Referat Oktoberfest

_Oktoberfest

Structure

1.   In general

2. History- From beginning till now

3. Highlights

3.1 Opening

3.2 Garp procession

4. Difference between the tents

4.1 Big Tents

4.2 Small tents

5.   Wies n Gaudi

5.1 Meaning

5.2 Wies n without beer

6.   Sources

In general

The Okterfest had become bigger and bigger. The Theresienwiese is near the centre of Munich and 42 hectare big. And because of this there are a lot of visitors, about 6 millions every year.

The Oktoberfest begins on the third Saturday in September and ends on the first Sunday in

October. They begin to build a few months before.

Most of the waiters are Students who want to make some money and if they work good they can make till 1200 € in this 16 to 18 days. But it isn’t an easy job. Often they have to work 12 to 14 hours.

2. History- From beginning till now

On the 12. October 1810 the crown prince Ludwig wanted to marry princesses Therese of Sachsen-Hildburghausen. A sergeant had the idea of celebrating the marriage with a big party and horse racing. Ludwig thought this would be a great idea and started the celebration with the first horse racing as a precursor of the real Oktoberfest. The royal family celebrated five days. At the end there was an other horse racing. As a symbol of love this place had given the name of the bride. So it calls Theresienwiese. In the next year the spectacle was repeated because of the big fun. For this there were some specials. You could get a price for the most beautiful horses or oxes. From the year 18 8 there were also attractions like a swing. Two years later the people could visit new artists, carrousels and stands. Now the real Oktoberfest was born.

Ludwig 1. Therese of Sachsen Hildenhausen

Opening

In 1887 the Theresienwiese was placed in front of the town gate. The artists and the landlords went together to this place as symbol of beginning the celebration. This tradition went on till now.  The Münchner Kindl” (flag of Munich) and the mayor lead the procession. The horses, the breweries, the artists and musicians are walking behind them.

12 o’clock the mayor opens the first draught. From this moment it is allowed to sell the draught beer.

Garb procession

At the silver wedding of Ludwig and Therese in 835 there was the first garb procession as a gift.  Since 1950 it is an every year highlight. At the first Sunday of the Oktoberfest many people wear their garb and walk seven kilometres from Maximilianeum to the Theresienwiese. This long procession consists of clubs from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, North Italy and other European countries.

Münchner Kindl One day before opening

Big tents

There are 14 big tents. Everyone has an other name and belongs to an other brewery. The big tents are very coveted because of the fantastic mood.

One of the famous tents is the Hippodrom where are about 4.000 places to sit. It is preferred by the stars and is celebrate as a red carpet. The champagne bar is very popular by young people. But it is very expensive because a bottle of champagne costs between 150€ and 5 0€. Also there is a live band with the name “Simmisamma” which plays at noon and an other band Münchner Zwietracht” which plays in the evening. The beer belongs to the Spaten- Franzikaner-Br u.

The Löwenbräu-Festhalle is an other example for a famous tent. The mascot, a big lion is standing in front of the tent which is screaming every few minutes. This is a famous meeting point for fans of the football club TSV 1860 München. The tent has places for 8.500 people and sells beer of the brewery Löwenbräu.

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- Hippodrom

- Armbrustschützen Festhalle

- Hofbräu-Festzelt

- Hacker-Festzelt

- Schottenhamel

- Winzerer Fähndl

- Schützen-Festzelt

- Käfer's Wies'n-Schänke

- Weinzelt

- Löwenbräu-Festhalle

- Bräurosl

- Augustiner-Festhalle

- Spatenbräu-Festhalle (Ochsenbraterei)

Beside the big tents there are also 18 small tents. Inside between 100 to 500 people can take place but they are famous for the special food often it is typical for Bavaria.

One example is “Hühner- und Entenbraterei Ammer”. Ammer sells his food since 1885 at the

Oktoberfest. They have 00 places for visitors and get their beer from the brewery Augustiner. Also they have a live band “Blind Date” which plays the hole evening. You can also see a big difference between the tents.

In Café Kaiserschmarrn” you can t get something like in “Hühner- und Entenbraterei Ammer” but you can eat a lot of things from a bakery like cakes, different café sorts and sweet Bavarian desserts. Even in the morning you can have a great breakfast and about 360 people can sit there. In the evening opens the bar and you can have fun with great music.

5.1 Meaning

An important point of the Oktoberfest is the “Wiesn Gaudi” because it has a special meaning. It means that everyone should have fun and don’t think of stress at home. So there are a lot of attractions like the carrusell or the ferris wheel. The classic you can see every year for example the “Freefall”, “Zugspitzbahn” and Münchner Rutsch’n”. But there are also new ones like Hammerschlag” and Höllenblitz”. The attractions aren t only roller coaster but also theatre and tombola where you can win something special.

Many people think that the “Wiesn Gaudi” means that you have to drink a lot or probably be drunken. But I think that is not right because there are many children and everyone can have

fun in another way.

Münchner Rutsch n                                           Willenborgs Oktoberfest-Riesenrad

5.2 Wiesn without Beer

In 1810 they also had have something to drink, but only a few years later it was allowed to sell beer. At this time they hadn’t had tents like we know them now the people could only sit outside, like a beer garden. The landlords enlarged the tents every year so they placed big dance floors or bowling alley inside. Till end of 19 century they made big tents out of this huts. Thomas Wimmer was the first mayor who tap a keg of beer and said O'zapft is'!”. This was in 1950 and every year the mayor makes this at 12 o’clock.

Today it is unbelievable that there will be a Wiesn party without beer. You mustn t be

drunken like many people but it is a tradition.

Links

www.oktoberfest.de www.wikipedia.de

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Piktures

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