Hessentag

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Hofgeismar, 2015 Hessian Prime Minister Volker Bouffier at the swearing-in of 530 police commissioner candidates
Bensheim, 2014
Oberursel (Taunus), 2011
Homberg (Efze), 2008

The Hessentag is an annual festival of the German state of Hesse to present different regions of Hesse . During a mostly ten-day week of events from Friday to the following Sunday, the country presents itself to visitors with a focus on cultural presentations and exhibitions. The Hessentag is the oldest and largest national festival in Germany .

Most recently, the Hessentag 2019 took place from June 7th to 16th, 2019 in Bad Hersfeld .

history

The Hessentage was launched in 1961 by the then Hessian Prime Minister Georg-August Zinn . The aim of the event was initially to bring long-time residents and immigrants together and to give the numerous refugees and displaced persons a feeling for their new home. But Hesse itself also had some catching up to do in terms of a sense of togetherness, as the state only emerged in 1945 through the decision of the victorious powers of World War II from areas that had more or less to do with one another for 400 years and had separate developments. Georg-August Zinn knew how to integrate the various German regional teams in Hesse and with the Hessians. True to Zinn's motto: "Hesse is whoever wants to be Hesse".

The focus was on the presentation of the customs , in particular the wide variety of costumes that exist in Hesse, as well as the costumes of the new citizens who came to Hesse after 1945. Since 1971 one Hessentag couple has been chosen to represent the Hessentag.

The duration of the Hessentage has changed since the beginning. Until 1971 it was only three days, since the 12th Hessentag in Marburg, nine days, and since the 30th Hessentag in Fulda it has always been ten days.

Hessentag today

The Hessentag has undergone many changes since the beginning. Today the Hessentag combines culture, customs and a modern lifestyle. Concerts by international pop groups are now just as much a part of the event program as the state exhibition. The state exhibition is housed in mobile exhibition halls, there you will find stands of the state government , the state parliament , the state parliament groups, various state authorities and organizations, associations and clubs. Regions also introduce themselves, mostly from a touristic point of view.

Every year over a million visitors come to the Hessentag - not only from Hesse. At the Hessentag in Baunatal in 1999, more than a million visitors were counted for the first time, the front runner so far is Kassel with 1,830,000 visitors at the Hessentag 2013 . Other Hessentage with more than a million visitors were Dietzenbach (2001), Butzbach (2007), Langenselbold (2009), Stadtallendorf (2010), Oberursel (2011) and Bensheim (2014). The Hessentag 2017 also attracted 1.4 million visitors. For 10 days Rüsselsheim was the center of Hesse.

For financial reasons Alsfeld gave up the organization of the 50th Hessentag 2010. It was therefore carried out in Stadtallendorf. The Hessentag 2013 was originally supposed to take place in Vellmar. However, the financial situation meant that the Hessentag had to be canceled. As an alternative, Kassel was selected, which, in addition to Hessentag, also celebrated its 1100th anniversary.

Venues

serial no. year Venue Number of visitors motto Duration
1. 1961 Alsfeld 40,000 3 days
2. 1962 Michelstadt 40,000 3 days
3. 1963 Hanau 60,000 3 days
4th 1964 kassel 430,000 700 years of Hessen 3 days
5. 1965 Darmstadt 350,000 20 years of new Hessen 5 days
6th 1966 Friedberg 120,000 3 days
7th 1967 Bad Hersfeld 150,000 3 days
8th. 1968 Viernheim 150,000 3 days
9. 1969 to water 200,000 3 days
10. 1970 Wiesbaden 200,000 3 days
11. 1971 Eschwege 160,000 3 days
12. 1972 Marburg 250,000-485,340 9 days
13. 1973 Pfungstadt 160,000 9 days
14th 1974 Fritzlar 230,000 9 days
15th 1975 Wetzlar 370,000 9 days
16. 1976 Bensheim 345,000 9 days
17th 1977 Dreieich 450,000 9 days
18th 1978 Hofgeismar 300,000 9 days
19th 1979 Friedberg 350,000 9 days
20th 1980 Grünberg 275,000 9 days
21st 1981 Bürstadt 300,000 9 days
22nd 1982 Waechtersbach 300,000 8 days
23. 1983 Lauterbach 300,000 9 days
24. 1984 Lampertheim 400,000 9 days
25th 1985 Alsfeld 400,000 9 days
26th 1986 Herborn 350,000 I am happy! 9 days
27. 1987 Melsungen 400,000 9 days
28. 1988 Hofheim am Taunus 450,000 6 days
29 1989 Frankenberg 480,000 9 days
30th 1990 Fulda 700,000 10 days
31. 1991 Lorsch 580,000 10 days
32. 1992 Wolfhagen 680,000 10 days
33. 1993 Lich 860,000 solemnly 10 days
34. 1994 Gross-Gerau 680,000 All of Hesse in 10 days 10 days
35. 1995 Schwalmstadt 760,000 Hessian welcome! 10 days
36. 1996 Gelnhausen 660,000 The lion is on the loose in Gelnhausen! 10 days
37. 1997 Korbach 700,000 There's a lot going on in Korbach 10 days
38. 1998 Erbach 520,000 fabulous, fabulous, magical 10 days
39. 1999 Baunatal 1,060,000 Maximum adventure world,
Hessentag in Baunatal
10 days
40. 2000 Hünfeld 710,000 Summer, fun and sunshine,
Hünfeld invites you to celebrate
10 days
41. 2001 Dietzenbach 1,100,000 Adventure park in Dietzenbach,
everyone celebrates Hessentag
10 days
42. 2002 Idstein 925,000 Idstein invites you to Hessentag: be
amazed, celebrate, be happy
10 days
43. 2003 Bad Arolsen 780,000 Mood, celebrations, open air -
the Hessentag with great flair!
10 days
44. 2004 Heppenheim (Bergstrasse) 915,000 The south of Hesse invites you
to the Hessentag in Heppenheim
10 days
45. 2005 Weilburg 840,000 No way is too far
to Weilburg, for Hessentag full of happiness!
10 days
46. 2006 Hessian Lichtenau 580,000 In Hessisch Lichtenau there is a lot going on -
all of Hessen celebrates colorfully!
10 days
47. 2007 Butzbach 1,100,000 In Butzbach, hand in hand,
Hessentag is celebrated by the whole country
10 days
48. 2008 Homberg (Efze) 810,000 If you like fairytale festivals,
come to us for Hessentag
10 days
49. 2009 Langenselbold 1,000,000 Langenselbold has a lot of momentum -
the Hessenfest for old and young!
10 days
50. 2010 Stadtallendorf 1,100,000 The young city is in
the country and has a lot to celebrate!
10 days
51. 2011 Oberursel (Taunus) 1,375,000 The gate to the Taunus invites you to be part of
the Hessenfest!
10 days
52. 2012 Wetzlar 1,215,000 cultural, lively, colorful 10 days
53. 2013 kassel 1,830,000 In Hessen. At the top. 10 days
54. 2014 Bensheim 1,325,000 Wonderfully Hessian 10 days
55. 2015 Hofgeismar 750,000 Hat Hessentach :) 10 days
56. 2016 Herborn 940,000 Life is so colorful 10 days
57. 2017 Rüsselsheim am Main 1,400,000 MAIN Rüsselsheim, OUR Hessen 10 days
58. 2018 Korbach 845,000 Sympathetic. Colorful. Spot on! 10 days
59. 2019 Bad Hersfeld 862,000 Bad Hersfeld - fascinatingly alive! 10 days
Hessentag (Hessen)
1.25
1.25
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4.53
4.53
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5
6.19
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7.59
7.59
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9
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11
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15.52
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18.55
18.55
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26.56
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Venues of the Hessentag (red once, green twice) The numbers result from the list on Hessentag

Planned venues

60. 2020 Bad Vilbel canceled on March 19, 2020 due to the 2020 corona pandemic .
61. 2021 Fulda
62. 2022 Haiger
63. 2023 Pfungstadt
64. 2024 Fritzlar
65. 2025 Bad Vilbel

At its meeting on October 14, 2019, the city council of Pfungstadt decided to apply for the Hessentag 2023.

literature

  • Ewald Grothe : Kassel Lexicon . Ed .: City of Kassel. tape 1 . euregio Verlag, Kassel 2009, p. 266 f .
  • Hans Sarkowicz : The big festival of the Hessians - The history of the 50 Hessentage since 1961 . Ed .: Roland Koch. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-7973-1232-7 .

Web links

Commons : Hessentag  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Bad Hersfeld is Hessentagstadt 2019 . In: hessen.de. Retrieved November 8, 2016 .
  2. 1,400,000 visitors celebrate the 57th Hessentag. In: Wiesbaden lives. June 18, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017 .
  3. Vellmar saves the Hessentag. In: fr-online .de , accessed on May 26, 2013.
  4. a b c d e f g The million mark has been cracked. In: Bergsträßer Anzeiger , June 16, 2014.
  5. ^ Hessentag 2008 in Homberg / Efze. ( Memento from July 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) At: hessentag.hessenparty.de accessed on June 16, 2014.
  6. The Hessentag comes to an end with 1.33 million visitors. In: Die Welt from June 15, 2014.
  7. Hessentag ends with a record: 1.83 million guests came to Kassel. In: HNA.de , June 23, 2013. Accessed June 24, 2013.
  8. 1,325,000 visitors celebrate the sunniest Hessentag ever. ( Memento from August 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: hessentag2014.de from June 15, 2014.
  9. Great success for Hofgeismar - result: 750,000 visitors celebrated the Hessentag. In: HNA.de .
  10. Balance - Hessentag in Herborn exceeds expectations. ( Memento from May 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: hessenschau.de .
  11. 1,400,000 visitors celebrate the 57th Hessentag In: hessentag2017.de , June 18, 2017.
  12. 845,000 visitors in ten days: Hessentag in Korbach ends with a pageant . In: hessenschau.de , June 3, 2018, accessed on June 3, 2018.
  13. Hessentag in Bad Hersfeld: 862,000 visitors and a great final concert with Rea Garvey In: hersfelder-zeitung.de , June 16, 2019, accessed on June 18, 2019.
  14. ^ Bad Vilbel becomes a state festival city . (No longer available online.) In: ffh.de. Formerly in the original ; accessed on November 21, 2016 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ffh.de
  15. Coronavirus pandemic in Hesse: Hessentag in Bad Vilbel canceled . In: hna.de. Retrieved March 19, 2020 .
  16. Fulda organizes Hessentag 2021 . In: hessenschau.de. Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
  17. The Hessentag 2022 takes place in Haiger . In: hessenschau.de. Retrieved March 20, 2018 .
  18. Pfungstadt organizes Hessentag . In: hessenschau.de. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
  19. Fritzlar is the Hessentagstadt 2024. In: hessen.de. Hessian State Chancellery, December 17, 2019, accessed on December 17, 2019 (press release).
  20. ^ Resolution of the city council on October 14, 2019 . pfungstadt.de. October 14, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.