page_title: Kinderfest (Memmingen)
section_title: Today's schedule
hierarchical_section_title: Kinderfest (Memmingen) / Today's schedule
caption_attribution_description: Das Memminger Kinderfest, die Stadtpromminenz auf dem Balkon der Großzunft, von links: Herbert Müller (SPD, MdL), Oberbürgermeister Dr. Ivo Holzinger (SPD), 2. Bürgermeister Hans Ferk (CSU)
context_page_description: The Kinderfest in Memmingen has a tradition going back more than 400 years. Every year more than 2000 children from the municipal primary and secondary schools take part in the festival.
context_section_description: The Children's Festival takes place on the penultimate Thursday before the Bavarian summer holidays, two days before the Fischertag. On Wednesday evening, numerous Memmingen chapels and groups will be playing music in the old town and playing the so-called "Zapfenstreich". The next morning, the children are festively dressed. The girls traditionally receive a wreath of flowers. After an ecumenical service in the inner-city churches, the children walk to the market square, accompanied by music bands. There they sing on a stage and perform modern and historical dances. The Lord Mayor with his golden chain of office welcomes children and guests from the balcony of the Grand Guild. If the weather is bad, the event takes place in the city's town hall. After the event on the market square, the children return to their schools where they receive presents, including a sausage and a pretzel.
  The procession from the "Hallhof" to the stadium grounds starts begins at 1 pm. For this purpose, the children in their school classes come up with various costumes weeks in advance and usually make them themselves. Each school presents a different motto. The parade is accompanied by municipal music bands and chapels from the surrounding area. The final event is the "Memminger Mau wagon", which is accompanied on which the Lord Mayor of the city of Memmingen and dignitaries drive.
  On the stadium grounds the children can take part in various games or ride a historic train on wheels and a pony carriage. For the older generations, the city's chapel plays in the stadium hall.
caption: The city's celebrities on the balcony of the Grand Guild.
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