15th Mössingen Apple Week
Eight days of orchard fruit festival at the foot of the Swabian Jura — cinema, hikes, variety exhibition, apple festival
About Mössingen Apple Week
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Mössingen — Orchard Fruit Capital at the Foot of the Jura
Mössingen lies at the foot of the Swabian Jura, on the Albtrauf, in the Tübingen district of Baden-Württemberg. With around 40,000 apple trees around the town, it is one of the most densely wooded traditional orchard areas in Germany. Statistically, every Mössingen resident has their own apple tree; the traditional orchards shape the landscape, the townscape, and the cultural identity. The Apple Week is the annual homage to this tradition — eight days of programming centered around the apple.
15th Edition 2026
The 15th Mössingen Apple Week runs from September 27 to October 4, 2026. The organizer is the Netzwerk Streuobst Mössingen e.V. (Mössingen Orchard Fruit Network) in cooperation with the town of Mössingen and numerous local associations, schools, kindergartens, and restaurants. The program is consistently decentralized — the entire town and its surroundings become the festival grounds.
School Projects and Kindergartens
Schools and kindergartens work on "Apple Projects" during Apple Week: making apple sauce, harvesting apples, identifying old varieties, creative writing about apples. The results are presented in exhibitions, performances, and school café sessions.
Apple Film, Apple Menus, Apple Hikes
The Mössingen cinema shows a selected "Apple Film" — a documentary or feature film about traditional orchards, agriculture, or nutrition. Several restaurants in Mössingen feature apple menus for a week. Guided orchard hikes (often with sheep or goats that tend the meadows) take visitors through the apple slopes at the foot of the Jura. A half marathon through the orchards complements the sporting activities.
Apple Peeling Championship and Unusual Competitions
Humorous program points include unusual competitions: the longest apple peel ribbon (who peels the longest apple peel in one piece?), the orchard quiz, and apple variety identification — playful events that keep the traditional knowledge about apples alive.
Apple Festival on October 4 — The Highlight
On Sunday, October 4, 2026, the big Apple Festival takes place in Mössingen as the highlight of the Apple Week. Stalls with old apple varieties for tasting and purchase, freshly pressed apple juice, apple cake, apple punch, fruit brandy, demonstrations of historical cider presses, and a market with apple products fill Mössingen's town center. Registrations for exhibitors and program items are possible until July 31, 2026.
Mössingen Apple Week — edition 2026
Eight Days of Apple Culture at the Foot of the Jura
The 2026 edition marks the 15th Apple Week — a jubilee for a format that has grown from a small local initiative into a regionally recognized traditional orchard festival. Schools, kindergartens, associations, restaurants, cinemas, beekeepers, distillers, and cider makers collaborate on a packed week-long program.
The 2026 program will be published in its final form in August on moessingen.de and netzwerk-streuobst.de — with all event dates, registration options, and orchard hike routes.
Programme Mössingen Apple Week 2026
Weekly Structure
Sunday, September 27, 2026 — Opening of the 15th Apple Week, first orchard hike
Monday–Friday, September 28 – October 2, 2026 — School projects and kindergarten activities, apple sauce making, variety identification, apple quiz
Tuesday/Wednesday — Apple film at Mössingen cinema (documentary or feature film on traditional orchards/agriculture)
Thursday/Friday — Apple menus at participating restaurants
Saturday, October 3, 2026 (German Unity Day) — Grand Orchard Hike Day with several guided tours, half marathon through the traditional orchards, Apple Peeling Championship
Sunday, October 4, 2026 — Grand Apple Festival in Mössingen Town Center:
- Exhibition of old and rare apple varieties
- Demonstration of cider presses (historical presses)
- Freshly pressed apple juice
- Apple cake, apple punch, fruit brandy
- Market with apple products from regional producers
- Stage program with live music
- Children's program with apple craft stations
Highlights Mössingen Apple Week 2026
- 15th Mössingen Apple Week — Jubilee Edition
- Apple film at Mössingen cinema
- Orchard hikes with sheep or goat herds
- Half marathon through the traditional orchards at the foot of the Jura
- Apple Peeling Championship
- Grand Apple Festival on October 4 with variety exhibition
- 40,000 apple trees around the town
Prices Mössingen Apple Week 2026
Most program points are free. Apple Festival on October 4: Admission free, apple juice, cake, brandy at market prices. Cinema tickets 7 EUR. Orchard hikes mostly free or with a small contribution (3–5 EUR per person). Half marathon entry fee approx. 25 EUR (register online).
Practical information — Mössingen Apple Week
Getting There
Mössingen is located 15 kilometers south of Tübingen at the foot of the Swabian Jura. By train from Tübingen main station directly to Mössingen in 15 minutes. By car via the B 27 (Tübingen–Balingen) or the A 8 (exit Aichelberg, then B 27).
Admission
Most of the Apple Week events are free or inexpensive (Apple Festival admission free, cinema tickets 7 EUR, apple menus at restaurant prices). Individual events require registration via the Mössingen Orchard Fruit Network.
With Children
The Apple Week is explicitly family-oriented — school projects, children's cinema, apple sauce making, apple peeling competition for children, guided family hikes with sheep or goat herds.
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Where it takes place Mössingen Apple Week
Mössingen und Streuobstwiesen am Albtrauf
Streuobstwiesen und Innenstadt Mössingen, 72116 Mössingen