Christmas market
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- A Christmas market, also known as Christkindlmarkt (literally: Christ Child Market, but the term "Christkind" usually refers to an angel-like "spirit of Christmas" rather than literally the Christ Child), Christkindlesmarkt, Christkindlimarkt, and Weihnachtsmarkt, is a street market associated with the celebration of Christmas during the four weeks of Advent. These markets originated in Germany, but are now held in many countries. Some in the U.S. have adapted the name to the quasi-German Christkindlmarket, substituting market for German Markt.
Christmas markets date to the Late Middle Ages in the German-speaking part of Europe and in many parts of the former Holy Roman Empire that included many eastern regions of France. They became a popular Advent custom during the Reformation era. Dresden´s Striezelmarkt was first held in 1434 and one of the first true Christmas markets; earlier markets of the season were "December markets". Early mentions of these "December markets" can be found in Vienna (1298), Munich (1310), Bautzen (1384), and Frankfurt (1393).
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Postkarte Berlin Spandau 20 Jahre Weinachtsmarkt
Berlin Spandau 20 Jahre...
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Image: Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Spandau - CC BY-NC-SA -
Postkarte Weihnachtsmarkt Berlin Spandau
Weihnachtsmarkt Berlin Spandau
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Puppenstube: Weihnachtsmarktstand
Dieser Weihnachtsmarktstand...
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Image: Das Kleine Museum - Spielzeug aus zwei Jahrhunderten - CC BY -
Eisenkunstguss-Plakette, Jahreskarte für 1931
Die Vorderseite zeigt den...
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Image: Museum Weißenfels - Schloss Neu-Augustusburg - CC BY-NC-SA -
Weihnachtsmarkt in Münster
Die Temperamalerei von...
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Image: Deutsches Märchen- und Wesersagenmuseum - CC BY-NC-SA
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