The Furtwangen Fools' Guild is one of the most traditional guilds within the "Association of Swabian-Alemannic Fools' Guilds". Anyone who has seen the Furtwangeners knows why: expressive, traditional masks, hats made with loving attention to detail, decorated with hundreds of spättle or, in the case of the Weißnarren, painted, the sound of the bronze bells, the tapping of the Fuhrkigili whips and the wild witches jumping around combine to create a colourful, foolish composition, a picture-book carnival in the middle of the forest. Often enough a carnival in the snow.
All these jester figures have their home in the carnival guild founded by several hundred Furtwangeners in 1926. The heart of the guild is its departments, as this is where the carnival is prepared, organised and brought to life. The special charm of Fasnet is due to all those who, with a great love of Fasnet and their homeland, work all year round towards the days between G'schmutzigen and Ash Wednesday.