page_title: Störtebeker Festival
hierarchical_section_title: Störtebeker Festival
caption_attribution_description: English: Störtebeker Festival in Ralswiek on island Rügen Deutsch: Störtebeker-Festspiele in Ralswiek auf der Insel Rügen Svenska: Störtebeker-festspelet i Ralswiek på ön Rügen
context_page_description: The Störtebeker Festival is an yearly open-air theatre festival in Germany. It is based on stories around the medieval German privateer Klaus Störtebeker and his Victual Brothers, who later turned to pirates.
  Founded in 1959 as part of an East German cultural initiative, the festival has become Germany's most successful open-air theatre event, and is broadcast by public television network NDR. It is held in the small town of Ralswiek on the isle of Rügen.
context_section_description: The Störtebeker Festival (German: Störtebeker-Festspiele) is an yearly open-air theatre festival in Germany. It is based on stories around the medieval German privateer Klaus Störtebeker and his Victual Brothers, who later turned to pirates.
  Founded in 1959 as part of an East German cultural initiative, the festival has become Germany's most successful open-air theatre event, and is broadcast by public television network NDR. It is held in the small town of Ralswiek on the isle of Rügen.
caption: 2002 Störtebeker Festival
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