Name: Kirchweih Oberscheckenbach 2026
Start: 2026-11-06T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-09T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Dorfplatz Oberscheckenbach und Kapelle St. Kilian

Kirchweih Oberscheckenbach

About Kirchweih Oberscheckenbach

As the days get shorter in the smallest municipality in the Ansbach district, Oberscheckenbach concludes the series of four Ohrenbach Kirchweihen. Around the listed filial chapel of St. Kilian, picturesquely situated among old trees, the village of 150 inhabitants celebrates its Kerwa with a 'Schlachtschüssel' (traditional pork dish) from the volunteer fire brigade, a festive church service, and a convivial evening in the village community hall. An intimate Kirchweih in West Middle Franconia, supported by the village's associations and featuring a Kirchweih procession revived in 2014.

Dates 06 Nov — 09 Nov 2026

Venue Ohrenbach (09571)

Prices Free

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Edition 2026

Kirchweih Oberscheckenbach — edition 2026

As every year in early November, the Oberscheckenbach village community will host the last of the four Ohrenbach Kirchweihen in 2026. Expected are the traditional Schlachtschüssel from the volunteer fire brigade on Friday evening (advance registration required), the festive church service on Sunday morning in the St. Kilian filial chapel, and the traditional pizza evening by the village community association on Monday evening. The exact dates will be announced by the organizer in good time.

The Oberscheckenbach Kerwa has followed a four-day rhythm for years, with highlights on Friday evening, Sunday morning, and Monday evening. The organizers are the Oberscheckenbach Volunteer Fire Brigade, the local village community association, and the Protestant parish. For 2026, as in previous years, a date around the third-to-last Sunday of the church year in early November is planned. Exact dates will be published in the newsletter of the municipality of Ohrenbach and on the village notice boards.

Highlights Kirchweih Oberscheckenbach 2026

Schlachtschüssel from the volunteer fire brigade on Friday evening, festive service in the historic St. Kilian Chapel, Kirchweih procession through the village revived in 2014, pizza evening by the village community association to conclude, restored historic cattle scale as a cultural-historical highlight.

Programme Kirchweih Oberscheckenbach 2026

Friday Evening

Schlachtschüssel by the Oberscheckenbach Volunteer Fire Brigade in the village community hall (advance registration)
Kesselfleisch, Blutwurst, Leberwurst, Sauerkraut, with beer and Franconian wine

Sunday

Festive service in the St. Kilian filial chapel (Protestant)
Followed by Frühschoppen and lunch in the village
Historic Kirchweih procession through the village (revived in 2014)

Monday Evening

Pizza evening by the village community association in the village community hall
Wind down with music and socializing

Prices Kirchweih Oberscheckenbach 2026

Admission to the Oberscheckenbach Kerwa is free. Food and drinks will be served at usual village festival prices during the Schlachtschüssel and pizza evening; proceeds benefit the volunteer fire brigade and the village community association.

Practical information

Practical information — Kirchweih Oberscheckenbach

Getting there

Oberscheckenbach is located about 1 km southwest of Ohrenbach in the Ansbach district, on the western border of Middle Franconia with the Tauber Valley. Accessible via the A7 motorway (exit Rothenburg ob der Tauber or Uffenheim) and the state roads towards Ohrenbach. Parking available in the village center.

Admission

Admission to the Kerwa is free. For the Schlachtschüssel of the Volunteer Fire Brigade on Friday evening, advance registration is customary (via the municipality of Ohrenbach).

Tip

Kirchweih Sunday, with its service in the St. Kilian Chapel and the subsequent 'Frühschoppen' (morning pint), most impressively conveys the character of this small village festival – combined with a walk on the Way of Faith.

The smallest municipality in Middle Franconia celebrates

Oberscheckenbach, a district of the municipality of Ohrenbach in the far west of the Ansbach district, is located at an altitude of 421 meters on the Gickelhäuser Bach, a tributary of the Tauber. With just under 150 inhabitants, it is the smallest of the four districts of the municipality – and the venue for the last Kirchweih of the Ohrenbach series, which is celebrated four times a year with Habelsee, Ohrenbach, and Reichardsroth.

St. Kilian Chapel as the centerpiece

The focus is on the Protestant filial chapel of St. Kilian, whose origins date back to the 8th century when the lords of Rote Veste built a chapel here for the newly baptized. After devastation during the Thirty Years' War and by French troops under General Mélac (1688), it was rebuilt in its current form in 1667. On Kirchweih Sunday, the village community gathers here for a festive service – an atmospheric start to the convivial part of the festival.

Schlachtschüssel, Pizza Night, and Village Procession

On Friday evening, the Oberscheckenbach Volunteer Fire Brigade invites you to the traditional Schlachtschüssel – Kesselfleisch (boiled pork), Blutwurst (blood sausage), and Leberwurst (liver sausage), served with sauerkraut – for which advance registration is customary. The village community association concludes the festivities on Monday evening with a pizza night. Since 2014, the historic Kirchweih procession through the village has once again become part of the festival: after a 15-year break, it now leads from the chapel through the old alleys of Oberscheckenbach.

Rootedness instead of Spectacle

As the mayor of Ohrenbach likes to emphasize, the Oberscheckenbach Kerwa is not about sheer size, but about awareness of one's own roots. The restored historic cattle scale on site is a reminder of the rural past, and the Way of Faith with its Christian symbol stones leads through the surrounding fields. Thus, the Kirchweih remains what it is intended to be: a local festival in the best sense of the word.