State festival in Germany
State festivals or state festivals are festive days on which a federal state usually organizes various cultural events in another city every year . The individual regions of the country usually also present themselves.
State festivals now take place in all of Germany's large states , with the exception of Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein . In Bavaria, however, the Franconian Day has existed at regional level since 2006 .
The oldest national festival in Germany is the Hessentage , which has been taking place since 1961 .
The events are either spread over the whole year or they are concentrated in a festival week or on a long weekend. There is usually a historical parade with traditional bands and clubs.
In some countries there are also regional or district or county festivals at the regional level.
Overview table
All federal states are listed in the table, as well as the first year of the event. As a rule, these national festivals take place annually, should there be any deviations, this is noted in the Comments column.
state | Name of the national festival | since | Remarks |
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Baden-Württemberg | Home days Baden-Württemberg | 1978 | |
Bavaria | - | - | no national festival, but there is the day of the Franks (since 2006) |
Berlin | - | - | no national festival |
Brandenburg | Brandenburg Day | 1995 | every two years (annually until 2004) |
Bremen | - | - | no national festival |
Hamburg | - | - | no national festival |
Hesse | Hessentag | 1961 | oldest national festival in Germany |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Day | 2000 | every two years (annually until 2006) |
Lower Saxony | Day of Lower Saxony | 1981 | |
North Rhine-Westphalia | North Rhine-Westphalia Day | 2007 | every two years (annually until 2012) |
Rhineland-Palatinate | Rhineland-Palatinate Day | 1984 | |
Saarland | Saarland day | 1988-2007 | every two to four years until 2007 |
Saxony | Day of the Saxons | 1992 | |
Saxony-Anhalt | Saxony-Anhalt Day | 1996 | every two years (annually until 2017) |
Schleswig-Holstein | Schleswig-Holstein Day | 1978-2012 | every two years until 2012 |
Thuringia | Thuringian Day | 1996 | every two years (annually until 2007) |