The Unterhachinger Trachtenverein D 'Hachingertaler can now look back on 100 years of club history.
So that tradition has a future, the association hopes that even more young people can get excited about the association.
Unterhaching
- "Preserving the traditional values of our ancestors" is how chairman Rudi Maier (65) describes the importance of the Unterhachinger Heimat- und Trachtenverein D'Hachingertaler.
At the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the association, the most beautiful flags were hoisted, festive dirndls were laced and plaits were pinned up with historical garter pins.
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Important commemoration: The traditional costume association at the honor of the dead on Friedensplatz.
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In sunshine and warm temperatures, after the festive service in the St. Alto parish church, including Holy Mass and the consecration of the flag, and the honoring of the dead on Friedensplatz, a small pageant from the war memorial took place via the Gasthaus Kammerloher in the direction of the Hachinga-Halle.
The ceremony was a scaled-down version of the originally planned festive celebration for the 100th anniversary in connection with the Isargau Gaufest of the traditional costume club in June, which was canceled due to the pandemic.
“The last year and a half have of course been very difficult for us.
We couldn't get together or celebrate any parties, ”says Rudi Maier.
Proximity to the city makes it difficult for the club
His wife, Silvia Maier-Neumann, who is in charge of the anniversary celebrations, has been associated with the association since she was a child, because the Unterhaching woman comes from a traditional costume family. "The first photo of me in the traditional costume club is from 1961, when I was four years old." The 64-year-old hopes that in the future more young people will be enthusiastic about the preservation of tradition, because especially here in the Munich district it is becoming more and more difficult to win the youth for the traditional costume club. “It is difficult for us to be close to the city,” observes Silvia Maier-Neumann, “in the country, the club's work is easier, there is not so much else to offer.” The club is largely supported by the long-standing main families, even if it has always been once again new members were added. "In the past there was nothing elsethan going to the traditional costume club on Sundays, ”says Maier-Neumann.
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The founding members in 1921: (from left) Michael Buchner, Paul Heinzler, Wilhelm Ulrich, Gustl Schütz and Michael Drum.
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The association was founded on August 12, 1921 under the name "Mountain Costume Association Eichenlaub".
After a year it becomes part of the state association and is renamed "Mountain Costume Conservation Association D'Hachingertaler".
The idea generator and actual founder, Jacki Müller, soon swapped his costume for the religious dress of the Salesians and went to Africa to do missionary work.
The Unterhachinger Trachtenverein lives on even without him thanks to committed members.
Tradition is not out of date
Between 1933 and 1945, the club had a rather difficult time during the Nazi era because of the greater German way of thinking, after which things started to improve again. In 1955 the first club dirndls were made, shortly afterwards the “Vormünchner Tracht” was designed based on the model of the servants' clothing of the royal stables around 1800 in Unterhaching. Decades of club highlights followed with numerous festivals, new costumes, folk music and the final renaming to "Heimat- und Trachtenverein D'Hachingertaler" at the beginning of the 1980s. Rudi Maier has been the first chairman since October 29, 2005.
The 65-year-old wants to preserve the tradition “especially in these fast-moving times”. With his wife Silvia Maier-Neumann, he has more than good support by his side. She raves about the feeling of "doing something for tradition" and defends herself against opinions that this is something of yesterday. “The tradition is by no means out of date, we just have to carry it into the future together,” she says.
