Hamburg Cathedral (Volksfest)
The Hamburger Dom is a respectively on the Heiligengeistfeld in Hamburg by run festival . Several million people visit the event every year, which takes place three times a year as
- Winterdom (cathedral market, early November to early December)
- Spring Cathedral (spring festival, mid-March to mid-April)
- Summer Cathedral (Bumblebee Festival, end of July to end of August)
takes place.
history
The Hamburg Cathedral has its origins in the 11th century: traders and craftsmen, but also jugglers and quacks, looked for protection from wind and weather in what was then Hamburg's Mariendom at Speersort . Burchard Grelle , as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Bremen, also the canon of Hamburg, was bothered by this and so he banned the showmen from the house in 1334. Even the churchgoers resented this, however. Thereupon Archbishop Burchard explicitly allowed the presence of the traders in the cathedral in 1337, but only during " Hamburger Schietwetter ". And so the market stayed in the cathedral until the building was demolished in 1804.
After that, the traders and showmen moved without a fixed location by the Hamburg districts and distributed to the market places of the city: the goose market , the horse market , the Zeughausmarkt and finally the Großneumarkt . The market people were only given a new place in 1893: the Heiligengeistfeld , where the Hamburg Cathedral can still be found today.
The original winter cathedral (cathedral market) was joined by the summer cathedral (Hummelfest) after the Second World War in 1947 and the spring cathedral (spring festival) in 1948. With its three four-week events (spring, summer and winter), the Hamburg Cathedral is the largest folk festival in northern Germany and the longest folk festival in Germany.
At the Summer Dome 2014 there was for the first time an international market under the motto “Around the world in one day and the Summer Dome makes it possible”. In addition to local specialties and delicacies, an entertainment program is offered.
today
Over 260 showmen and 110 restaurants and bars are located at each cathedral on the approximately 160,000 m² festival area. At times there was increasing interest: while there were around 7.5 million visitors in 2007, demand grew to 9 million in 2008 and 10.8 million in 2009. This trend has not continued in recent years, however, there were around 10.1 million visitors in 2014, one million fewer than in 2013. Visitors to the fair can expect a colorful mix of children's carousels , lottery booths, snack bars, confectionery providers and modern, fast rides . Special attractions are the regular fireworks every Friday at 10:30 p.m. and the special themed events on the 2500 m² special event area.
organization
The organizer of the festival is the city of Hamburg with its authority for economy, transport and innovation . The department of the cathedral department located here manages the Heiligengeistfeld and is responsible for the organization of the cathedral event. For each business and for each event, new applications must be submitted by mid-August of the previous year. The award is decided in terms of concept and attractiveness and is divided into the business areas: bakery shops, vendor's shops, rides, snack shops, children's rides, pubs, show and amusement shops, shooting shops, play shops, confectionery shops, sales shops and nostalgia shops.
The interests of the cathedral merchants are represented by the "State Association of the Outpatient Trade and Showmen Hamburg" and the "Schaustellerverband Hamburg".
opening hours
Monday to Thursday 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday 3:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m., Sunday 2:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The cathedral is closed on Good Friday. In the summer months, the opening times are extended by 30 minutes on the weekends (Friday and Saturday until 00:30)
Transport links
The Hamburg Cathedral is easy to reach, for example via the Hamburg subway line 3 at the St. Pauli or Feldstrasse stations , both of which are located directly at one of the entrances to the festival. Likewise with the underground line 2 , stop Messehallen . The buses Metrobus 3 and Metrobus 6, night bus 602 (to the Feldstraße stop ) and bus route 112, express buses 36 and 37, night buses 601, 607, 608, 609, 688 (to the St.Pauli stop ) can be used.
Hamburg Cathedral
Hamburg Cathedral with the illuminated ferris wheel
Hamburger Dom - aerial view
Ferris wheel
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Accidents
On the night of August 13-14, 1981, a serious accident occurred with a Sky Lab . While working on his catapult ride , the telescopic crane of the showman Norbert Witte got into the driving area of the gondolas of the carousel. Seven people were killed and 15 people suffered, some seriously injured. To this day, the accident is considered to be the worst fair accident of the post-war period. Norbert Witte was sentenced to one year suspended prison sentence for negligent homicide and bodily harm.
On April 15, 1984 , a bolt broke on the roller coaster " Der Blaue Enzian " during the rapid ride on the first car, which was a locomotive, which derailed the train. One man was killed and 18 people were injured.
On August 17, 2015, the 40 meter high and up to 100 km / h fast ride “ Turbo Force ” was temporarily shut down after a boom broke off and four people were injured.
Web links
- Hamburger Dom on hamburg.de
- History of the Hamburg Cathedral
- On the history of the Heiligengeistfeld
- Information, pictures and dates about the Hamburg Cathedral
Individual evidence
- ↑ The International Market - Summer Cathedral 2014. (No longer available online.) Hamburger Dom, archived from the original on August 19, 2014 ; Retrieved August 19, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ "Successful year for the cathedral" Die Welt dated December 7, 2009, accessed on December 16, 2009
- ↑ Hamburg Cathedral's balance sheet pleases the organizers - success cannot be taken for granted . In: www.hamburg-zwei.de . ( hamburg-zwei.de [accessed on October 12, 2016]).
- ↑ Dom - The organizer introduces himself to hamburg.de, accessed on May 27, 2017
- ↑ State Association of the Outpatient Trade and Showmen Hamburg (LAGS) eV , accessed on May 27, 2017
- ↑ Schaustellerverband Hamburg von 1884 eV (SVH) ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 27, 2017
- ↑ How to get to the DOM - hamburg.de. In: hamburg.de. Retrieved May 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt yearbook 1984
- ↑ Accident on the Hamburg DOM hamburg.de from August 18, 2015, accessed on May 27, 2017
Coordinates: 53 ° 33 ′ 14 " N , 9 ° 58 ′ 15" E