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Admission:
Important Parking Information :
James K. Polk Memorial Home Site Haverty's Home Furnishings
(Carolina Place Mall) All are within a short walking distance of the Waldhorn. The Town of Pineville has asked us to remind our guests NOT to park on Lancaster Highway. Also, please respect our neighbors at Sabal Point Apartments.
While we are Swabian & not Bavarian, we at the Waldhorn would like to bring to Charlotte that which has become a true German tradition-the Oktoberfest. For the last weekend in September and the first 2 weekends in October, we ask you to join us for good food, music & dancing. Our site will be transformed to include a giant beer tent for 500 people, complete with dance floor! While we won't be serving full, sit down meals in our beer
tent our dining room will be open for our regular business hours.
So, come in, enjoy a great meal, then come on outside for an
evening of FUN! Don't forget your dancing shoes for the Polka!
click on the picture to dance the Polka!
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12th Annual
OKTOBERFEST 2010 |
FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS The Restaurant will be closed from 2:00pm- 5pm on Friday and Saturdays during Oktoberfest Mark your calendars! SEPTEMBER 24th & 25th OCTOBER 1st & 2nd OCTOBER 8th & 9th |
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| The History of Oktoberfest - A Royal Party |
| On October 12, 1810, Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria married
Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. To ensure that the
event was one to remember, the Crown Prince & his wife-to-be
invited the citizens of Munich to attend festivities-including
horse races in the presence of the Royal Family-on the field
in front of the city gates, on the Theresienwiesen (Theresa's
Fields), named in honor of the Crown Princess.
To further commemorate the event, all Munich breweries were commissioned to develop a new style of beer: a Märzen beer. The beer was a hit & supplies ran out within 16 days. Märzen beer has since become the official brew of the Oktoberfest. It is a full-bodied, amber beer, brewed in small batches, intended to last only the few weeks of & surrounding the month of October. Additionally, German & European laws stipulate that only 6 Munich breweries are allowed to use the actual commemorative Oktoberfest beer in their name. The festivities were such a success that the following year the decision was made to repeat the horse race; hence the annual tradition of the Oktoberfest. It was even decided that the length of the Fest would be the same as the year before: the sixteen days until the beer ran out. An added feature in 1811 was the first Agricultural Show, designed to boost Bavarian Agriculture. While the horse races faded away with time, the Agricultural Show is still held every 3 years during the Oktoberfest on the southern part of the festival grounds. Each year, the Oktoberfest grew. In the first decades the choice of amusements was sparse with the first carousel & swings not appearing until 1818. Small beer stands-which grew in number from year to year-provided food &d drink for visitors to the Fest. By 1896, innovative entrepreneurs with backing from numerous breweries were setting up beer tents/halls to replace the smaller stands.
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