Frequently asked questions about the Dürkheimer Wurstmarkt

Furthermore, no ticket is required for entry to the Dürkheimer Wurstmarkt, entry is free of charge.

Please do not bring large bags or backpacks, they will be checked at the entrances by our security staff.

In the morning, the hustle and bustle on the Wurstmarkt area begins. The closing time is on all days with the last guest.

The rides are open from 11 am and close at midnight at the latest.

On all days until midnight.

Admission to the marquees is free of charge. On September 16 in one of the tents is an event, this costs admission.

On the so-called "intermediate market" the sausage market hustle and bustle rests. On these two days, only some of the Schubkarch stands and a few food stands are open from noon to 10 pm. This year, the wine village is additionally open on Wednesdays.

NEW: On Wednesday September 14, starting at 3 pm, the band Gitarrenhelden will play for the 30th anniversary of the Wine Village!

You can find the detailed Wurstmarkt program here.

- Car, click here for information about the parking spaces.

- Streetcar line 4 or 9 (station forecourt), special timetables will be set up.

- Deutsche Bahn (train station), trains will be reinforced according to the existing timetable.

We strongly recommend arriving by public transport.

Special transport 

The VRN and Deutsche Bahn offer an enormous range of bus and train connections from all over Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region and Karlsruhe until 3 a.m. around the Wurstmarkt.

Here you find the times.

The DRK (German Red Cross) and the police can be found on the direction north opposite the Agip gas station at the old police station. 

Parents will receive contact information bracelets for their children at the entrances, at the Tourist Information, at the police. Here the contact details of the parents are entered, so that if a child has lost sight of his parents, he can contact them with these contact details.

There are a total of seven toilet facilities on the fairground. You will find these marked in detail on the overview plan here:

A diaper-changing room is located at the DRK (German Red Cross) opposite the Agip gas station on the fairground.

You can visit the Tourist Information at Kurbrunnenstraße 21 c, Monday to Sunday from 09:30 to 18:00.

You can also reach us at: (0049) 6322 935 4500 or info@bad-duerkheim.de 

Lost property is handed in at the Tourist Information, in Kurbrunnenstraße 21 c, or at the police station, opposite the Agip gas station on the fairground. On the following day, these will be given to the official lost and found office of the city, in Mannheimer Straße 24. They can be reached by telephone on (0049) 6322 93 50.

An ATM can be found on the fairground in front of the Dürkheimer Riesenfass. (Giant Barrel)

The entire fairground is barrier-free accessible. Barrier-free toilets can be found next to the Dürkheimer Riesenfass, in a side alley. The Euro key is required for use.

An invoice for delivered leather from the year 1417 is (until today) the first documented mention of the Michaelismarkt in Dürkheim - the actual origin of the Dürkheimer Wurstmarkt. The Michaelismarkt, since the beginning of the 19th century probably because of the immense sausage consumption in the vernacular more and more called Wurstmarkt, was originally a medieval consumer fair to supply the pilgrims on the patron saint's day of St. Michael around the chapel of the same name. As the space there soon became insufficient, the market activities shifted more and more to the Brühlwiesen. With over 600,000 visitors and around 300 wines, the Michaelmas Market has today become the largest wine festival in the world.