Overview
- Several Schützenvereine in Landkreis Diepholz completed their summer festivals and publicly proclaimed new monarchs and full hofstaaten, including Michelle I. Scheer in Diepholz, Hartmut Meyer in Affinghausen, Marcus Schoof in Sulingen, and Joachim Hafer in Hüde.
- Hüde named Joachim Hafer as king after a fourth stechen (tiebreak shoot-off) in the club's jubilee year, and the festival announced a complete adult, youth and children hofstaat.
- Borwede used its 125th-jubilee weekend to elect three women—Lara Ehlers, Laura Hotze and Finja Schütte—to the three kingthrones, with large guest turnout and a historical exhibition at the Schützenhaus.
- Sulingen combined its traditional Sägewettbewerb with the king selection: Marcus Schoof was crowned king while the saw contest ended in a rare five-way tie, as five two-person teams cut rings weighing two grams off the 206-gram target.
- These events show how local customs such as multi-round stechen, the precision saw contest and parade visits by guest clubs keep volunteer-led community life active and shape social ties and family roles across the district.