Culture in Ravensburg
Ever since it was built over 100 years ago, Ravensburg’s concert hall has borne witness to its inhabitants’ passion for theatre and music. Ravensburg offers a wide variety of cultural events, many of which can be enjoyed in the historical atmosphere of architectural monuments. The Zehntscheuer offers cabaret, the Old Theatre houses the town’s art gallery, and puppet shows are put on in the Brotlaube. The Ravensburg Theatre stages spectacular performances.
Events in Ravensburg 2010
- 22 May: Ravensburger Museum opens
- June to September: Concerts in the town hall
- 26 June: Ravensburg city run
- 23 to 27 July: Rutenfest - historical town and children's festival
- 11 and 12 Sept: Ravensburg at play
- 26 Nov. to 19 Dec: Christmas market
Humpis-Quartier Museum
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Humpis-Quartier Museum is one of the largest historical museums in the region of Lake Constance and Upper Swabia. This impressive late-mediaeval complex in Ravensburg's upper town comprises seven buildings, in which the town’s (imperial) history and culture are presented in an authentic ambience. In addition to the permanent exhibition "Ravensburger Lebenswelten", the museum presents first-rate temporary exhibitions as well as a varied cultural program in the glass-roofed courtyard. Follow the merchant Hans Humpis on a journey into the past when the Great Ravensburg Trading Society conducted business with the whole of Europe, or listen to the artisan Johannes Wucherer as he talks about the history of the trade guilds in the Imperial city.
Rutenfest – Ravensburg`s local historical festival
Every year in July, when the small canon from the “Mehlsack”-tower echos through the town, the “Rutenfest” the main local historical festival is inaugurated. This traditional event attracts many people from all over the world, especially former inhabitants of Ravensburg who have left the town and moved elsewhere. A large number of them returns home for this festival. The highlihgt is the historical parade on Monday when schoolchildren in historical garments, music bands, horses and wagons pass through the center and show the town`s living history.
