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The Year in Bayerisch Eisenstein
| Public Holidays in Bavaria 2008 | Public Holidays in Czech Republic 2008 |
| January 1st New Year's Day | January 1st New Year's Day |
| January 6th Twelfth Night | |
| March 21st Good Friday | |
| March 24th Easter Monday | March 24th Easter Monday |
| May 1st Labour/Ascension Day | May 1st Labour Day |
| May 12th Whit Monday | May 8th Liberation Day |
| May 22nd Corpus Christi | July 5th Day of Slavonic Apostles |
| August 15th Assumption | July 6th Jan Hus Day |
| September 28th Czech National Day | |
| October 3rd German Unity Day | October 28th Czechoslovak Republic Day |
| November 1st All Saints | November 17th Student's Fight for Freedom & Democracy |
| December 25th/26th Christmas | December 24th/25th/26th Christmas |
January – the New Year starts with fireworks at midnight,
all over the village and on the
terrace of Haus Sterr, with glasses
of Sekt (German sparkling wine) for all our guests. There is usually good snow for skiing all through January. But from the weekend after New Year when the school holidays end, the village is almost deserted for 3 weeks, until the last weekend in January when the German school half term holidays start, usually staggered over a 4-6 week period.
Weather in January 2008:
average daytime temperature: 4 °C
average nighttime temperature: -1°C
No. of days with rain: 2
No. of days with snow: 3
Average depth of snow on the Arber mountain: 60cm
February is the main skiing season in the Bavarian Forest. The weather is usually cold
(can go down to -18C at night) and there is
plenty of snow. The peak of the skiing season is the Faschingswoche (carnival week) when all the Bavarian schools are on holiday. The village is packed. Best avoided by people without children on holiday that week (21st-28th February in 2009)! The German school holidays usually continue until the 1st weekend in March.
Weather in February 2008:
average daytime temperature: 5°C
average nighttime temperature: -3°C
No. of days with snow: 2
No. of days with rain: 5
Average depth of snow on the Arber mountain: 60cm
March – from the 1st weekend until Easter, the village is usually
deserted again. There is 
normally plenty of snow until Easter and,
with the longer days and more sunshine, it is an excellent time for skiing.
Weather in March 2008:
average daytime temperature: 5°C
average nighttime temperature: -1.5°C
No. of days with snow: 10
No. of days with rain: 4
Average depth of snow on the Arber mountain: 70cm
April – Easter weekend is busy. There are local events – especially the Easter horse parade in Regen. If Easter is early or the winter snow has been heavy there can still be skiing at Easter weekend and walks through the snowy forest. After Easter, the spring walking season gets underway, although the village is still not full. Some restaurants close after the Easter holidays until the beginning of May.
Weather in April 2008:
average daytime temperature: 11 °C
average nighttime temperature: 3 °C
No. of days with snow: 1
No. of days with rain: 2
May starts with the traditional raising of the Maypole on May 1st by
the volunteer firefighters, 
in the village and many other places. May
weather can be very hot and sunny and all of the tourist attractions are open again. It is an excellent time to visit places such as Prague and Passau which can get very full in the summer.
June is when the local festivals really get under way – there are beer and/or medieval 
festivals somewhere in the region every weekend
from
now until the end of the summer.
Weather in June 2007:
average daytime temperature 25°C
average nighttime temperature 14°C.
No. of days with rain :10 (showers)
July/August are the peak holiday months. In common with the
mountain areas in the rest
of Central Europe, there can be periods of
heavy rain, sometimes even exciting thunder storms. But the rain often comes at night. Days are mostly hot, sunny and dry. The high point of the village year is the Ludwigshoehfest in the middle of August – beer festival, shooting competition and medieval market. From this point on, with the days getting shorter, the evenings are a little cooler.
Weather in July 2007:
average daytime temperature: 24°C
average nighttime temperature: 13°C.
No. of days with rain: 10 (showers)
Weather in August 2007:
average daytime temperature: 24°C
average nighttime temperature: 11°C
No. of days with rain: 7 (of which showers 5 days)
September is usually a golden month in the mountains of
the Bavarian Forest. The deciduous
trees change colour against the
dark green background, the weather is still mostly warm and sunny during the day. This is the main walking season in the mountains.
Weather in 1st half September 2007:
average daytime temperature: 15°C
average nighttime temperature: 8 °C.
No. of days with rain: 10
October already shows signs of the approaching winter, often with
clear sunny days and 
night frosts. There can be early snow falls.
The tourist attractions and restaurants are mostly open until the end of October/beginning of November.
Weather in October 2007:
average daytime temperature: 18°C
average nighttime temperature: 3°C
No. of days with rain: 7
No. of days with snow: 2
November to Christmas is the quiet period in the village.
Some restaurants and 
most tourist attractions close but the towns,
villages, forests and mountains are still there, without crowds. The snow usually arrives in earnest and skiing on the Arber often starts by late November.
December – the quiet period continues for German tourism until
Christmas. But foreign 
visitors know better and arrive for the
Christmas markets which are in usually in full swing from the beginning of December. The only closing for Christmas is on Christmas Eve when shops shut during the afternoon and restaurants close from mid evening, to allow their staff to celebrate Christmas with their families. From 25th December it is business as usual, with all restaurants open and the ski lifts and ski schools all operating. Only the shops stay closed until 27th.
There is a wide range of events on around Christmas and New Year. This is a selection for 2007:
21st December: Christmas Concert in Bayerisch Eisenstein Church
23rd December: Bayerisch Eisenstein's International Christmas Market
26th December: Evening of local music and dancing in Bayerisch Eisenstein
28th December: Concert on the village square in Bayerisch Eisenstein
28th December-January 4th: New Year's Market at Zwiesel Kristallglas in Zwiesel - art and crafts
29th December: Winter Solstice in Rinchnach - witches and demon's perform manic dances (also in Zwiesel and at Joska Kristall in Bodenmais)
Haxnbrecher Apre'ski Ball in Bayerisch Eisenstein
30th December: Horse drawn sleigh races in Rinchnach
31st December: midnight - fireworks all over the village and on the terrace of Haus Sterr 
1st January: New Year's Day Concert - the village band plays Bavarian and Czech waltzes, polkas and marches
Weather in December 2007:
average daytime temperature: 4 °C
average nighttime temperature: -2 °C
No. of days with rain: 8
No. of days with snow: 8
Average depth of snow on the Arber mountain: 70cm
Contact us
Bavarian Forest HolidaysWaldschmidtstrasse 1
94252 Bayerisch Eisenstein
Germany
Tel. (Germany) +49 (0)9925 90 32 04 (UK) 07976 403434
Email: pyrabelisk@btinternet.com
