Name: St. Guntherfest Rinchnach 2026
Start: 2026-06-26T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-06-29T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Festplatz Rinchnach

St. Guntherfest

About St. Guntherfest

The St. Guntherfest is the major Volksfest (people's festival) and Heimatfest (homeland festival) of the municipality of Rinchnach in the Regen district (Bavarian Forest). It honours Gunther, the monastery founder of Rinchnach (1011). In 2026, the 71st edition will take place on the last weekend of June: four festival days with a marquee from Falter Brewery, draft beer, folk music, and – the highlight – the Coachmen Memorial Ride on Sunday with around 50 historical horse-drawn carriages through the monastery village.

Dates 26 Jun — 29 Jun 2026

Venue Rinchnach (09276)

Prices Free

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

St. Guntherfest — edition 2026

From June 26 to 29, 2026, Rinchnach will celebrate the 71st edition of its St. Guntherfest. Four days of the Falter Brewery marquee with festival beer, folk music, and Lower Bavarian cuisine, plus the grand Coachmen Memorial Ride on Sunday with around 50 horse-drawn carriages – the major Volksfest and Heimatfest of the monastery village in the Bavarian Forest.

The 71st St. Guntherfest 2026 will take place from Friday, June 26, to Monday, June 29, 2026, at the Rinchnach festival grounds. The event is organised by the municipality of Rinchnach in cooperation with Falter Brewery and local associations.

The highlight is the Coachmen Memorial Ride on Sunday, June 28, 2026, in which around 50 historical horse-drawn carriages from the Bavarian Forest and beyond will participate. In the festival marquee, Lower Bavarian bands and brass bands will provide the atmosphere, along with festival beer from Falter and a wide range of festival food.

Highlights St. Guntherfest 2026

71st edition of the St. Guntherfest, Falter Brewery marquee with specially brewed festival beer, Coachmen Memorial Ride on Sunday with around 50 horse-drawn carriages, Lower Bavarian live music and traditions in honour of the monastery founder Gunther.

Programme St. Guntherfest 2026

Rinchnach Festival Grounds, June 26–29, 2026

Friday 26.06.: Festival procession, beer tapping and opening, opening evening with live music in the Falter marquee
Saturday 27.06.: Festival evening with main band, full operation of amusement rides
Sunday 28.06.: Festival service, followed by the Coachmen Memorial Ride through Rinchnach with approx. 50 horse-drawn carriages, grand festival evening in the evening
Monday 29.06.: Frühschoppen (morning pint), festival finale with brass music and closing party

Prices St. Guntherfest 2026

Free admission. Beer, food, and amusement rides at usual festival prices on site. Festival tickets/table reservations possible via Falter Brewery and the Rinchnach Tourist Office.

Practical information

Practical information — St. Guntherfest

Getting There

By car: A3 Regensburg–Passau, exit Deggendorf, then B11 towards Regen/Zwiesel, Rinchnach on the B11. By train: Regen station on the Waldbahn (Plattling–Zwiesel–Bayerisch Eisenstein), then continue by bus or car.

Admission

Free admission.

Contact

Heimat- und Tourismusbüro Rinchnach, Gehmannsberger Str. 12, 94269 Rinchnach, Phone +49 9921 946616, [email protected].

Homeland Festival in Honour of the Monastery Founder

The St. Guntherfest in Rinchnach is one of the largest Volksfeste and Heimatfeste in the Lower Bavarian Bavarian Forest. It is celebrated annually on the last weekend of June and honours Gunther of Niederaltaich (also known as Count Gunther), who founded Rinchnach Monastery in 1011, thus laying the historical foundation of the town. 2026 marks the 71st edition – one of the most traditional Volksfest series in the Bavarian Forest.

Coachmen Memorial Ride – The Centrepiece

The highlight of the festival is the Coachmen Memorial Ride on Sunday: around 50 historical horse-drawn carriages, coaches, and wagons parade through the monastery village, recalling the era when the Bavarian Forest was economically dependent on haulage – from salt trading to timber transport. The ride is one of the most impressive traditional customs in Eastern Bavaria, both scenically and historically.

Falter Brewery Festival Marquee

The beer and festival marquee partner is the Falter Brewery from Drachselsried, one of the most traditional breweries in the Bavarian Forest. In the large marquee with a beer garden, regional bands and brass bands provide the atmosphere, along with a specially brewed festival beer. The festival kitchen offers roast chicken, grilled trout and char, steaks, skewers, pizza, and Lower Bavarian snacks.

Rinchnach in the Bavarian Forest

Rinchnach is a monastery village in the Regen district, right in the heart of the Bavarian Forest. The former Benedictine monastery, founded by Gunther in 1011, still shapes the village's appearance and cultural identity today. With the nearby Kircherlkirchweih (church fair) at the Frauenbrünnl Chapel in September, the community maintains a second, more contemplative festival format – the St. Guntherfest, however, is the loud, convivial homeland and people's festival of the year.

What to Expect

Large festival marquee from Falter Brewery with beer garden and festival beer
Coachmen Memorial Ride on Sunday (approx. 50 horse-drawn carriages)
Folk music, brass bands, and live bands on all four festival days
Roast chicken, grilled fish (trout, char), skewers, pizza, and Lower Bavarian snacks
Amusement rides and stalls
Homeland festival in honour of the monastery founder Gunther of Niederaltaich