Christkindelsmärik, Strasbourg
christkindelsmärik alsatian dialect meaning market christ child christmas market held annually strasbourg france grande île near strasbourg cathedral place kléber draw approximately million visitor year since arrival tgv service strasbourg number visitor rise hotel booked year advance receive yearly income thanks christkindelsmäriks visitor considered one famous christmas market throughout europe estimated city benefit million euro profit daylong tradition mostly famous fragrance mulled wine french vin chaud german glühwein strasbourg holding christkindelsmärik around cathedral since making one oldest christmas market europe name christkindelsmärik alsatian origin low alemannic german dialect mainly spoken language alsace th century many part south germany austria christmas market german weihnachtsmärkte also called christkindelsmarkt spelling depends local dialect market take place annually november december mainly take place place kléber place broglie place du marché aux cochons de lait around cathedral alqaeda plan bomb christmas market foot cathedral christmas celebration discovered foiled authority december december shooting stabbing attack occurred christmas market killing five injuring several attacker cherif chekatt injured shootout french soldier opération sentinelle near scene shot dead police strasbourg december incident classified terrorism authority identified shooter known extremist tagged fiche file security file highest warning level french state security christkindelsmäriks christmas tree place kléber traditionally imposing height topping ft tree dwarfed much surroundings tree following year slightly less conspicuous ft ft etc ft tree surpassed even counterpart list christmas market strasbourg capitale de noël french christkindelsmärik strasbourg photoalsacecom caption french