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Cannstatter Wasen
The Cannstatter Wasen, or Cannstatter Volksfest, is a large autumn festival held on the Wasen meadows beside the Neckar at Bad Cannstatt in Stuttgart, Germany. King William I of Württemberg founded it in 1818 as an agricultural fair after the famine of 1816–1817, crowned by a tall column decorated with fruit. It has grown into one of the largest beer festivals in the world, second only to Munich's Oktoberfest.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Cannstatter Wasen. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cannstatter-wasen
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