Eckeln, also Eckelen, is an old, traditional Austrian card game for four players that is a member of the Marriage group of games.
Eckeln is recorded as early as 1819 in a Tyrolean play, Der Tiroler Kirchtag, where it is described as a Tyrolean card game in which partners sit opposite one another, the aim being to win the majority of the Gewisse - the Tens and Aces. It explains that the name means to play "across the corners" (überecks spielen). [1] In 1862 it is recorded in the Austrian state of Carinthia as "èggln, èggilan, a card game". [2] In 1924 it is described as a traditional Salzburg card game [3] and, in 1972, it was being played with German-suited cards in the south Bavarian language exclave of Pladen in Upper Italy. Today it is also played in Ennswald in the municipality of Radstadt in Salzburg state. [4]
Eckeln is traditionally played with German-suited cards of the Salzburg pattern.
Eckeln is a variant of Kreuz- Mariage in which the aim is to capture the Aces and Tens, known as the Gewisse.
Eckeln, also Eckelen, is an old, traditional Austrian card game for four players that is a member of the Marriage group of games.
Eckeln is recorded as early as 1819 in a Tyrolean play, Der Tiroler Kirchtag, where it is described as a Tyrolean card game in which partners sit opposite one another, the aim being to win the majority of the Gewisse - the Tens and Aces. It explains that the name means to play "across the corners" (überecks spielen). [1] In 1862 it is recorded in the Austrian state of Carinthia as "èggln, èggilan, a card game". [2] In 1924 it is described as a traditional Salzburg card game [3] and, in 1972, it was being played with German-suited cards in the south Bavarian language exclave of Pladen in Upper Italy. Today it is also played in Ennswald in the municipality of Radstadt in Salzburg state. [4]
Eckeln is traditionally played with German-suited cards of the Salzburg pattern.
Eckeln is a variant of Kreuz- Mariage in which the aim is to capture the Aces and Tens, known as the Gewisse.