Eckfeld, an idyllically situated local community in the southern Volcanic Eifel, held its 1050th-anniversary celebration on July 1 and 2, 2023. Unfortunately, the weather on Saturday did not show its best side. However, that was already forgotten during our visit on Sunday. A total of 4000 visitors appreciated the festival. Please watch the 4K UHD […]
Village festival at Pentecost in Eckfeld
Already in 2014, we attended the Village festival at Pentecost. It is staged by the volunteer fire department in Eckfeld. This year we decided to visit it again. Eckfeld, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatine, became known for his prehistoric excavations. The Pentecost festival is famous beyond the village limits, especially because of the freshly baked bread. […]
Eckfeld – baking bread as in the old times
Eckfeld, a small village with 400 inhabitants in the middle of the Vulkan Eifel became world-famous through the excavations of fossils like fish, snakes, crocodiles, the world’s oldest honeybee as well as the discovery of a 45 million year old primeval horse. However, this time we came to see Leo and his friends baking bread […]
The construction of the da Vinci wheel
The idea to built the da Vinci wheel was born out of a design drawing by Leonardo da Vinci for the construction of bridges. The wandering scholar Severinius the Younger and his assistant Ludovico present the construction of the wheel in front of the amazed audience during the Medieval Castle Festival at Rheinfels Castle in […]
Medieval Castle Festival at Rheinfels Castle
For the opening of the market at the medieval castle festival in St Goar, knights, minstrels, jugglers and others moved into the big cellar of the Rheinfels Castle. Following the entry of the knights, Thelonius Dilldapp welcomed the enthusiastic audience and the organizers of the tourist information St Goar. Please watch the video You are […]
Bertholder the Storyteller
Bertholder the storyteller enthused young and old at Medieval Spectacle in Bernkastel-Kues. His repertoire includes more than 170 stories from different eras and countries. Bertholder integrates his audience in his stories and makes every narration to a unique and unrepeatable experience. g You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual […]