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  2. Walpurgis Night - Wikipedia

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    Walpurgis Night (/ v æ l ˈ p ʊər ɡ ɪ s, v ɑː l-,-ˈ p ɜːr-/), [3] [4] an abbreviation of Saint Walpurgis Night (from the German Sankt-Walpurgisnacht [zaŋkt valˈpʊʁɡɪsˌnaxt]), also known as Saint Walpurga's Eve (alternatively spelled Saint Walburga's Eve) and Walpurgisnacht, is the eve of the Christian feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess in Francia, and is ...

  3. Saint Walpurga - Wikipedia

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    Saint Walpurgis Night (or "Sankt Walpurgisnacht") is the name for the eve of her feast day in the Medieval period, ... Germany; Oudenarde, Veurne, Antwerp, ...

  4. Heidelberg Thingstätte - Wikipedia

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    The Heidelberg Thingstätte is an open-air theatre on the Heiligenberg in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was built during the Third Reich for performances and events as part of the Thingspiel movement. Until 2018, it was primarily used for unofficial Walpurgis Night celebrations. It is a protected cultural monument.

  5. Die erste Walpurgisnacht - Wikipedia

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    Die erste Walpurgisnacht (The First Walpurgis Night) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe telling of efforts by Druids in the Harz Mountains to practice their pagan rituals in the face of new and dominating Christian forces.

  6. May Day - Wikipedia

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    Maibaum in Munich, Germany Maibaum in Bad Tölz, Germany. In rural regions of Germany, especially the Harz Mountains, Walpurgisnacht celebrations are traditionally held on the night before May Day, including bonfires and the wrapping of a Maibaum (maypole). Young people use this opportunity to party, while the day itself is used by many ...

  7. Externsteine - Wikipedia

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    The Externsteine ([ˈɛkstɐnʃtaɪnə]) is a distinctive sandstone rock formation located in the Teutoburg Forest, near the town of Horn-Bad Meinberg in the Lippe district of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The formation is a tor consisting of several tall, narrow columns of rock which rise abruptly from the surrounding wooded hills.

  8. German folklore - Wikipedia

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    German folklore is the folk tradition which has developed in Germany over a number of centuries. ... the original Easter Bunny); and Walpurgisnacht, ...

  9. Walpurga - Wikipedia

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    Die erste Walpurgisnacht (First Walpurgis Night), a cantata for choir and orchestra by Felix Mendelssohn; Repent Walpurgis by Procol Harum; Walpurgis Night, a 1984 album by German heavy metal band Stormwitch "War Pigs", a song by Black Sabbath originally called "Walpurgis" " Walpurgisnacht", a song by German pagan folk / medieval band Faun