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The
Hamburger Dom is a large funfair
held in Hamburg, at
Heiligengeistfeld area, in the North
of Germany. With three fairs
(spring, summer and winter) per year
it is the biggest in Northern
Germany and the longest fair
throughout Germany. It attracts
approximately nine million visitors
annually. Just like the Oktoberfest,
this Volksfest (lit. peoples fair)
is a mix of both beer festival and
funfair.
A
market in or in front of Hamburg's
cathedral was first recorded in
1329, at the beginning only in
special seasons like Christmas. With
the Protestant Reformation in the
16th century the fair was also held
on other times. After the demolition
of the cathedral (1804–1807), the
market was held on the Gänsemarkt
(geese market) in 1804, but kept the
name Dom. Since 1892, the funfair
was held at Heiligengeistfeld (lit.
field of the Holy Spirit) and the
name was used for all fairs in the
area.
Winterdom or Dommarkt (winter fair
or cathedral market): 30 days in
late autum
Sommerdom or Hummelfest (summer fair
or Hummel market) since 1947: 31
days during summer
Frühlingsdom (spring fair): since
1948, 30 days in spring
Next
Event dates:
03/23/-04/22/
07/20/-08/19/
11/09/-12/09/
03/22/-04/21/
07/26/-08/25/
Saint
Mary's Cathedral in Hamburg (German:
Sankt Mariendom, also Mariendom, or
simply Dom or Domkirche, or
Hamburger Dom) was the cathedral of
the ancient Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Hamburg (not to be
confused with Hamburg's modern
Archdiocese, est. 1994), which was
merged in personal union with the
Diocese of Bremen in 847, and later
in real union to form the
Archdiocese of Bremen, as of 1027.
Since then this Dom used to be the
concathedral besides Bremen
Cathedral in Bremen.
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