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Oktoberfest

world's largest beer festival in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Event folk_festival Q102400
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Summary

Oktoberfest is a folk festival[1]. Oktoberfest ranks in the top 4% of folk festival entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95,963 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt[3], Munich[4]
  • Country: Germany[5]
  • Named after: October[6], Theresienwiese[7]
  • Location: Theresienwiese[8], Munich[9]
  • Commons category: Oktoberfest[10]
  • Has part(s): Oktoberfest tents[11], Q141525536[12]
  • Commemorates: Ludwig I of Bavaria[13], Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen[14]
  • Inception: October 17, 1810[15]
  • Start time: October 17, 1810[16]
  • Organizer: Landeshauptstadt München[17]
  • Significant event: Oktoberfest terror attack[18], O’zapft is![19]
  • Day in year for periodic occurrence: September[20]
  • Official website: http://www.oktoberfest.eu/[21], https://www.muenchen.de/veranstaltungen/oktoberfest[22], https://www.oktoberfest.de/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Oktoberfest[24]
  • Commons gallery: Oktoberfest[25]
  • Represents: Munich[26]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[27]
  • Native label: Oktoberfest[28]
  • History of topic: history of the Oktoberfest[29]
  • Official symbol: Münchner Kindl[30]
  • Hashtag: Oktoberfest[31]
  • Month of the year: September[32], October[33]
  • Open days: Monday to Thursday[34], Friday[35], Saturday[36], Sunday[37]
  • Webcam page URL: https://www.oktoberfest.de/informationen/oktoberfest-webcams[38], https://www.wiesn.tv/[39]
  • Privacy policy URL: https://www.oktoberfest.de/meta/datenschutz[40]

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Outcome and Impact

Things named for Oktoberfest include Oktoberfest terror attack[41], a terrorist attack[42], in West Germany[43].

Why It Matters

Oktoberfest has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Oktoberfest is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Entities named for Oktoberfest include Oktoberfest terror attack[41], a terrorist attack[42], in West Germany[43].

Related Entities

Germany Ludwig I of Bavaria Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  32. [34] ↑ . oktoberfest.de. oktoberfest.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . oktoberfest.de. oktoberfest.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . oktoberfest.de. oktoberfest.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . oktoberfest.de. oktoberfest.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Has part(s) → Oktoberfest tents, Q141525536
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