometown. The then mayor Dr. Büchner praised the reconstruction ?? as a kind of thanks and reward was celebrated extensively.”

Finally, Lippert invited to view the exhibition until July 30th during the library’s opening hours and referred to the protection and hygiene concept, according to which a maximum of ten people can be present at the same time. Lotte Bayer opened the window of memories and looked back at 1951, when the rubble had already been cleared away, but the rows of houses were still under construction.

Church service with old and new citizens

“In the city parish church, the festival service was celebrated with the old and new citizens, the refugees and displaced persons. The attraction in the festival program were football games with the neighboring parishes and dancing in the hut castle.” The historian knew of a pair of siblings who had lost everything and only had a little garden house with a bed in it. Fearing that the last property would be stolen, the sister wanted to give up the dancing pleasure with a heavy heart, but the brother replied “there is so much de Mä na, the last should be a no na, I’m going to Danze!”

Bruno Schneider reported on the Kaiserkirchweih of the expellees, which was celebrated on top of the Scherenburg, and that this was combined with the Heimatfest. Lotte Bayer went on to say that Büchner then invited all residents of Gemünden to come home to the festival, regardless of whether they now lived in Würzburg, Frankfurt or Munich. In 1952 Büchner had a review published in the Official Journal with old pictures for which places and houses were described. “The meeting of the Alt-Gemünden,” said Bayer, “was characterized by great warmth when he greeted those who had come to their home especially for the festival, even to America.”

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• Gemünden

• Rosemarie Knechtel

• Exhibitions and public shows

• Soccer games

• Birthday presents

• Jürgen Lippert

• Church consecration

• Parades and pageants

• Scherenburg

• Seifriedsburg

• Cities

• Dance pleasure

• The opening

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