About the Project
Fasnet-Kompass is an independent information portal that explains Fasnet tradition and Guggenmusik in plain terms.
What It Is About
The portal collects general knowledge about Swabian-Alemannic Fasnet: terms, the course of the season, the music of Guggenmusik, costumes and masks, and the organization of the fool's guilds. The texts are meant for readers who are meeting the topic for the first time or want to look up a term.
Independence
Fasnet-Kompass is not connected with any fool's guild, Guggenmusik group, club or municipality, and it speaks for nobody. We publish no dates, no membership lists and no programs of individual groups. Anyone looking for information on a particular guild or band will find it best with that group itself.
Editorial Standards
We write in a factual tone and stick to details that are widely known and well documented. Where customs differ from place to place or origins are unclear, we say so openly and avoid precise claims. This portal carries no opinion pieces, no ratings of individual groups and no invented quotations.
Sources and Notes
Our basis is publicly available information, such as publications by fool's associations, museums, local history and regional archives.