for the town’s former name, Brodselden (the name Stadtprozelten first crops up in 1319). The arms have been borne at least since the 16th century. Culture and sightseeing Buildings Overlooking the town is the castle ruin on the hill known as the Kühlberg. Other important monuments in town are: Hospital, likely endowed by Elisabeth von Hohenlohe about 1320; Hospital administration: this building has been used since the 18th century as a postal station and a schoolhouse; Parish church built in Gothic style: the interior, as far as possible, has been kept in its original style; the former hospital church was raised to parish church about 1800; Town hall from 1520: the stair tower was built only in 1621; the oriel sits on two Tuscan columns; Benefiziatenbau ("Prebedary’s Building"), probably a rectory until 1811; Apothecary: built after 1811 on the spot formerly occupied by the Georgenkapelle (chapel); Ämtergebäude ("office building") from about 1600: an Electoral Mainz administrative building, in the 19th century a state court, and then later a savings and loan institution; Former prison from the 19th century; Remnants of the late mediaeval town wall; Forest house, built in 1854 in the "new Munich Byzantine style". Regular events Schäfflertanz The Schäfflertanz (“Coopers’ Dance”) is put on according to tradition every seven years. The coopers’ group, possibly Germany’s biggest and the only one in white and blue, is made up of well over 60 and up to 90 actors, that is, master coopers, the barrel hoop swinger, dancers, clowns, waiters and the boys who pull the cart. Because it is a group dance, the number of these exclusively male dancers is always a multiple of eight. This tradition originated in Munich. Beginning about 1830, journeyman coopers brought the dance to other places such as Eggenfelden, Frontenhausen, Geiselhöring, Mainburg, Mühldorf, Murnau, Kelheim, Landshut, Partenkirchen and Wasserburg. In 1887 the Schäfflertanz was put on in Stadtprozelten for the first time. The most recent performance was in 2013. "Doude Moo" This event has its roots in the time of the Plague, when dead bodies had to be fetched from the houses. The body gatherers would call out as they went through town "Hejo - doude Moo - moje kommd en annern droo" (roughly, "Hello, dead man, tomorrow it’ll be another’s turn"; this is dialectal, not standard High German). Nowadays children enjoy the sweets that are thrown out into the street from all the houses