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Moist fun without "karate and hara-kiri"

2022-06-18T11:10:42.628Z


There has never been such fun. "A joust in a beer tent is unique in Bavaria," said Jakob Aumiller, former deputy commander of the Steinebach-Auing volunteer fire brigade. The weir has been celebrating its 125th anniversary since Wednesday and will continue until Sunday. A particularly fun highlight was the jousting on Thursday, which Aumiller moderated together with fire brigade comrade Simon Kahl.


There has never been such fun.

"A joust in a beer tent is unique in Bavaria," said Jakob Aumiller, former deputy commander of the Steinebach-Auing volunteer fire brigade.

The weir has been celebrating its 125th anniversary since Wednesday and will continue until Sunday.

A particularly fun highlight was the jousting on Thursday, which Aumiller moderated together with fire brigade comrade Simon Kahl.

Steinebach

- "Just push, don't hit," they explained the rules.

"Anyone who hits the opponent on the head or below the belt will be disqualified." And above all: "Karate and hara-kiri are forbidden."

The pool, which the comrades built early that morning with straw bales and pond liner, had a diameter of six meters and a capacity of 17,000 liters, as organizer Michael Togonal explained.

The firefighters pumped the water directly from the Wörthsee - also for this reason: "The lake has 23 degrees, tap water only twelve degrees," explained Aumiller.

According to Aumiller, the decision against a joust in the lake was made for economic reasons.

"We are tied to the landlord," he said.

"Otherwise you would have had to set up an extra tap at the lake." And so instead of on boats, the candidates had to balance themselves on truck tires with wobbly wooden boards and at the same time try to get their opponent into the water.

"It looks easy, but it's really difficult," stressed firefighter Harald Weiß.

14 children and young people and 16 adults dared to perform the public balancing act.

In the youth category, Franzi (13) from Herrsching held his ground elegantly right through to the final.

"That's what it looks like in ballet," commented moderator Aumiller and was completely wrong.

The petite girl recently took up boxing.

In the final she narrowly lost to her opponent Benedikt from Walchstadt.

When asked about his hobbies, the 14-year-old had the advantage: "Windsurfing at Wörthsee." Maxi Heinzler (22) initially supported the young people as a steward and then climbed onto the tires himself with the adults.

Two years ago he was eliminated in the first round of the fisherman's jousting in the lake, the pool brought the carpenter from Steinebach more luck.

Heinzler emerged as the winner from the final with firefighter comrade Kilian Aumiller (23).

After the party evening on Friday, the weekend continues.

Admission for the cabaret evening with Luise Kinseher and the Wellbappn is on Saturday at 5 p.m., the festive Sunday with church service and procession begins at 8 a.m.  

Nilda Frangos

Source: merkur

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