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“The heart of Handorf-Langenberg has stopped beating,” the pastor told mourners who had packed the Church of St. Barbara, two blocks from the pub, for Mr. Frilling’s funeral last November.

HANDORF-LANGENBERG, Germany — When 87-year-old Hubert Frilling died quietly in his sleep a year ago, the village beer hall he owned and ran for more than 60 years, “Zum Schanko,” looked set to die with him.

For generations the wood-paneled rooms of Schanko — Mr. Frilling’s nickname — had served Handorf-Langenberg, a village of 1,500 in northwest Germany, as a community center and extended living room for countless birthdays, baptisms and other gatherings with family and friends.

But Mr. Frilling’s death came sooner than anyone had expected.

Female athletes are in long white dresses and dark red jackets and small hats and hold dark red purses, while men wear black suits with dark red frilling.