Fasching in der Silberregion Karwendell

Mullern and Maschgern in the Karwendel Silver Region - preserving tradition and adapting it to the present day: This self-understanding and attitude to life characterises the people in the Tyrolean silver region of Karwendel. As a visitor you can experience this during the carnival and make your skiing holiday a particularly intensive experience.

Description

The Karwendel Silver Region is where the clocks go even slower - just as one would often wish in our fast-moving times. Carnival has attained UNESCO cultural heritage status in the Karwendel Silver Region. Responsible for this are the unmistakable Weerer Muller, a customs troupe with Bojazl (=Bajazzo), pre-dancers, flattlers, witches, the magnificent Spiegeltuxer with its altar-like headdress as well as various fertility figures.

During the carnival nights, the young men become Krawitler or Flitscherler, Zottler or Klötzler, who are fully aware of their "supporting role" for country, people and tradition. The troupe can be heard from afar every Thursday between Epiphany's Day and Ash Wednesday - and the traditional carnival ball in Weer on 22 January. Up to 75 men are represented at special Muller races. The children in the silver region Karwendel have only one wish after Christmas: to be part of the nonsense Thursday (04.02.16) as Maschgerer (= mask, masked) in a colourful costume on the main square in Jenbach and to get a carnival doughnut with apricot filling.
The small ski areas in the Karwendel Silver Region also reflect on this authentic winter experience. At the Kellerjoch near Schwaz, in Weerberg, in Kolsassberg and in Stans it is not a matter of "controlled mass experience", but of healthy sport in unspent nature. Particularly popular are