Schützenfest

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A Schützenfest is a traditional festival. It is a kind of fair featuring shooting match. At a Schützenfest contestants compete their shooting abilities for example by shooting at a wooden bird. The winner of the Competition is the 'Schützenkönig' ("King of Marksmen") until the next Schützenfest. In Germany a Schützenfest is celebrated in many villages and Towns once a year in the summer. The biggest Schützenfest take place in Germany (Hannover and Neuss) every year.

Australia[edit]

• Adelaide, South Australia

Germany[edit]

• Biberach an der Riß, Baden-Württemberg
• Hannover, Lower Saxony
• Hövelhof, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Oestinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Rietberg, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Salzkotten, North Rhine-Westphalia

United States[edit]

• Ehrhardt, South Carolina

Transferred use[edit]

In German, the term is also used for team sport events in which an unusually high number of goals is scored. This can be both on either side or on both, i.e. a 6-1 result in soccer could as well be called a "Schützenfest" as a 6-4.