Weimar onion market
The Weimar Onion Market (also known as the Zippel Market in dialect ) is a traditional event that is held every year on the second weekend in October in Weimar . In the course of time it changed from a market for fruit and field crops to a folk festival with up to 360,000 visitors.
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The origins of the Weimar onion market probably go back to the Middle Ages ; it was first mentioned on October 4, 1653 as the “cattle and zippel market”.
In 1872 its duration was fixed at one to three days in October. After 1900 it was limited to one day, in 1949 the second Saturday in October was set as the date. It has only been held for three days again since the 1990s.
The onion market originally took place on Frauenplan and in today's Schillerstraße, but now extends over the entire old town. Various programs are offered by around 500 artists on five large stages and several smaller ones, and around 600 stands invite you to eat and shop.
The gastronomic focus of the onion market is the sale of onion tarts and spring whites . A popular souvenir are intricately braided onion braids of onions and dried flowers.
Since 1990 the Weimar city run over eleven kilometers has been part of the annual program, in which more than 2000 runners take part.
In the run-up to the onion market, an onion market queen is elected.