The artist ernst jordan created this tempera painting of the parrot shooting at whitsun west of the leine on the elevated grounds of lauenrode castle, which was destroyed by the hanoverians in 1371. During the whitsun shooting, the shooters aimed a crossbow at a bird on the so-called "parrot tree" against the backdrop of the medieval town. This was not just about practicing and showing off their own defensive capabilities, but also about celebrating, for which the painter inserted the stalls to the right of the event. The hanoverians did not stay on city territory for the celebrations, but on the territory of the then sovereign. As a result, in 1468 duke wilhelm the elder complained to the hanover city council that "they had shot the parrots up lauenrode, which we missed. " this is also the oldest known written mention of the hanover shooting festival. Jordan's picture appeared in the festival newspaper for the xivth german federal shooting competition held in hanover in 1903. Date: 1903.
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