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34-557: Kämpfelbach is a municipality in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany , 7 km away from the town of Pforzheim . The municipality of Kämpfelbach is located in the transition area between the Kraichgau and the northern Black Forest . This area also forms the transition area between " Buntsandstein " (colored sandstone) and limestone . The municipality is named after

68-581: Is Bernau im Schwarzwald , where there are up to eight bonfires in which the discs are lit throughout fasting week (except Ash Wednesday ). In the Elztal valley and in adjacent valleys in the Black Forest the Scheibenschlagen traditionally takes place on Laetare Sunday . Scheibenschlagen is usually organized by various local clubs, scouts , Funkenzünften (for example traditional Alemannic carnival groups) or

102-590: Is in the district of Ersingen in Kämpfelbach , Northern Baden. Other than that, Scheibenschlagen is also popular amongst the Satu Mare Swabians in Romania . This traditional event is held either on the weekend of Septuagesima or during Easter . Depending on the region, these days have different names: Funkensonntag, Holepfannsunntag, Kassunnti (Käsesonntag), Küachlisunntig, Küechlesonntag Alti Fasnet. An exception

136-544: Is performing plays in the regional idiom. The plays are written by the amateur artists themselves. The Association "Heimatpflege und Kultur Kämpfelbach" (preservation of tradition and culture in Kämpfelbach) renovated the attic of the old school building in Ersingen. The building has historical value since it was used as a storage for goods which had to be paid to the monastery of Frauenalb since 1500. Since October 2005 this place

170-471: Is used as a museum to show the history of the village and the region. Scheibenschlagen is an ancient Celtic tradition which takes place on Carnival Sunday and Carnical Monday in Ersingen. Hereby wooden disks (10 x 10 cm) are placed on hazelnut sticks and lightened in the fire. The disks are shot down the valley with the assistance of a launch ramp. Ersingen is the most northern village which performs that Alemannic custom. The ritual of "Scheibenschlagen"

204-531: The Allamanni inhabited this area. They normally gave their settlements the name of their clan elders with the additional sylabble -ingen. Bilfingen is probably named after a Binolf and Ersingen after Ergeso. The two villages have more in common than one might suspect at first. The villages Ersingen and Bilfingen formed already in the Middle Ages a market cooperative and had a common administration. They differed from

238-704: The Black Forest . In the north-west of the district is the Kraichgau, a mainly agricultural area. The main river is the Enz , a tributary of the Neckar . Since March 1993, the district has an official partnership with the Italian province Reggio Emilia . Since 1996 the district has a partnership with the Polish city Mysłowice . As two municipalities left the city in a communal reform in 1995,

272-470: The Hallstatt period can be found in the areas Rainwald, Ernstenfeld, Kühlloch and Bernel. These have been dated to 900-500 BC. Bilfingen was first mentioned in 1193, Ersingen in 1197. This was done in papal bulls whereby pope Celestine III . confirmed the possessions of the monastery of Frauenalb in Ersingen and Bilfingen. The names of the villages Ersingen and Bilfingen are of Alemannic origin. Around 260 AD,

306-459: The volunteer fire department . Locally, in the Alemannic language area it is organized by current confirmands . In Danis (Swiss canton Graubünden) the custom is called trer schibettas ( Rhaeto-Romanic for Scheibenschlagen). Here the Scheibenschlagen is usually organized by a so-called Jungmannschaft (a group of young people, similar to scouts). Boys in the 3rd grade and older and all bachelors in

340-523: The Disk hitting was organized by their youth wing Hitlerjugend . The Ersinger Carneval association reintroduced the tradition in 1956. The Landesstraße 570 is built through Kämpfelbach. The Bundesstraße 10 passes south of the municipality and connects to the Autobahn 8. Kämpfelbach is connected to the railway line Karlsruhe - Stuttgart with stations in Ersingen and Bilfingen. Enz (district) The district

374-546: The Scheibenschlagen itself but also the collecting of wood for the bonfire, usually also done by the army recruits or the confirmands of the town, is accompanied by rituals in certain regions: In the county of Ortenau , for example in Rammersweier, participants walk through the town with a cart singing this song, asking for wood and wishing people luck: Wohl, Wohl Waihe, Soll, soll saihe! Gän mer au e Stierli Zu unserm schöne Fierli! Glück ins Hüs, Serme rüs! Alles guet,

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408-429: The disc fails: Oh tgei tgagiarar per il scolast! In the Alemannic region one traditionally uses a wooden stick and a wooden launch ramp called Scheibenbock to fling the disk. A wooden square with an edge length of about 10 cm and a thickness of 2 cm is used as the disk. Usually the disk is made out of Hardwood ( Fagus sylvatica ). In the middle there is a drill hole which has two purposes. One reason for

442-420: The disc should fly, the disc should hit (name of the victim) in the face. Or: Disc, disc, for whom should that disc fly? The disc should fly for (name). If it does not it does not count. County of Tyrol : Dia Scheiba, dia Scheiba, dia will i iatz treiba, Schmolz in dr Pfonna, Kiachli in dr Wonna, Pfluag in dr Eard, dass dia Scheiba weit außi geat! Translated: Disc, disc, it is you I want to propel, lard in

476-404: The disk into the darkness. In some regions the event is over when all households have thrown their discs and there are no more left. In Mals , Upper Vinschgau , on the same day a 12m long tree trunk called Hex is put up with a cross-piece wrapped in straw. This cross is set up on a little hill outside the village and gets burned after sunset. After all discs are used up a torchlight procession to

510-408: The drill hole is to be able to carry many disks on a cord or wire and above all to put them on the stick. With the stick the disks are held in the fire or embers until they are also glowing. This glow is intensified by swinging the stick before hitting the disk. Production and naming of the disks can vary from region to region. In Leimental some disks are carved with a Billhook , others are shaped with

544-499: The fathers of young boys; there the word Schybaschlaha is used, which is the common dialect word for Scheibenschlagen. In Alsace the custom is called Schieweschlawe; in some small towns of the Alsatian-Swiss Leymental valley it is also called Reedlischwinge (swinging wheels). The place where the bonfire is lit and the disks are hit is called Scheibenbühel (disk hill) or Scheibenfelsen (disk rock) in many towns. Not only

578-459: The house of Baden-Durlach. According to the principle cuius regio, eius religio the citizens had to convert to Calvinism . During this time, the monastery of Frauenalb was abolished. When the Margrave William of Baden-Baden in 1625 came into possession of the two villages, they became Catholic again. In 1631 the monastery of Frauenalb was rebuilt. From that year until secularisation in 1803,

612-900: The lower Virgental valley. However, in many rural areas (such as "Scheibschlagalm" in Brixental , "Scheibenbichl" in Imst , etc.) the tradition is still preserved. The tradition of Scheibenschlagen is particularly widespread in and around the area of the Upper Rhine Plain (in the Black Forest , Breisgau , Basel-Landschaft , Alsace ,) as well as in Vorarlberg , parts of West- and South Tyrol , in Bündner Oberland Breil/Brigels and in Churer Rheintal Untervaz . The northernmost place where Scheibenschlagen still regularly occurs,

646-416: The monastery of Frauenalb incorporates the church of Ersingen. Through further acquisitions starting from the year 1517, the monastery almost owned the whole district of Ersingen and Bilfingen. As the villages became the property of the monastery, the catholic faith was forced upon the communities. This changed in 1598 as the patronage of the monastery's possessions was passed on form the house of Baden-Baden to

680-406: The municipality of Kämpfelbach. Population development: The Municipal Council of Kämpfelbach consists of 18 councilors. Udo Kleiner was elected as the mayor of Kämpfelbach on 23 October 2006. The Coat of Arms of the municipality of Kämpfelbach is in use since 1976. It shows an inclined bar in red color on a golden shield. Two lilies are shown on the red bar. The association "Mäddich-Bühne"

714-831: The pan, cake in the tub, plow in the mud, that the disc may fly far. Mals , Upper Vinschgau : Oh reim reim, wem weard eppar dia Scheib sein, dia Scheib und mei Kniascheib kearn dem Hanssmerl und der Seffa zur a guate Nocht, daß die Bettstatt krocht. Geaht sie guat, hobn si's guat, schaug, wia mei Scheibele ausigeat. Schluderns , Upper Vinschgau : Oh reim reim reim fa weim weart dia Scheib sein, dia Scheib mei Kniascheib dia soll ... zu sein hotsas it guat tuatsas it guat sols miar und mein Scheibale nit fa ibel hobm, Schmolz in dr Pfonn, Korn in dr Wonn, Pflug untert Erd, schaug wia mein Scheibale ausigeat. Breil/Brigels ( Graubünden ): Oh tgei biala schibetta per la (Mädchenname)! Translated: Oh what wonderful disc for (maiden name)! If

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748-575: The partnership also includes Imielin and Chelm Slaski . In March 2001 the Enz district together with the city Pforzheim started a friendship with the Hungarian Komitat Györ-Moson-Sopron . The four diamonds in the coat of arms represent the four historic territories covered by the district: the Black Forest, the Heckengäu , Kraichgau and Stromberg . The wavy line in the middle represent

782-469: The river Enz, which also gave the name to the district. 48°54′N 8°45′E  /  48.9°N 8.75°E  / 48.9; 8.75 Scheibenschlagen Scheibenschlagen (disk flinging) is a traditional event in Central Europe in which glowing wooden disks (10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 inches) are flung from a long hazelnut stick off a mountain side into the valley below. Scheibenschlagen

816-501: The stream "Kämpfelbach". It rises in Ispringen and ends with a total length of twelve miles in the Pfinz at Remchingen . His catchment area is 88 km. The Neighboring Communities of Kämpfelbach are Ispringen , Eisingen , Königsbach-Stein , Remchingen , Keltern and Pforzheim . The municipality of Kämpfelbach consists of the two villages Ersingen and Bilfingen. Grave mounds from

850-447: The sun and the term "hut" (hat) for protection, thereby protection by the sun. The disk shall be dedicated to an individual (in this case the father, but it can also be the mother or the girlfriend). The disk which is flying above the valley should protect the dedicated individual. After World War II, the "Scheibenschlagen" was temporarily banned. The Nazi regime abused that ancient tradition to celebrate Germanic Culture. During this time,

884-421: The surrounding villages not only in therms of Religion but had also different sovereigns. In 1357 232 inhabitants of Ersingen and Bilfingen died from the black death. The survivors took a vow and celebrate the "Gelübdetag" (day of vow) on an annual basis on 7 September. In 2007 the parishes celebrated the 650th "Gelübdetag". The history of the villages is closely connected with the monastery of Frauenalb. In 1248

918-431: The town may participate in the trer schibettas. Whilst hitting the disk, the words "[italic-no] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= ( help ) (name of a girl)" are said. Translated it means: Oh what a beautiful disk for ... (name of a girl). If a hit turns out badly the words " Oh tgei tgagiarar per il scolast " are said. In Untervaz (Swiss canton Graubünden) the event is only meant for bachelors, young boys and

952-505: The two villages were again in possession of the monastery. The common history with the monastery of Frauenalb is the reason why the majority of the inhabitants of Kaempfelbach are catholic while all other surrounding villages are Protestant in majority. During the merger of municipalities in Baden-Württemberg in the 1970s the citizens remembered their common history. On 1 July 1974 the independent villages Ersingen and Bilfingen merged to

986-482: The village begins. Afterwards the boys go home to the girls and are served food and drinks until the early morning hours. In Danis, Tavanasa , the youths come back to the village and do the same thing in small groups. Alemannic region: Schiebi, schiebo, die Schieebe soll go, die Schiebe soll suure, em (Name des Opfers) an d' Schnuure. Oder: Schiebi, schiebo, wem soll die Schiebe go? Die Schiebe soll em ... go. Goht sie it, so gilt sie it. Translated: Disc, disc,

1020-475: Was 'r gän: E Serme od´r e´ Well The event begins in the late afternoon, with the villagers meeting and having hot beverages and pastries from their region. In the Alemannic area, the event sometimes also begins with a traditional torchlight procession. Scheibenschlagen begins at dusk. After saying a few words, either as a greeting to the next participant or by reciting a short verse, each participant flings

1054-467: Was created in 1973, when the previous district Pforzheim was merged with parts of the neighboring districts Vaihingen, Leonberg and Calw. Some part of the district Pforzheim was included into the city Pforzheim. The district Pforzheim dates back to 1939, when the Bezirksamt Pforzheim was split into the district and the district-free city. The south of the Enz district covers the northern part of

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1088-500: Was first documented in 1090 as part of the Lorsch monastery burned down by a fire caused by the custom. The area name "Scheibenplatz" (Disk place) testifies the long tradition of traditional disk hitting in Ersingen since it was first mentioned in 1532 as "schyblechten bletz". The custom is Celtic by origin and is an ancient celebration of the Solstice . The glowing disc symbolizes the sun which

1122-586: Was first recorded as early as 1090 C.E. On March 21, 1090, a building neighboring the Lorsch Abbey was accidentally set on fire by a disk which had been flung during the event. Nowadays, Scheibenschlagen is most popular in the Swabian-Alemannic areas, South Tyrol and Vorarlberg . In the County of Tyrol , where the tradition was once widespread, it is now only actively carried out in the area of Landeck and in

1156-476: Was worshipped in the Celtic culture. The Inhabitants worshipped the sun due to increasing temperature and daylight periods in spring. Before the hitting of the disk, the disk hitter receites the following verses in regional dialect „Scheibehut, Scheibehut, üwer Ägger und Rain, wem soll die Scheibe sei? Gaiht se links, gaiht se rechts, gaiht se meim Vadder ewe recht." Interpretation: The term "Scheibe" (Disk) stands for

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