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The ’Kinderzeche’ in Dinkels-
bühl (Bavaria) is a children´s and
Heimat festival, which goes back
to a school festival organized for
the first time in the 17th century.
It includes an excursion of the
school children outside the city
gates to celebrate as well as a
historical play, in which a local
saga is enacted.
This saga is about a time during
the Thirty Years´ War when the
children of Dinkelsbühl supposed-
ly saved the city from the Swedes.
It is linked to the siege of the city
in 1632. The historical play brings
the history of the city to life.
Students of the grades 1-8 of all
schools in Dinkelsbühl participate
in it.
The ’Kinderzeche’ takes place
annually on the weekends around
the third Monday in July during
which the historical play is
performed seven times. On both
Sundays as well as on Monday, a
parade of historical groups and
students of the grades 1-8 takes
place in the city.