European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A hangover from the Middle Ages Jester clowns with an ailed youth during  coach is Given an Honor guard of pages As it Rolls along rhe streets of Landshut in the wedding processor Flag twirlers Crea j whirling patterns of cloth As they show skill to guests in Royal Pavilion by Mark Sahlinger staff writer the City fathers of land shul like to think barring automobiles electric lights and such that if a citizen of the 1500s somehow returned today he d Fin the German City pretty much unchanged. And if that citizen were to return be tween june 29 and july 14 of this year there s absolutely no doubt about it. During that Brief period Landshut will return to the Middle Ages. Every Trace of modern times in theold City Section insofar As possible will be concealed with colourful cloth Bunting and today s lands Huters will be wearing the clothing styles of their ancestors a they re live an eight Day Royal wed Ding that took place in 1475. The mod Ern Day City have extended it a bit. Indeed the Only thing looking out of place will be the thousands of tourists who will turn out for the once every three years festivities one of Ger Many s biggest historical pageants. The wedding in question did take place on nov. 14, 1475 but the summertime is the Best time to re live such gala goings on much of which takes place  Bride of that original wedding Day was Princess Jadwiga 18-year-Olddaughter of King Casimir of Poland. The Groom was Prince George son of Duke Ludwig the Rich of Bavaria. This year s Bride is Evelyn Fritzsche also 18, not a Princess Buta Down to Earth office worker and the Groom is Peter Eninger 21, a Stu Dent who Hopes to be a sports instructor. The Royal guests will be the people of Landshut who will Wear authentic and often expensive dress of the Middle Ages. When Bishop Heinrich von Regens Burg on a Mission to Cracow Poland was successful in seeking the hand of Jadwiga for Prince George a generous and Rich Duke Ludwig dispatched riders in every direction with Royal invitations to the  Bride to be then set out for lands hut and As her entourage approached Nobles knights and troops on 517 horses Rode out to escort her into the City. A Lobody seems to have recorded How Many guests were in Landshut for the original Celebration but somebody did Jot Down for posterity that the horse population increased by 9,264. So we can draw our own conclusions. The wedding itself took place in the Cathedral of St. Martin which by the Way has the distinction of having the tallest Brick Tower in the world at 432  Between 1389 and 1500, it is among Many structures in old Landshut existing at the time of the wedding. And actually Little has changed in this old Section of the City in the past 400 years. This year As in 1475, the mos spectacular of Many spectacles will be the grand wedding procession through the Altstadt. This year the richly garbed Royalty the drummers and bagpipers the fools horses and hag twirlers the children bearing Flowers the court musicians and Many More will wind through the ancient streets on three sundays june 30, and july 7 and 14. The City s open greens Lage Platz Zeh Platz and Turnie Platz will be the scene of armoured Knight against armoured Knight in jousting and other Middle Ages skills outdoor cookery pageant great displays of Flag twirling and music presentations on instruments of the period. Big brass bands will sound off in the Beer tents the old City s treasured buildings will be lighted and on special occasions the sound of concert music will Drift through the Rich Halls of  an italian Renaissance Palace dating from the 1530s.the eight Days of festivities Over lands Huters will pack their Middle age finery away the coloured Bunting cover ing the traffic signals will be pulled Down the automobiles will return the tourists will mostly disappear an heaven help the citizen of the 1500s who returns the tries to Cross the Street with out looking both ways. Sits Hii Titei during formal procession through town armoured knights Are solemn dignity on the Hoof left but during jousting the dignity sometimes gets knocked awry above. The stars and stripes log 13 Page 12 the stars and stripes