Schützenfest

Schützen Festzelt

A Schützenfest is a traditional festival. It is a kind of fair featuring shooting match. At a Schützenfest contestants compete their shooting abilities for example by shooting at a wooden bird. The winner of the Competition is the 'Schützenkönig' until the next Schützenfest. In Germany a Schützenfest is celebrated in many villages and Towns once a year in the summer. The biggest Schützenfest take part in Germany (Hannover and Neuss) every year.

Australia

• Adelaide, South Australia

Germany

• Biberach an der Riß, Baden-Württemberg
• Hannover, Lower Saxony
• Hövelhof, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Oestinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Rietberg, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Salzkotten, North Rhine-Westphalia

United States

• Ehrhardt, South Carolina