Kreuzbergfest with Pilgrimage Market Pleystein

The Kreuzbergfest in Pleystein took place in 2025 as usual, twice — in early May and mid-September. Both editions followed the traditional program structure: a torchlight procession on Saturday evening, a solemn open-air altar service on the Kreuzberg on Sunday, a pilgrimage market with devotional items and regional specialties, a concert by the Stadtkapelle Pleystein on the market square, and a closing devotion in the Kreuzbergkirche.

The festival once again confirmed its role as a central religious and social tradition of the Oberpfälzer Wald. Pilgrims from the entire region and from the Bohemian border area participated in the mountain festival — a piece of lived popular piety spanning over 200 years.