St Martin's Festival
Düsseldorf remembers Saint Martin and a certain incident with a coat and a beggar with a lantern-lit procession during the St Martin's Festival. The traditional dish of Martinsgans, or roast goose, is available to warm up revellers.
Legend has it that Martin - in his pre-canonisation days - was a humble Roman centurion passing through the area. He gave his coat to a beggar, thereby proving his mettle as a Saint.
At nightfall a procession of children with lanterns winds its way through the city to admire a re-enactment of the donation of the coat (performed on a rather larger scale than the original act).
| Town Information: | Düsseldorf |
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| Other Information: | Düsseldorf |
| Website: | German Railway Timetables Website |
| Name: | Düsseldorf Tourism |
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| Location: | Düsseldorf |
| Address: | Der Neue Stahlhof, Breite Straße 69, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Email: | info@duesseldorf-tourismus.de |
| Phone: | +49 (0) 211 17 20 20 |
| Fax: | +49 (0) 211 17 202 3230 |
| Name: | North Rhine Westphalia Tourist Office |
| Location: | North Rhine Westphalia |
| Address: | Worringer Strasse 22, 50668 Köln/Cologne, Germany |
| Email: | info@nrw-tourismus.de |
| Phone: | +49 (0) 221 179 450 |
| Fax: | +49 (0) 221 179 4517 |
| Name: | German Tourist Information (DZT) |
| Location: | Germany |
| Address: | Beethovenstraße 69, 60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany |
| Fax: | +49 (0) 69 75 19 03 |
