For those curious about Walpurgis Night, here is an article I wrote last
year. It was supposed to appear in Dawn Kroma's "Boo News", but up until
now it has just been gathering dust on my computer. Anyone know what
happened to Boo News and its famous editor? It was one of my favorite
Halloween magazines!

Jim




Hartz Mountains and the Brocken - the Other End of the Spectrum
by Jim Howard

Everyone reading this magazine knows of October 31st, and of all the lore
and tradition associated with it. October 31st was associated with
Samhain, the summer's end festival of the Celts, and the Celtic new year.
It had such an importance in many parts of Europe that we still celebrate
the remnants of this holiday today in America. Many of you may know that
there was another festival that the Celts celebrated, which today falls
exactly 6 months after Halloween, on the night of April 30th - this
festival was called Beltane, celebrating the end of winter. Imagine, if you
will, that in another place in Europe, another culture celebrates, not
Halloween on October 31st, as we do in the States, but a holiday on April
30th, with all the traditional witches and festivities of the holiday.
Well, in central Germany, in the Hartz mountains, there is just such a
holiday, Walpurgis Night, celebrated on April 30.

Although "Walpurgis cards" have been known to collectors of Halloween
postcards for some time, the vast folklore of the Hartz mountains seems to
be a well-kept secret from outsiders. Collectors also from time to time
hear of an item called a "kitchen witch", which apparently was popular in
the States a few decades ago - it was supposed to be hung in the kitchen to
bring good luck in cooking. While the rest of the world may know of these
as "kitchen witches", they are far too prevalent in the Hartz mountains to
deserve such a commonplace name. For in the Hartz mountains, there are
these witches everywhere, in every village, from Braunlage in the west, to
Thale in the east, and in every place in between. Not only are there
witches hanging from the ceiling flying on their broomsticks, there are also
hand-made witches standing in storefronts, and a huge variety of collectible
items, all featuring flying witches, and witches on their way to the
Brocken, or celebrating in the festivities.

And what is the Brocken, you may ask? Well, in the very center of all of
those mountains and small villages throughout the Hartz, rises up one
mountain taller than all the rest - the Brocken, the central meeting place
for all of the witches of the Hartz. On Walpurgis Night, according to the
legends, all of the witches get out their broomsticks and fly to the Brocken
to celebrate their special night. (You may have heard of this well-known
mountain from the musical work, "Night on Bald Mountain", or from many other
works.) It is only natural, as one travels through the villages of the
Hartz, that the closer one gets to the Brocken, the more witches will be
seen. We found this to be just the case - Schierke, the last village
arrived at before proceeding to the Brocken, also has one very special
restaurant. This restaurant isn't in the village itself, however. It is a
ways above the village, at the Schierke train station - the last stop of the
Brocken train before it reaches the peak of the mountain (still quite a ways
off). This restaurant houses perhaps the largest collection of witches to
be seen anywhere in the Hartz - there are hundreds of witches hanging
throughout the restaurant, from very small to almost life-size.

We have tried to give a general description of what may await the visitor to
the Hartz mountains - but there is so much that has been left out - such as
Wurmburg mountain, the twin peak of the Brocken, which has on its peak
actual remains of a stone circle used in ancient ceremonies. Or Thale in
the east, where at the "Hexentanzplatz" ("Witches-Dancing-Place"), they
still have the biggest and most publicized Walpurgis Night party in the
Hartz mountains - not to mention the Walpurgis Hall museum. There are also
the many books of legends and history of the Hartz mountains. And of
course, throughout the Hartz, there are many wonderful inns to house
visitors to these bewitchingly beautiful mountains.

(For a further description Walpurgis Night in the Hartz, visit the web site:
http://home.t-online.de/home/jhoward/Hartz.htm)



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