Oktoberfest History

   The first Oktoberfest took place on October 12, 1810. It was the celebration of a marriage. Crown Prince Ludwig was married to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen in Bavaria. Horse racing was a big event on that day, but today, many new activities, such as amusement parks and putting up beer tents are part of the event.

   Here is a url giving the information on the History of this event:
http://www.muenchen.de/int/en/events/oktoberfest/history.html

  On October 12, 2016, the 183rd celebration of Oktoberfest will take place. In 1980, a bomb went off and killed 13 people who were attending Oktoberfest in Munich.

  The celebration of Oktoberfest typically starts in mid September and ends early October, lasting about 17 days.

                                                                  Oktoberfest at night

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