History of Germany’s Christmas Markets The city of Dresden claims Germany’s oldest Christmas market, Dresdner Striezelmarkt, dating back to 1434. In that year, the Saxony Prince, Friedrich II, ...

To many on the tiny German island of Borkum, the Christmas festival of Klaasohm is a harmless nod to their pagan roots. But the annual chasing of women down the streets with cow horns is facing ...

The violence shocked Germany and the city, prompting several other German towns to cancel their weekend Christmas markets ... people and wounded eight at a festival in the western city of Solingen ...

“There is no more peaceful, more joyous place in Germany than Christmas markets when people come together ahead of the Christmas festival and spend some time together, drink mulled ...

“There is no more peaceful, more joyous place in Germany than Christmas markets when people come together ahead of the Christmas festival and spend some time together, drink mulled ...

After that attack, at a street festival in western Germany ... take to “give citizens the feeling that in Germany, we not only have secure Christmas markets, but that we are able to live ...

It prompted several other German towns to cancel their weekend Christmas markets as a precaution ... killed three people and wounded eight at a festival in the western city of Solingen in August.

MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP ... and wounded eight at a festival in the western city of Solingen in August. Those attacks have led cities to beef up security at Christmas markets and other events.