Festival tents at the Oktoberfest

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View from the ferris wheel to the festival tents
Typical operation in a beer tent

The 38 festival tents at Oktoberfest are part of the 144 catering establishments at the world's largest folk festival in Munich and some of them can look back on a long tradition. There are a total of 14 large festival tents (often also called beer tents ) on the regular Oktoberfest grounds and three on the Oide Wiesn as well as 21 medium-sized and small tents, all of which are run by different Oktoberfest hosts . Some tents belong to the local breweries . The first construction work on the tents usually begins three months before the opening.

Big marquees

Crossbowman tent

Crossbowman tent

The Armbrustschützenzelt has existed since 1895. It has 5830 indoor and 1620 outdoor seats. The host is Peter Inselkammer , the brother of the owner of the Aying brewery . However, Paulaner Bräu is served , as only beer from Munich breweries is served at Oktoberfest. Every year, the German championship of crossbowmen in the discipline of 30 meters nationally takes place in the Armbrustschützenzelt .

Augustiner Festival Hall

Augustinian tent

The Augustiner Brewery is the only Munich brewery that still delivers wooden barrels for Oktoberfest. The tent has 6000 indoor and 2500 outdoor spaces. The landlords Manfred and Thomas Vollmer also operate two large Augustiner restaurants in Munich (Landsberger Strasse and Neuhauser Strasse).

Pschorr-Bräurosl

Bräurosl tent

The Pschorr-Bräurosl marquee was run for 83 years by the Heide family, who also run the Heide-Volm restaurant in Planegg near Munich; In July 2020 the Heide family announced their departure from the Oktoberfest. In this marquee traditionally takes place every year on the first Oktoberfest Sunday from a club event of the “MLC Münchner Löwen Club e. V. ”“ Gay Sunday ”.

The symbols of the Bräurosl are two almost 20 meter high maypoles in front of the tent. In 2004 the Oktoberfest visitors expected a new tent with 6000 seats in the tent and 2500 in the garden . In 2010 the Bräurosl has 6200 seats in the tent and 2200 in the garden.

It is Hacker-Pschorr - beer served.

Fischer-Vroni

The Fischer-Vroni - one of the smaller tents among the 14 large tents at the Oktoberfest - has been on the site since 1966.In 2006, a new tent with a side gallery was added, which in 2011 was expanded to include a further gallery above the main entrance and, in 2013, a wooden barrel warehouse. It offers 3080 indoor and 700 outdoor seats. As in the Augustiner marquee, Augustiner beer is served from a wooden barrel. The specialty is the fish on a stick , a fish grilled on a spit. For some years now, on the second Monday of the Oktoberfest, it has become common practice that the tent is "occupied" by gays and lesbians.

Hacker marquee

Hacker tent

The 90 × 43 meter Hacker marquee offers indoor seating for 6830 people and a further 2520 seats in the beer garden. In 2004, the tent was redesigned by Rolf Zehetbauer in order to better do justice to the Hacker Brewery's advertising slogan “Himmel der Bayern”. For this purpose, the tent interior ceiling was hung with great care. In addition, a 5 × 5 meter opening was built into the beer tent roof, which the operator calls the "convertible roof". The revolving stage of the band inside the tent was also renewed. The Kirchdorfer have been playing as the official festival band every day from 12 noon to 10.30 p.m. since 1994. The Munich party band Cagey Strings plays as a show act every day from 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. The host of the Hacker festival tent is Toni Roiderer , spokesman for the Oktoberfest landlords and innkeeper in Straßlach .

hippodrome

hippodrome

The hippodrome was first set up in 1902 by Carl Gabriel as a snack and display booth at the Oktoberfest. A special feature was a horse riding track, a hippodrome , in the tent until the 1970s , in which visitors were allowed to ride themselves (but without competition character). At that time there was a commander in front of the tent . Beer from the Spaten Franziskaner Brewery was served in the Hippodrome . It was right next to the main entrance. From 1995 to 2013 the host was Sepp Krätz , the leaseholder of the forest management in Großhesselohe . The license was withdrawn from him after being convicted of tax evasion, including catering for the marquee. The successor tent will be called Marstall.

Bands played regularly in the hippodrome. There were 3300 seats in the tent and 1000 in the beer garden. The Munich discord played for ten years in the evening in the hippodrome. Linda Jo Rizzo was presented as the “star guest” .

Marstall marquee

Stables

The Marstall took over the place of the hippodrome from Oktoberfest 2014 . The marquee is hosted by the Able family. The Marstall offers 4,500 seats outside and inside as well as at the bar. As with the predecessor Hippodrom, Spatenbräu acts as a brewery . Musically, one also joins the hippodrome: Among others, Münchner Zwietracht and Die Oberbayern play .

Hofbräu festival tent

Hofbräu festival tent

The Hofbräu festival tent is the largest beer tent at the Oktoberfest in terms of space with a total of almost 10,000 seats (6518 seats and 1000 standing places inside, a further 3022 seats in the garden).

It has been run by the Steinberg family since 1980, who have also been tenants of the Hofbräukeller since 1995 . Under her leadership, significant structural changes were initiated in the tent, so that today the only standing area at Oktoberfest with 1000 seats can be found in the Hofbräu festival tent, as well as 12 quintals of hop vines from an entire hop field, which are used as decoration. The marquee will be erected on an area of ​​over 7,000 m². During the two weeks of the festival, over 550,000 liters of beer, 70,000 half chickens, 5500 pork knuckles and 8500 servings of pork sausages are consumed there. In 2005 the tent was expanded a bit and got a new facade.

Due to the world-famous Hofbräuhaus, it is by far the most popular tent with tourists and many celebrities. As a result, the mood is more shaped by extremes.

Käfer Wiesn-Schänke

The Käfer tent, which has only been represented since 1971, is one of the smaller companies at Oktoberfest. The Wiesn-Schänke is not a tent, but a large log house in the style of a Bavarian farm . The house offers space for 1400 guests, with a further 1900 spaces in the garden. As an offshoot of Feinkost Käfer , slightly more unusual dishes are offered here than is the case in the larger tents. Here you can often find prominent athletes, actors and other well-known people in the crowd . The serving in the Käfer tent ends at 12:30 a.m. (other tents at 10:30 p.m.); there is also wine and champagne.

Kuffler's wine tent

In the wine tent owned by Roland, Doris and Stephan Kuffler, wheat beer is served until 9:00 p.m. , parallel and afterwards there is, in addition to the usual non-alcoholic drinks, wine, sparkling wine and champagne with a corresponding audience. The tent has been represented since 1984. With a total of 2500 seats, it is one of the smaller tents at Oktoberfest. In 2005 the wine tent was redesigned; It is rebuilt every year, while the old tent was auctioned on eBay in October 2006 . It is supplied by the Paulaner brewery, various winemakers and the Nymphenburg sparkling wine cellar . A special feature: the long opening times until 1:00 a.m., while the other marquees (except for the Käfer) stop serving at 10:30 p.m.

Löwenbräu marquee

Löwenbräu marquee

Characteristic of this tent with 8,515 seats in the tent and garden is the 37 m high Löwenbräu tower with the moving lion, which used to speak through a tape recorder. 16,500 light bulbs shine under the tent sky. Since 1989 (until 2007) the Damenwiesn (a meeting of prominent women) took place here almost every year ; The initiator is the millionaire Regine Sixt .

It is the world's first beer tent with an ISO 9001 certificate. The hosts are Christa and Ludwig Hagn and Stephanie Spendler.

Ox roast

Ox roast

Spaten beer is served in the Ochsenbraterei marquee . In September 1881, the butcher Johann Rössler roasted an ox in one piece on a spit for the first time at the Oktoberfest and offered it as a stand-up snack. He had to stop the business in 1882 because he could not serve beer . From 1898 he was present again with his ox roast. In 1901 his 200th ox was roasted.

The tent has an area of ​​4200 m² and offers 5900 places (of which 1500 places are in the boxes); next to it there is a bar area with an area of ​​1700 m² and 1640 seats. 356 employees work for the Ochsenbraterei (as of 2010). The company has 5 bars.

The current tent was made in 2017; the construction time is 10 weeks, the dismantling time 5 weeks.

Paulaner marquee

Paulaner Festival Hall (2009)

The Paulaner festival tent can be recognized from afar by the large tower with a rotating, six-meter-high Paulaner beer mug at the top. Until 2018 it was called "Winzerer Fähndl", which comes from the time when the crossbow rifle guild of the same name had its headquarters here and the crossbow was still used in the tent. Long years ago, crossbowmen were drawn to a tent that was new at the time, the Armbrustschützenenzelt , which is why the epithet was removed in 2018 to avoid confusion. In 2010, the old marquee was replaced by a self-supporting structure that does not need any support columns inside the tent. From 2020 the landlady will be Arabella Schörghuber, who has been running the tent since 2004 together with her husband Peter Pongratz. At 40 meters, it is the widest at Oktoberfest and can accommodate around 8,450 guests. It is also the first tent at Oktoberfest with a beer pipeline (since 2010).

Festival hall Schottenhamel

Main entrance to the Schottenhamel tent

The history of the Festhalle Schottenhamel as a gastronomic business goes back to 1867, when the Schottenhamel was a board shed with space for 50 people behind the royal tent. In 1896 Michael I. Schottenhamel had the then Munich star architect Gabriel von Seidl design a magnificent festival hall; the era of beer tent architecture began.
Today's landlords (as of mid-2018) are Michael F. and Christian Schottenhamel. The tent has existed since 1953 and has an area of ​​7,000 m² with 8,000 places (two galleries). The Wirtsgarten has 4,000 places on an area of ​​2,200 m². About 350 people work here. There are 12 bars. The traditional first tap by the incumbent mayor takes place in this tent . The tent is also the traditional tent for Munich student associations , which can also be seen from the coat of arms with circles on one of the side walls. The guests are mostly young and the atmosphere is mostly exuberant.

Spaten beer is also served in the Schottenhamel tent . A specialty is the clothing of the female waitresses: classic serving aprons (instead of dirndls ) and bonnets. The benches in the bulkhead are also special ; they are arranged around the square tables and are shorter than usual. The Schottenhamel is also called the tent of youth .

Schützen marquee

Schützenfestzelt

The Schützen-Festzelt is one of the smaller beer tents with 5361 seats (approx. 4,300 inside and approx. 1090 outside). However, if you look at the area, it is the largest tent at the Oktoberfest. It is right next to the Bavaria and thus away from the big "beer street". It is overlooked by many tourists because the entrance is not exactly typical for a beer tent. The audience used to be older on average, and the atmosphere was much cozier than in the other large tents on the beer mile. Due to the band “Die Niederalmer”, which plays mostly rock and pop in the evenings and thus heats up the atmosphere, the audience here has also become younger and younger in recent years, and so the Schützen festival tent is next to the Hacker tent and the Schottenhamel the meeting place for Munich youth.

As one of the oldest tents at the Oktoberfest, you can still find a special feature here: the Oktoberfest national shooting of the marksmen takes place at 110 shooting ranges. The Schützen-Festzelt is famous for its geranium balcony. The hosts are Claudia and Eduard Reinbold. The specialty of the tent is roasted suckling pigs in malt beer .

Smaller marquees

In addition to the 14 large marquee tents, there are also smaller tents, mainly chicken roasters such as Wienerwald , Cafe Kaiserschmarrn ( Rischart ), Vinzenzmurr , Poschners, Heimer, Cafe Mohrenkopf, Bodos cafe tent, the Wirtshaus imschichtl and the Ammer chicken and duck roasters, which have been doing since In the year 2000 only organic products were sold.

Numbers and dates

Big marquees

The most important dates for the Wiesn festival tents are:

tent
represented for the first time
Total seats		 Seats
inside
Outside seating		 Beer price 2019
(per measure )		 Festwirt brewery music
Crossbowman tent 1895 7420 5820 1600 11.70 Peter Inselkammer family Paulaner Platzl Oktoberfest Chapel (Manfred Leopold & Andreas Stauber)
Augustiner Festival Hall 1898 8500 6000 2500 11.40 Manfred Vollmer & Thomas Vollmer Augustiner brew Augustiner Oktoberfest band (Reinhard Hagitte)
Pschorr-Bräurosl 1902 8250 6490 1760 11.80 Georg Heide & Renate Heide Hacker-Pschorr Singing by Bräurosl, Ludwig Thoma musicians, South Tyrolean Spitzbuam
Fischer-Vroni 1904 3862 3162 700 11.70 Johann Stadtmüller & Silvia Stadtmüller Augustiner brew Sepp Folger and his Munich musicians
Hacker marquee 1907 9378 6838 2540 11.80 Christl Roiderer & Toni Roiderer Hacker-Pschorr The Kirchdorfer , Cagey Strings Rock'n'Roll Band
Hofbräu festival tent 1955 9051 6017 3034 11.70 Margot Steinberg & Günter Steinberg Hofbräu Munich Chapel Alois Altmann and his Isarspatzen
Käfer Wiesn-Schänke 1971 3413 1383 2030 11.80 Michael Käfer & Clarissa Käfer Paulaner Martl Sax Band, Hansi and the Käfergang, Gerry & Gary, Dreirad, The Speedos
Kuffler's wine tent 1984 2500 1920 580 - Roland Kuffler, Doris Kuffler & Stephan Kuffler Paulaner Högl Fun Band, Blechblos'n, Swamp Toads and Pongau Power, Teufelsgeiger
Löwenbräu marquee 1910 8500 5700 2800 11.80 Stephanie Spendler Löwenbräu Bert Hansmeier's Heldensteiner
Marstall marquee 2014 4082 3200 882 11.80 Siegfried Able & Sabine Able Spatenbräu Pepi Kugler Band, Munich Discord
Ox roast 1881 7546 5900 1646 11.50 Annelies Haberl & Antje Schneider Spatenbräu Brass band Mathias Achatz, Die Pucher
Paulaner marquee 1898 8365 6385 1980 11.80 Arabella Schörghuber & Peter Pongratz Paulaner The Nockherberger (Konrad Aigner), night strong
Festival hall Schottenhamel 1867 9030 6288 2742 11.75 Christian Schottenhamel & Michael Schottenhamel Spatenbräu Otto Schwarzfischer Chapel
Schützen marquee 1876 6158 4923 1235 11.80 Eduard Reinbold family Löwenbräu Walter Bankhammer and the Niederalmer
All in all 96,055 70.026 26,029

Smaller marquees

In addition to the large marquee tents, there are also 21 medium and small tents.

tent
represented for the first time
Total seats		 Seats
inside
Outside seating		 Beer price 2019
(per measure )		 Festwirt brewery
Bunting chicken and duck roast 1885 937 465 472 11.50 Josef Schmidbauer Augustiner brew
Bodo's café tent 479 479 - - Otto Lindinger -
Café Kaiserschmarrn 2007 315 315 - - Gerhard Müller-Rischart & Magnus Müller-Rischart -
Café Mohrenkopf 1950 420 420 - - Katharina Wiemes -
Feisinger's Kas- und Weinstubn 160 100 60 - Rosemarie Feisinger & Max Feisinger -
Fish batha 181 133 48 11.40 Peter Lingnau Hacker-Pschorr
Glöckle host 256 226 30th 11.50 The Hanns-Werner Glöckle family Spatenbräu
Golden rooster 361 304 57 11.70 Josef Able family Spatenbräu
Heimer duck and chicken roast 346 346 - 11.30 Ignaz Schmid Hacker-Pschorr
Heinz sausage and chicken roasting facility 1906 384 384 - 11.40 Petra Brenner, Alexander Brenner & Herbert Heilmaier Paulaner
Hochreiter's Haxnbraterei 1979 250 250 - 11.35 Dieter Hochreiter & Christl Hochreiter Löwenbräu
Veal roast 2014 300 300 - 11.65 Erich Hochreiter & Jacqueline Hochreiter Löwenbräu
Munich dumpling 2002 799 399 400 11.30 Florian Oberndorfer & Bettina Oberndorfer Paulaner
Poschner's chicken and duck roast 1934 400 400 - 11.80 Berni Luff Hacker-Pschorr
Schiebl's coffee mug 60 60 - - Thomas Schiebl & Valerie Schiebl -
Vinzenzmurr Butcher Stubn 130 130 - 11.30 Brandl family Paulaner
Wiesn Guglhupf 2006 60 60 - - Marc Eisenbarth -
Wildstuben 751 751 - 11.65 Trudi Renoldi Augustiner brew
Tavern in the shift 2006 213 213 - 11.40 Manfred Schauer Spatenbräu
To the Stiftl 440 440 - 11.50 Lorenz Stiftl family Paulaner , Hacker-Pschorr
To the bratwurst 797 558 239 11.70 Werner Hochreiter Augustiner brew
All in all 8039 6733 1306

Allocation of the marquee concessions

The large Wiesn festival halls are awarded by the Schörghuber Group (Paulaner, Hacker and Pschorrbräu), the Löwen and Spaten breweries, the private Augustinerbräu and the state Hofbräu. According to their size, each brewery has to propose several festival tents per brewery and for them the landlords - provided the tent is not run by others, for example by the Armbrustschützengilde (with Paulaner) or the Schützenverband (with Löwenbräu beer).

Each brewery has the right to propose the festival host with at least two alternatives for the Oktoberfest tents it runs. In addition to the general professional qualification for managing a catering business of this size and the necessary experience, the applicant for a Oktoberfest tent must have proven to be reliable and personally harmless. That means: He may not be guilty of any violations of trade regulations, food law, tax law, immigration law or other laws beforehand.

The proposals are presented to the economic officer of the city ​​administration of Munich , who in turn has the right of proposal to the economic committee of the city ​​council and carries out an initial examination of the applicants. Based on his suggestions, the city council's Wiesn committee ultimately makes the decision. The award normally runs on a "good and proven" that leads to the concessions each year are awarded to the same hand-picked group of hosts. This policy goes up to the award according to birthright in the case of age-related departure of a host. In 2001, for example, in the Pschorr festival tent “Bräurosl”, the 82-year-old Willy Heide was handed over to his son Georg. Economic advisor Reinhold Wieczorek stated at the time that he can recommend this generation change within the respected host family Heide to the city council.

Seats

Arrangement of tables and benches in the Schottenhamel marquee

Basically, there is no standing bar (standing measure). The exception is the Hofbräu festival tent, where there are standing tables . The arrangement of the beer sets is usually arranged in rows. However, this is not the case in the Schottenhamel festival tent (see illustration) and in the Käfers Wiesn-Schänke, where square tables are set up; In some cases this is also the case in the Nymphenburg Sekt tent. Beer benches are very common as seats, although there are occasional chairs in the Beetle.

Outside, the music of the band is broadcast via loudspeakers. In no catering establishment with seating is music played from sound carriers. Canopies in the outdoor area have only been allowed since 2007, but are not yet used due to the strict fire protection regulations.

Web links

Commons : Marquee tents at the Oktoberfest  gallery
Commons : Festival tents at Oktoberfest  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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