Wallensteintage 2025: Spectacle in Stralsund with furious fixed parades!

Wallensteintage 2025: Spectacle in Stralsund with furious fixed parades!

The anticipation is great! From July 24th to 27th, 2025, the historic old town of Stralsund turns into a colorful spectacle again: the Wallensteinage , Northern Germany The largest historical folk festival, invite you to a unique experience. This spectacle has been organized since 1991 and has its origin in the 17th century during the Thirty Years' War. It is reminiscent of the resistance of the Stralsund citizens against the siege by General Wallenstein in 1628.

The whole heart of the old town of Stralsund, between the new market, the Sundpromenade and the harbor, becomes the scene of a festive market in this time. Visitors can look forward to numerous attractions that are distributed across the entire city center.

festive highlights

A real highlight will be the traditional parade, which starts on Friday, July 24, at 4 p.m. on the Old Market and moves to the Hanse meadow. In the evening at 10 p.m. there is a eerie plague, which is reminiscent of the plague of 1629. The Festival continues on Saturday with the equestrian games - a spectacle of the cuirassiers of Wallenstein, which is offered several times: on Friday at 9:30 p.m., on Saturday, 4:30 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. and on Sunday at 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. The crowning glory is the baroque fireworks on Saturday at 11 p.m. in front of the town hall facade.

But the Wallensteinage offer even more: apart from the traditional historical representations, jugglers, acrobats and players frolic from the old market to the knee gate. The culinary offers are also a pleasure-numerous beer gardens with live music on the fish market and at the Nikolaikirche invite you to linger. If you would like to stroll, you can find everything your heart desires on the colorful mile in Semlowerstrasse and the fair on the Alten Markt - from manual products to delicious dishes.

practical information

Some traffic changes can be expected during the celebrations: from Friday, July 24th at 10 a.m., inner city streets such as Knieperstrasse, Schillstrasse and Semlower Straße will be closed. Access to the new market is no longer possible from Friday at 3 p.m. Various parking garages and parking facilities are available for arrival by car, including the parking garage on the Ozeaneum, at the sea museum and at the harbor. There are special parking spaces for visitors with motorhomes, such as on the Rügen Bridge.

The Wallensteinage are not only a wonderful opportunity to immerse yourself in history, but also great fun for the whole family. The traditional child feeding and the mock bubbles on Sunday at 2:15 p.m. at the Alten Markt complete the program. Anyone who has experienced the atmosphere of the Wallensteinage once wants to come back!

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