Bürger-Schützen-Gesellschaft zu Linden von 1906
Working-class Linden's bourgeois marksmen's society, central to the Lindener Volks- und Schützenfest (the second-largest Schützenfest in the region after Hannover's).
Schützenverein / Trachtenverein pattern: marksmanship or Tracht, a clubhouse, annual Schützenfest, and multi-generational local membership.
External page. Check current meetings, membership, and joining details directly with the group.
Other german & austrian schützenvereine & trachtenvereine
One of Germany's oldest shooting guilds, founded to defend the Free Imperial City of Aachen and the Palatine Chapel (today's cathedral). Celebrated its 1200-year jubilee in 1999.
Regarded as the oldest still-existing Schützenbruderschaft in Germany, combining a medieval death/burial confraternity with a marksmen's guild.
Founded as a Sebastian brotherhood to nurse plague victims, transformed into the city's general shooting society. Oldest charter dates from 1435 (Duke Adolf II of Jülich-Berg).
Organizer of the world's largest single-association Schützenfest (over 7,700 marching marksmen). Last weekend of August with grenadiers, fusiliers, hunters, mounted corps and the Schützenkönig.
Oldest still-active Schützenverein in Hannover and a pillar of the Verband Hannoverscher Schützenvereine, which co-organizes the world's largest marksmen's fair (Schützenfest Hannover) every July.
Hannoverian Schützenverein that holds the historic 'Bruchmeisterverpflichtung' role in the city's Schützenfest opening ceremony. Clubhouse, range or Tracht practice, and the annual Schützenfest or Trachten gathering structure multi-generational local membership.