Oktoberfest Essay

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HomeRandom Go This article is about the Munich Oktoberfest. For the special strong beer, seeMärzen. For Oktoberfests elsewhere, seeOktoberfest celebrations. Oktoberfestis a 16-day festival held annually inMunich,Bavaria,Germany, running from late September to the first weekend in October. It is one of the most famous events in Germany and is the world's largestfair, with more than 5 million people attending every year. The Oktoberfest is an important part ofBavarianculture, having been held since 1810. Other cities across the world also holdOktoberfest celebrations, modeled after the Munich event. The Munich Oktoberfest originally took place during the sixteen days up to and including the first Sunday in October. In 1994, the schedule was modified in response toGerman reunificationso that if the first Sunday in October falls on the 1st or 2nd, then the festival would go on until October 3 (German Unity Day). Thus, the festival is now 17 days when the first Sunday is October 2 and 18 days when it is October 1. In 2010, the festival lasted until the first Monday in October, to mark the 200th anniversary of the event. The festival is held in an area named theTheresienwiese(field, or meadow, of Therese), often calledWiesnfor short, located near Munich's center. Large quantities ofOktoberfest Beerare consumed, with almost 7 million liters served during the 16 day festival in 2007. Visitors may also enjoy a wide variety of traditional food such asHendl(chicken), Schweinebraten (roastpork),Schweinshaxe(grilledham hock), Steckerlfisch (grilled fish on a stick), Würstl (sausages) along with Brezn (Pretzel),Knödel(potato or bread dumplings), [[Käsespätzle}] (cheese noodles), Reiberdatschi (potato pancakes),Sauerkrautor Rotkohl/Blaukraut (red cabbage) along with such Bavarian delicacies asObatzda(a spiced cheese-butter spread) andWeisswurst(a white sausage). 1/8

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