Carnival and honors: Bad Dürkheim celebrates tradition and culture!

Carnival and honors: Bad Dürkheim celebrates tradition and culture!

On January 8, 2025, the memory of the past year 2024 was recognized as part of a New Year's survey in Bad Dürkheim. The solution of the survey turned out to be a "monastery ruin". Sports journalist Marcel Reif received an award from the carnival company Grawler from Bad Dürkheim. Remarkable information is that the current Prime Minister Alexander Schweitzer has not yet received the award, while five of his predecessors have already been honored.

Another highlight was the announcement of the new German wine queen Charlotte Weihl and the highest representative of the Palatinate wine, Denise Stripf. In addition, the introduction of parking fees on the sausage marketplace in Bad Dürkheim was decided, which will be 15 euros per month for regular users.

Winner of the New Year's Move

A list of the survey winners was also published. Ingrid Anslinger secured the first prize-a Bad-Dürkheim voucher for 50 euros. The second prize over 25 euros went to Axel Hüther, while places won three to five towel sets; Among them Klaus Mühlbeier, Torben Brake as well as Elke and Reiner Lukas. The winners of places six to ten received picnic sets.

These prices can be picked up in the Dürkheim local editorial team; The vouchers are sent by post. In further messages, the singer Gringo Mayer is worth mentioning, who performed at the literary morning pint at the Dürkheimer Wurstmarkt 2024 with his debut song "Ahjoo".

The Dürkheimer Swimming pool Salinarium celebrated its 40th anniversary, while a total of 12 million visitors were recorded since the opening. The 2024 European Football Championship also brings Danish fans to Dürkheim, of which around 1,000 are accommodated at a campsite. The SWR3 comedy festival is scheduled to take place in 2024, but will be discontinued on the basis of austerity measures. The return of a lynx was also reported after its outbreak from the Kurpfalz-Park in June 2024.

In a further remarkable message, the Limburg monastery ruin, also known as the former Benedictine abbey, celebrates its 1000th anniversary. This important monument of early medieval architecture is not only historical, but also culturally of great relevance for the region. The monastery ruin is located in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park and can be reached on foot and by car, with historical sites in the surrounding area of ​​interest, such as the Hardenburg and the Benedictine monastery Seebach. The public has the opportunity to visit the monastery system because the entry is not collected and regularly take place.

For detailed information about the Limburg monastery ruins, referred to Wikipedia . Further details on the New Year's Eve survey and their results can be read on the Rheinpfalz

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