LITTENWEILER LITERATURE: SATIS SHROFF
https://www.instagram.com/satisshroff/ WOOD-SHOOTING ON THE MAIER HILL, KAPPEL (Satis Shroff) Subtitle: Scheibenschlagen Schiebe, schieba, schiebo Where should the slice of wood go? The slice should go to Karin-Claudia! If it doesn’t fly, Then it’s not true. The Hill Spirits of Schauinsland staged the traditional slice-of-wood shooting on top of the Maier Hill in Kappel, below the place where the ores were washed previously. This big fire was to be seen from as far as the Big Valley street so that visitors could find their way to the hill. Wood-shooting or as we Germans call it ‘Scheibenschlagen’ is an old pagan ritual to banish winter, which was later integrated into the Christian days of fasting called ‘fasnet.’ The date of this tradition goes back to the old calendar of fasting in which the people indulged in, even on Sundays, which is normally regarded as ‘the day of resting’ or Ruhetag. In Freiburg and the surrounding areas, the wood-shooting is carried ou