{"id":6475,"date":"2023-09-26T17:22:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T15:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uewhg.eu\/?p=6475"},"modified":"2023-09-26T17:28:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T15:28:24","slug":"die-tradition-vereint-baden-und-wuerttemberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uewhg.eu\/en\/2023\/09\/26\/die-tradition-vereint-baden-und-wuerttemberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Tradition unites Baden and W\u00fcrttemberg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ehingen had never seen such a large number of soldiers in colourful jackets before, with more than 50 militia corps announcing their presence at the national meeting on 23 and 24 September 2023. Around 1500 city soldiers marched into the stadium on Saturday evening for the \u201eBig tattoo\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the first joint tattoo of the civil defence corps of W\u00fcrttemberg-Hohenzollern and Baden-S\u00fcdhessen; only in 1956 had there been a joint parade. \u201cThe Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg idea is thus brought to life,\u201d said the commander of the W\u00fcrttemberg-Hohenzollern corps, Colonel iTR J\u00fcrgen Rosen\u00e4cker. Correspondingly, there was also the interest of the people who sat and stood close together in the stands, including the head of the House of W\u00fcrttemberg, Duke Wilhelm, with his speaker Joachim Butz. On behalf of the UEHMG, President Major General iTR Michael Blaha, MSc, personally attended the two-day celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interior minister of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Thomas Strobl, was escorted to the stadium by chief mayor Alexander Baumann, mayor Tobias Huber and state parliament member and parliamentary group leader Manuel Hagel. All spectators would have liked a little more illumination in the stadium, because unfortunately they couldn’t see much of the colorful uniforms of the more than 50 corps, but everyone was still greeted with lots of applause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commander of the Ehinger militia, Captain iTR Josef Stocker, took over the report to the two national commanders, Colonel iTR J\u00fcrgen Rosen\u00e4cker and Colonel iTR Hans-Joachim B\u00f6hm, \u201cBig tattoo started\u201d. Then followed the serenade, played by the marching band of the Ehingen militia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An important part of the national meeting was the handover of the national standard from the organizer of the last W\u00fcrttemberg-Hohenzollern national meeting, the Menges militia guard, to the Ehingen militia guard. Then came the luring by the marching band, reminiscent of the drum signals, the fanfare calls and the command \u201chelmet off\u201d for prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afterwards, many spectators and city soldiers sang the national anthem together. After Commander Captain iTR Stocker had signed off on the Great Tattoo, all the militia corps marched past the front of honor to celebrate in the large marquee. The musicians from the Neuhausen Citizens’ Guard soon created a great atmosphere here, before the D\u00e4chingen Music Association played to entertain the guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the commander’s reception at the mayor there were many words of praise for the Ehingen Historical Citizens’ Guard, after a field mass had already taken place in the morning with all uniformed officers in the stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ehingen’s chief mayor Alexander Baumann described this national meeting as nothing less than a “historic hour” for the city of Ehingen, but also the state of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg – the first of its kind with both national associations in one place. Colonel iTR J\u00fcrgen Rosen\u00e4cker, commander of the W\u00fcrttemberg-Hohenzollern corps, spoke of a \u201cunique meeting\u201d and emphasized that the militia preserve \u201ccultural and traditional values\u201d. Colonel iTR Rosen\u00e4cker described the citizens in colorful jackets as an \u201cunmissable splash of color\u201d at many receptions and thanked Ehingen for the organization. His counterpart, Colonel iTR Hans-Joachim B\u00f6hm from the Baden-S\u00fcdhessen militia, spoke of a \u201cHerculean task in preparation\u201d and insisted on calling his corps \u201cbig brother\u201d. Although the association is smaller, it was founded 92 years ago and is therefore the older one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joachim Butz, the personal advisor to the deceased Carl Duke of W\u00fcrttemberg, spoke on behalf of the House of W\u00fcrttemberg and was able to posthumously award the Herzog Carl Medal of Merit to Commander Colonel iTR J\u00fcrgen Rosen\u00e4cker and Professor Urban Bacher for their services to the circle of friends of the militia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President of the UEHMG, Major General iTR Michael Blaha, MSc, from Vienna, who described himself as a living traditionalist and also claimed \u201cappropriate speaking time\u201d for his 1,300 kilometer journey to and from Ehingen, had one of the longest journeys to the Danube city. He described this unique national meeting of the two associations as \u201ctruly a highlight\u201d and said: \u201cHere we can transport the values of the past into the present and pass them on to the future.\u201d Major General iTR Michael Blaha, MSc also used the opportunity to award Colonel iTR Hans H\u00e4rtl the Great Golden Medal of Honor for his decades of voluntary work in the UEHMG. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the subsequent parade through Ehingen’s city center, the \u201ecitizens in colorful jackets\u201c showed off their best side, always accompanied by the respective marching and city bands. The music clubs from Kirchbierlingen, Mundingen, Kirchen and Frankenhofen were also there and were able to contribute their part to the success of the parade. The end of the national meeting took place both in the city center and in the festival tent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fotos: Landesverband der B\u00fcrgerwehren und Milizen Baden-S\u00fcdhessen<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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