Sunday market below the Welfenmünster, Steingaden, 1937
Beneath the twin Romanesque towers of Steingaden, farming families in lederhosen, loden and fur headdresses crowd the stalls of the Sunday market.
The two square towers of the Welfenmünster rise over a gatehouse and the gabled houses of the square, and below them the white awnings of the market stretch along the street. A young woman in a white coat sells rings of sausage, enamel pots lie spread on the paving, a banner advertises razor blades, old men with white beards and felt hats laugh together, a grandmother in a black fur headdress stands beside girls in summer hats, and men in lederhosen and feathered hats fill the square.
Duke Welf VI founded the Premonstratensian abbey of Steingaden in 1147; its canons later built the Wieskirche nearby. On a Sunday in 1937 the market still drew the farming families of the district in after mass, in costume and in their best suits.
Film The twin towers of the Welfenmünster above the market, Steingaden 1937
Film A sausage stall at the Sunday market, Steingaden 1937
Film Old men in loden jackets at the market, Steingaden 1937
Film An old woman in a fur headdress at the market, Steingaden 1937
Film Pots and pans on the market square, Steingaden 1937
Film Lederhosen and feathered hats in the market crowd, Steingaden 1937
Film A dense crowd of hats at the market, Steingaden 1937
Film Market street with a razor-blade banner, Steingaden 1937
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