Category: Music

Albert grebner sits at the wheel of his lada in graugrun hunter’s gear and drives towards his fields on the outskirts of the village of jarkendorf. The full beard completes the image of the traditional hunter. It’s cold, it was minus degrees during the night, but now the sun is shining in the bright blue sky. "Today’s conservation day", grebner says, lets a moment pass and adds in passing: "but actually, every day is already." A laconic remark that gets to the heart of how the fed-up farmer sees the world. The 63-year-old loves nature. For him, it is a habitat, workplace and recreation at the same time. And that’s how he deals with it. Grebner recently received the environmental award of the district of kitzingen for his commitment.

Fairy lights and old tires in the field

Every first sunday in may, the so-called walberla festival, a patronal festival in honor of st. Walburga, takes place on the plateau of the ehrenburg near kirchehrenbach, colloquially known as the walberla. It is considered one of the oldest spring festival in germany.

It is said to have its roots in an ancient pagan sacrificial feast in honor of wodan. The associated pilgrimages have been in progress since the 9th century. Century testifies. In 1799, the geographical statistical-topographical lexicon of franken mentioned 6000 to 8000 visitors and 200 cobblers offering their wares there.
The festival quickly gained popularity and so for the year 1923 are more than 70.000 festival visitors testify.
On this weekend it is once again. The festival starts today, friday, at 5 pm with the setting up of the maypole by the "heimatfreunde" and the "kerwasburschen". Music is provided by the music club. Immediately afterwards the beer tapping takes place by the burgermeisterin anja gebhardt. Then the "ehrabocher staudla" dances.

A regular burgers’ meeting is an arrangement between the city and the districts. Mayor armin warmuth wants to listen to the suggestions and concerns also in small parts of the village, as it is untereschenbach. Most of the time, it’s not sensational news that the head of the town hall hears about, but at least he learns about things that even he doesn’t know and can report on new local aspects.

Monument protection switched on

Thus he informed in the centgrave hall about a prominent building in the village, the so called "kihn’sche anwesen", which has been empty for decades. In order to preserve at least the facade, studies of the inventory are initiated by the state office for the preservation of monuments (lfd), which recommends appropriate mabnahmen. The building, erected in 1593, was the family seat of wilhelm katzmann von englib, a centgrave of fulda with his seat of office at saaleck castle. The building with its eventful history went through numerous trades, the last one being that of the brewery owner kihn, whose heirs bewitched the good one. A second, exposed building in the district is the fortified church built around 1100 on a small hill. The proposal of local spokesman albrecht leurer to illuminate the church of auben is not yet fully developed, but could be realized in the near future with the installation of spotlights. The players from untereschenbach will decide the outcome. It is certain that the walled cemetery church, which once provided protection for the residents, will receive a new entrance gate. How possibly the entrance or a guided tour can be offered to visitors, a question of helma schaupp, the church administration has to clarify.