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Trier Christmas Market

is held every year in the Advent season on Monday after Remembrance Sunday until 22 December. He first took place in 1978.The 95 chalets are located on both the Main Market of Trier and at the Cathedral Square.The Cathedral Square is but only since its mitgenutzt renovation in 1999.On the main market is also a "Nativity" in the form of a Christmas baking with angelic figures, dolls , the various Christmas cookies bake baking and use different devices.In the background is playing Christmas music.The actual Nativity scene with Mary and Joseph and the Christ child in the cradle, is located on the Cathedral Square.The Trier Christmas market will be particularly through the organization of the fairs known showman Oscar Bruch held jr.

Trier Theater

is a three-house division which is since 1802.The theater of the city of Trier can look back on a 200-year history.The 2002/2003 season was therefore under the motto "200 Years of Theatre Trier - Napoleon's fault". And indeed, the future emperor of France, during a visit to the occupied city of Trier on 28 August 1802.After the war, the theater played until 1950 in a makeshift Treveris room, then from 1950 to 1964 in Look around you in the Bishop Korum-house.On 12 January 1962 the foundation stone was laid for a new building on Augustinerhof, who until 1964 by the architect Gerhard Graubner was built.On 27 September 1964 opened the theater in the new building with a premiere of Beethoven's Fidelio.

Antiquity Festival

After the Antiquity Festival temporarily as an independent GmbH changed our name, they were recently re-joined the Trier Theatre.2009 the festival was canceled by the City for financial reasons.During the forced break the festival drew up a new management concept.2010 festival took place last time this resulted in a decline of around 220,000 €.In November 2010, the town board decided to continue no longer the Antiquity Festival.The event did not despite the high artistic quality can establish a sufficient degree.For the city of Trier in view of their high debt levels additional financing is not responsible.

State Museum Trier

is one of the most important archaeological museums in Germany. Since 1 March 2008 heard the Directorate General for Cultural Heritage Museum Rhineland-Palatinate.His collection ranges from prehistory through the Roman period , the Middle Ages to the Baroque.But especially the Roman past of Germany's oldest city ( Augusta Treverorum ) is in the Landesmuseum in Trier on the basis of archaeological finds shown alive.The National Museum has one of the largest numismatic collections in Germany, but only one of which is sometimes delivered. A highlight is the partially shown largest known Roman gold treasure on 9 September 1993 during excavations for an underground garage near the Roman bridge was found in Trier. It contains 2558 Roman gold coins.Even after the Romans lived, the city continued: Archaeological finds from waste pits and works of art as the last remaining glass painting from the Cathedral of Trier are witnesses of everyday life in the Middle Ages. With evidence of the splendor at the electoral court of the museum tour ends.

City Museum Simeonstift Trier

is located next to the Porta Nigra to the romantic fountain court.The permanent exhibition of important art and cultural treasures of the early modern period to the 20th Century.There are many insights into life and everyday life economy and trade, politics and faith, art and technique of Trier given population.After the renovation the museum has several rooms for special exhibitions.More than 250 000 visitors visited on 2 June 2007 to 4th November at the City Museum Trier Simeonstift the successful exhibition "Tradition and Myth."This was part of the country's major exhibition" Constantine the Great, "which in addition to the city museum in the Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum and in the Rheinische Landesmuseum Trier was to see.In a European tender was called for 1994/95 to submit concepts for the expansion of Simeon monastery. Prescribed conditions were the creation of a common entrance area of ​​the museum, and tourist information Porta Nigra, a conservative restoration, repair and careful addition of Simeon pen and a supplementary building as an extension of the north wing, including the city walls. In April 2004, the City Council of the rebuilding of the city museum Simeonstift Trier decided. The renovation work was carried out by Luke Baumewerd based on a joint text with his father George Dieter Baumewerd . The exhibition architecture designed by the Berlin architectural office Gerhards & Glücker. On 13 May 2007, opened the City Museum Simeonstift register with a party again. 9000 visitors came to the opening in the renovated rooms.

International Organ Days Trier

International Organ Days will be every summer in Trier instead.They were over two decades ago by then-Trier Cathedral organist Wolfgang Oehms launched and are now under the artistic direction of the cathedral organist Joseph Still.The International Organ Days mobilize a large number of listeners from all over Germany and neighboring countries.The concerts are in May and June instead of a week on Tuesdays from 20:00 clock.Renowned artists such as Naji Hakim, Olivier Latry or Jane Parker-Smith appreciate not only the big swallow nest organ of the Klais organ factory in Bonn, with its 75 registers also the large number of often 500 or more organ-enthusiastic visitors.

Nells Park

is a park called the little country at the bottom Avelsbach in Trier was founded by Nicholas Nell, canon at the pin St. Paulin the 1792 and 1793, the marshy lands of the German Order of Mr. bought, dry and put a park landed.The park in the early romantic Anglo-Dutch style, was completed 1,801th 1861 was the construction of a neo-classical mansion, which today houses the hotel Nells Park.In honor of the rose breeder Peter Lambert was in Nell's Park rose garden.

August - November
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