Landshut Wedding

Livestock eaten at the original festival: The historic event is notable for its detailed records that yield a complete chronicle of the wedding days and which allows the re-enactment to have a touch of realism.

The exact recordings can be explained from the historical context with the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 which led into a longer period of growth of the Ottoman Empire.

The first Landshut Wedding recreation took place in 1903, only one year after the creation of the society, and largely took the form of a public play performed by 145 citizens taking on a role.

Every citizen of Landshut will dress in medieval garments during festival days (even wrist watches are frowned upon) and the city’s decoration is retrofitted to a great extent.

Due to the great pains that the festival organisers and local participants take in ensuring the authenticity of historical clothing and other personal items (such as weapons and armour), visitors are not permitted to wear medieval-themed outfits, but are invited to join in the celebrations dressed in contemporary "civvies".

[2] Along with the growing fascination for the Middle Ages in the late 20th century the Landshut Wedding has become a well-known medieval festival with great impact on the region’s economics as well as its cultural traditions and aspects of living history.

Time: Sunday afternoon Place: Dreifaltigkeitsplatz, Altstadt, Postplatz, Bischof-Sailer-Platz, Neustadt, the same way back to the "Turnierplatz" Around two thousand Landshut people take part in the wedding procession.

The guests, such as noblemen, citizens, servants and poor people, move through the city to the church of St. Martin where the archbishop of Salzburg celebrated the marriage ceremony in 1475.

There young noblemen fight in an exciting challenge for the prize of honor which is given by the bride while the other noble guests take their places at a great table.

Time: evenings, Sunday morning Place: "Rathaus-Prunksaal" (Town-Hall) Visitors witness the preparations for the Wedding, as imagined by a group of actors.

Time: Saturday and Sunday morning Place: Residenz The "Landshuter Hofkapelle" band offers 15th century music as it used to be played in bars and especially at noble festivals.

Time: Thursday and Friday evenings Place: Salzstadel The proprietor of the tavern offers different things to eat and good wine or beer.