Name: Erntedankfest Bad Birnbach 2026
Start: 2026-09-27T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-09-27T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Neuer Marktplatz Bad Birnbach

Erntedank Bad Birnbach

About Erntedank Bad Birnbach

In the Lower Bavarian Rottal, Bad Birnbach celebrates its Erntedankfest (Harvest Thanksgiving) every year at the end of September. A thanksgiving procession, a grand parade with traditional costume and Goldhauben women, decorated harvest wagons and associations, as well as a subsequent dance festival with a craft market on the Neuer Marktplatz make the day a highlight of the Rottal festival calendar in the district of Rottal-Inn.

Dates 27 Sep — 27 Sep 2026

Venue Bad Birnbach (09277)

Prices Free

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

Erntedank Bad Birnbach — edition 2026

On Sunday, September 27, 2026, Bad Birnbach will once again celebrate its Erntedankfest with a thanksgiving procession, a grand parade, and a dance festival on the Neuer Marktplatz. Associations, Goldhauben women, traditional costume groups, and decorated harvest wagons will characterize the day, which will be combined with a craft market and Sunday shopping.

The Erntedankfest 2026 in Bad Birnbach will take place, as is traditional, on the last Sunday in September. The day begins with a thanksgiving procession and a festive church service. Afterwards, the grand parade with associations, traditional costume and Goldhauben women, and decorated harvest wagons moves to the Neuer Marktplatz, where the dance festival with a craft market and Sunday shopping marks a long day of festivities.

Highlights Erntedank Bad Birnbach 2026

Thanksgiving procession and festive church service in the morning, grand parade with Goldhauben women and harvest wagons in the afternoon, dance festival on the Neuer Marktplatz, craft market with Rottal producers.

Programme Erntedank Bad Birnbach 2026

Morning

Festive church service and thanksgiving procession through the town center of Bad Birnbach

Afternoon

Grand parade with Goldhauben women, traditional costume groups, brass bands, associations, and decorated harvest wagons
Arrival at the Neuer Marktplatz
Opening of the open-air dance festival

Market Square

Craft market with demonstrations of old techniques
Regional producers with cider, bread, honey, and Rottal specialties
Sunday shopping in Bad Birnbach's stores

The exact schedule will be published on badbirnbach.de shortly before the festival date.

Prices Erntedank Bad Birnbach 2026

Free admission. Food, drinks, and market goods at usual prices.

Practical information

Practical information — Erntedank Bad Birnbach

Getting Here

By train: Regional train to Pfarrkirchen, then bus or taxi to Bad Birnbach (approx. 10 km). By car: A3 motorway, exit Pocking, then follow the state road via Bad Griesbach. Parking available around the town center and at the thermal baths.

Admission

Free admission. Sunday shopping in Bad Birnbach's stores.

Start Times

The thanksgiving procession usually takes place in the morning, followed by the parade in the early afternoon, and then the dance festival and market until the evening.

Rottal Harvest Thanksgiving Tradition

The Erntedankfest Bad Birnbach is one of the oldest folk traditions in the Lower Bavarian Rottal. At its heart is the thanks to creation for the fruits and gifts of nature — a ritual deeply rooted in the predominantly Catholic region, which has been lovingly maintained in Bad Birnbach for generations. The festival is supported by the municipality of Bad Birnbach and local associations.

Thanksgiving Procession and Parade

The day begins with a solemn thanksgiving procession through the town center. Afterwards, the grand parade sets off: traditional costume groups, Goldhauben women, brass bands, local associations, and lovingly decorated harvest wagons laden with sheaves, fruit, and vegetables move from the parish church square to the Neuer Marktplatz. A lively open-air dance festival follows.

Craft Market and Sunday Shopping

Concurrently, a craft market opens, featuring regional producers, demonstrators of old crafts (basket weaving, blacksmithing, brush making), and stalls selling cider, Schmalzbrot (lard bread), and Rottal specialties. The shops in Bad Birnbach participate with a Sunday opening, and the cafés around the 'Neuer Marktplatz' — a piazza in the town center with a Mediterranean flair — become a popular meeting point.

Bad Birnbach and the Rottal Region

Bad Birnbach is part of the Rottal-Inn district in Lower Bavaria and is known as a spa town thanks to the Bayerische Rottal Terme thermal baths. The Erntedankfest perfectly complements this blend of spa resort and rural tradition: a day where the local population celebrates a centuries-old custom together with spa guests from all over Bavaria and Austria.