The Oktoberfest beer festival began in Munich on Saturday, September 20 at noon. It was officially opened by the Mayor of Munich Dieter Reiter by hitting a beer barrel and the traditional excuse “O’Zapft is!” (It is encountered). Only then did it start to bend in 14 large and other smaller beer tents on the 42-hectare area of the Theresienwiese exhibition center.
The festival in Munich colloquially known as “Wiesn” is considered the largest of its kind in the world. His tradition began on October 12, 1810, when the Crown Prince Louis took Princess The Theresa von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. In their honor they organized a celebration and races on the open area of Theresienwiese on the outskirts of the city. A year later it was repeated and the tradition was gradually created.
The traditional festival did not miss singer Eva Máziková (75), who has lived in Germany for years with her German husband Peter. She spoke from the place on the social network. “I am finally at Oktoberfest. I wasn’t a bomb yesterday. Well terrible, it is very sad when something like this happens“she said what happened only the day before.
As he writes, on Wednesday, October 1, the festival was closed for several hours because Police checked the bomb threat associated with a fire of an apartment building. Firefighters were called around 4.40 in Lemchenau, according to the police. DPA, referring to the police, confirmed one victim. “The injured person found in the meantime died,” reported the police on the X platform, saying that According to her, it was arson.
Bild reported about one dead man who allegedly set fire to his parents’ home, placed explosives in it and committed suicide. According to the daily, the pyrotechnical unit also intervened, as confirmed by DPA. He also reported the daily about at least one other person with gunshot injuries.
The surroundings of the incident were closed and the local school remained closed during the fire extinguishing. The police did not confirm the bomb threat, so Oktoberfest was reopened.
But the singer did not miss the event. “I am here today. It is today that the family Day, which means that many children will be, but I am such a big child. I look forward to beer, look forward to food, I look forward to everything and especially I look forward to traveling to Bratislava on Tuesday,” She spoke with enthusiasm in the video you can find over the article.
