Schlesischer Christkindelmarkt, Christmas market on Brüderstraße and Untermarkt in Görlitz, Germany.
The Schlesischer Christkindelmarkt is a Christmas market held in Görlitz's old town, organised by the Görlitzer Kulturservicegesellschaft. It occupies about 5,000 square metres of market space along the Brüderstraße and on the Untermarkt, with a stage on the north side of the Untermarkt by the Neues Rathaus. It runs for 17 days each Christmas season, daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The market is organised by the Görlitzer Kulturservicegesellschaft and runs for 17 days each Advent season along the Brüderstraße and on the Untermarkt. It opens on a Friday afternoon when the mayor and the Christkindel appear on the stage at the north side of the Untermarkt by the Neues Rathaus, followed by the cutting of the Stollen.
The name comes from the Christkindel, a child figure who opens the market on a Friday afternoon on the stage by the Neues Rathaus on the Untermarkt, after which the Stollen is cut. Every day at 16:00 the Christkindel walks through the stalls, complementing the daily stage programme.
The market runs for 17 days each Christmas season, daily from 11:00 to 20:00, on about 5,000 square metres along the Brüderstraße and the Untermarkt. It opens on a Friday afternoon when the mayor and the Christkindel appear on the stage at the north side of the Untermarkt by the Neues Rathaus, followed by the cutting of the Stollen.
The market's Silesian name is rendered in dialect as "Schläscher Christkindlmoarkt". The Christkindel appears on the Untermarkt stage every day at 4 pm, and the market is opened on a Friday afternoon by the mayor together with the Christkindel, followed by the cutting of the Stollen.
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