Holy Blut Festival in Bad Wurzach: anticipation for the big rider spectacle!

Holy Blut Festival in Bad Wurzach: anticipation for the big rider spectacle!

Bad Wurzach, Deutschland - In Bad Wurzach, preparations for this year's Holy Blood Festival are in full swing. The traditional blood rider group leader assembly took place in the Kurhaus on Whit Monday, organized by the pilgrimage committee. Here important organizational details for the festival on the second Friday in July were clarified. Mayor Alexandra Scherer opened the meeting with a solemn service in the St. Verena town church, led by city pastor Stefan Maier and Father Konrad Werder. A musical prelude by the Ellwangen music band accompanied the event, where the merits of long -time blood riders and musicians were also recognized.

like reports the screen newspaper . Equestrian procession of Central Europe, more and more shape. Last year, around 1000 riders from 65 groups provided an impressive sight, accompanied by 25 music bands. This year even around 1100 riders and thousands of pilgrims are expected to fill the streets of the city with life. The safety precautions are also reinforced: the city center will no longer be accessible from 6:20 a.m. Veterinarian Dr. Andreas Veeser also provides information on horse care and security.

The course of the Holy Blood Festival

The Holy Blut Festival will also be launched on Sunday, July 7th, at 9 p.m. on the Klosterplatz. Hundreds of believers will take part in this solemn act, in which the Holy blood relic, a blood-soaked cloth, are brought into the city by the pilgrimage church on the mountain of Gottes. Despite the future waking up of old traditions, where women traditionally participate, the rooters cannot be stopped. The big bloodstone then begins on the blood Friday, July 12th, at 7 a.m. with the collection of the relic in the parish church of St. Verena.

Here, Abbot Vinzenz Wohlwend will bless the first department of the riders, followed by a solemn pontifical office at 10.30 a.m. on the Gottesberg. The return to the Gottesberg after the procession path is another highlight in which Father Hubertus Freyberg will keep the Sermon on the Mount at 2:30 p.m. As The Schwäbische Zeitung , the Holy Blut Festival is accompanied by many music bands every year. The moments experienced together are of great importance for the people.

special honors and traditions

In the meeting, the Arnach group of blood rider was honored for its 100th anniversary. In addition, Josef Fischer from Mittelbuch/Ummendorf received an award for 60 years as a blood rider. The cashier Ludwig Brechter reported on a positive cash register and the participants will again ensure a solemn and orderly process. A little criticized came from Karl Ehrmann, who questioned the term "blood Friday party" in connection with the celebrations and pointed out the serious character of the festival.

With an expected number of 5,000 visitors and 1,100 riders, the Holy Blut Festival in Bad Wurzach is facing a new, exciting chapter. It remains to be seen whether the tradition, which began in 1928 with around 350 riders, will cast a spell over people this year. the SWR emphasizes that the relic, a piece of cloth with Jesus' blood is carried out by the city Renewal.