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Easter Wells in Franconia

Easter wells are typical for Franconia and to find again on almost all villages. The custom comes originally from Franconian Switzerland. Formerly all Easter wells were decorated by the Easter Saturday up to White Sunday with colored eggs. Unfortunately, after the war this custom has fallen into oblivion very much. The reason was obvious. If Franconian Switzerland was marked always by water poverty by the two-pronged mattock, one took the Easter week to the occasion to clean the public wells of mud and the foliage of the autumn and the winter thoroughly and to dress up for the spring and the summer. Salutary forces were repeated after the Easter water.

At the beginning of the modern water supply one depended no more on the water of the wells, the customs fell into oblivion.

Since the however tourism organizations and home organizations have recognized that the wells are popular destinations of excursions, the wells are decorated again in the villages again festively. Usually from Palm Sunday till about 2 weeks after Easter.

In the Maundy Thursday I have made a small round trip and have taken a photo of some of the wells.

The Easter Well in Hollfeld

In the background the market
Details of the eggs
A look in the inside
The well stands on the market
Framed by nice Frankish houses
The well of the back
If one gets closer, one sees the true splendour
Every egg is painted individually

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Deeply has impressed me the Easter well in the town Hollfeld in Upper Franconia , administrative district Bayreuth . He stands on the market and looks not so imposing at first of all as he really is. Is painted with thousands of eggs, everything individually he a jewel under the Franconian Easter well.

Every egg carries an individual motive what is to be seen very good on the detailed absorption.

Especially well I have liked the bunches, engaged from many, many blue tinted, luminous Easter eggs. One can see clear with how much trouble every egg has been painted in manual labor.

The well in Hollfeld is really esteemed a trip, one should look at him absolutely.

Inside of the well there sit two Easter hares which well pay attention to their eggs.

Although there are so many wells in Franconia, nevertheless, every village has its quite own well full of character.

Hence, you shound'n visit just one Easter well, make on a round trip or wandering to have a look at many different wells.

 

The Easter Well in Thurnau

The well stands in the lower market
He is especially imposing with its height
And is decorated with many hundred eggs
Completely near the lock

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One can see a likewise very impressive Easter well in the market Thurnau, administrative district Kulmbach , Upper Franconia .

He stands in the lower market in direct nearness to the castle. With the castle in the background he forms a quite particular scenery.

With its immense height it is one of the completely big wells which are decorated in Easter by many assistants with difficulty.

Thurnau a trip is esteemed not only because of its well, the market is known far away for potter products qualitatively very of high standing. With the castle and the wonderful upper market and lower market a miraculous piece of Middle Ages has been preserved here.

The Easter Well in Donndorf

In a miraculous garden
The well at the palace Fantaisie in Donndorf
Affectionately decorated

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At the entrance to the castle Fantaisie in Donndorf one finds the Easter well. Is nicely decorated by many assistants he in the garden of the palace a real piece of jewellery.

Here one can forget the time if one also attends the palace park with its water fountains, grottos, labyrinth and many other things from the margrave time beside the well.

In summer garden-historical museum Fantaisie has also opened with a lot of information to the horticulture and the famous white hall in the palace and a faithful copy of the wooden Spindler-Cabinet.

The Easter Well in Löhlitz

Nicely decorated Easter well in Löhlitz
With the compulsory Easter-hares

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A small place in Franconian Switzerland, however, with a nicely decorated Easter well.

The Easter-hares may not be also absent of course!

Even in the smallest villages there is Easter well. Indeed, one sees them only if one goes off the through roads with open eyes by our miraculous native country.

The Easter Well in Plankenfels

The Easter Well in Plankenfels

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Between Hollfeld and Waischenfeld lies Plankenfels. In the upper village finds in in the roadside the nice well.

Not completely as spectacularly as in Hollfeld or Thurnau, but, nevertheless, with a lot of love to the detail decorated.

One can say with jointing and right: Small, but Finely. I have well liked the well, although he is rather small.

The Easter Well in Gelbsreuth

Indeed, no well, but, nevertheless, nicely!

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Indeed, Gelbsreuth has decorated no classic Easter well, but with a lot of love to the detail the village for Easter festively.

I have liked the rabbits on the left beside the flower arrangement especially well.

One notices immediately the love of the residents to their village who make from the situation the best one and just decorate for Easter - also without well.

The Easter Well in Großenhül

Here is the pride of the village Grüßenhül

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In Großenhül, between Thurnau and Hollfeld the Easter well which I have well liked because of its compact kind is found.

How a barrel is screwed the well with many colored eggs decorated. Before the well two Easter hares shift guard.

One does not see fenced in wells very often, however, are to be looked because of the nature fence as it were nicely. In Großenhül one tries after forces to excel the wells of the neighboring villages in beauty.

The Easter Well Fernreuth

The well in Fernreuth is worth seeing

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I have found a wonderful Frankish Easter well in Fernreuth.

Shortly before the gates of Hollfeld it creates the village community to decorate a well which searches absolutely his equals in proportion to village size.

A miraculous well, decorated with a lot of love to the detail.

Both small leverets on the foot of the well were especially nice.

The Easter Well in Limmersdorf

The intention Counting

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Finally...

What now surely give looks or with few expenses is decorated, actually, the well which comes most near the historical model. The old Easter well is decorated with a spruce and colored substance tapes. All other came only much later.

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