The slapping is a fire custom in Central Europe, in which in "slices" or. Circular or square “disks” made glowing “Carnival” or “Sparkfeuer”, usually made of beech wood, are catapulted from hills or mountainsides down the valley by being put at the top of a “stick” with a tangential blow over one of them wooden ramp ("Scheibenbock") were accelerated.

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December 29, 2021

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A carnival custom still practiced today is the disc
beat. Ersingen is the northernmost community where this Alemannic custom is alive
is. On Shrove Sunday and Monday, a bonfire is …

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1. St. Wendelin's Chapel – Gengenbach Valley loop from Ersingen

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2. St. Wendelin's Chapel – Gengenbach Hut loop from Ersingen

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3. St. Wendelin's Chapel – The Disc Throwers loop from Ersingen

7.30km

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Elevation 10 m

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Location: Kämpfelbach, Enzkreis, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. St. Wendelin's Chapel – Gengenbach Valley loop from Ersingen

2. St. Wendelin's Chapel – Gengenbach Hut loop from Ersingen

3. St. Wendelin's Chapel – The Disc Throwers loop from Ersingen

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