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Trumpets and trombones

One of the things Bohemians brought from their Czech home to Rixdorf was their love for music. Brass instruments were their particular favourites and it is therefore no surprise that lawn in the courtyard of Ulrich Kristek in Kirchgasse is not decorated with garden gnomes but with trumpets and trombones. They are the instruments discarded by the wind ensemble of the Moravian Church. The founding of this ensemble dates back to 1744. Headed by them the community walks to the graveyard before sunrise on every Easter Sunday to celebrate mess and to commemorate those who deceased during the last year.