Edition 2025
Finished
Heritage
Medieval
Historical reenactment
Kirkeler Burgweynacht
Kirkel — Landkreis Saarpfalz-Kreis (10045)
•
13 Dec 2025
— 14 Dec 2025
Edition
2025
2025
Edition 2025 — Finished
Edition 2025 — Burgweynacht Kirkel
After a five-year break due to the pandemic, the Burgweynacht returned to Kirkel Castle in 2025 with its 20th edition. A nativity scene exhibition, storytellers, a fire show, and candlelight made the weekend a rediscovery.
The 20th Burgweynacht on December 13th and 14th, 2025, marked the return of the medieval market after a pandemic-related break. The Friends of Kirkel Castle Association had staged the site with countless candles, Swedish fires, and torches — modern light shows were consistently avoided.
In the castle courtyard, lutenists and minstrels performed, a lovingly arranged nativity scene told the Christmas story, and St. Nicholas visited the children late in the afternoon on both days. Culinary highlights included tarte flambée from the stone oven, mulled wine, mead, chestnut soup, and potato pancakes. The admission fee of €2 per adult, as always, went towards the well excavation and the preservation of the castle ruins.
Programme
Saturday, December 13, 2025
- 2:00 PM — Market opening
- Medieval music, dance, storytellers
- 5:00 PM — Visit from St. Nicholas
- Evening fire show
Sunday, December 14, 2025
- 11:00 AM — Market opening
- Nativity scene exhibition and castle museum open
- 5:00 PM — Visit from St. Nicholas
- 7:00 PM — Market closes