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by 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Editor’s Note: This article was published in a previous edition of the Kaiserslautern American and the information has been updated to reflect this year’s event.
Obermoschel in the Donnersberg area will hold a medieval market June 14 to 16 at its nearby castle called Moschellandsburg.
The event will open 6 to 11 p.m. June 14, 11 a.m. to midnight June 15, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 16. It will feature vendors, craftsmen, knights, noblewomen, Vikings, musicians, jugglers and fire eaters.
At the foot of the castle, in a camp, visitors can experience how life was in the various eras of the Middle Ages. Medieval food specialties based on old recipes will be served.
Vikings, crusaders, knights and soldiers will present show fights with swords, spears and battle axes. Vendors will sell their merchandise in the yard of the castle, which is about 1,000 years old. Crafters such as basket makers, weavers, salters, bow makers, black smiths, dyers and shoemakers will demonstrate medieval craftsmanship.
June 15 around 9:30 p.m., noble people will walk with torches to the castle, where a fire show will be presented with the musicians of the group Ranunculus.
Jugglers and musicians will entertain the audience throughout the camp and castle areas on both days.
Admission fee is €7 for adults and €4 for children and visitors in medieval clothes. Children shorter than a sword (1.40 meters) are admitted for free.
Parking lots are available at the foot of the castle.
Obermoschel is located on B420 northwest of Rockenhausen. It is known as the smallest town in the Pfalz. Moschellandsburg was built in the 12th century. In the Thirty Years’ War (1618 to 1648), the castle was conquered by the Spanish, the Croatians and the Swedish. The French destroyed it in 1689. Worth seeing is the shield wall made of squared stones and the remains of the gate tower, ring wall, horse stables and well.
