Dülkener Schöppenmarkt
dülkener schöppenmarkt e „shovel fair“ dülken one largest oldest countryfairs krammärkte western germany schöppenmarkt take place ash wednesday following carnival morning evening center independent city dülken – today forming part city viersen depending weather condition visited last year estimated visitor surrounding lower rhine region ruhr district neighbouring province netherlands allday fair meeting place travelling retailer since ash wednesday bear name “schöppenmarkt” ie shovel fair olden time farmer workman housewife surrounding area came town market buy new tool equipment normally available town among others „schöppen“ expression “schaufel” shovel regional dialect today retailer come whole germany even belgium netherlands offer wide variety good alongside kilometre street front instance kitchen tool spice fanarticles textile garden gnome horse meat windscreen wiper pottery fruit smoked fish special area fairground barker compete ringing voice sell good complemented drink stall snackbooths offer traditional „fishdiet“ ashwednesday first day lent christian tradition number retailer apply participation much higher lot available due many visitor part dülken city closed car traffic day helena siemes gerd philip durch da jahr feste und bräuche niederrhein mercator duisburg isbn der propagandamarkt sehen hören kaufen „daheim und unterwegs“ wdr television program february newspaper article rheinische post westdeutsche zeitung – schöppenmarkt website viersen schöppenmarkt website viersen dülkener schöppenmarkt photo typical stand schöppenmarkt