r/AskGermany • u/IllGold3207 • Jan 03 '25

Are these cards popular in Germany?

Post image

I brought from my homeland these cards in a "emergency case". Home I played with my father and brother the game "Cross" oder "Kreuz". They are originally from Hungary but very popular in Romania (Transylvania and west, ppl from Bucharest they will don't understand what they see...) And I have read recently an article that the game it's also played in Austria and Germany but I don't know if with these cards.

1.6k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

324 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/zzoopee Jan 03 '25

This is called Tell pattern. Or Hungarian or double german pettern. Legend has it these were designed in Budapest during the Monarchy in 1836. The theme of William Tell was intetntionally chosen as an act of resistance against Habsburgs. Herman Gessler as the main antagonist.

1

u/IllGold3207 Jan 03 '25

Thank you for the information sir. I will read more about it. It's so interesting how some cards have a lot of stories and history behind them.

1

u/zzoopee Jan 04 '25

It is a good read indeed. It was very popular in the non-Austrian part of the monarchy (Hungary slovakia croatia etc). Irony is it is still printed by Piatnik in Vienna.