May bonfire on Walpurgis Night in Chemnitz
15 applications submitted by clubs, event organisers and private individuals to burn a traditional bonfire on Walpurgis Night, the eve of 1 May, were approved this year by the City of Chemnitz Public Order Office. Authorised bonfires are lit in Chemnitz at the locations listed below, among others. (The applicants for other customary bonfires authorised by the city's regulatory authority expressly do not wish to be published)
Public May bonfires burn in Chemnitz on the eve of 1 May here:
- Hartmann-Platz from 6 pm to 11 pm
- Schulberg 5 in Glösa from 8 pm to midnight
- Kreisigstraße opposite the Eselsbrücke bridge in Rabenstein from 6 pm to midnight
- Viewpoint at the poplar tree in Einsiedel from 8.30 pm to midnight
- Kirchweg in the Euba district from 9 pm to midnight
- Goetheweg 58-60/corner of Rabensteiner Straße in the Röhrsdorf district from 7.30 pm to midnight
- Steinwiese 95, building yard of the Volksgesundheit allotment garden association from 5 pm to 11 pm
- At the Walzenmühle/corner of Eigenhufe in Erfenschlag from 8 pm to midnight.
Walpurgis Night is named after Saint Walpurga, whose memorial day was celebrated on the day of her canonisation on 1 May until the Middle Ages. As a dance into May on the eve of May Day, it has also found its way into today's everyday life as an urban, modern event.