Historical Harvest Festival

The tractor parade is a crowd-puller every year. Historic tractors and haulers from the late 1920s to the 1970s are presented and expertly commented on.

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Achim Schwertfeger

The traditional harvest parade, which begins immediately after the opening, uses machinery and equipment to show the history of Agriculture "then and now". From sowing to harvesting, agricultural processing equipment for cereals, potatoes and sugar beet is presented. The parade is supported and accompanied by local heritage associations and traditional costume groups from the region.

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Stefan Gille

As has become a tradition, the vintage ploughing event is held as an open national championship every year. This allows participants to qualify for national and European competitions with their historic tractors and plows.

Of course, horse and cart teams with plows will also take part in the competition.

All competitors will be introduced at the opening (stage) and technical details of the vehicles and equipment will be explained.

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Dr. Joachim Bischoff
Landesanstalt für Agriculture und Gartenbau
Strenzfelder Allee 22
06406 Bernburg
Phone: 03471 334 217
Fax: 03471 334205
E-mail: joachim.bischoff@llg.mule.sachsen-anhalt.de

The straw figure competition has become an integral part of the Historic Harvest Festival in recent years and enriches the festival with numerous creative ideas.

Businesses, clubs and schools take part in this competition. As well as having fun, the competition encourages team spirit and gives participants the opportunity to present themselves to a wide audience.

You can look forward to interesting motifs, which will be credited by an expert jury. The award ceremony will take place at 13:30 on stage 2.

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Angela Müller
LLG Sachen-Anhalt
Strenzfelder Allee 22
06406 Bernburg

Phone: 03471 334 141
Fax: 03471 334 205
E-mail: angela.mueller@llg.mule.sachsen-anhalt.de

The "scarecrow competition" for our younger guests allows children to participate in the design of the Historical Harvest Festival and show the "grown-ups" what they are made of.

Encouraged by the great response, the organizers have once again invited elementary school, nurseries and children's facilities from all over the Salzland district to take part in the "scarecrow competition" this year. The children have great ideas of what a scarecrow could look like (anything is allowed, from fairy tales to fantasy figures). And the adults can help to realize the children's ideas with help and advice and a wide variety of materials that can be found in the sewing basket at home, in dad's workshop or in the grandparents' garden.

The award ceremony for the three most beautiful figures will take place on stage at 13:30.

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Bettina Kranhold

The farmers' market offers a wealth of regional and national products that are lovingly prepared and offered for sale to visitors. At the same time, you can find out about the topics of "Renewable raw materials", "Ecological product processes", "Use of solar energy" and much more.

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Katrin Grey

Stephanie Eckstein

There is plenty of fun and games for children, as well as interesting facts to learn.

The youngest children can really let off steam on the straw playground. The large play area offers a colorful program. From sports and skill games to dance performances, everything is included.

Those who prefer things a little quieter can try their hand at handicrafts or painting. And of course there are prizes to be won!

The following activities are on offer:

• Pony rides
• Straw playground
• face painting
• Giant water polo
• Archery and goal wall shooting
• Bouncy castle
• Creative and handicraft street
• Archery and goal wall shooting

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Isabell Ernst | Katja Becker

You can learn a lot about the keeping and handling of farm animals such as cattle, sheep, poultry and rabbits on site. Visitors can experience the animals up close.

The highlight is the licensing of "East Frisian dairy sheep" by Robert Hanauska and "Thuringian forest goats" from the "Estancia" sheep farm (Ulrike Wehrspon) by the breeding manager of the sheep breeding association Christoph Ingelmann.

At the licensing, the animals are entered into the so-called herd book. The herd book is a certified compilation of pedigree records of breeding animals, strains or animal families, which is organized and maintained by the breeding association. Herd book breeding is interested in documenting as much as possible and breeding offspring of the highest possible quality and, above all, of equal value.

Contact
Holger Minge
LLG Sachsen-Anhalt
Strenzfelder Allee 22
06406 Bernburg
Phone: 03471 334 207

Music and dancing for entertainment.

The Junkers exhibition in Bernburg/ Strenzfeld presents the relatively short period of economic history in the Bernburg area, which also had a particular impact on the structural development of parts of the town of Bernburg. The exhibition describes the stages of regional industrial and territorial history between 1936 and 1945/50, the rise and fall of the Bernburg aircraft industry. The permanent exhibition is located in the Hellriegelhaus of the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Strenzfeld.

Opening hours

• every Wednesday from 10:00 to 14:00
• and every Saturday from 10:00 to 13:00
  

In addition, special exhibition tours and guided tours of the site of the former air base and the Junkers branch factory (JFM - FZB) can be arranged. (Tel. 03471 - 355 4581)