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Christkindlesmarkt is a Christmas market that is held annually in Nuremberg, Germany. [1] It takes place during Advent in the Hauptmarkt, the central square in Nuremberg’s old town, and in adjoining squares and streets. With about two million visitors a year the Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt is one of the largest Christmas markets in Germany ...
A Christmas market [a] is a street market associated with the celebration of Christmas during the four weeks of Advent. [1] These markets originated in Germany, but are now held in many countries. [2] Some in the U.S. have adapted the name to the quasi-German Christkindlmarket, substituting market for German Markt.
The market is usually open daily from the Friday before the first Advent Sunday, until Christmas Eve . To the west of the Marienplatz, in the direction of Stachus, is the so-called Kripperlmarkt. More than ten stands around the Richard Strauss fountain in the Neuhauserstraße offer only Nativity scenes, figures, and other accessories.
Nuremberg, Germany Nuremberg’s Christkindlmarkt is opened with a speech from a woman dressed as the Christkindl, a traditional gift-bringer in some forms of Christianity (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Christkindelsmärik, Strasbourg. / 49.03691; 7.9436. Christkindelsmärik ( Alsatian dialect meaning "Market of the Christ Child") is a Christmas market held annually in Strasbourg, France, on the Grande Île, near Strasbourg Cathedral and the Place Kléber. [1] [2] It draws in approximately 2 million visitors each year and since the arrival of ...
Christkind. The Christkind (German for 'Christ-child'; pronounced [ˈkʁɪstkɪnt] ⓘ), also called Christkindl, is the traditional Christmas gift-bringer in Austria, Switzerland, southern and western Germany, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the eastern part of Belgium, Portugal, Slovakia, Hungary, parts of northeastern France, Upper Silesia in Poland, parts of Latin ...
The event features German-style holiday street market in the Red Sculpture Park and East Hubbard Street. The event runs from 5-9 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays through Dec. 23.
The 50th anniversary of the Christkindl Markt will be celebrated at this year's event Friday and Saturday at the Cultural Center for the Arts and Canton Museum of Art in downtown Canton.