The maypole was sometimes forbidden in Bavaria, so the Codex Maximilianeus Civilis forbade this custom, which served “nothing but mere bourgeois and peasant pleasure”. Also because hardly anyone stuck to it anyway, Ludwig I. allowed these “harmless and well-tolerated amusements” to the country folk again in 1827. Since then, tribal pride has been openly celebrated again, not only in the country, but also in the city of Munich, people like to give themselves village fish on May 1st.
For a whole week people have been celebrating the erection of the new maypole in Moosach. There is a small folk festival with booths, a beer garden and a marquee on St. Martin’s Square in front of the Pelkovenschlössl. On May 1st, the tree will be erected from 10 a.m., two traditional costume associations will ask you to dance, the riflemen will be banging their guns for joy, and they will be doing it from noon The Schmalzler Mood. The Pasingers from the D’Würmtal tribe still pull their maypole up with real muscle power (ten o’clock). Afterwards, the celebrations continue at the Bachbauernhof until 6 p.m. with the Taufkirchner brass band.
On Sunday, April 30th, the people of Riemer put up their tree at Gut Riem (ten o’clock) and then dance into May at a town festival. A tree is added in front of the Hofbräukeller on Wiener Platz (April 30, 10 a.m.). The fact that maypoles are a pagan legacy is disputed by folklore, and two pastors in Berg am Laim are of the same opinion: on May 1, at ten o’clock, they bless the new tree on the Green Market before the celebrations continue until the evening with gunners and the Heufelder Musikanten becomes.