The Cannstatter Wasen is a 35 hectare festival area on the banks of the Neckar river in the part of Stuttgart known as Bad Cannstatt.
6-822: The Cannstatter Wasen form part of the Neckar Park Fairground. Each year the Wasen hosts the Cannstatter Volksfest and the Stuttgart Spring Festival , along with other events such as concerts and circuses. 48°47′38″N 9°13′20″E / 48.79389°N 9.22222°E / 48.79389; 9.22222 This article related to a festival in Europe is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cannstatter Volksfest The Cannstatter Volksfest
12-466: A "Fruchtsäule" ( Fruit Column ) display covered with fruits, vegetables, and grains donated by King Wilhelm I . In the following decades, the Volksfest grew and evolved beyond its agricultural focus. In 1841, the festival's first parade was held, which featured over 10,000 participants and 100,000 spectators. Traditionally a parade also takes place at the Wasen, usually on the first Sunday. In 1954
18-428: A record number of spectators attended the parade along the route from Stuttgart's central square to the Wasen site: 300,000. The Mohrenköpfle is a pig in the parade. On the orders of King Wilhelm I, Maskenschweine ( Meishan pigs ) were imported from Central China in 1820–21, in order to improve pig breeding in the kingdom of Baden-Württemberg. This crossbreeding with the "Chinese pigs" was particularly successful within
24-688: Is an annual three-week Volksfest ( beer festival and travelling funfair ) in Stuttgart , Germany . It is sometimes also referred to by foreign visitors as the Stuttgart Beer Festival , although it is actually more of an autumnal fair. The festival takes place at the Cannstatter Wasen from late September to early October, spanning a period over three weekends, ending the second Sunday in October. The extensive Wasen area
30-551: Is in the Stuttgart city district of Bad Cannstatt , near the river Neckar . A smaller variant of the Stuttgart festival, the Stuttgart Spring Festival , is also held each year in Wasen. Although the Volksfest is not strictly speaking a beer festival, it is considered by many to be the second largest beer celebration in the world after the Munich Oktoberfest . According to estimates about 4.2 million people visited
36-618: The festival in 2006. The Volksfest begins one week later than the Oktoberfest. The first Cannstatter Volksfest was conceived as a celebration of agriculture after a period of crop failures and famine as a result of the volcanic winter following the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia. The inaugural event was held in a meadow near the River Neckar on 28 September 1818, and featured displays of agricultural technology and
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