Trier Christmas Market
The Trier Christmas market takes place annually during Advent from the Monday after the Sunday of the Dead until December 22nd. It first took place in 1978.
The 95 wooden stalls are located on both the Trier main market and the cathedral courtyard . The Domfreihof has only been used since it was renovated in 1999.
On the main market there is also a "Christmas crib" in the form of a Christmas bakery with angel-like doll figures who bake various Christmas cookies and use different baking equipment. Christmas music is playing in the background . The actual Christmas crib with Mary and Joseph, as well as the Christ child in the cradle, is located in the cathedral courtyard.
The Trier Christmas market from the most by organizing fairs known showman jr break Oscar. organized. The contract with the Bruch family runs until at least 2018.
The Christmas market is often listed in rankings as one of the most beautiful in Germany.
In 2015 the city advocated expanding the Christmas market to the surrounding streets. However, this failed. In this context, criticism was voiced that Bruch also more often ignored applications from participants. Attempts to initiate arbitration or to have a stand selection carried out by a Trier marketing company also failed. The Bruch family retains their monopoly in determining the Christmas market, at which many stalls are also family-owned.
In addition to the large Christmas market in Trier, there are other Christmas markets that are only open for a few days. Since 2015, the Sterntaler Christmas market has been taking place on the first Advent in the Brunnenhof next to the Porta Nigra . On the second weekend of Advent on the banks of the Moselle in Zurlauben, the Advent lights Christmas market and on the third weekend of Advent on the Avelsbach wine-growing domain, the mulled wine market .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oscar Bruch - world of entertainment. In: oscar-bruch.de. Retrieved November 12, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Trier Christmas Market: Competition? Nothing! - Trier - news. In: swr.de. December 9, 2015, accessed November 12, 2016 .
- ↑ The most beautiful Christmas markets in Germany. In: freenet.de. November 25, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Trier Christmas market remains firmly in private hands. In: volksfreund.de. June 20, 2015, accessed November 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Sterntaler Christmas Market Trier - Home. Retrieved September 18, 2018 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 24 " N , 6 ° 38 ′ 28" E