Edition 2025
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Dreckschweinfest Hergisdorf
Hergisdorf — Landkreis Mansfeld-Südharz (15087)
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07 Jun 2025
— 10 Jun 2025
Edition
2025
2025
Edition 2025 — Finished
Edition 2025 — Dreckschweinfest
The 2025 edition ran from Whit Saturday, June 7 to Whit Tuesday, June 10. As always, the highlight was the spectacle on Whit Monday with the performance of the Dreckschweine in the wild game enclosure. The Pentecost egg collection, the Apron Ball, and the final "Pfingsttanz vergraben" were also part of the festival week.
As has been the case for at least 1620, the Pentecost men of Hergisdorf adhered to their custom in 2025. Young men rolled around in the muddy wild game enclosure on Whit Monday morning, becoming almost unrecognizable as "Dreckschweine" — and were driven out of the pit by the Sommerläufer with cracking whips. A ritual that has lost none of its power.
Programme
Day 1 — Whit Saturday, June 7, 2025
- Cutting of birches in the forest and Pentecost decoration in the village
Day 2 — Whit Sunday, June 8, 2025
- 2:00 PM — Pentecost procession through Hergisdorf
- Evening dance
Day 3 — Whit Monday, June 9, 2025
- Morning — Dreckschweine in the wild game enclosure
- Folk festival in the village
Day 4 — Whit Tuesday, June 10, 2025
- Pentecost Egg Collection with music
- Family afternoon