Host Nation Update, June 12, 2025
Sindelfingen celebrates their annual International Strassenfest (street festival)
Every year, people from more than 120 nations come together to celebrate the International Street Festival in Sindelfingen. The major event stands for the diversity and unity with a three-day program. The 47th International Street Festival will take place in Sindelfingen from June 13 to 15. The festival runs from 6 p.m. to midnight on Friday, from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday. There will be a total of eight stages: the main stage at Marktplatz, as well as Grabenstraße and at the Domo.
Each stage has different kind of music; from pop to hard rock. On Sunday, there will also be a salsa party, including a dance instructor. A solo singing competition is also planned for the main stage at Marktplatz on Sunday.
The Catholic Croatian community will be back after many years and will be offering suckling pig at Grabenstraße.
Please be aware that the inner city streets will be blocked off, therefore; Parking is available at the Stern Center at Mercedesstrasse 12, 71063 Sindelfingen, and also the street festival train runs from the Glaspalast (located at Rudolf-Harbig-Strasse 10), where people can park and takes them to the festival. (BB/Sindelfinger Zeitung, June 6)
The local Lions Club Böblingen District offers free entrance at their charity swim event at Böblingen Freibad (Outdoor Swimming Pool) from June 23 to 28
If you would like to take part in the charity swim event, simply tell the ticket office at the entrance at the Böblingen outdoor swimming pool at Silberweg 14, 71032 Böblingen. Free entrance runs from June 23 to 28 . Their opening hours are Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. 8 p.m.
You don’t have to register. There will be a representative from the Lions Club at their booth right next to the entrance the whole time. Here you can pick up a card and then enter the number of lanes you have swum and hand it back to them after swimming. Here you can also simply enter your first name or first and last name. Your address is not necessary. The swimming card is valid for the whole week during the charity swim from June 23 to 28 .
At the end of the event, they will count up all the lanes swum, then their sponsors will donate 10 cents per lane for a charity fundraiser. On Saturday, June 28, starting at noon there will be a cake sale. (Info provided by Ms. Ulrike Rödl, Chairperson, Lions Club BB-Schoenbuch, June 10, 2025)
Renaissance Festival in Horb am Neckar this weekend
The largest medieval jousting festival in Baden-Württemberg will take place this weekend from June 13 to 15 in Horb am Neckar.
Once a year, the small Neckar town of Horb becomes the backdrop for a grand journey through time. For the 27th time, history will turn back roughly 500 years. The town’s historic setting provides the perfect stage for knights competing in jousting tournaments, gallant nobles in splendid attire, wandering performers, merchants, sword fighters, and medieval taverns serving food and drink.
The festival takes place in Horb because of a historical event witnessed by the town in 1498. King Maximilian, later emperor of the Holy Roman empire, sealed the Horb Treaty, settling a long-standing succession dispute. The signing of the treaty will be reenacted twice on Saturday and Sunday on the main stage, set against the town’s picturesque historic backdrop. Following the reenactment, King Maximilian and his entourage will proceed through the town in a grand parade to the tournament grounds, where a jousting tournament will be held in his honor.
Tickets start at 21 euro. Additional details can be found on the official website.