Let´s join the medieval festival in Bonstetten in Swabia
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From the local daily newspaper we had read about the beginning of the medieval festival in the village of Bonstetten, which took place on the occasion of the 950th anniversary of the village from August 1st. until 11th. invites you to visit with a colorful supporting programme.
We use Saturday evening to visit the medieval festival together with Lydia and Georg.
Agriculture is the main trade in Bonstetten
A sick beggar we meet several times
Immediately on the right of the path is the first camp of knights, who camp here waiting for their mission. Tents are set up, the glittering armor is reflected in the evening sun and the campfires are burning. You are immediately involved in the action. A charcoal burner is preparing for work, the wood to be burned is neatly arranged in a circle, a sick beggar we meet several times asks for a donation. Also, many visitors have dressed in medieval costumes, so that there are interesting encounters everywhere.
Celebrate 950 years of Bonstetten with us with historical food and drink
- Daily fire shows, jugglers, minstrels (Zackenflanke/Trollfaust, etc.) and dance groups
- Children's program
- Hourly stage shows
- many historical craftsmen (weavers, seagrass spinners, threshers, rope makers, charcoal burners...)
- Camp Life/Swordfights
- Lovingly decorated hospitality areas in old barns
- Night watchman
- Show brewery/ox roastery
- tub/barber, and much more
Free Order of Knights of Mandechingen
camp life:
Mercenary Knights of Nattenberg
Wolperdinger, Augsburg
Black Wolves
The Grünwald Knights
Free Order of Knights of Mandechingen
And in fact there are craftsmen everywhere who invite you to look at their work, jugglers roam the streets or simply residents strolling through the town in medieval costume. In between, the knight performances of the Wolperdinger, a historic troupe of knights from Augsburg, gastronomy in barns and courtyards with wonderful medieval furnishings. A cart with a wooden bath tub on it is pulled through the village with bathers, in short, there is something to discover everywhere.
Two offer scissor grinders their services for sale
The seaweed spinners weave the nearly dry seaweed into braids about 1 meter long, then hang it up for further drying process and then sell it to the traders who in turn supply the mattress makers who then insert the seaweed into the mattresses for the medieval beds. A little further on, two scissor grinders offer their services for sale. There is hustle and bustle everywhere, so it never gets boring.
So it's already pitch dark when we go back to the vehicle. A magnificent evening with many, partly previously unknown impressions of the Middle Ages allows us to follow up on what we have experienced for a while.
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