leads the palm procession, riding on a donkey, or a wooden donkey (called Palmesel) with a figure of Christ is traditionally trundled with the procession...

Josephine Reforms banned Good Friday processions with costumed figures and palmesel processions for Palm Sunday, but some still went on. On Palm Sunday villagers...

Zisterzienserinnenabtei Günterstal at Wikimedia Commons Fridrich Pfaff: Der Günterstaler Palmesel. In: Alemannia. Zeitschrift für alemannische und fränkische Geschichte...