Altötting Christmas Market

Every year during Advent, the Altötting Christmas Market creates a very special atmosphere in the center of this pilgrimage town.

The beautifully decorated stalls, the string lights and candles, and the scent of mulled wine, hot chestnuts, and cinnamon stars make every visitor’s heart beat faster.

As an added highlight, the Marienbrunnen fountain, with its pyramid-shaped glass enclosure, shines brightly in the center of the Christmas market.

The Altötting Christmas Market also owes its excellent reputation to the carefully selected assortment offered by the vendors and stallholders.

The beautifully decorated market stalls feature all kinds of handicrafts, from nativity scene figures and lovingly embroidered “Fatschenkinderln” to candles and Christmas tree ornaments, as well as Christmas gifts and craft supplies.

For the cold season, warm hats and gloves as well as woolen clothing are available.

Household items such as hand-woven baskets and rustic kitchen utensils are also featured at the Christmas market.

All kinds of handicrafts, such as nativity figures and lovingly embroidered “Fatschenkinderl”, candles and Christmas tree decorations, warm matching gloves and hats for the winter season and much more are on offer at more than 80 beautifully decorated market stalls. Needless to say, food is also available at the Altötting Christmas market. Have you ever tasted the special Altötting Weihnachtsbratwurst [fried sausage], served with a special mustard-honey sauce or the "Altötting cinnamon stars" which are part of Altötting’s tradition? End your visit to the Christmas market by enjoying some mulled wine, a fried sausage and many other Christmas delicacies.

The now-traditional pilgrimage of the St. Nicholases to Our Lady of Grace will once again take place on the last Saturday of the Christmas market, December 19.

The pontifical Mass will be held in St. Anne’s Basilica. Auxiliary Bishop Dr. Josef Graf of Regensburg will preside. The procession of St. Nicholas figures through the market to conclude the event is sure to bring great joy to children and adults alike.