{"id":49884,"date":"2025-12-26T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/laternenfuehrung-durch-heppenheim\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:19:36","slug":"lantern-trail-in-heppenheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/en\/lantern-trail-in-heppenheim\/","title":{"rendered":"Touring through Heppenheim with light makers and white women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><strong>When darkness falls in Heppenheim, they light up\u2014legendary figures that adorn the street lamps in the old town and come to life on lantern tours. These tours are even more special when you attend them during the Raun\u00e4chte time, the Twelve Days of Christmas.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The alleys of Heppenheim\u2019s old town are almost deserted on this winter evening. Only here and there can muffled footsteps or quiet murmurs be heard. It would be almost a little eerie, were it not for the Christmas tree that stands in the market square and shines against the darkness with thousands of lights. A little way from it, Schunkengasse alley branches off from the square. A lantern-like street lamp shines the way to it. Beneath it there is a figure on a ladder; white face, black hat, long dress and hands resting on a large book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_067-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_067-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_067-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_067-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_067-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_067.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The lantern tour guides select special legends for the Twelve Days of Christmas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the glow of the lantern-like street lamp, Pia Ke\u00dfler-Sch\u00fcl begins to tell the story of a light maker from Kirschhausen, a district of Heppenheim. This light maker\u2019s son used to sell candles in the town every day\u2014until, one day, he met a strangely dressed man. The man led him through a secret door set back into the slope of the Schlossberg hill and into an underground castle and gave him a lot of money for his candles. The man demanded that he tell no one else about this. When the boy finally did tell other people about it, the door disappeared. \u201cAnd neither the boy nor anyone else ever found it again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_063.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_063-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_063-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_063-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_063-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_063-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_063.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In her element: Pia Ke\u00dfler-Sch\u00fcl loves entertaining people with stories.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With a mysterious smile, Pia closes the book. The street lamp above her shows a scene from the legend\u2014a boy handing a candle to a mysterious man. The depiction is a paper cut-out made by the artist Albert V\u00f6lkl. It is one of 150 depictions that have been on display throughout Heppenheim\u2019s old town since the Hessentag event in 2004. Stefan Behr, artistic director of the Gassensensationen street theatre festival, developed the concept for the lantern trail together with Albert for the festival on the occasion of the Hessentag event. The scenes show motifs from Hessian legends from all regions of the state. Such as the legend about the giants of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/en\/granite-gems\/\">sea of rocks<\/a>, the one about the guard dog Melampus of Starkenburg fortress or the one or the one about a mysterious white woman who used to appear as a ghost near the fortress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Pia trained as a city guide for the Hessentag event. She was very excited about the project. A native of Heppenheim, she worked in the Bergstra\u00dfe district administration until her children were born. Once they had gotten older, her daughter even trained for the city guide job together with her. \u201cAlthough I had spent my whole life here, I was sure there was a lot I didn\u2019t know about my hometown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>There\u2019s always a special atmosphere there. People become quiet and listen attentively<\/p>\n<cite>Pia Ke\u00dfler-Sch\u00fcl<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>She enjoyed what she was learning during the course. And when the city was looking for guides for the new lantern trail, she signed up immediately. \u201cI thought it was a wonderful idea. I really used to love stories even as a child.\u201d And today, more than 20 years later, she still enjoys slipping into the role of lantern guide. \u201cThere\u2019s always a special atmosphere there. People become quiet and listen attentively.\u201d She is particularly pleased that the lantern tours still work in the digital age that favours shorter and louder formats. \u201cThe tours always slow things down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_056.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_056-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_056-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_056-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_056-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_056-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_056.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Slowing things down: The tours during the Twelve Days exude a very special atmosphere.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially, public lantern tours in Heppenheim took place from April to October. \u201cBut demand didn\u2019t drop off in winter either,\u201d says Pia, so that the city decided to offer additional tours. But only on very special days\u2014such as between Christmas and New Year, the first part of the Raun\u00e4chte time. The Raun\u00e4chte are considered a magical time when the boundaries to the \u2018otherworld\u2019 are thinner. \u201cIn the past, many rituals were held during these days, such as burning incense in homes to drive away undesirable spirits,\u201d she explains. \u201cYou weren\u2019t supposed to do laundry or hang it outside during this time either, because ghosts could get caught in it, turning white sheets into shrouds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_087.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_087-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_087-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_087-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_087-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_087-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_087.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The legend of the Wichtelkirche is one of Pia\u2019s favourite stories.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Raun\u00e4chte period is an ideal time to go on legendary forays. For Pia, the preparations begin in her house in the north of Heppenheim a few hours prior to the start of the tour. Over the years, she has amassed quite a collection: clothes for different seasons, black boots, several hats. There are currently around 30 guides, some dressed in medieval garb, others in more mystical attire. \u201cEveryone chooses for themselves what they want to wear as a costume,\u201d says Pia. She always slips into the same role. She puts on her dress, a long black robe with embroidery and trim. Then she paints her face white and draws black curved lines around her eyes. She does not portray a specific character. \u201cI just like the contrast between the darkness, my black dress and my white face.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_039-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_039-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_039-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_039-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_039-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_039-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_039-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She does a good 20 lantern tours a year. The city selects new legends to be told on the tours for the public each year. Pia adapts her choice of lantern she carries with her accordingly. The previous ones are stored in her dining room or in the winter garden, and one hangs directly above the front door. It is obvious that she enjoys her task. Her husband Norbert Sch\u00fcl supports her wherever he can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_069.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_069-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_069-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_069-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_069-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_069-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_069.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Norbert Sch\u00fcl supports his wife, whether with a musical instrument or, as here, by carrying the ladder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He even accompanies her with musical instruments on special tours. Then he wanders with her through the streets of Heppenheim playing the guitar and harmonica. Norbert\u2019s parents\u2019 house is also located there, at Marktstra\u00dfe 1, where the Muse Chocolat provides culinary delights. The guild of city and lantern guides was founded on Pia\u2019s initiative in the old vaulted cellar of the building in 2015. \u201cIt\u2019s not a club, just a social gathering to exchange experiences and ideas.\u201d &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_077.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_077-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_077-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_077-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_077-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_077-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_077.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The vaulted cellar is the ideal atmosphere for founding a guild.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pia herself is always coming up with new ideas. The latest is a reading promotion project she undertakes on the lantern trail, together with Inge Sch\u00e4ffauer. She fetches an old suitcase and opens it. Inside are street signs, a map of the old town and several small capes. \u201cWith the map and the street signs, the children find their way through the old town. Almost like a paper chase.\u201d With the lantern-like street lamps as objects of the chase. The suitcase also contains a few legends, written in simple language and large print. \u201cThe children are given a cape and then allowed to climb the ladder and read the old stories.\u201d Pia smiles. \u201cAnd some of them completely forget that they don\u2019t actually like reading.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_019-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_019-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_019-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_019-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_019-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Laternenfuehrung_019.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are regular guided tours specifically for children on the lantern trail, which Pia does as well. And when the Heppenheim native isn\u2019t out and about with a lantern, she certainly doesn\u2019t get bored either. She has been practising taekwondo for decades and has a black belt. She is also a committed member of the Heppenheimer Altstadtfreunde local association, like her husband, who is on the board. Together with him, she has designed the first guided tour of the half-timbered architecture in Heppenheim\u2019s old town. She is always on the lookout for new topics and stories to tell about the old town of Heppenheim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heppenheim.de\/heppenheim-erleben\/tourismus\/fuehrungen\/oeffentliche-fuehrungen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.heppenheim.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lantern tours during the Twelve Days of Christmas take place every day from 26 to 31 December at 7 p.m. Starting point for the tours is the historic market square. The tour costs 6 euro for adults and 3 euro for children. Registration is not required.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When darkness falls in Heppenheim, they light up\u2014legendary figures that adorn the street lamps in the old town and come to life on lantern tours. These tours are even more special when you attend them during the Raun\u00e4chte time, the Twelve Days of Christmas. The alleys of Heppenheim\u2019s old town are almost deserted on this &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1490,1579,1933],"tags":[122,207,634,999,1070,2505,2506,2507,2508],"class_list":["post-49884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-womens-affairs","category-wintergeschichten-en","tag-metropolregion-rhein-neckar-en","tag-wo-sonst-en","tag-heppenheim-en","tag-sarah-weik-en","tag-christian-buck-en","tag-laternenfuehrung-en","tag-laternenweg-en","tag-pia-kessler-schuel-en","tag-lantern-trail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Touring through Heppenheim with light makers and white women - wo sonst<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Recounting legends of old along the lantern trail in Heppenheim during the Raun\u00e4chte time is a special experience.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/en\/lantern-trail-in-heppenheim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Touring through Heppenheim with light makers and white women - 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