European shooting festival

The European Shooting Festival is an international shooting festival of the European Community of Historical Shooters (EGS), an association of national shooting associations in Europe.

The European Shooting Festival is organized by the organizing municipality and by the EGS, whose members include shooting associations from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.

Host cities

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Europaschützenfest Lippstadt 1987, postage stamps 1987 of the Deutsche Bundespost

The festival, which usually takes place every three years, is held in a different city. The first European shooting festival took place in Aachen in 1975 . The 18th European Rifle Festival took place from August 28th to 30th, 2015 with over 80,000 guests in Peine ( Lower Saxony ) under the patronage of the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz .

In 2021 the 20th European Shooting Festival will take place in the Belgian city of Deinze .

1. Aachen 1975, North Rhine-Westphalia
2. Nijmegen 1977, the Netherlands
3. Peer 1979, Belgium
4. Koblenz 1981, Rhineland-Palatinate
5. Eindhoven 1982, the Netherlands
6. Eupen 1985, Belgium
7. Lippstadt 1987, North Rhine-Westphalia
8. Valkenburg 1989, the Netherlands
9. Genk 1992, Belgium
10. Medebach 1994, North Rhine-Westphalia
11. Haaksbergen 1996, the Netherlands
12. Krakow 1998, Poland
13. Garrel 2000, Lower Saxony
14. Vöcklabruck 2003, Austria
15. Heeswijk 2006, the Netherlands
16. Kinrooi 2009, Belgium
17. Tuchola 2012, Poland
18. Peine 2015, Lower Saxony
19. Leudal 2018, Netherlands
20. Deinze 2021, Belgium
21. Mondsee 2024, Austria

Web links

• EGS website
• European Shooting Festival Leudal 2018
• European Shooting Festival Peine 2015

Individual evidence

1. ^ European Shooting Festival Peine 2015
2. ^ Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung
3. ↑ ^{a b} European Association of Historical Shooters