Sharky at Oktoberfest

OKTOBERFEST HISTORY "ALL BEGAN WITH A WEDDING"

The traditional celebration of the Oktoberfest in Munich has its origins in the wedding of Prince Louis of Bavaria with the Princess Therese of Sachsen Hildburghausen on October 12, 1810, just four years after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Bavaria. The wedding festivities lasted for five long days, in honor of the young kingdom dynasty. So were invited citizens of the capital and residential city of Munich to the already named "popular festival." The festivities were also held as a national holiday throughout Bavaria, which led to the consolidation of relationships between the then Bavarian regions of Altbayern, Franken, Schwaben and the Pfalz. To close the festivities after the wedding celebration, there was a race horse in the meadow that extended outside the gates of the city. In honor of the girlfriend, the meadow was baptized “Theresien-Wiese (Theresa's Meadow”). Since then, the place where the Oktoberfest is celebrated still called the "Theresienwiese”. Then they decided to celebrate the horse race every year around the same time, which resulted in the traditional commemoration of the "Oktoberfest". The horse race was discontinued after 1938 for technical reasons of organization. At the beginning the general offer of entertainment was poor and had not yet beer at the Oktoberfest, but that soon changed when, in 1818, Anton Gruber obtained the first license to sell food and beer. The next year the City Municipal Council decreed from that time, the annual celebration of Oktoberfest. Due to wars, Nazism and other causes, the Oktoberfest has been canceled 24 times in total.

                     

Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany