Name: Kirchheimer Märzenmarkt 2026
Start: 2026-02-27T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-02T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Ziegelwasen (Vergnügungspark) und Innenstadt (Krämermarkt)

Märzenmarkt Kirchheim

About Märzenmarkt Kirchheim

From February 27 to March 2, 2026, the traditional Kirchheimer Märzenmarkt will take place on the Ziegelwasen — one of the first major spring festivals in Southern Germany. Four days of amusement park with Break Dancer, Avenger Royal, Crazy Cars, and a children's carousel, with a showmen's service on Saturday, February 28 at 12 p.m. The highlight is the closing fireworks display on Monday, March 2 around 8 p.m.; concurrently, the classic market fair opens in the city center on Monday. A local festival with a long tradition.

Dates 27 Feb — 02 Mar 2026

Venue Kirchheim unter Teck (08116)

Prices Free

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

Märzenmarkt Kirchheim — edition 2026

The 2026 Kirchheimer Märzenmarkt runs for four days from February 27 to March 2. Amusement park on the Ziegelwasen with Break Dancer, Avenger Royal, Crazy Cars, children's carousel, and food stalls. Saturday, February 28, 12 p.m. showmen's service. Monday, March 2, classic market fair in the city center, closing fireworks on the Ziegelwasen around 8 p.m. Free admission.

Program 2026 — Four Festival Days

The 2026 edition of the Kirchheimer Märzenmarkt follows the proven format: amusement park on the Ziegelwasen for four days, showmen's service on Saturday, market fair on Monday, and closing fireworks on Monday evening. The city of Kirchheim and the Southern German showmen's association have coordinated the format in identical form for decades.

The 2026 ride program focuses on a mix of classics (Break Dancer, children's carousel) and slightly more adrenaline-pumping attractions (Avenger Royal, Crazy Cars). Food stalls offering bratwurst, almonds, crêpes, and mulled wine variations ensure culinary sustenance in the typically still cold season.

Highlights Märzenmarkt Kirchheim 2026

One of the first major spring festivals in Southern Germany
Amusement park with Break Dancer, Avenger Royal, Crazy Cars, children's carousel
Showmen's service Saturday 12 p.m.
Traditional market fair on Monday in the city center
Closing fireworks on Monday approx. 8 p.m.
Four festival days on the Ziegelwasen
Free admission

Programme Märzenmarkt Kirchheim 2026

Friday, February 27, 2026 — Opening

Opening of the Ziegelwasen amusement park in the afternoon
Rides for young and old: Break Dancer, Avenger Royal, Crazy Cars, children's carousel
Food stalls and standing bars

Saturday, February 28, 2026

12:00 p.m. — Showmen's Service
Amusement park open all day until late evening

Sunday, March 1, 2026 — Family Day

Amusement park open all day
Family discounts at various rides

Monday, March 2, 2026 — Closing

Ziegelwasen amusement park all day
City center: Market Fair with traders from Southern Germany, Tyrol, and Switzerland
Approx. 8:00 p.m. — Closing fireworks on the Ziegelwasen

Prices Märzenmarkt Kirchheim 2026

Free admission. Rides at usual market prices (typically 3–6 Euros per ride). Market fair on Monday with offers from traders in all price ranges.

Practical information

Practical information — Märzenmarkt Kirchheim

Getting There

By car via the A 8 (exit Kirchheim-West or Kirchheim-Ost), continue towards the city center to Ziegelwasen. By S-Bahn S 1 from Stuttgart to Kirchheim (Teck) station, then a 10-minute walk to Ziegelwasen.

Dates 2026

Amusement park Ziegelwasen: February 27–March 2, 2026. Showmen's service Sat Feb 28, 12 p.m. Market fair city center: Mon March 2, 2026. Closing fireworks Ziegelwasen Mon March 2, approx. 8 p.m.

Admission

Free admission to the amusement park and the market fair. Rides and refreshments at usual market prices.

One of the first major spring festivals in Southern Germany

The Kirchheimer Märzenmarkt opens the Southern German Volksfest season every year at the end of February / beginning of March. While most amusement parks don't start operating until after Easter, the Märzenmarkt already heads to the Ziegelwasen in Kirchheim unter Teck — four days of festival operations plus a traditional market fair on the festival Monday in the city center. The 2026 event runs from February 27 to March 2.

The Rides 2026 — Break Dancer, Avenger Royal, Crazy Cars

The classic amusement park of Southern German tradition sets up on the Ziegelwasen. In 2026, rides such as the Break Dancer, Avenger Royal, Crazy Cars, and a children's carousel will be available for younger visitors — a cross-section of Southern German showmanship with a mix of adrenaline rides and family classics. In addition, there will be food stalls offering bratwurst, almonds, crêpes, and mulled wine variations for the cold season.

Showmen's Service on Saturday

The showmen's service is a Southern German tradition unique to many Volksfests in the region: On Saturday, February 28, 2026, at 12 p.m., showmen, city representatives, and festival guests gather for a service that places the festival under God's protection and simultaneously inaugurates the showmen families for the season. A spiritual gesture that provides a social framework for the Volksfest atmosphere.

Market Fair and Closing Fireworks on Rosenmontag

The grand finale is on Festival Monday, March 2, 2026: The traditional market fair opens in the city center from the morning onwards — a type of market that few Southern German cities still maintain in such a classic form. Traders from Southern Germany, Tyrol, and Switzerland come with leather goods, tools, household items, sweets, and handicrafts. The day is crowned by the closing fireworks display on the Ziegelwasen around 8 p.m. — a nearly 15-minute spectacle that concludes the Southern German amusement season opening with a pyrotechnic flourish.

Kirchheim unter Teck — Gateway to the Swabian Jura

Kirchheim unter Teck, with around 41,000 inhabitants, is a Große Kreisstadt (major district town) in the Esslingen district of Baden-Württemberg, located at the foot of the Swabian Jura (Schwäbische Alb) — the Albtrauf with Burg Teck can be seen from the city center. The town has a strong market culture (Märzenmarkt and Gallusmarkt in autumn are the two cornerstones of the market year) and is one of the most industrially historically significant medium-sized towns in the Stuttgart region. The Märzenmarkt has been anchored in the city's history for centuries and remains one of the most identity-defining dates in the city calendar.