Events

There is plenty of events taking place throughout the year in the Altmühltal Nature Park. Here you will find much more than just “beer & music”!

You will meet Romans and Renaissance characters, sit round the fire with Lansquenets and even stroll in a Baroque market. Moreover, you will have a chance to listen to concerts and attend plays both in historical buildings and by natural stages under the tree canopy. Obviously, you will also taste local delicacies, too, which are key elements of fairs, markets and weeks devoted to special events. If you are looking for an enthralling experience, you should not miss the many events organized on board of the ships that navigate along the Danube and the Main-Danube canal.

To tell the truth, sometimes we remember small events with more pleasure than larger happenings: just think of taking part in a traditional fair in good company or happily celebrating at open-air events on historical squares... Even though they have roots in a distant past, in the Altmühltal Nature Park many traditions are still lively and enthralling. For instance the representations of Christ’s Passion, the Corpus Christi processions, all of the carnival customs, the horse procession in St. Leonard’s honour (“Leonhardiritten”) or the characteristic “cooper dance”, which takes place every seven years only.