Vorchdorf celebrates with colorful moves: fools take over the city!

Vorchdorf celebrates with colorful moves: fools take over the city!

Vorchdorf, Österreich - in Vorchdorf was celebrated on today, March 2, 2025, a colorful carnival festival, which started at 1:00 p.m. The participants, consisting of colorful cars, carnival guilds, clad foot groups and music bands, passed from the train station through the town center to Schulstraße, past the main stage in the Schlossplatz. This traditional event was organized by the carnival guild "Vori Dori". The carnival was already used in the Middle Ages to put social norms upside down and to express themselves with creative costumes, which was also impressively demonstrated this year, as reports.

A particularly amusing part of the festival was the symbolic handover of the keys by the Mayor of Vorchdorf Johann Mitterlehner (ÖVP). He handed over the town hall key to the fools and thus gave the key power to the celebrants for the day. This is a custom that keeps the traditional carnival activities in Vorchdorf alive and underlines the solemn character of the event. In the evening, the mayor will of course get the key back and the normal conditions return. This customs care not only brings joy, but also tells stories about the deeply rooted traditions of the region, as MySwitzerland.com .

The hustle and bustle not only ensured a festival of the senses, but also proved how the people in Vorchdorf keep the old tradition of carnival alive and at the same time it combines historical elements with the present. A charm that is unmistakable and enchanting and enthusiastic the audience every year.