Oktoberfest Hannover
The Oktoberfest Hannover is a folk festival that has been taking place in Hannover every year since 1964 at the end of September / beginning of October . The festival, based on the Munich Oktoberfest, takes place on Schützenplatz and lasts 17 days.
history
In 1964, the Hanoverian harvest festival was held on Schützenplatz for the first time. This festival was developed to offer the visitors of the wrestling championships at the same place an additional supporting program. The name of the festival changed frequently in the first few years, but the theme always had something to do with harvest. After all, it was the Hanoverians themselves who gave the event the name "Oktoberfest". In order to differentiate itself from the original in Munich, the festival was officially called "Oktoberfest Hanover". The Bavarian theme gradually took up more space at the festival. Today the festival presents itself as a mix of Bavarian Oktoberfest and Lower Saxony harvest festival, with the focus now clearly on the Bavarian Oktoberfest theme. So now you can see more and more visitors in Bavarian costumes and lederhosen.
scope
With up to 600,000 visitors, the Hanover Oktoberfest is the largest of its kind in northern Germany. In Hanover, the Oktoberfest is the fifth largest open-air event, after the Maschsee Festival , the Christmas market , the Schützenfest and the Spring Festival .
Fairground
Visitors enter the Oktoberfest event site through large-format gates on each side of the square, originally named after local breweries, such as:
- Mansions Gate
- Guild Gate
- Hanöversch-Tor (formerly Wülfeler Tor and Wilkenburger Tor)
- Brewers Gate
- showmen -Tor
At the Hanoverian Oktoberfest there are an average of 120 showmen with various rides , festival tents , two roller coasters , Ferris wheel , wild water ride and the usual food and sales stalls. The stands form a 3,000 m long alley that leads across the square in a square. In 2009, a radio station called Oktoberfestradio Hannover 100.0 broadcast from the fairground for the first time . The event radio frequency 100.0 MHz was used.
Course of the Oktoberfest
The Oktoberfest Hannover is opened every year by tapping the keg in the Marris festival hall. The barrel tapping is carried out by the mayor of the city of Hanover and is the prelude to the opening ceremony with guests from politics and business. Every Friday there are firework displays, each on a different topic. Wednesdays are family days with discounts on the rides and food stands. The program on Family Day includes the puppet theater, face painting and handicraft activities. The other program items include the dirndl competition, the Thanksgiving service and performances by various party bands and DJs. On the last Friday the lantern parade will take place with musical accompaniment.
Gastronomy and marquees
There are two large festival tents, five smaller tent systems and several beer gardens at Oktoberfest Hannover. The traditional drinks include the Lüttje Lage and the Hannoversche Festbier brewed by the private brewery Herrenhausen , which is only available at the Oktoberfest in Hanover.
Festhalle Ahrend
1500 people can be accommodated in this disco tent. Here, DJs and live bands present the charts and hit classics every day. There is a children's disco on Wednesdays and a dirndl competition on one evening. The beers of the private brewery Herrenhausen are served here.
Marris Festival Hall
The festival hall offers space for around 1500 people. The tent has a Bavarian design. There are knuckles and draft beer here. From Wednesday to Sunday there is Bavarian folk music from live bands or solo entertainers . Here the festival is officially opened with the tapping of the keg. The beers of the Gilde Brewery are served .
Small tents and other restaurants
The five small tent complexes include "Tino's Bierpub" (on Fridays and Saturdays, DJs create the program), "Bötticher's Altes Landhaus", "Vorlop's Specialty Grill", "Oppenborn Reisegastronomie" and the "Tiroler Dorf" (here, too, DJs create the Weekends the program). Another gastronomic facility is “Rosi's Almhütte”.
Festhalle Marris (main marquee)
Festhalle Ahrend
Tyrolean village
Attractions
Trunk rides
- There are generally two roller coasters at Oktoberfest. Until 2012, the Rock & Roller Coaster (until 2010 Die wild 50er and until 1997 Super-8-Bahn ) belonged to the regular line-up. Since 2013, various tracks such as Berg und Tal , Black Hole , High Explosive , Kuddel der Hai , Tom the Tiger or Wilde Maus have been at the Oktoberfest. In 2016, the world's largest transportable wild mouse was a guest for the first time (Wilde Maus XXL). In 2018, after a six-year break, it was again the Rock & Roller Coaster.
- Until 2008 there were three bumper cars at Oktoberfest every year. Since then there are only two there, including the Music Hall and the Top In . In 2018 the number was increased back to three.
- Every year this type of ride is at the Oktoberfest.
- The most common representatives include The Great Ghost Train and Dracula Castle . Otherwise, there were also fantasy drives , Halloween , the dance of the vampires, ghost towns and shockers at Oktoberfest.
- Every year the Oktoberfest features the hot wheels , which is a unique specimen of the Musik Express type.
- Every year there is a 50 meter high Ferris wheel at Oktoberfest, which has 36 gondolas and can accommodate 216 people. The smaller Europarad was only represented at the festival in 2007 and 2008 . In 2009 and 2010 there were no Ferris wheels at the festival.
Sleigh ride
- This type of amusement ride is also a familiar sight at Oktoberfest. The most frequent guest is the Petersburg sleigh ride , but the Tai-Fun and Tropicana railways have also been guests.
shaker
- Such an amusement ride is also represented at the Oktoberfest every year.
- As a rule, there is a wild water course at Oktoberfest. The most common is the water slide on Manitus' tracks . But the Piraten-Fluss and Poseidon railways were also guests several times. In 2010 the rafting course Atlantis-Rafting was at the festival for the first time .
Other attractions
Since 2010, in addition to the regular guests, the following rides, show and amusement shops have been represented at the Oktoberfest Hanover:
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See also
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Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 45 ″ N , 9 ° 43 ′ 45 ″ E