Trachtenkapelle St. Märgen-Glashütte e.V.

About the Association

The Trachtenkapelle St. Märgen-Glashütte e.V. is a brass music association founded in 1911 in the district of Glashütte in the municipality of St. Märgen in the High Black Forest. In 2024 the association counts 33 active musicians as well as five young musicians. Its repertoire comprises traditional and Bohemian-Moravian brass music, concertante light music as well as modern pieces and medleys. Regular performances include the annual spring and double concert at the Schwarzwaldhalle Neukirch, spa and theme concerts in St. Märgen, the musical accompaniment of church high masses as well as morning concerts (Frühschoppen). Since 2024, Roland Willmann has been the association's musical director. In addition, the association runs a youth musician training programme with its own youth leadership and youth conductor, and sees itself as a convivial meeting place for the district, which has about 120 inhabitants. The rehearsal premises are located at the edge of the Hexenloch and are marked on the façade by the coat of arms of the former municipality of Hinterstraß. As part of the funding project Neustart Amateurmusik (Restart Amateur Music), the association has been modernising its appearance and recruiting new members since 2022.

Site

St. Märgen

Processes

Brass music (traditional, Bohemian-Moravian, concertante light music), Youth musician training, Performances at concerts, spa and theme concerts, church high masses, Youth work (youth leadership, youth conductor)

Materials

Traditional brass music, Bohemian-Moravian brass music, Concertante light music

Certificates

Adjudicated contest successes (1a prize, upper category 1931), State Honour Pin for services to association life, ISO 9001

Founded

1911

Employees

33

Industries

Amateur music / Brass music, Association

1. 01

   Youth musician training

2. 02

   Section rehearsals

3. 03

   Weekend and concert rehearsals

4. 04

   Public performances (concerts, spa and theme concerts, high masses)

5. 05

   Youth work and recruitment of new talent

Genres and Repertoire

Rehearsal Premises

St. Märgen-Glashütte

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Rehearsal premises and association seat

Materials

All sections: flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet/flugelhorn, tenor horn/baritone, bass, percussion, horn/trombone

• Rehearsal premises at the edge of the Hexenloch
• Rehearsal rooms for all sections
• Youth musician training rooms

Sections

Inside the production

Honours

The association achieved top ratings at adjudicated contests of the Musikverband Hochschwarzwald, including a 1a prize in the upper category in 1931. Conductors and board members have been honoured several times, most recently Wilfried Löffler with the State Honour Pin (Landesehrennadel) in 2025.

Association Chronicle

1. 1910

   14 young people found a music society in February under head teacher Wilhelm Haberstroh; first public performance on 6 January 1911

2. 1911

   Founding assembly on 26 March 1911 at the Gasthaus Rößle inn in Glashütte

3. 1914

   First success at the prize competition in Kirchzarten with a 1b prize under conductor Ernst Leibe

4. 1918

   Interruption caused by the First World War; new beginning after the war, concert on 3 March 1920

5. 1931

   1a prize at the 4th Regional Music Festival of the Musikverband Hochschwarzwald in the upper category

6. 2000

   Founding of the carnival group LochHexen as a sub-group of the Trachtenkapelle

7. 2022

   Church concert project and funding project Neustart Amateurmusik; realignment of the association

8. 2024

   Roland Willmann becomes musical director; 33 active musicians and 5 young musicians

9. 2025

   New board team elected (Badische Zeitung 30.09.2025)