Feud of Soest, 1444

Although the focus of the kingdom of banns the depiction of the imperial city troops to relieve the city of Neuss in 1475 remains, there is the close integration of the performer groups for other projects.

This was after the 2009 now, for the defense of the monastery in 2004 Maulbronn performed a second time: At the Festival to mark the anniversary of the Feud of Soest from 1444 to 1449 put the kingdom's largest contingent of troops besieging the city and the dar.

The event

Of 15 to 23 August 2009 in Soest for the first time, a "medieval town festival" held at the Feud of Soest is the starting point for a rich cultural program was spectacular.
Roughly divided left the event in three areas:

  • a cultural part of music and painting, theater and games, law and legal, medical and other sciences
  • a "classical" medieval market town in the interior
  • the reenactment of the city wall, were enacted in the various traditional scenes of the siege.

Development of the concept: who did what?

The project is being developed by that culture Soest eV '. City and Economic Development Soest wore it with, sponsors provide substantial support. The entire area was in the military Order of the Cultural Forum of the "empire contingent" organized and coordinated. We accepted the reports of interested groups and individual performers, definietren the standards for clothing and equipment, supervised
compliance tasks, assistance for any repairs, send event-related information and ultimately decide who participated in the event.
Before and during the event we organized camps and supply rehearsed, with the "troops", the prepared scenes, coordinated use, contact kept to the game line and ensured a smooth passage.

This event left a lot of positive feedback already, if there is a repetition, is currently not known.