To round off the holiday, take another nice excursion - that was obviously what many families from the region thought to themselves when they came to the farmers and craftsmen's market in Türkenfeld at the weekend.
Türkenfeld
- Here you could enjoy artistic, culinary, traditional and animal dishes.
And quite corona-compliant.
Little Emil wants to go high. Secured with ropes, the five-year-old mans himself up a tree trunk on the edge of the market area. It's already his third lap of tree climbing, and his strength is gradually decreasing. When he's back on the ground with his mom, that's enough for now. "Great", the boy answers shortly when asked how it was. He wasn't afraid. But now it's going somewhere else, maybe to the donkeys or one of the many food stands. Climbing makes you hungry.
A few steps further sits an Emil, albeit a four-legged one.
If the white crossbreed of poodle and Tibetan terrier shared the passion of many of his fellows for gnawing around on shoes, he would, however, grit his teeth here at the booth of owner Petra Mareis.
She has clogs with her - sustainable, handmade treads with flexible soles made of wood and rubber.
There are also vegan models, with denim and recycled felt instead of leather.
Decorative wreaths
Christel Lidels has brought ears of grain, rose hips, dried flowers, bay leaves, privet, seaweed, moss and lots of other greenery. She winds decorative wreaths out of them and cannot complain about the number of visitors to her stand. “I've been coming here for ten years and have a lot of regular customers,” says the master florist. Markets are more important than ever for her this year, because her flower shop in Mindelheim did not survive the pandemic.
Always being a little different, a little more original and of higher quality - that is one of the trademarks of the market.
That you can find hand-made traditional vests with buttons made from beer crowns, that you can melt glass in the microwave and make your own jewelry, that you have a beautiful view to the south from the idyllic Steingassenberg and that the donkey meeting took place again this year - all of this makes the market a crowd puller.
In the carriage
For the tenth time, the animals showed what they can do - for example pulling a carriage in four horses. This requires a lot of skill from everyone involved, as commentator Ulrike Sparber from Eselhof Berndlgut in Upper Austria explains. The coachman steers the donkey pairs with different reins. The two animals in front must go on ahead boldly, while the rear ones do the real work and pull the cart. The spectators applaud enthusiastically when the team leaves the course after several laps.
The mood among the visitors is good, even if some complain about the need to register via app at the entrance.
The 3G rule applies, when standing in line and in the sanitary areas, it is compulsory to wear a mask.
There is a test station for unvaccinated people and children.
Corona is the reason that the event was brought forward to mid-September and extended to three days.
The market
will take place again next Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
