Holy Wednesday

The Holy Wednesday is the fourth day of Holy Week, and was formerly a Abgabentag. He is also known as " crooked " or " slate Wednesday". The Holy Wednesday was traditionally brought together with the betrayal of Judas Iscariot and therefore seen as unlucky.

This Wednesday is regionally more traditional names: So for Baden already in 1261 the designation, and the designation crumen mitkun crooked Gütentag or slate Gütentag and for the Duchy of Brunswick 1397/98, the term is crooked middeweken for Westphalia already in 1386. In South Tyrol is the name of Holy Wednesday Krump lunch. There and in the Adige was not allowed to cut the vines you, because according to tradition Judas hanged himself on a vine. In southern Germany there is the name Square Wednesday because on this day the potential Easter lambs could be bought at the marketplace. In Lower Austria, one speaks of the pump determination weekend or lumber Wednesday, because it was making noise in the then usual Pumpermette or lumber Mette, to bring the outrage over the arrest of Jesus Christ expressed. In the Netherlands we speak relative to the last wash day before the holiday of Skortel Woensdach (shirt Wednesday) or Schorel Woensdach (cleaning Wednesday).