Women were allowed to join the proceedings in 18th century, and the procession was held annually until 1777 when the Archbishop Wenceslas banned dancing among pilgrims. The story goes that Guy the Long, the 'fiddler of Echternach', set out on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with his wife, and returned alone, claiming that his wife had died en route.
F. +352 42 82 82 38 This aspect of the cult of the saint may be traced back almost to the date of his death; among the stream of pilgrims to his tomb in the abbey church have been Emperors Charlemagne, Lothair I, Conrad, and later Maximilian (in 1512). In the end, St Willibrord was called on to break the spell and release the poor people from 'Guy's dance'. This year the event will be virtual. de la Ville d'Echternach 9-10, Parvis de la Basilique L-6486 Echternach. Early in the morning, the first pilgrims gather in the shadow of St Willibrord's basilica in Echternach, at the start of a route that will take them through the town centre. The new youth hostel at the Echternach lake opened in 2005 and the cultural, tourist and congress centre "Trifolion" was inaugurated in 2008. The event [3] begins in the morning at the bridge over the River Sauer, with a sermon delivered by the parish priest (formerly by the abbot of the monastery). Die Echternacher Springprozession wurde am 16. FR: Procession dansante d'Echternach Echternach, déjà célèbre pour son abbaye bénédictine fondée par St Willibrord (698) et qui connut ses splendeurs au Moyen-Âge grâce à ses ateliers d’enluminures en or, doit sa renommée mondiale à sa Procession Dansante. Here you will find a brief summary of the most important facts and figures. Sign up for your free newsletters here.

Im Bereich der Willibrordusbasilika wurde eine Informations- und Dokumentationsstätte eingerichtet. Sie soll Besuchern und Pilgern die wichtigsten Angaben zur Basilika, zur Verehrung des Heiligen und zur Springprozession vermitteln.

If you want to practise your dance steps for it, you can watch footage of a recent procession in the video below.

Etwa 12.000 - 14.000 Pilger sind es heute, die an dem Zug durch die Stadt bis zum Grabe des Heiligen teilnehmen, darunter etwa 8.000 - 9.000 Springer.

An expression of joy at the promise of salvation, the dancing is usually accompanied by singers and a marching band who play a very catchy tune (perfect for hopping or jumping to) that is based on the folk song “Adam had seven sons”, and is played on brass and wind instruments.

Ovvero: ipotesi su ciò che sta per accadere. T: +352 72 02 … We combine shipping! The procession is inscribed in 2010 as hopping procession of Echternach on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.[2].

To this day, the story is told of pilgrims from Prüm in the Eifel region of Germany who never set out for Echternach without one or two coffins, because it often happened that members of the group died en route. Dank dieses Beschlusses ist der Bestand dieser jahrhundertealten Tradition durch die Satzung der Unesco-Konvention, welche einstimmig von der Luxemburger Abgeordnetenkammer angenommen worden war, gesichert. Pracht {f} einer Prozession (members of a ) funeral procession Trauergeleit {n} procession in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary [Br.] Attempts were made to revive it ten years later, and, although the French Revolution effectually prevented it, it was recommenced in 1802, and has continued ever since.

We accept PayPal! Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since November 2010, the Echternach dancing procession is a Catholic pilgrimage that takes place on Whit Tuesday.

The procession then moves through the town streets towards the basilica, a distance of about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi). Nowadays, musicians, prelates, abbots, bishops and 9.000 pilgrims from all over Europe, mostly dressed in white shirts and dark trousers, hop to a polka melody through the medieval streets of Echternach to the crypt past St. Willibrord’s tomb. Echternach Hopping Procession Recognised by UNESCO, attracting thousands of visitors each year. This year the event will be virtual. © Luxembourg for Tourism 2020. Recognised by UNESCO, attracting thousands of visitors each year. As more and more pilgrims arrived in Echternach the church had to be enlarged and his tomb had to be placed in the centre of the choir. By train, car or plane: numerous possibilities to get to Luxembourg. We will all think of the Hopping Procession with a lot of nostalgia and we are already looking forward to a joint procession in 2021. Datenschutzbestimmungen.

Echternach's is the last traditional dancing procession in Europe. As you have to hop on the spot during a halt, some people thought that the procession was drifting backwards and forward, which is why some believed this to be the original dancing form and why some groups started hopping this way in the 19th century until it was banned during the Second World War.

Das Besondere an der Prozession ist, dass sie erlaubt, den ganzen Körper in das Gebet mit einzubeziehen: das Springen, begleitet von einer unaufhörlich wiederholten Polkamelodie, ist einmaliger Ausdruck der christlichen Freude. The procession takes them to the tomb of the patron saint located in the crypt of the papal basilica in the heart of the abbey city of Echternach.

His jealous relatives, however, who had shared out his property among themselves in the meantime, spread the rumour that Guy had killed her. It honours Willibrord, the patron saint of Luxembourg, who established the Abbey of Echternach. To find out what it means for you, try it out! The participants stand in rows five or six abreast, linked by the handkerchiefs they hold by the corner, and hop to the strains of the Sprangprëssessioun tune; this is based on the folk song 'Adam had seven sons', which rings in the ears of both participants and onlookers for hours after the event.
Die Aufnahme auf die Unesco-Liste ist eine Ehre, aber auch eine Verpflichtung, die Eigenart dieses Ausdrucks unserer kulturellen Identität zu wahren.

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E. info@visitluxembourg.com. The present day custom including the route taken, and the wearing of a white shirt with dark trousers and holding a handkerchief, dates back to the Waxweiler male pilgrims of 1664, who performed the hopping dance on the way to Echternach to present their offerings for the Whitsuntide holidays.

In places where the sound bounces off house fronts and blends with the music being played by other groups, the effect on everyone who hears it is almost mesmerising.

While the musicians play the "Sprangprozessioùn" tune–a traditional melody, not entirely unlike an Irish jig or reel, that has been handed down through the centuries–the pilgrims, in rows of four or five abreast and holding the ends of white handkerchiefs, "dance" or "jump" from left to right and thus slowly move forward. As if by some miracle, all those present began to dance involuntarily and were unable to stop. Guy took the opportunity to flee, leaving the poor people to their fate. So beautiful!

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Documented since the year 1100, the procession is founded on the cult of Saint Willibrord, a monk and founder of the Abbey of Echternach, revered for his missionary activities, his kindness and gift of curing certain illnesses. Read more on periodic reports. Catholic historians are reluctant to ascribe any pre-Christian antecedents to the dancing procession, and claim only that its origin cannot be stated with certainty.

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The procession was put in the spotlight in July 2017 when former Echternach mayor, Jos Scheuer, petitioned for Whit Tuesday to be a declared a school-free Luxembourg UNESCO World Heritage Day. Whit Tuesday is normally the date for the hopping or dancing procession of Echternach (D’Iechternacher Sprangprëssessioun), an ancient tradition that honours St Willibrord, the founder of Echternach Abbey. splendour of a procession [Br.] The next one will take place 2nd of June 2020.

Echternach Tourist Office. Unfortunately the procession will not take place this year, although single pilgrims will be able to access Echternach Basilica in an organised method to meet with social distancing requirements (but no groups). DE: Echternacher Springprozession Jedes Jahr am Pfingstdienstag versammeln sich Pilger und Zuschauer aus dem In- und Ausland, um an diesem einzigartigen Kultphänomen teilzunehmen.