Weißenburger Kirchweih
The Weißenburger Kirchweih ( Franconian Kerwa or Körwa ) is an annual folk festival in Weißenburg in Bavaria in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen . With an estimated 100,000 visitors, it is the largest parish fair in southern Franconia .
history
The parish fair originally took place on the occasion of the consecration of the St. Andreas town church in 1327. It was first mentioned in 1455. The Weißenburg emigrants to America celebrated the Weissenburg parish fair in New York City in the 19th century . In 1921 a parish fair committee was founded to better organize the festival. During the two world wars, the parish fair could not be held. Before the Kirchweihplatz was laid out on Wiesenstrasse in 1961, the festival took place on a meadow on Jahnstrasse. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany , the parish fair was canceled for the first time since the Second World War.
today
Today the Kirchweih is the meeting point for Weißenburgers from all over the world and has the character of a folk festival with rides, such as B. a ferris wheel . There is also a marquee for the Weißenburg breweries on the site. Traditionally, a parade , a boxing match , a dog race and, since 1954, the parish fair cycle race of RC Germania Weißenburg take place at the parish fair. The Weißenburger Kirchweih usually ends with fireworks .
During the Kirchweihtage there is a special timetable for the bus companies to and from the Kirchweihplatz. The Kirchweih beer was brewed by the Sigwart and Schneiderbräu breweries until 2018 . It has been brewed by Schneiderbräu since 2019 .
meeting
The parish fair begins with the beer tasting on the Friday before the 3rd Sunday in August and ends on the Sunday of the following weekend with the parish fair parade and the evening fireworks.
literature
- Reiner Kammerl: Af die Körwa mouß ma göih ... 2011
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Weißenburger Kirchweih 2015: Everyone is satisfied , Weißenburger Tagblatt , accessed on August 25, 2015
- ↑ From a special supplement to WZ on August 17, 2011
- ↑ Summer will be quiet in Altmühlfranken without festivals . In: Weißenburger Tagblatt, online at nordbayern.de . Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ↑ Text about the parish fair
- ↑ Report from the Weißenburger Tagblatt ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ frankenradar.de
