Cranger Kirmes
The Cranger fair is a popular festival in the Herne district Crange. She belongs with an average attendance of around 4,000,000 in recent years one of the largest festivals in Germany, in 2008 even 4,700,000 people gathered by police data on the fairground on the Rhine -Herne Canal in.
History
When the first fair was held, is not precisely known. In the 15th century, however, established a modest horse market in Crange. This took place around the 10th of August, the Laurentiustag, around instead. This date establishes the presumption close that the history of the carnival is closely associated with the house Crange. Derick of Eickelmann was enfeoffed at Laurentiustag 1441 by his liege lord, Duke Adolf of Cleves, Count of Mark, with house Crange. This he had built in 1440-1441 yourself. At this point, wild horses were rounded up from the Emscherbruch to sell them on that day. The horses, also called Emscherbrücher Dick Köppe were in demand because of their toughness and endurance, and achieved top prices. The horse market itself, however, is older. Over time, came to the horse traders should also jugglers, carnival people, dancers, conjurers, showmen, fortune tellers and magicians. This gave the visitors entertainment.
The last horse market, were sold on the wild horses from the Emscherbruch took place after the territorial reform of Napoleon. However, he lost in contrast to the fun fair, more and more importance. This grew in parallel with the advent of industry and mining in the Ruhr area year after year. In 1441, the first documented assignable horse market took place in 2006, the 571 Cranger fair; the recalculation is striking that in 2006, thus only the 566th fair have been allowed. This difference arises from the historically dubious bringing forward the date of the first horse market by the Nazis for propaganda purposes, so that the 500th fair was not until 1940, but in 1935 celebrated.
For several years there has been but the day before the fair beginning of a horse market in which also riding sports program is offered. On the Cranger fair goal every year is written the number of fair took place; the 575th carnival was held in 2010.
Size dispute
Almost traditionally to residents and supporters of the events and cities compete for the title of " largest folk festival in Germany " or " Largest Volksfest in NRW". Since the measure of "size" of nature can not be precisely defined, it is possible, the Munich Oktoberfest, the Stuttgart Beer Festival, the biggest funfair on the Rhine in Dusseldorf or just the Cranger fair to award the title, depending on the calculation basis.
The values of the four major festivals in Germany:
Cranger fair values according to the police, in the parentheses of the organizer
If the value for " visitors per m² " at the fair Cranger you look at and roughly calculated, you come at peak times on 4-6 visitors per day and square meter. Critics who have ever visited the fair itself, you confess frankly thus the title " overflow Kept folk festival in the world".
Location
The Cranger funfair is located directly on the Rhine -Herne Canal on the former site of the shaft 5 of the Unser Fritz and is both the A42 (exits Herne Crange, Herne Baukau or Herne-Wanne ) as well as with public transport system on pan - to achieve Eickelmann Hbf, Herne Bf, Bochum Hbf, or Gelsenkirchen Hbf and there subsequent public transport ( shuttle buses to all stations ) quickly. During the fair, the White Fleet operating on the Rhine -Herne Canal Oberhausen Essen and Gelsenkirchen to the fairground.
Fairground
The fairground Cranger fair is over 83,000 square meters and has over 5 km Bude front. Everywhere there are souvenir stalls, lottery booths and food stalls to medium prices. About 400,000 visitors come to the fair each day. Besides the site size some streets with stalls and rides are built on the Cranger fair. The total area of the fairground showmen is formed by more than 500, according to the city of Herne 110,000 m².
Appointment
The Cranger fair always begins on the first Friday in August and lasts for ten days. In the years 2011 and 2012 the fair was extended to eleven days and already started on Thursday evening. Through the action of a local resident who Cranger fair 2013 will begin again on the first Friday in August and last ten days.
Before the opening of Cranger fair on the first Friday in August, for some years before ( Thursday) instead of the horse market. Furthermore, the citizens evening on Crange is celebrated in the marquee on the fairground on that day in the evening. The official opening event will take place Friday morning also in the Bayern - Festhalle, as well as the citizens evening the night before, instead. On Friday nights there is then traditionally the opening of the fair Cranger a large opening fireworks. On the following Saturday starts a big parade of Eickelmann coming from fairground. Wednesday is for many years to provide family day showmen discounted rates, but the driving and Schlemmer passports do not apply on this day. On the last day of the fair Cranger ( Sunday ) there is a large degree fireworks.
In the 573 Cranger fair in 2008 4.7 million visitors were counted; far the highest number of visitors.