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By: Michaele Heske
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Martin Pommer, Hermann and Betty Simmerl, Irmi Blüml, Sabine Lenffer-Kuliga, Luise Kuliga, Wolfgang Lanzinger, Günter Janocha, Alois Freudlsperger, Tina Nitschke and Mathias Pichlmeier exchanged anecdotes (from left).
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Exhibition about the history of the Dorfen carnival society: Former majesties and carnival veterans remember.
Dorfen
– Carnival is deeply anchored in the soul of Dorfen: archaic, wild and full of fun.
On Thursday evening, the Carnival Society (KG) looked back on 125 years of foolishness together with the Historical Circle - a declaration of love for the most important holiday in Dorfen, peppered with anecdotes from the now 90-year-old Princess Irmi Blüml, who reigned in 1955 with her husband Balthasar I .
Betty and Hermann Simmerl also talked about their reign exactly 50 years ago, as did veteran Luise Kuliga, the KG's oldest dancer, who was enthroned in 1979.
Derblecken has always been a tradition in Isenstadt; as early as 1724, a joker is said to have mocked the church and was therefore severely punished.
However, the Dorfen fools were unable to prevent the sanctions from the clergy and councilors: “In February 1732, some men masked themselves with veils and paraded through the market,” said Günter Janocha, a “walking carnival encyclopedia,” as it is said.
These disguised Dorfeners were probably also the predecessors of the Hemadlezn.
In any case, it is not surprising that some respected business people got together here and founded a carnival company on March 23, 1899.
Visitors to the savings bank hall were treated to an exciting journey through time through the 125-year history of the KG.
Just one year after it was founded, on February 21, 1900, there was a future fair including a circus, menagerie, and wax figure cabinet - organized with a lot of imagination and the simplest means.
The carnival parades are said to have attracted thousands even back then.
During the First World War, the fools had to take a break.
In 1928, founder Georg Schlüßel presented the first Dorfen prince couple: Otto I. (Heilmaier) and Tini I. (Eiglsperger) did the honors, followed by Josef Guggenberger and Maria Eiglsperger.
“When the Nazis had the world under control, things became quiet in Dorfen,” moderated Tina Nitschke, whose idea for this anniversary review was.
It wasn't until 1949 that the Dorfen carnival experienced a renaissance.
Franz Anneser, long-time president of the carnival society, introduced the Hemadlenz parade in its current form, which ends with the burning of the straw doll at Marienplatz.
Irmi Blüml was asked several times whether she would like to become a princess, the oldest lady in the group recalled.
“In 1954 I was free.” She and her husband Balthasar ate a can of sardines before every performance as a basis for the many schnapps.
“We were often pumped after the balls.” During her reign, a pig was also raffled off: “The piglet was named Alexander,” said the ex-princess with a smile.
However, that was also the name of Baron von Zollern, whose villa was on the Ruprechtsberg and who was very upset because of the same name.
At that time, the carnival events were also a contact exchange, added Alois Freudlsperger.
“There were no cell phones yet, we met at the balls in Jakobmayer or in the Streiblsaal as well as in the small cafés.”
In 1973, former mayor Hermann Simmerl became one of the three “Damic Knights”.
A year later, the KG named him prince, with his wife Princess Betty I at his side. Her robe was, in keeping with the spirit of the times, flower power-like and midriff-baring.
“We wrote a speech for every performance.”
Luise Kuliga and her late husband, KG honorary president Reinhold Kuliga, had specially purchased a bus: “Circus AnKu” was written on it, “An” for Anneser, “Ku” for Kuliga.
The royal couple toured the district with this in 1979: “I had to keep changing,” she explained.
Kuliga sang the fool's anthem: "O heaven on earth, love-filled carnival, sing joyful songs through the Isental in jubilation."
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She still sings and dances at performances and is one of the tower spirits at the Mashkera.
The 74-year-old from Dorfen invited guests to a “Nikolaschka”, a classic brandy-based cocktail made with lemon, coffee and a touch of sweetness.
“The drink only tastes good after the third glass,” said Sabine Lenffer-Kuliga, her highness in 2010, who led through the extremely amusing evening together with the chairman of the historical circle, Wolfgang Lanzinger, of course also one of Dorfen’s many princes.