For almost 200 years, the people of Leutkirch have been dueling each other in egg fights. On Easter Monday, the “Klöckelmarkt” started a new round. Traditionally, the order of the day is to crack colored eggs against each other. The player whose egg remains intact wins the competition.
“Point on point and head on head, if you don’t click on the bell, you’re a fool,” said Andrea Stör, organizer of the “Klöckelmarkt” in Leutkirch (Ravensburg district). The competition is always played in pairs. The two contestants smash their hard-boiled Easter eggs against each other, first with the top and then with the bottom. “The winner gets the broken egg,” explained Stör. If only one side has a crack, the game continues. “Then you call out to the crowd and look for a new, suitable partner,” says the organizer.
She couldn’t recommend any particular tactic. For the eggs won, however, the organizer had a few recommendations in advance: “Mustard egg, egg with salt, mixed salad with egg,” she listed. And if someone was very successful: “egg salad”.
