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Weihnachten (German: [ˈvaɪnaxtn̩] ⓘ) is the observance of what is commonly known in English as Christmas in the German-speaking countries such as Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It is also widespread in countries with a German-speaking minority, such as Transylvania in Romania, South Tyrol in Italy, Eupen in Belgium, and various ...
Alle Jahre wieder (English: "Every year again") is a well-known German Christmas carol.The text was written in 1837 by Wilhelm Hey []. [1] [2] It is usually sung to a melody attributed to Friedrich Silcher, [3] who published it in an 1842 song cycle based on a book of fables by Otto Speckter.
Christmas market in Merano, Italy. The first traces of Christmas markets in the German-speaking part of Europe and in many parts of the former Holy Roman Empire go back to late medieval sales fairs and—often one-day—markets, which gave citizens the opportunity to stock up on meat and winter necessities at the beginning of the cold season. [10]
Über die ethische und religiöse Bedeutung der neuen romantischen Poesie in Deutschland (On the ethical and religious significance of the new romantic poetry in Germany), (1847) Der deutsche Roman des 18. Jahrhunderts in seinem Verhältniss zum Christenthum (The German novel of the 18th century in its relationship to Christianity), (1851)
Christkind. The Christkind (German for 'Christ-child'; pronounced [ˈkʁɪstˌkɪnt] ⓘ), also called Christkindl, is the traditional Christmas gift-bringer in Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, southern and western Germany, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the eastern part of Belgium, Portugal, Slovakia, Hungary, parts of northeastern France, Upper Silesia in Poland ...
The genuine Kölsch dialect form should be Heizemann/Heizemännche (pl. Heizemänncher), while Heinzelmänchenn is the normalized High German form. [ 7 ] A two-pronged theory on the origin of the name was proposed by Marianne Rumpf [ de ] (1976), [ 8 ] first from the form "Heinzelmännlein" as a colloquial name for mandrake dolls, [ 9 ] which ...
Eduard Ebel (born August 7, 1839, in Stargard, West Prussia; † January 30, 1905, in Halle (Saale)) [1] was a German Protestant pastor, superintendent and poet. He became known above all as the author of the still popular winter song Leise rieselt der Schnee, whose text he published in 1895 under the title Weihnachtsgruß.
The first sentence of the article is incorrect: "Weihnachten" does not equal "Christmas Eve." Weihnachten is the German word for Christmas, which takes place on the 25th of December; the eve of the celebration, when festivities begin, is Christmas Eve, the evening of the 24th.Ajrocke 20:36, 24 December 2020 (UTC) That's exactly right.