Exhibition “Defroent forests Wiebôr” opened in the Egg Museum.
Egg. This year the Egg Museum deals with a myth of the Bregenzerwald valley shaft and the costume in particular. In addition to the question of the historical background of the legend, the most diverse narratives of the legendary events surrounding the Rote Egg are illuminated. The white Juppe and its “marketing” are given special attention.
Rote Egg
The “Women’s Battle” on the Roten Egg is a legendary event that is said to have taken place near Egg towards the end of the Thirty Years’ War. After large parts of Vorarlberg were occupied by Swedish troops, marauding soldiers repeatedly attacked, plundered and raped. When another group of soldiers was on a plundering train, women from Egg, Andelsbuch and Schwarzenberg dressed in white, armed with scythes and pitchforks, are said to have opposed them. According to legend, they managed to defeat the soldiers. Since then, the hall -soaked hallway on Fallenbach near Egg has been called the Red Egg since the skirmishes.
White Juppe
After the battle, women are said to have put their blood -stained white costume and only worn black. The myth of the white Juppe goes Anna-Katharina Hammerer in the exhibition she designed and graphically designed. At the question and answer session with the museum director Andreas Hammerer admitted the art historian Maria Rose Steurer Long with a myth: “The white Juppe is the youngest form of the Juppe and was first worn in 1871 as part of a parade.” The Battle of the Roten Egg took place 200 years earlier. The student said impressively David Lang the saga of the Battle of Red Egg. “The Egg Museum always surprises with clever and interesting choice of topics,” said Mayor Paul Sutterlüty in his statement and impressively referred to the historical core of the saga. “There have always been defensive and brave women in the Bregenzerwald,” said Sutterlüty.
Among the interested visitors were also Vice Mayor Carmen Willi, Pastor Friedl Kaufmann, the directors Ariel Lang and Mario Hammerer, middle school principal Andrea Flatz and Marina Stiehle (Angelica Kauffmann Museum), Christian Troy (Cultural Forum BW), Richard Bilgeri (home care association), Hedi Zengerle (INTracht), Doris Kranzelbinder (Juppenwerkstatt) and cultural coordinator Veronika Sutterlüty. Provided the musical accompaniment Evelyn Fink-Mennel and daughter Pia. The exhibition is open on Friday to Sunday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. ME
