Children at the cannons!.

Messer-Jocke cannon and Karla are on board: In July, two sailboats crossing under the skull-flag over the Baltic Sea. Twelve ports away from the "Jachara" and the "north" children and their parents in the world of the privateer - quite legally.

 

Eckernförde / Kiel - Pirate? When the keyword think many people currently in Somalia hijacked and container vessels. Such pirates like nobody wants to face. At the Baltic Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein, on the other hand, many are delighted locals and tourists on the arrival of freebooters - albeit with a different type: In the summer of Glücksburg Scharbeutz to set sail on two ships, the flag with the skull on the tail are underway.

Twelve ports are participating in the "Pirate Week" in July, the Baltic Sea-Holstein Tourism Society organized. And Eckernförde in August to celebrate the 13th Time pirate spectacle. "

Messer-Jocke has been three weeks not shaved. "Especially for the children", he is the dark beard grow, admits the young man who, together with cannon and Karla "Capitano Muerte" taking care of the young pirate on the "Jachara" has taken over. All children receive from them a scarf and a black eye patch, a make-pin ensures nasty stubble and scars on the cheeks. Ruck zuck transform delicate six-year-olds in dark characters, the Captain loose Armdrücken in defeat.

Wide black belt, in which ancient pistols stuck, plus many gold chains, under the far-shirts dangle aufgeknöpften: Messer-Jocke and his colleagues themselves into powerful tools to create an atmosphere like in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" to "Jachara" to conjure. In the interplay with the "North" sails the 29 meter long fishing boat in the summer along the Baltic Sea coast, to as many children as possible into the world of the privateer to kidnap.

"We are already stinkreich"

On deck are then pulled up the sails, to accordion music funny songs sung and stories told - even if not all guests geheuer is. "Your Ãœberfallt also ships?" Wants a Steppke know - perhaps from the concern, even to Enter hooks to draw them. "Nee," Cannon replied Karla, "we are already stinkreich."

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Children in motion - is what the "Pirate Week", which in July 2009 for the third time. It should motor skills and dexterity, and coordination should be encouraged, says "Capitano Muerte" in the civic life and Jorge Olivares says sports is. While he and his team with the schooner, the shallow Baltic Sea waves abreiten, take on other pirates on the beach of the Baltic Sea town just visited the command and organize treasure hunts as well as a big tug of war, in which after returning to the port also Messer Jocke & Co. mitmachen.

In the summer of 2008 was also the Eckernförde stations of the "Pirate Week" - this year, the Baltic Sea are not on the route plan. In the style of Captain Hook is still celebrated as the "pirate spectacle" has long been a good tradition in Eckernförde become. For three days - this time from 14 to 16 August - the place falls into the hands of freebooters. "The pirates attacked the town, take the Town Hall, set the mayor in chains and adopt on Sunday with a large torch moving again," says Borgmann Stefan of the Eckernförde tourism festival history.

Plush parrot on the shoulder

Many residents prefer to divide the pirates and accompany the program, which focuses on the harbor. Many food booths, a Ferris wheel and games stalls to ensure there Kirmes mood. Even the waiters in Eiscafé play with, painting is dead heads on the arms and attach small plush parrot on the shoulder.

"On the three days we have here estimated 100,000 visitors. This is our biggest festival and the highlight of the summer season," says Borgmann. Many tourists booked their holidays in and around Eckernförde so that they in any case, the "pirate spectacle" in the city.

This is reminiscent of a pirate tradition, Eckernförde certainly has: "In the 15th century, from here on real pirates Beutezug gone," says Borgmann. Unlike today, the 'Pirate Week "were the inhabitants of the coastal towns, however, anything but cheerful, when one of the ships direct course they took - because as nice as Messer-Jocke cannon and Karla were not pirates then.

PIRATES ACTIONS IN ONE SCHLESWIG-HOLST

Schedule Tickets Information Internet

Twelve objectives are at the "Pirate Week" in July on the program of sailing ships "North" and "Jachara". Be controlled: Scharbeutz (July 12), Neustadt / Holstein (13 July), Grömitz (14
July), Kelle Husen (July 15), Dahme (July 16) Fehmarn (17 July), Port St. (July 18), Hohwacht (July 19), Laboe / Probstei (20
July), Damp (July 21), Maasholm (July 22) and Glücksburg (23
July).

The trips with the ship "North" and "Jachara" last approximately two hours. Tickets cost 12 euros for adults and for children 7 euro.

Ostsee-Holstein Tourism
Beach Allee 75a
23669 Timmendorfer beach
Tel: 01805/70 07 08 for 14 cents per minute
Touristik Eckernförde
24340 Eckernförde
Tel: 04351/717 90

www.piratenwoche.de
www.ostseebad-eckernfoerde.de

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