Name: Schützenfest Heudeber 2026
Start: 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-08-23T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Schützenhaus Heudeber

Schützenfest Heudeber

About Schützenfest Heudeber

The Schützenfest Heudeber is one of the fixed summer dates for the district of the Nordharz municipality in the Harz district. Three days of shooting tradition around the Schützenhaus: King's shooting, festival parade, live music, dancing, and Frühschoppen. August 21st to 23rd, 2026.

Dates 21 Aug — 23 Aug 2026

Venue Nordharz (15085)

Prices Free

Status —

Edition 2026

Schützenfest Heudeber — edition 2026

The Schützenfest Heudeber 2026 runs from August 21st to 23rd at the Schützenhaus in the Nordharz municipality district. King's shooting, festival parade on Sunday, live music in the festival tent. Free admission.

The 2026 edition of the Schützenfest Heudeber follows the classic three-day format. Exact stage program and King's shooting times will be announced in August 2026 on the notices of the shooting club and on gemeinde-nordharz.de.

Highlights Schützenfest Heudeber 2026

King's shooting on Saturday, festival parade on Sunday, crowning in the festival tent, Frühschoppen with brass music.

Programme Schützenfest Heudeber 2026

Day 1 — Friday, August 21, 2026

Evening — Festival opening in the festival tent
Live music with a regional band

Day 2 — Saturday, August 22, 2026

Daytime — King's shooting at the shooting range
Evening — Crowning of the King, Sausage King, and Egg King
Live band in the festival tent with dancing until late

Day 3 — Sunday, August 23, 2026

Morning — Frühschoppen with brass music
Midday — Festival parade through Heudeber
Afternoon — Ceremony in the Schützenhaus, winding down

Prices Schützenfest Heudeber 2026

Free admission. Food and drinks at club prices.

Practical information

Practical information — Schützenfest Heudeber

Getting There

By car via the A395 or B6 from Halberstadt to Heudeber. Approx. 15 minutes from Wernigerode. Parking spaces near the Schützenhaus.

Admission

Free entry to the festival grounds.

On Site

Beer stand, bratwurst, barbecue stand run by the club. Children's area.

Heudeber — District in the Vorharz

Heudeber is a district of the Nordharz municipality in the Harz district (AGS 15085), state of Saxony-Anhalt, located on the northern edge of the Harz Mountains. A village settlement with active club life, in which the Schützenverein Heudeber (Shooting Club Heudeber) plays a central role. The shooting tradition is deeply rooted in this region — the clubs have often existed since the 19th century, and the Schützenfest is THE event of the summer.

Program: King's Shooting, Festival Parade, Dancing

Classic Schützenfest format with three days of program: Friday opening in the festival tent with live music. Saturday King's shooting at the shooting range — determination of the King, Sausage King, and Egg King according to local tradition. In the evening, crowning and dancing in the festival tent with a live band. Sunday festival parade through the village, ceremony in the Schützenhaus, Frühschoppen with brass music. Free admission.

Vorharz and Harz Region

Visitors to the Schützenfest Heudeber can combine the experience with a hike in the Harz Mountains (Brocken, Wernigerode, Quedlinburg within 20–40 km). State of Saxony-Anhalt, Harz district — shooting tradition and mountain scenery in close proximity.