Schützenfest Bad Driburg
The annual Schützenfest of this Teutoburg Forest spa village, where a new king was crowned with the 160th shot in 2026, keeping a centuries-old marksmanship tradition alive in the Kreis Höxter countryside.
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"A four-day Schützenfest in the small Münsterland town of Olfen, known for its strong community traditions and lively parade through the old town streets on the August bank weekend."
Schützenfest Olfen
"A small Sauerland village Schützenfest celebrating its shooting brotherhood's 150th year, drawing neighbouring clubs for a weekend of marching, royal shooting and traditional festivity."
Jubiläumsschützenfest Züschen 2026, 150 Jahre
"A four-day Westphalian Vogelschießen in a small Kreis Höxter village, where Dirk Zymner was crowned king in a nail-biting final shot in 2026, preserving one of the region's most competitive shooting customs."
Schützenfest Bredenborn mit Vogelschießen
"A Westphalian village Schützenfest marking the 150th anniversary of its brotherhood, with a ceremonial Kaiser shooting, grand procession and three days of community celebration in the Sauerland hills."
Jubiläumschützenfest 2026, 150 Jahre Schützenbruderschaft Siedlinghausen
"A quintessential Westphalian village Schützenfest in the Weser uplands, where Christopher Multhaup was crowned new king and the whole community gathers for three days of parades and fellowship."
Schützenfest Altenbergen
"A free-entry Hochsauerland village Schützenfest in the forest hamlet of Brilon-Wald, with a ceremonial march to the war memorial, a royal ball with live band, and a Jungschützen party extending the revelry across three evenings."
Schützenfest Brilon-Wald
"Limmersdorf's extraordinary Kirchweih is celebrated on a wooden dance floor built high in the branches of a centuries-old linden tree, one of the last surviving tree-dances in Europe and recognised as Bavarian intangible cultural heritage."
Limmersdorfer Lindenkirchweih
"Franconian Kirchweih danced around a 400-year-old linden tree whose dance floor sits four metres off the ground, organised each year by four bachelor Plootzborschen with a sand bowling alley and brass band music."
Lindenkirchweih Vestenbergsgreuth
"A Schützenfest in the North Sea coastal commune of Wangerland in East Frisia, combining the traditional marksmanship customs of the marshland with the bracing seaside setting of the Jade Bight coast."
Schützenfest Wangerland
"Gochsheim's Plankirchweih is a UNESCO-recognised intangible cultural heritage dating to 1649, when the village celebrated the restoration of religious freedom after the Thirty Years' War with a ceremonial Plantanz on the village square that is still danced today by costumed young villagers."
Plankirchweih Gochsheim
"Mittenwald's celebrated Goaßabtrieb sees goat herds with prize judging parade through the painted medieval streets of this violin-making village at the foot of the Karwendel."
Goaßabtrieb Mittenwald
"A UNESCO-recognised peace festival dating to 1649 in which elaborately costumed Planburschen raise a 15-metre spruce pole and perform centuries-old Franconian round dances on the village square."
Gochsheimer Kirchweih (Plankirchweih)