Edelweißverein Bad Feilnbach
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The Edelweißverein Bad Feilnbach e. V., whose stage is known as the Edelweiß-Theater, is an amateur theatre association in Bad Feilnbach, Rosenheim district, Bavaria, Germany.[1] Founded in 1898 as a sickness benefit society, the club has been run by a theatre group since 1983 and stages comedies, folk plays, dramas and musical plays, many in Bavarian, several of them written by its own members.[1][2]
| Edelweißverein Bad Feilnbach e. V. | |
| Founded | 1898 |
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| Legal form | Registered association (eingetragener Verein) |
| Member of | Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater |
| Location | |
| Headquarters | Bad Feilnbach |
| Country | Germany |
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| Links | |
| Website | edelweissverein.de |
| Social media | |
History
The Edelweißverein was founded in Feilnbach in 1898 as a Krankenunterstützungsverein, a society that paid members a daily allowance in case of illness; its flag was consecrated in 1906. After the Second World War the society was close to dissolution because of its small membership, and with the spread of health insurance funds it lost its purpose.[1] When it decided to dissolve in 1983, its remaining assets of 1,500 Deutsche Mark were given to the parish priest, who passed them on to a group of young people performing one-act comedies in the parish hall at carnival time. The young players took over the society's statutes, name and flag, and added to the statutes the aim of preserving the local theatre tradition and supporting people in need.[1][2] The club has since donated sums in the five-figure euro range to local causes such as a kindergarten, the neighbourhood help and the mountain rescue service.[1]
At first the group staged two plays a year, later one, moving from conventional folk plays and farces to musical plays, dramas and improvised formats.[1] From 2000 a new director with training from the Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater e. V. raised the standard of the productions; with Brootznschiaßn (2002) the club staged its first Singspiel, using singers and musicians from among its members.[3] In 2002 it introduced the Bad Feilnbacher Theaterfasching, a carnival show in which leading figures of the municipality are satirised in the manner of the Nockherberg; demand led to an increase from one performance to five by 2012.[1] In 2014 the crime comedy Lallinger ermittelt was played as a crime dinner in seven different inns, with 21 performances.[3]
In 2015 the club and the village community of Wiechs staged the open-air Laurenzi-Spiel Vergesst mir die Armen nicht! for the 1250th anniversary of Wiechs, on a three-storey stage by the church; the production received the Kultursonderpreis of the Rosenheim district in 2016.[3][4] A play planned for 2020 was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic; the club resumed in autumn 2022 with a youth production.[3] In 2023 it marked its 125th anniversary with the comedy Da Baderkriag.[5] The Theaterfasching, last held in 2019, returned in February 2025 with sold-out performances.[6] In summer 2026 the club and the Wiechs village community staged the open-air Singspiel Die schlafende Jungfrau, based on the local legend of the mountain silhouette of that name, as a benefit production: after eight sold-out performances, 14,070.07 euros each went to the Bad Feilnbach mountain rescue service and the newly founded local singing and music school.[7]
Repertoire
The early productions were classic Bavarian peasant comedies; in the late 1980s the club also played works such as Anton Chekhov's one-act plays and Ludwig Thoma's Magdalena, before returning mainly to comedies, musical plays and dramas.[3] Several plays were written by members of the club and have been published by theatre publishers, among them Da Goldbach, Zoff im Puff, Im Pfarrhaus is da Deife los! and Da Baderkriag.[8] The youth section has its own productions.[9]
| Year | Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Der Weiberfeind | Sepp Faltermaier | |
| 1984 | Der falsche Vitus | Lina Bauer | |
| 1985 | Hochzeit auf dem Rößlhof | Hans Stöckl | |
| 1985 | Der Kreuzhofbauer | Michael Scheuer | |
| 1986 | Bleib cool Mama | Ulla Kling | |
| 1986 | Die Glocken von Birkenstein | R. J. Gröger | |
| 1987 | Maxl oder da liegt der Hund begraben | R. Waldfried | |
| 1987 | Der Störenfried | Georg Stöger-Ostin | |
| 1988 | Der Bär / Der Heiratsantrag / Die Hochzeit | Anton Chekhov | one-act plays |
| 1989 | Der bayerische Protektulus | Peter Landstorfer | |
| 1989 | Magdalena | Ludwig Thoma | |
| 1990 | Das Wirtschaftswunder | Fred Bosch | |
| 1990 | Sei doch ned so dumm | Ulla Kling | |
| 1993 | Der Wegweiser zum 7. Himmel | Maximilian Vitus | |
| 1994 | s'Herrgottsbiaberl | Julius Pohl | |
| 1995 | Der Regierungsvetter | Sepp Faltermaier | |
| 1996 | Nix is wia's war (Da Maskara) | Peter Landstorfer | |
| 1997 | Da Roagaspitz | Peter Landstorfer | |
| 1999 | Des kimmt davo… | Sepp Faltermaier | |
| 2000 | Da Häuslschleicha | Georg Maier | |
| 2001 | Servus Adolf | Gerhard Loew | |
| 2002 | Brootznschiaßn | Gerhard Loew | Singspiel |
| 2004 | Geierwally | Sebastian Kolb and Johann Seebacher, after Wilhelmine von Hillern | |
| 2004 | Spinn i? | Haindling | youth production |
| 2004 | Deifesgwax | Reinhard Seibold | |
| 2005 | D'Hobara | Gerhard Loew | first courtyard production at the Kistlerwirt[3] |
| 2005 | That's amore | Frank Piotraschke | youth production |
| 2006 | Auf und davo | Gerhard Loew | |
| 2006 | Die wilde Frau | Felix Mitterer | |
| 2007 | Da Goldbach | Markus Scheble | musical; Kistlerwirt courtyard[3] |
| 2007 | Klara's Engel | Paul Maar and Christian Schidlowski | youth production |
| 2008 | Passion | Gerhard Loew | |
| 2008 | Die Kinder vom Kohlenbrenner | Markus Scheble and Sebastian Kolb | children and youth |
| 2009 | Zoff im Puff | Markus Scheble and Sebastian Kolb | |
| 2010 | Die Grattleroper | Gerhard Loew | guest performances in Traunstein[3] |
| 2011 | Da Himme wart' ned | Markus Scheble and Sebastian Kolb | |
| 2011 | Der kleine Regenmacher | children's production[11] | |
| 2012 | Kinipfingst | Gerhard Loew | Singspiel; Kistlerwirt courtyard[3] |
| 2013 | Dümmer als die Polizei erlaubt | Markus Scheble and Sebastian Kolb | eleven performances |
| 2014 | Lallinger ermittelt | Markus Scheble and Sebastian Kolb | crime dinner in seven inns |
| 2015 | G'spenstermacher | Ralph Wallner | youth production |
| 2015 | Vergesst mir die Armen nicht! (Laurenzi-Spiel) | Barbara Kolb | open-air, Wiechs; with the Dorfgemeinschaft Wiechs; Kultursonderpreis 2016 |
| 2016 | Da Hintaloda | Gerhard Loew | Kistlerwirt courtyard[3] |
| 2017 | Im Pfarrhaus is da Deife los | Markus Scheble and Sebastian Kolb | |
| 2018 | Nebelreißn | Ralph Wallner | rural drama |
| 2019 | Zapp-Zarapp | Markus Scheble and Sebastian Kolb | twelve sold-out performances[2] |
| 2022 | Wasserrohrbruch im Polizeipräsidium | Otmar Hansert | youth production |
| 2023 | Da Baderkriag | Martin Gasteiger and Markus Scheble | 125th anniversary; first performed in Winhöring by another group[12] |
| 2024 | Wen wundert's!? | Matthias Millauer | premiere |
| 2025 | Hinterweltsboazn | Heidi Faltlhauser | |
| 2026 | Die schlafende Jungfrau | Martin Gasteiger and Markus Scheble | open-air Singspiel, Wiechs; benefit production[7] |
| 2026 | Mucks Mäuserl Mord | youth production, November 2026[13] |
Venue
The main productions and the Theaterfasching are played in the Heimgartensaal in Bad Feilnbach.[3][13] Since 2005 the club has also staged open-air productions, often comedies or Singspiele with an orchestra, in the courtyard of the Kistlerwirt inn in Bad Feilnbach.[1]
Organisation
The club has a large youth section of about 50 active young players, who perform at the Theaterfasching, in nativity plays and at municipal and church events, and attend internal workshops.[9] Several members have trained as directors with the Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater.[8] Plays by the club's authors are also performed by other groups; Im Pfarrhaus is da Deife los was staged in Dietersburg in 2015 with the authors attending.[14]
Awards
In 2016 the club and the Dorfgemeinschaft Wiechs received the Kultursonderpreis of the Landkreis Rosenheim for the 2015 open-air Laurenzi-Spiel Vergesst mir die Armen nicht!.[4][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Der Verein – Die Geschichte des Vereins, Edelweißverein Bad Feilnbach e. V., retrieved 25 October 2026. Archived on 21 May 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Edelweißverein Feilnbach: „Zapp-Zarapp“, Bayerischer Theaterspiegel 2/2021, pp. 35–37, Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater, retrieved 25 October 2026. Archived on 26 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Der spielerische Werdegang des Vereins, Edelweißverein Bad Feilnbach e. V., retrieved 25 October 2026. Archived on 5 June 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kultursonderpreisträger des Landkreises Rosenheim, Landratsamt Rosenheim, Kulturreferat, retrieved 25 October 2026. Archived on 26 October 2026.
- ↑ Edelweißverein Bad Feilnbach begeistert zum Jubiläum mit Komödie „Da Baderkrieg“, Edelweißverein Bad Feilnbach e. V., November 2023, retrieved 25 October 2026. Archived on 11 July 2026.
- ↑ Der Theaterfasching meldet sich zurück, Mangfall-Bote, 27 February 2025 (reproduced on the club's website), retrieved 25 October 2026. Archived on 11 July 2026.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Bayerisches Singspiel wird zum Benefizerfolg – über 28.000 Euro übergeben, Edelweißverein Bad Feilnbach e. V., 15 August 2026, retrieved 25 October 2026. Archived on 26 October 2026.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ein Theaterverein mit eigenen Autoren, Edelweißverein Bad Feilnbach e. V., retrieved 25 October 2026. Archived on 11 July 2026.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Die Jugendarbeit im Edelweißverein, Edelweißverein Bad Feilnbach e. V., retrieved 25 October 2026. Archived on 5 June 2026.
- ↑ Gespielte Stücke, Edelweißverein Bad Feilnbach e. V., retrieved 25 October 2026. Archived on 21 May 2026.
- ↑ Berichte, Edelweißverein Bad Feilnbach e. V., retrieved 25 October 2026. Archived on 21 May 2026.
- ↑ Edelweißverein: „Baderkrieg“, Bayerischer Theaterspiegel 1/2024, p. 31, Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater, retrieved 25 October 2026. Archived on 26 October 2026.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Aktuelles Stück, Edelweißverein Bad Feilnbach e. V., retrieved 25 October 2026. Archived on 26 October 2026.
- ↑ Bayerischer Theaterspiegel 1/2016, Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater, retrieved 25 October 2026. Archived on 26 October 2026.