Tonight is also called "witch night". Like our Halloween, except no one dresses up and they don't pass out candy. Is is common on this night that teenagers cause problems, mostly harmless pranks like soaping windows and toilet papering. But, in recent years buildings and cars have been spray painted and flower boxes turned over.

This town does not have a jail or any police. But, I guess some police are now brought here for this night. Some people asked permission from Ignatz to park their car behind their locked fence.

There is also a tradition of a white line being drawn from a boy's house to a girl's house all through the town. For different reasons. To link a broken up couple back together or to pull a prank with a popular boy/girl with an unpopular one. Monika says it was always a relief when she was young to open the doors and not see a line.

The wedding tradition: There is an engagement announcement and then one morning the familie's friends all show up bright and early with what they call "clean garbage" and put it all out in front of the engaged girl's house. Then the parents come out and serve everyone a shot glass of liquor.

There is a "formal" wedding ceremony (no white dress) that is just for the family. The couple is legally married then. But, the big church wedding happens 6 weeks later with the Bride and Groom and everyone from the wedding party walking through town together in their wedding clothes to the church.

When they get home from the church wedding, someone would have had their home filled with straw.