Bartlmädult
The Bartlmädult is a traditional folk festival in the Lower Bavarian city of Landshut . It has been celebrated annually in late summer since 1339. The name comes from the date of the event around Bartholomew's Day on August 24th . The Bartlmädult usually begins on the Friday before August 24th and lasts ten days. The event, which is one of the two Landshut folk festivals in addition to the spring festival, includes an entertainment and a sales festival.
history
The origins of the festival go back to the founding of the Landshut district of Freyung in 1338. To promote trade in the new district , the Bavarian Duke Heinrich XIV donated a fair for the citizens of Landshut :
"Alla jar in the Freyung eternally sol be on sand Bartholomeus day before eight days and after eight days"
The Bartlmädult changed its location several times due to the steady increase in sales stands. From Freyung she first moved to the government square in front of the Dominican monastery . Later it spread to the entire Neustadt and the festival meadow on Niedermayerstraße. It was not until 1949 that the showmen moved to the gates of the city on Grieserwiese on Wittstrasse, and in 1979 the stalls followed there.
description
The beer tapping is traditionally done on the first day of the festival by the mayor in front of the town hall , followed by moving out to the festival area. On both Fridays, after dark, there is a large fireworks display (opening fireworks or musical fireworks by the festival hosts). There are usually three festival tents of different sizes: the largest (90 × 30 meters) at the western end of the Grieserwiese, the middle (50 × 30 meters) on the opposite side and a small one (25 × 25 meters) in the middle.
See also
The five-day folk festival in the town of Neuötting is also called Bartlmädult ( original spelling BartlmäDult ).
literature
- Gerhard Tausche, Werner Ebermeier: History of Landshut. CH Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-51048-5 , p. 28 f. limited preview in Google Book search
Web links
- Landshuter Bartlmädult , City of Landshut
- BartlmäDult , City of Neuötting
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Landshut: folk festival, fair, Dult . Online at www.landshut.de ; accessed on October 24, 2018.
- ↑ City of Landshut: Dult site plan - example (PDF; 894 kB). Online at www.landshut.de ; accessed on October 24, 2018.