Speyer Brezelfest

The Speyer Pretzel Festival is a popular festival in the city of Speyer, which is held annually on the second weekend in July, from Thursday to Tuesday.

History

The festival was initiated by the tourist office for the promotion of Speyer Speyer breweries, pretzel bakery and tobacco manufacturers, and was first held in 1910. Today it is considered one of the largest festivals in the Upper Rhine region, attracting 300,000 visitors in four days on. Over time, numerous accompanying events were added: a pageant with over 100 participating fanfare, associations, groups and floats, of which, among others, about 22,000 pretzels are thrown among the people, the " pretzel hard drive " ( with an international run over 8,200 m), tournaments and competitions and fireworks on Sunday and conclude on Tuesday.