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Friday, 8/28/2026
at 7:00 PM



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Festspiel "Der treue Bartel"

A Markgröningen Schäferlauf without the run over the stubble field or the festival "Der treue Bartel"? Unthinkable! But in order for everything to stay as it is, quite a bit has to change. And so the year 2011 brought a highly praised premiere: The Markgröningen singer, actor, and director Matthias Eckert, himself a long-time member of the festival ensemble as the villainous bailiff, took on the somewhat aged production and brought a lot of fresh air, a high level of acting quality, and music into Albert Esenwein's traditional Schäferlauf play. Eckert integrated 5 songs from Georg ter Voert's pen (Bartel-Musical, 2009), which are sung live by the performers with high vocal quality, into his new festival version.

The festival – the story:
The well-known plot takes place during the time of the Crusades. The Count of Gröningen fights in the East alongside the Emperor. Greedy villains, led by the bailiff, want to take advantage of their lord's absence to enrich themselves. When the shepherd Bartel refuses to play along, they slander him to the now gloriously returned Count. The Count tests his loyal servant and offers him – disguised as a butcher – a rotten deal. When Bartel indignantly refuses, it becomes clear who the real criminals are. And Bartel's daughter Kätterle finally finds her great happiness.

Overall responsibility: Matthias Eckert
Direction: Christina Enders
Music and lyrics: Georg ter Voert
Performers: Leon Engel (Emperor) / Nic Lakowitz (Count) / Norbert Kretschmer (Shepherd Bartel) / Peter Maier (Bailiff) / Marc Lehmann (Shepherd's assistant Johann) / Ingo Lakowitz (Chamberlain Francesco) / Wolfgang Bernert (Castle chaplain) / Toni Pipplies (Horse servant) / Jennifer Maierhofer (Kätterle, Bartel's daughter) / Melanie Lieber (Rickele, Kätterle's friend) / Onofrio Di Franco, Uli Nagengast, Sebastian Sinz (Landknecht trio)
Live music: Alban Wekwnmann (Guitar),
as well as dance maidens, landknechts, knights, shepherd children, shepherd music, drummers, and pipers of the City Band Markgröningen
Lighting & sound: Norbert Meier
Scenic design: Zanko Radic
Makeup artist: Melanie Jatzkowski

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