title: Stiftungsfest
text: # Stiftungsfest
  
  Stiftungsfest is a "Founder's Day" celebration held in Norwood Young America, Minnesota, United States, on the last full weekend of August every year. The first Stiftungsfest was held in 1861. It is Minnesota's oldest celebration.
  
  The Stiftungsfest highlights the German heritage of the city. It features old-time and polka bands from across the United States and Germany as well as ethnic food.
  
  The celebration went on hiatus in 1917–18, 1942–45, and 2020.
  
  