Animalistic old wives' carnival in the office

Traditionally, some official ties fell victim to the visit. The ties of the Lord Mayor and the division heads Peter Fischer, Klaus Baumann and Dr. Stephan Gleim were shortened several times. The scissors even came dangerously close to the mayor's hair. After a glass of sparkling wine and a pastry, the merry carnival troupe, consisting of ten Schneggla, was fortified for a polonaise around the Lord Mayor's table. "Hard-drinking and work-shy and faithful to no man - that's how we want to be, that's how we want to be," sang the Schneggla loudly in chorus. According to tradition, the women are left in charge for a day during the Old Wives' Carnival. This is nothing unusual in Hof - after all, one of the few female town hall leaders in Bavaria is in charge for 366 days a year.