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Lantern Run is an autumnal tradition, sing each in the children after nightfall with a lantern from house to house or take part in a lantern parade through the streets.

The lantern running is common in many regions and is often directly related to the Customs at the St. Martin on November 11. Regional can be found mostly different variants, but the songs are lantern running every which way as I walk with my lantern ( Martin songs / Martini songs) sung.

Particularly in Catholic regions of the Lantern Running is better known as St. Martin's procession or lantern procession commemorating St. Martin and held on November 11 instead (this is the gesture of sharing in the sense of St. Martin's formative ).

In some Protestant dominated regions, the Martini singing in memory of the reformer Martin Luther on November 10 is celebrated ( Luther's birthday). In the Alemannic region also the custom of Räbenlichter is widespread.

Organisational reasons sometimes cause slight postponements around the 10th/11th. November.

Also the lamp is running in the fall, regardless of the 10th or 11th of November instead of in some regions under one or more lantern parades. These range from small groups of kindergarten to the organized communities, associations or other bodies lantern trains, which can be accompanied by a marching band. During the move, special songs are sung.

The lanterns and Räbelichter are often, sometimes even made ​​by the children. Nevertheless, in many places lanterns or paper lanterns are used from the market, which are now also equipped with an electric lamp instead of a traditional candle.