Sechseläuten
sechseläuten zürich german sächsilüüte six oclock ringing bell traditional spring holiday swiss city zürich celebrated current form usually rd monday april since early th century following parade zünfte guild climax holiday burning winter effigy form böögg figure snowman prepared explosive custom burning rag doll called böögg predates sechseläuten böögg cognate bogey originally masked character mischief frightening child carnival season neighborhood association zum kratz burned böögg year originally effigy represented yearly disaster influenza burning also partially protest demolition neighborhood zum kratz accomplished around guild received responsibility burning effigy longer represented disaster rather winter doll nowadays resembles snowman combination sechseläuten parade burning official böögg introduced year location burning böögg moved left right shore lake zurich square böögg burnt called tonhalleplatz renamed sechseläuten square popular tradition time lighting pyre explosion bööggs head indicative coming summer quick explosion promise warm sunny summer drawnout burning indicates cold rainy one shortest time record minute longest minute root festival go back medieval time first day summer working hour celebrated guildhall across city city ordinance strictly regulated length working day era winter semester workday workshop lasted long daylight summer semester ie starting monday following vernal equinox law proclaimed work must cease church bell tolled six oclock sechseläuten swiss german word literally translates six oclock ringing bell changing summer working hour traditionally joyous occasion marked beginning season people nonworking daylight hour initially guild responsible organizing parade burning böögg burning böögg figure swiss german term bogey origin scarylooking ragdolls spring attested various place city late th early th century without direct connection sechseläuten holiday used held first monday following vernal equinox day fraumünster bell first time year tolled mark end working hour pm historically time sunset vernal equinox holiday moved third monday april later date summer time introduced lighting bööggs pyre pm moved several hour nightfall additionally present date holiday often within week may leading stark contrast upper class dominated sechseläuten working class holiday may day proximity major festival two political pole society zürich led various interference past example abduction böögg leftist revolutionary day sechseläuten since several bööggs held reserve main one stored bank nearby sechseläutenplatz open area front opernhaus near bellevue zürich open air activity take place since guild zürich allow woman gesellschaft zu fraumünster practice sechseläuten usually guest guild respectively constaffel society still official guild zürich sechseläuten parade cancelled owing covid pandemic first time almost year taken place returned normal april whole executive council schwyz took part festivity federal councilors viola amherd elisabeth baumeschneider president national council council state martin candinas brigitte häberlikoller also present böögg burned early student instigated communist replacement found quickly though effigy could burned mandated rained much böögg didnt burn world war ii böögg burned field used plant corn possible burn böögg field allowed stepped field used plant potato field used plant wheat therefore location burning böögg moved onto dam port enge böögg burned port enge time böögg fell lake zurich construction stable enough people pulled effigy lake least threw head fire explosion bööggs head took place minute pyre lit promising medium warm summer heavy rain soaked böögg wood pyre material much fireman spray pyre kerosene fuel oil initial ignition addition liter fire accelerant initially thrown pyre took minute bööggs head explode indicates poor weather summerthe fact head instead traditionally exploding burnt quietly caused lot confusion approximately minute head burnt away completely leaving large piece neck hanging stake explosion piece ended year event took minute second year confusion firecracker neck böögg exploded determined min sec mark head exploded quite quickly minute second ended poor summer head exploded quite quickly ended good summer head exploded minute second setting new record held head exploded minute second quick time good summer sechseläuten cancelled due covid pandemic head exploded minute second sechseläuten cancelled böögg still burned avoid crowd could spread covid böögg relocated schöllenen gorge canton uri burned outside zurich first time history head exploded minute exactly setting new record year böögg also bore halberd memory canton schwyz guest burning böögg canceled due high wind although parade celebration took place additional event holiday nowadays also include kinderumzug childrens parade historic folkloristic costume sunday preceding sechseläuten colorful afternoon parade guild historic dress costume band sizable mounted reitergruppe horse drawn float sechseläutenplatz lakeshore böögg burnt ceremonial galloping mounted unit guild around bonfire lunch dinner banquet guildmembers guest auszug nighttime visit delegation guild several guild guildhall exchange greeting toast witticism gift festival popular march known sechseläutenmarsch played known composer likely originated russia exception date fixed third monday april date april april april april april april april april april april april april april april april māra morana medium related sechseläuten wikimedia common german httpsechselaeutench zünfte zürich history zürich burgbrennen similar custom luxembourg funkenfeuer similar custom swabianalemannic area feuerrad similar custom westphalia hesse bavaria switzerland hüttenbrennen similar custom eifel osterfeuer similar german custom easter biikebrennen similar custom north frisia