Overview
- Uwe “Hoffi” Hoffmann won the main kingship at the Schützengilde Rinkerode after the wooden bird fell with the 368th shot at 18:20, and he has taken Sabine Karsten-Hoffmann as queen.
- The youth competition produced 12-year-old Felix Große Rövekamp as Jugendschützenkönig with Antonia Voß as his queen, reflecting strong junior participation.
- The guild formally proclaimed the new king pairs in a Monday evening procession that followed a weekend of traditional rites including a church mass, parade and Königsball.
- At the Frühschoppen the outgoing king Jochen Richter was honored and multiple long-service awards were handed out, including a 70-year membership for Heinz Diekmann and recognition of Monika Sölter as the thousandth member.
- Coverage noted parallel local festivities in Neukirchen where separate shootings and a Königsball also crowned new children’s and youth majesty pairs, showing the region’s broader Schützen tradition.