It was exactly half a century ago that Karlstadt had the first ceremonial meeting in the town hall. “Invasion of the Schwedenmnnli” was the motto. The announcement promised “crazy fireworks for a good mood” that would “start vertically into the colorful carnival sky”. 500 visitors were expected. The start at 8:11 p.m. indicates that the program was not yet as extensive as it was for today’s meetings. The opening of the hall was, however, “because a large crowd is expected” at 7 pm.
From today’s perspective, the announcement in the Main-Post reads amusing: “The technical prerequisites are also well taken care of. A loudspeaker system in the town hall will enable the fools in the back row to hear the punch line of the bourgeois speakers and the softest tones of the music listen. ” In the very next sentence, however, the author of the lines at the time praised the advantages of the seats at the very front: “The slim legs of the dance guard, however, are still best seen up close.”
The author apparently had a penchant for mathematics. This can be seen from the following sentence: “The sixteen-legged dance guard consists of the following eight pretty girls: Ute Mackenbach, Gabi Penz, Jutta Penz, Barbara Penz, Erika Riedmann (who also mainly took on the training of the troupe), Erika Gold, Hannelore Rder and Waltraud Wendel. “
Very young session president
Detlef Wagenthaler, who was only 22 at the time, hosted the meeting. He was already involved in the Wrzburger Elferrat, as was Heiner Hesse, from whom the stage design and the carnival medals came. Heinz Lummel got them to get involved in Karlstadt. One of the prayers, the “Marktbrbel”, came from Wrzburg. Behind it were various authors who have been commenting on the events in Wrzburg in the Main-Post since 1957.
The Elferrten at that time included Oskar Leckert, Heinz Lummel, Detlef Wagenthaler, Alfed Biehle, Werner Hofmann (later mayor), Albin Glassen, Walter Sonntag, Fritz Daumberger, Rudi Kalb, Willi Kiener, Albert Sendelbach, Peter Wendel, Walter Landgraf, Armin Bernard, Rudi Winkler and the Main Post editor Peter Szymanowski.
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20 quintals of candy thrown out
The meeting was so successful that it had to be repeated immediately. The proceeds were intended for the carnival procession, which was to be “bigger and more beautiful than ever” that year. The quality of a carnival procession was apparently also measured in the amount of sweets thrown out. For example, the Main-Post report was headlined “20 hundredweight candy”.
Territorial reform was a moving topic. The Karlstadter Trachtler had disguised themselves as Indians and rhymed: “Swing the hatchet, let the fire smoke because we need Karscht as a district town.” Tailor Hans Hammer sewed a large part of the costumes in the style of Winnetou from sackcloth, some for whole families. The participants probably got the wigs at the Stockleb. A motif car showed the district office, in front of it Christian Krapf, who was mayor until 1972. The motto that went with it was rather pessimistic with regard to the district seat: “We don’t need a new town hall anymore, the district office, it will soon be empty.”
Gambach wanted to incorporate Karlstadt
And the Gambachers, who at the time became the first district of Karlstadt, saw things the other way round: Karlstadt could confidently be incorporated into Gambach. The Mhlbachers still resisted belonging to Karlstadt. They preferred to keep their safe closed. Little Mhlbach was once comparatively rich due to the trade tax income from the quarry.
A remarkable 4,000 visitors to the carnival procession were reported from Arnstein. There were further parades in Zellingen and Himmelstadt.
“Die Sendung mit der Maus” will be 50 years old on March 7th. The program makers at WDR noticed Main-Spessart because a particularly large number of them take part in the Maus-Trffner-Tag. For ten years, factories, research laboratories, stadiums, farms, theaters, town councilors, handicraft businesses and others have been giving a glimpse behind the scenes on October 3rd. For its anniversary, “Die Sendung mit der Maus” encouraged people to take a look at what was going on in the local region 50 years ago. This article is one of the research results.
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