Landeserntedankfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
The state's major harvest festival — hosted by Grabow in 2026
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About the Festival
The Landeserntedankfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the most important agricultural festival in the state. Every year in early October, it moves through a different host town, celebrating the connection between city and country, farms and consumers, tradition and modern agriculture. The patron is traditionally the Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, accompanied locally by the Minister of Agriculture, who symbolically hands over the baton to the new host town year after year.
What to Expect
The centerpiece is the grand parade on Sunday, featuring historical and modern agricultural machinery, tractors, floats, marching bands, and traditional costume groups. It also includes a central harvest crown, a harvest thanksgiving service, a farmers' Olympics, animal shows, regional products, arts and crafts, a kids' mile, and several stages with live music. The host town completely transforms into a festival mile for a weekend.
Grabow as Host 2026
Mayor Kathleen Bartels received the baton at the 2025 Landeserntedankfest in Wismar. Grabow is hosting the festival for the second time, thirty years after 1996. The small town on the Elde river in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, known for its perfectly preserved half-timbered old town with over 160 historic houses, offers the ideal setting. The motto for 2026 is »Tüffeln, Trecker un Tohus« — in Low German, a commitment to potatoes, tractors, and home.
Regional Context
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is one of Germany's most agriculturally significant federal states. The Landeserntedankfest honors this economic strength and makes it tangible for a broad audience — from plowing demonstrations at the farmers' Olympics to direct sales from the farm.
Landeserntedankfest MV — edition 2026
With the baton in hand, Grabow is preparing for the central state festival of agriculture. The small town with its perfectly preserved half-timbered old town will transform into a two-day festival mile on October 3rd and 4th, 2026.
The highlight will be the grand parade on Sunday, featuring historical and modern agricultural machinery, traditional costume groups, marching bands, and floats from across the region. The harvest crown will be woven by hand over hundreds of hours and carried through the town in a solemn procession on Sunday.
Mayor Kathleen Bartels calls hosting the festival "a great honor for our town." The organizing committee, comprising the town, the Amt Grabow, local associations, and the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, will present the detailed program starting in spring 2026.
Programme Landeserntedankfest MV 2026
Preliminary Program Structure (Detailed program to be announced from Spring 2026)
- Saturday, October 3rd, 2026 — Festival opening in Grabow's city center, opening of the festival mile with regional producers, arts and crafts, and associations. Farmers' Olympics, animal shows, kids' mile, stage program with local bands and dance groups in the afternoon and evening.
- Sunday, October 4th, 2026 — Harvest thanksgiving service in St. Georgen Church in the morning, patronized by the Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Followed by the grand parade through the old town with historical agricultural machinery, tractors, floats, and marching bands. In the afternoon, market activities, music, and handover of the baton to the 2027 host town.
Motto 2026: »Tüffeln, Trecker un Tohus« — Potatoes, tractors, and home in Low German.
Highlights Landeserntedankfest MV 2026
- Grand parade on Sunday with agricultural machinery and floats
- Central harvest crown, hand-woven
- Farmers' Olympics and animal shows
- Harvest thanksgiving service in St. Georgen Church
- Festival mile in Grabow's half-timbered old town
- Handover of the baton to the 2027 host town
Prices Landeserntedankfest MV 2026
Free admission to the festival and parade.
Practical information — Landeserntedankfest MV
Getting There
By train to Grabow (Mecklenburg), Hamburg — Schwerin — Berlin line. By car via the A24 (Grabow exit) or A14. During the festival weekend, parts of the old town will be closed for the parade — park-and-ride facilities will be set up.
Admission
Free admission. Individual events (evening concerts, farmers' Olympics) may be ticketed.
Best Times to Visit
Saturday from midday for market activities and the farmers' Olympics, Sunday for the harvest thanksgiving service and the grand parade.
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Where it takes place Landeserntedankfest MV
Innenstadt Grabow