Several thousand visitors took advantage of the fine weather on Saturday to stroll through the first Martini market in Bichl.
The response was significantly greater than expected by the organizers.
Bichl
- Sometimes things take on a completely different dynamic than expected.
First the idea came up to hold a house flea market in Bichl.
Then the organizers Lilly Schöffmann and Christina Schmid dreamed of a small village flea market with 30 stalls.
In fact, everything was a few sizes bigger at the first Martini market: the entire Bichler town center became a sales mile, 59 stalls were spread over a length of almost one kilometer.
Nobody was able to estimate the number of visitors halfway precisely - but a few thousand should have strolled through the town during the course of Saturday.
The atmosphere at this market is very special.
Residents sit relaxed in front of their houses, chat with their neighbors and present all the things they have long wanted to get rid of: an old coffee machine, children's shoes, a Rosa Luxemburg biography, paintings, vases, a book about the adventures of the person who died in 2006 Animal filmmaker Heinz Sielmann.
A family advertises their “trust stand” with the slogan: “Take what you need, throw it into the Kassl was'd moanst”.
Bichler Martinimarkt: cheers for Asterix in French
There is already a large number of visitors in the morning, at noon it is a bit quieter, and in the afternoon there is again plenty of activity in the center of the village. A young woman cheers when she discovers a French Asterix tape at a sales stand: “I can use it to brush up my French.” She hands the saleswoman three euros and also purchases a brown scarf for another three euros.
Steffi Heidinger seems quite happy at her sales stand: "It's very funny here, lots of people tell anecdotes." What are the customers most interested in?
“For the carpet beater,” replies Heidinger.
As a confirmation, a family man comes over and asks with a grin: "May I try it?"
She pushes the stroller on unmoved and counters dryly: “Des hoid der ned aus.” Shortly before, Heidinger had to smile at a boy who was wondering what the strangely curved equipment might be all about.
"He said it was a magic wand."
A carpet beater and its history
At this moment the next customer arrives, Franz Promper, who has come specially from Fürstenfeldbruck. He too goes unerringly to the carpet beater - and begins to tell. “The bamboo plug reminds me of school, we used to get paws with it.” He will never forget his schoolmate, who always pulled his hand away when the teacher tried to hit it with a stick. “One day she thought she was particularly smart and held his hand. He pulled her away anyway, and the teacher slapped herself on the fingers - and we weren't even allowed to laugh. ”The school day was over for his comrade, and Promper had to accompany him home. "Well, that was the very high school of education back then," he says and goes to the next booth with his newly acquired carpet beater.
Renate Höge seems a bit sad despite the hustle and bustle and the many conversations.
She used to go to flea markets once or twice a year, "but now I'm too old for that".
But when a flea market takes place right on her doorstep, she wanted to take part.
It's a shame that no one wants her self-made teddy bears, which she sells for 30 euros.
The material alone is worth 25 euros.
In addition, there are four to five hours of working time “if you are fast”.
Her colleague Irmi Endres agrees: "The teddies are amazing, but the value of the work is simply not appreciated."
Sausages sold out, "went really well"
Endres himself was more lucky with her decorative pieces made of driftwood: “I've already sold three pieces.” Shoes and the hand-knitted things “went very well” too. Irmi Endres is convinced of the concept despite the mixed turnover: “It's nice that there is such a flea market in Bichl. Something like that holds the village together. ”In addition, the flea market is“ super organized ”.
Andreas Zander is downright euphoric when he dismantles the grill at the SF Bichl stand an hour before the official end of the market: “When you do something like this for the first time, you don't even know how many people are coming.
But it went really well, the sausages are sold out, ”reports Zander.
It is clear that a lot of money is stuck in the sports fans' cash register: "And there is also a donation to the Haunersche Children's Hospital - of course."
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