Bergkapelle Mühlbach
A place without a music band is like a
day without sunshine! The Bergkapelle
Mühlbach has an extensive chronicle, in
which it is recorded that rehearsals took
place around 1900 in the living room of
Rupert Deutinger, a farmer. He was also
the first leader of a farmer‘s music or
miner‘s music, which has existed since
1908.
In 1914, the company band was founded,
which identified itself as the "Company
Band of the Mitterberger Kupfer
Aktiengesellschaft in Mühlbach near
Bischofshofen.“ As of December 31,
1927, the musicians called themselves
"Bergkapelle Mühlbach.“ The re-founding
of the band took place after World War II.
The permission to wear the traditional
miner‘s smock as a musician‘s uniform
dates back to 1952. Already in 1954,
musicians employed in mining were
allowed to attend funerals during working
hours. In 1959, Heinrich Singer became the
conductor, with Josef Jetzbacher serving as
chairman. It was their achievement that
the music band could continue to exist
after the closure of the mining operation
in 1977. In 2021, a modern music home
was mostly built in-house. Under the
leadership of long-time chairman Leo
Andexer Jr., the Bergkapelle is a fixed part
of every village festival.
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