The so-called Bergstreittag is a beautiful centuries-old tradition and is celebrated on 22 July, the church memorial day and former feast day of Mary Magdalene in Schneeberg. The four quarterly sermons introduced in 1649 remained in place until 1845. These sermons were then abolished in favour of a single day, 22 July, which fell on Mary Magdalene. The Freiberg Mining Office recommended that this day should be celebrated with a festival and a mountain parade. In 1846, the Royal Ministry of Finance issued a decree to celebrate St Mary Magdalene's Day with a sermon and a magnificent mountain procession. The last major procession took place in July 1913. The First World War put an end to these processions. The tradition was not revived until July 1933, 528th Bergstreittag, church service in St Wolfgang's Church, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany, Europe
Caption

The so-called Bergstreittag is a beautiful centuries-old tradition and is celebrated on 22 July, the church memorial day and former feast day of Mary Magdalene in Schneeberg. The four quarterly sermons introduced in 1649 remained in place until 1845. These sermons were then abolished in favour of a single day, 22 July, which fell on Mary Magdalene. The Freiberg Mining Office recommended that this day should be celebrated with a festival and a mountain parade. In 1846, the Royal Ministry of Finance issued a decree to celebrate St Mary Magdalene's Day with a sermon and a magnificent mountain procession. The last major procession took place in July 1913. The First World War put an end to these processions. The tradition was not revived until July 1933, 528th Bergstreittag, church service in St Wolfgang's Church, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

Reference

BRK24E73_302

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68,7Mb (5,8Mb) / 20,0in x 13,3in / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

1914-1918 1th World War 2 people 4 Church building East Germany Eastern Germany FRG Famous Place First World War Freiberg German German Federal Republic Germany Human being Manpower Marienkirche People Quarterly sermon Republic of Germany Sachsen Saxony Schneeberg Sermon on the Mount Silver mining St Mary's Church St. Marien St. Mary's Church Staff State of Saxony Sumptuous UNESCO UNESCO World Heritage UNESCO World Heritage Site UNESCO site Unesco world Site Upper mining office World Heritage World Heritage Site World War One administration age ageing attraction authority beautiful beautifully belief building bunch of centuries old characteristic church church service construction custom day daylight daytime decoration decorative decorative item event faith festival fine former four gorgeous government agency governmental historic historical history holiday industrial industry labor labour labourer landmark lovely magnificent magnificient mass memorial day miner mining mining office ministry ministry of finance multiple national nice old old age person place of interest pompous quarter religion religious building royal sacral building sacred building sermon several sight silver splendid state structure time of war tourist attraction tourist landmark tourist spot tradition traditional two people two persons typical uniform wartime work worker world war year of the war

Please log in to download the high resolution file