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Events in Bavaria
Medieval & Beer Festivals and Other Events in Bavaria and Czech Republic
These are the events which we know about at the moment. Details of current events are always posted on the notice board at the Forsthaus. We are happy to arrange tickets to events for guests.
(Exact dates for each year will be added when available).
If you are planning a visit to one of these events, please double check the dates with us or another source before making travel arrangements.(We cannot be responsible for any errors in these dates/events)
Public holidays in Bavaria and Czech Republic are marked in blue
Date |
Place |
Event |
| January 1st, 2012
| Bavaria/Czech Rep. |
New Year's Day |
| January 6th, 2012
| Bavaria |
Twelfth Night |
| February 5th-March 25th, 2012
| Plzen (CZ) |
Smetena Days - annual music festival |
| February 14th-16th, 2012 | Plzen (CZ) |
Valentine's Market |
| March 30th - April 9th, 2012 | Plzen (CZ) |
Easter Market |
| April 6th, 2012
| Bavaria |
Good Friday - Public Holiday |
| April 8th, 2012
| Bavaria/Czech Rep. |
Easter Monday |
| Easter Monday April 8th, 2012 | Regen
Zwiesel
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54. Osterritt - 54th Easter Ride: Horse Procession through the town
Emmaeus Walk - traditional glassmakers' walk to the glassmakers' chapel at Rotkot-Wald, Easter Nest hunt at the Theresienthal glassworks. |
| April ?? , 2012
| Arber |
Cable car/ski lifts stop at the end of the skiing season |
| April 20th-May 6th, 2012 | Munich |
Spring Festival on the Theresienwiese |
| April ??, 2012 | Arber |
Traditional 'snow burning' on the Arber to mark the official end of the winter season. Music and food. Early table reservation essential. www.arberschutzhaus 19.00-24.00 |
| April 30th, 2012 |
Zelezna Ruda (CZ) |
Raising of the May Pole |
| May 1st 2012 | Bavaria/Czech Rep. |
Labour Day |
| May 1st, 2012 | Bayerisch Eisenstein |
Raising of the May Pole at the village square
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| May 4th - 6th, 2012
| Plzen (CZ) |
Liberation Festival - celebrating the anniversary of the liberation of Plzen by the US Army in 1945 |
| May 5th, 2012
| Czech Rep. |
Day of the 1945 Prague Uprising |
| May 8th, 2012 | Czech Rep. |
Liberation from Fascism Day |
| May ??, 2012 | Arber |
Cable car to top of Arber restarts for the summer |
| May 17th, 2012
| Bavaria |
Ascension Day |
| May 23rd - 25th, 2012
| Plzen (CZ) |
May Market |
| May 24th-28th 2012
| Regen |
"drumherum" famous folk festival held only every 2 years |
| May 28th, 2012
| Bavaria |
Whit Monday |
| May 28th, 2012
| Bad Koetzting |
Whitsun Horse Procession |
| June 8th-10th, 2012
| Regen |
Medieval Festival at the Weissenstein castle ruins. |
| June 14th- 18th, 2012
| Bodenmais
| St. Benno Fest |
| June 15th-17th, 2012 | Plzen (CZ) |
Historical weekend - fairy tales, historic figures, ghost parade |
| June 15th-17th, 2012 | Plzen (CZ) |
Annual Folklore Festival |
| June 22nd-24th, 2012 | Cesky Krumlow (CZ) |
Festival of the Five-Petalled Rose - Renaissance festival when the town goes back for three days to the times of knights, noble women, magicians and beggars... |
| June 22nd-25th, 2012
| Rinchnach |
St. Guntherfest Beer and music from 18.00 Friday, 15.00 Saturday, 13.30 Sunday, 15.00 Monday. 10.00 Sunday - procession of 50 decorated horses and carts through local villages and back to Rinchnach (St. Gunther founded Rinchnach in 1011, forerunner of population of the whole Bavarian Forest) |
| June 23rd, 2012
| Bavaria |
Corpus Christi |
| June 24th -26th, 2011 | Prachatice (CZ) |
Festival of the Salt Route commemorating the old salt route between Bavaria and Bohemia which ran from Passau to Prachatice |
| June 24th, 2012 | Frauenau |
Glasstrassenfest (Glass Road Festival) on the Rathausplatz, Glass Road Run, glass related activities, Bavarian specialities, music, dancing and singing |
| July 5th, 2012
| Czech Rep. |
St. Cyril & St. Methodius Day |
| July 6th, 2012 | Czech Rep. |
Jan Hus Day |
| July 6th-8th,
2012 | Burghausen |
Historic Castle Festival with medieval market, procession, camp fires Friday 18.00-24.00, Saturday 14.00-01.00, Sunday 11.00-18.00 |
| July 12th-15th, 2012
| Straubing |
Jazz an der Donau |
| July 14th-22nd, 2012 | Zwiesel |
Grenzlandfest (border country festival) - beer festival with different local bands, sporting events etc. |
| July 16th-17th, 2011 | Grainet |
Saeumerfest (salt carriers festival) - a reminder of Grainet's former importance on the Golden Route between Bavaria and Bohemia. The high point is at 11.00 on Sunday when the procession arrives from its camp. There is a mediaeval market on the village square, with sword fights and music. |
July 16th, 2011
| Spiegelau |
Pandurenfest |
July 27th-August 1st, 2012
| Regen |
Pichelsteiner Fest - Gondolas provide rides on the river Regen. Visitors can taste the famous original Pichelsteiner Eintopf (casserole) in the beer tents. |
| July 27th - 30th, 2012
| Spiegelau |
Volksfest - beer and entertainment. Flea market on the Sunday morning |
| August 3rd - 4th, 2012
| Grafenau |
Saeumerfest (Salt Carriers Festival) Celebration of the 625 year history of the oldest town in the Bavarian Forest. The Salt Carriers make a camp on the Friday night at Haus im Wald (8km from Grafenau) and process on the Saturday to Grafenau where they are received on the Saturday by the Mayor and Council. On the town square, there is a market with historical craft demonstrations, mummers and musicians. |
August 9th- 20th, 2012
| Furth im Wald |
Drachenstichspiele (Dragon Slaying Festival) The biggest historical spectacle in East Bavaria. A 500 year old tradition, originally based on the legend of St. George slaying the dragon. There are performances of the play depicting the medieval Hussite wars. Tickets need to be booked). On one day, there is jousting, a procession through the town with 1,500 participants in costume, more than 200 horses, bands and floats depicting 1,000 years of the area's history, beer festival. On another day, a children's historical festival. |
| August ??, 2011 | Zelezna Ruda, CZ |
Summer Festival |
| August 10th-20th, 2012 | Straubing
| Gaeubodenfest - 2nd largest Fest in Bavaria |
August 11th-12th, 2012
| Bayerisch Eisenstein |
Ludwigshoehfest - Bayerisch Eisenstein's summer festival. |
| August 15th, 2012
| Bavaria |
Assumption |
| August 17th -19th, 2012 | Furth im Wald |
Cave Gladium Medieval sword fighting tournament |
| August 19th, 2012 | Arber |
Arber-Kirchweih - church festival on the Arber mountain. Church service followed traditional beer festival in the Arberschutzhaus. 10.30-16.00 |
| August 23rd-25th, 2012 | Plzen, CZ |
Bartholomew's Market |
| August 26th, 2012
| Bad Koetzting |
Horse Day with 440 horse procession |
| August 31st-September 1st, 2012 | Plzen, CZ |
Plzener Beer Festival |
| September 2nd-4th, 2011 | Schloss Wolfstein, Freyung |
Freyunger Schlossfest. Friday 18.00 Historic procession through Freyung to Schloss Wolfstein, Saturday/Sunday: Historic market and camp fires, fencing demonstrations, bird of prey demonstrations, medieval music, fire eaters, belly dancers, children's programme. Sunday from 08.00 Flea market along the Grafenauer Strasse. Music, food and drink all day. |
September 1st, 2012
| Zwiesel |
Zwiesel Farmer's Day 09.00-18.00 Farmers and Craft Market in the centre of town. 13.00 and 16.00 guided tours of the underground caverns.
Hopfa Zupfa Fest Beer Fest at the Dampfbrauerei Zwiesel from 13.00 |
| September 2nd, 2012 | Bischofsmais |
St. Hermann Ride, from 09.00. Procession to St. Hermann, church service, procession through Bischofsmais and back to St. Hermann. From midday, beer tent and food. Afternoon: free pony rides and horse and cart rides. |
| September 18th-22nd, 2012
| Plzen (CZ)
| Wenceslas Market + 4th Plzen Wine Harvest Celebration |
| September 21st - October 8th, 2012 | Munich |
Oktoberfest - the original, biggest and best! Travel by train from Bayerisch Eisenstein. |
| September 28th-30th, 2012 | Cesky Krumlow (CZ)
| Wenceslas Festival |
| September 28th, 2012 | Czech Rep.
| Czech National Day |
| October 3rd, 2012
| Bavaria
| German Unity Day |
| October 16th-19th, 2012 | Plzen (CZ) |
Havel's Market |
| October 26th-November 11th, 2012 | Plzen (CZ) |
Jazz without Borders |
| October 28th, 2012
| Czech Rep. |
Independence Day
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| November ??, 2012 | Bayerisch Eisenstein |
Arber Cable Car stops until the start of the winter season.
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| November 1st, 2012
| Bavaria |
All Saints |
| November 3rd - 4th, 2012 | Zwiesel |
Zwieseler Fink - folk music competition |
| November 6th-11th, 2012 | Plzen (CZ) |
St. Martin's Market |
| November 10th, 2012 | Rinchnach |
Wolfsauslassen
Unique event involving (human) wolves, stags etc, 600 cow bells. Festivities go on until 6am or even later next day. |
| November 11th, 2012 | Bayerisch Eisenstein |
St. Martin - performance by Kindergarten children in the Church, procession with lanterns and singing to the village square. Gluehwein on sale at the gate to the Kindergarten |
| November 17th, 2012 | Czech Rep.
| Students' Fight for Freedom & Democracy |
| November ??, 2012 | Klatovy (CZ)
| Lighting the Christmas Tree with Christmas Carols |
| November 30th - December 23rd, 2012
| Plzen (CZ) |
Christmas Market |
December 2nd, 2012
| Bayerisch Eisenstein |
Advent Market with Christmas decorations, home made liqueurs etc. 14.00 |
| December 12th, 2012 | Plzen (CZ)
| Christmas Carol Singing - Largest mass carol singing event in Bohemia |
| December 23rd, 2012 | Bayerisch Eisenstein
| 5th International Christmas Market on the village square
12.00-19.00 www.weihnachtsmarkt-eisenstein.de |
| December ??, 2012 |
Klatovy
| Christmas Craft Market Main Square |
December 24th, 2012
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Bayerisch Eisenstein
| 16.00 Children's Christmas Mass in the Village Church
22.00 Christmas Mass in the Village Church
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| December 24th, 2012
| Czech Rep.
| Christmas Eve |
| December 25th, 2012
| Bavaria/Czech Rep.
| 1st day of Christmas |
| December 26th, 2012 | Bavaria/Czech Rep.
| 2nd Day of Christmas
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| December 28th, 2012 | Bayerisch Eisenstein
| Eisensteiner Singkreis: Traditional Songs on the Village Square 17.00-22.00 |
| December 28th, 2012 | Rinchnach
| Horse drawn sleigh races 13.00 |
| December ? - January ??, 2012 | Zwiesel
| New Year's Market - arts and crafts at Zwiesel Kristallglas |
| December 29th, 2012
| Bayerisch Eisenstein
| Haxenbrecherball in the Arberlandhalle 08.00-01.00 |
| December 29th, 2012 | Rinchnach, Zwiesel, Bodenmais
| Rauhnacht: Witches and demons do noisy and energetic dances, related to the winter solstice. |
| December 31st, 2012
| Bayerisch Eisenstein
| Silvesterparty
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Bavarian Forest Holidays
Hans-Watzlik-Strasse 8
94252 Bayerisch Eisenstein
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Tel. (Germany) +49 (0)9925 90 32 04 (UK) 07976 403434
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Forest walk
Arriving by train from the UK
Baby bear in the Bavarian Forest National Park
Cookery lesson
Bavarian Forest mountains
Martin with the first Sengzelten
Regensburg Cathedral
Rissloch falls
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