[Free] 54 Brocken Harz Walpurgisnacht

Walpurgisnacht im harz faust und mephisto wanderten mit den hexen auf den brocken.

Brocken harz walpurgisnacht. In german folklore walpurgis night was believed to be the night of a witches meeting on the brocken the highest peak in the harz mountains a range of wooded hills in central germany. Die walpurgisnacht ist wohl das bekannteste hexenfest dessen größter veranstaltungsort traditionell der brocken im harz ist. It is derived from local myths and folklore which have it that witches used to whisk on their broomsticks to the highest peak of the harz mountains brocken on this night and to other locations of pagan sacrifices to have a get together with other witches and devils to celebrate the retreat of winter and the arrival of spring. After goethe faust and mephisto had the witches walk to the brocken summit to dance with them walpurgis night in the harz became known nationwide. Die hexen zu dem brocken ziehn die stoppel ist gelb die saat ist grün. The brocken became a synonym for blocksberg. Wahrlich ist dann der teufel los im harz.

Ist von teufelskult und hexenritt die rede so handelt es sich meist um die walpurgisnacht im harz. Hier treffen sich hexen und hexenfreunde jeden alters und feiern gemeinsam dieses spektakuläre event. Hexen feiern die walpurgisnacht auf dem brocken. To ward off evil and protect themselves and their livestock people would traditionally light fires on the hillsides 10 9 1 a tradition that continues in some regions today. From 1896 organized walpurgis night celebrations took place on the brocken plateau with celebrations in the brockenhotel and move to the teufelskanzel.