Zwiesel’s Grenzland Fair is one of the most tradition-steeped folk festivals in the region and is one of the high points in the glass town’s event calendar (Veranstaltungskalender).
In the early days, people in rural regions only knew about large folk festivals from larger cities, such as Straubing or Landshut. The growing market town of Zwiesel wanted to compete with the other towns and hosted the region’s first folk festival in 1880.
Events such as Youth Day, Community Day or the Bavarian-Bohemian Day now hold steady parts on the nine-day festival schedule. The crowning finale of the event is the magnificent fireworks display.
And this, too, is unique:
When the mighty horses compete every two years during the skill competition for brewery wagons (see Brauereiwagen-Geschicklichkeitsfahren), they actually continue an old tradition that goes back to the very first folk fairs in Zwiesel. In those days, participants from all of Bavaria and the neighboring countries lined up for the competition.
By now, the “Rosserers“ – i.e., the coachmen – have to overcome an obstacle course with their stately decorated teams, which begins in the Angerstrasse and ends in the Frauenauer Strasse. Then and now, many thousand visitors follow this spectacle.
Der Grenzlandfestausschuss wurde gegründet, um den Rahmen für die städtische Veranstaltung zu regeln und zu begleiten.
Stimmberechtigte Mitglieder
Vorsitzender | Stellvertreterin | |
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1. Bürgermeister Karl-Heinz Eppinger | 2. Bürgermeisterin Elisabeth Pfeffer | |
Fraktion | Mitglied(er) | Reihenfolge Stellvertreter |
CSU | Haase Christoph Leher Josef | 1. Dr. Zettner Elisabeth 2. Dr. Mertens Jörg 3. Hannes Alexander |
SPD | Ehrenthaler Josef | 1. Lobenz Andreas 2. Kollmaier Markus |
Grüne | Schlüter Jens | 1. Weiß Sigrid 2. Lippl Martin |
FW | Vilsmeier-Wenzl Susanne | 1. Stadler Georg |
PWG | Fuggenthaler Alois | 1. Metz Jânos 2. Witzmann Otto |
Beratende Mitglieder
Organisation | Mitglied | Stellvertreter |
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Stadtmarketing Zwiesel e.V. | Aschenbrenner Tamara | |
BRK Sanitätskolonne Zwiesel | Michael Karl | Selbach Stefan |
Polizeiinspektion Zwiesel | Hauptmann Till | Fischl Horst |
Heimatverein Zwiesel | Reif Alexander | Sitzberger Josef |