Kamenzer Forstfest
An historic school and homeland festival set within the forested landscape around Lessing's birthplace, running for a full week with parades, folk customs and community celebration.
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"An arts and crafts market held within the romantic ruins of the Cistercian Altzella monastery, one of Saxony's most atmospheric heritage settings, bringing together regional artisans for a late-summer weekend."
Kunsthandwerkermarkt Altzella
"A three-day castle and old-town festival beneath Mildenstein Castle on the Mulde river, filling Leisnig's medieval lanes with craft markets, historical pageantry and live music."
Burg- und Altstadtfest Leisnig
"A bicultural German-Sorbian autumn market in the rural commune of Malschwitz, showcasing the living heritage and seasonal produce of Upper Lusatia's indigenous Sorbian community."
Deutsch-sorbischer Herbstmarkt
"A weekend railway festival celebrating the beloved narrow-gauge Döllnitzbahn, with vintage locomotives, railway demonstrations and family festivities at the small station town of Mügeln."
Bahnhofsfest der Döllnitzbahn
"A celebrated three-day wine festival in Germany's oldest wine-growing town, where Elbe-valley Muller-Thurgau and Riesling vintners pour their wines beneath the Gothic Albrechtsburg overlooking the river."
Meißner Weinfest
"A golden autumn town festival in the elegant royal Saxon spa village of Bad Elster, pairing regional wine with an international wandering theatre festival in the handsome parkland setting."
Herbst- und Weinfest Bad Elster
"A ten-day traditional Volksfest in the Jura limestone plateau market town of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, one of the established mid-sized Bavarian folk festivals with beer tents, fairground rides, and a strong local identity rooted in the surrounding Jura landscape."
Jura-Volksfest
"A convivial two-day village festival set around the Rathaus of this Franco-German border community, organised by local clubs and open to neighbours from both sides of the Saar."
Dorffest Kleinblittersdorf
"The annual Kerb of the pilgrimage village of Marpingen brings three days of communal celebration on the Kirmesplatz, keeping alive the Saarland Kirb custom at the heart of a close-knit small town."
Marpinger Kerb
"The annual Kirchweih in Weißenburg, a small Franconian walled town on the Roman Limes, is one of the region's established late-summer fairs, held in the shadow of medieval towers and gates that have overlooked the celebrations for centuries."
Kirchweih Weißenburg
"A traditional annual Volksfest in the small Altmühl valley market town of Riedenburg, set among medieval castles and the romantic limestone gorge landscape of the Altmühltal nature park."
Volksfest Riedenburg
"Billed as the largest wine festival on the Upper Moselle, this cross-border kirmes at Nittel is paired with Luxembourg's Wain-Schmaachen at Machtum opposite, with a free passenger ferry shuttling between the two countries throughout the day."
St. Rochus Weinkirmes Nittel