Name: Rettichfest Reimlingen 2026
Start: 2026-05-09T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-05-09T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Schlossgarten Reimlingen

Rettichfest Reimlingen

About Rettichfest Reimlingen

The Rettichfest Reimlingen is a traditional May festival in the Swabian municipality of Reimlingen in the Ries (Donau-Ries district, Bavaria). Organized by the local horticultural association, it invites you to a convivial evening in the historic Reimlingen Castle Garden. The radish — a traditional garden vegetable common in the Ries — gives the festival its name and is the culinary focus: freshly sliced beer radish with salt, combined with bread, lard, and a cool beer, is the classic Bavarian snack tradition that is celebrated here. The festival begins in the afternoon and embodies the simple, village-and-farm-like festival concept of the Swabian Ries landscape.

Dates 09 May — 09 May 2026

Venue Reimlingen (09779)

Prices Free

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

Rettichfest Reimlingen — edition 2026

The Rettichfest Reimlingen 2026 will take place on Saturday, May 9, all day in the Reimlingen Castle Garden — confirmed by the official municipal calendar. The Reimlingen Horticultural Association invites you to the traditional beer radish snack: freshly sliced radish with salt, bread, lard, and a cool beer in a relaxed atmosphere. Free admission, convivial gathering in the historic garden at Reimlingen Castle.

The 2026 edition continues the tradition of the Rettichfest. The focus is on the beer radish — a typical garden vegetable of the Swabian Ries landscape in the Donau-Ries district (Bavaria). Served freshly sliced, salted, and with bread and lard or sausage, the radish is considered the ideal snack to accompany beer.

The festival takes place in the Reimlingen Castle Garden — a charming historic garden that becomes a meeting point every May for the residents of Reimlingen and neighboring communities in the Ries. Beer benches, a small catering service, conversations between neighbors — the Rettichfest embodies the authentic, unvarnished festival culture of the Bavarian-Swabian rural areas.

Highlights Rettichfest Reimlingen 2026

Traditional beer radish snack, historic castle garden as festival backdrop, catering by the Reimlingen Horticultural Association, authentic Swabian Ries festival culture, free admission.

Programme Rettichfest Reimlingen 2026

Saturday, May 9, 2026 — All-day event

Opening in the afternoon in the Castle Garden
Beer Radish Snack: freshly sliced beer radishes with salt
Bread, lard, sausages as accompaniments
Beer service
Convivial gathering until the evening

Prices Rettichfest Reimlingen 2026

Free admission. Food and drinks according to consumption voucher. Proceeds go to the club's fund.

Practical information

Practical information — Rettichfest Reimlingen

Getting There

By car via the B25 (Donauwörth–Nördlingen). By train to Nördlingen (Aalen–Donauwörth line), then by bus or taxi to Reimlingen (approx. 6 km).

Venue

Schlossgarten Reimlingen, Schloßstraße 1, 86756 Reimlingen.

Start Time

Usually from 5:00 PM (check local announcements).

Admission

Free admission. Food (beer radish snack, bread, lard, sausages) and drinks according to consumption voucher.

Contact

Municipality of Reimlingen, Tel. 09081 3322.

A Swabian Ries Tradition Centered Around the Radish

The Rettichfest is one of the fixed spring dates in Reimlingen. Reimlingen is a small municipality in the Ries, a basin formed 14.8 million years ago by a meteorite impact between Nördlingen and Donauwörth. The Ries landscape in the Donau-Ries district (Bavaria) belongs to Bavarian Swabia and has been shaped by agriculture and horticulture for centuries — the radish (especially the beer radish) is one of the typical garden vegetables of the region.

The Beer Radish as a Culinary Identity of Bavaria

What happens at a Rettichfest might seem unspectacular at first glance — but in the Bavarian sense, it is very profound: people meet, thinly slice fresh beer radishes, salt them generously, let them sit briefly until the water drains — and eat them with fresh bread, lard, and a cool beer. This Brotzeit tradition is deeply rooted in Bavarian tavern culture and is considered the perfect accompaniment to beer. The radish "cries" when salted, which is considered a positive sign in Bavarian custom.

The Castle Garden as a Festival Backdrop

The festival takes place in the Reimlingen Castle Garden — a historic garden at Reimlingen Castle (Schloßstraße). The atmosphere of a mayor's festival or club festival — beer tables, beer benches outdoors, the communal preparation of the snack, conversations between neighbors — shapes the evening. The festival begins in the afternoon (typically 5:00 PM beer tapping) and continues into the evening.

Organizer: Reimlingen Horticultural Association

The organizer is the Gartenbauverein Reimlingen — one of the many local horticultural associations that preserve the gardening customs, the care of scattered orchards, and the tradition of growing their own vegetables in the Bavarian Ries villages. The associations are the social fabric of the rural region: members come from all generations, joint activities include plant exchange markets, autumn fruit pressing, club excursions, and the Rettichfest in May.

A Local Festival with Great Impact

The Rettichfest is not a major tourist event, but a typical Swabian village spring festival. It thrives on authenticity: simple program, simple food, cozy get-togethers. Anyone who wants to experience rural Bavaria in its unvarnished form will find the Rettichfest Reimlingen a perfect example. Free admission, food and drinks à la carte — the proceeds go to the club's fund for subsequent horticultural association activities.