Glanglmarkt

The Glanglmarkt in Wels , Upper Austria , is a traditional small animal market that is held only once a year on the Saturday after Candlemas (Mary Candlemas is on February 2nd ). The Glanglmarkt is Austria's largest small animal market with more than 10,000 small animals on display and for sale. Every year it attracts numerous onlookers and buyers.

Domestic chicken breed " Altsteirer "

Male golden pheasant

The male mandarin duck is one of the most colorful ducks

Were able to Candlemas / had traditionally been the servants ( servants , maids , maid , male servants) change their place ( "glangln" means to move). The Glanglmarkt provided an opportunity proliferated from over the years and reared flocks to separate (chickens, pigeons and rabbits) because the animals are not new masters could be taken, simply to earn money to new breeding or just have a Sunday roast to buy or to get information about possible new employers or to exchange experiences on animal breeding , rearing and keeping .

The breeding and rearing of small animals, which could be kept with little effort, was an extra income allowed for the servants . This affected poultry ( chickens , turkeys , ducks , geese and domestic pigeons ), wild fowl ( partridges , guinea fowl and quail ), ornamental fowl ( golden pheasants ), hares and rabbits , songbirds and others.

The Glanglmarkt was and is also used as an animal exhibition , as an opportunity to award prizes for breeding animals. In the past, beautiful songbirds captured in traditional bird trapping were exhibited, awarded and traded. Nowadays, the diverse Glanglmarkt offers the unique opportunity to see (and smell) or purchase rare breeds of chicken , young geese , mandarin ducks , pigeons, peacocks , cage birds and other pets. Equipment for keeping small animals is also offered.

Similar markets are

the pigeon market in Wasserburg am Inn always on the first Sunday in February,
the pigeon market in Schwarzenbach an der Saale (2nd Sunday in February)
the small animal market in Obergünzburg in the Allgäu on Easter Monday and Boxing Day
various light measurement markets in Germany
the Holy Three Kings markets in Ried im Innkreis and Straubing (there since 1990)

For the first time in 50 years, the Glanglmarkt had to be canceled in 2017, and the risk of infection with the bird flu , which was rampant at the time , was assessed as too high

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↑ ^a ^b Upper Austrian customs calendar
↑ Dr. Elisabeth Schiffkorn: Festivals and regional customs at regionalkultur.at
^ Beitl: Dictionary of German Folklore. Stuttgart 1974. p. 280; Matthias Lexer: Middle High German Pocket Dictionary, Leipzig 1885/1992. P. 233; Helga Maria Wolf: Austrian festivals & customs throughout the year. St. Pölten 2003. p. 27; quoted in Schlenkeltage
^ Small animal breeding association Wasserburg am Inn eV
↑ Annual markets in Germany at Jahresmaerkte-in-deutschland.de
^ Website of the poultry breeding association Straubing und Umgebung eV
↑ Glanglmarkt canceled due to bird flu at orf.at

Glanglmarkt

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