Of all things, the tent in which the tradition was particularly lovingly cultivated is probably flying from the Oidn Wiesn. How can that be? What should the new tent offer? Why doesn’t the city council protest? Insights into a very special Munich culture clash.
Sit, six! These two words are probably the shortest way to express what Munich economics officer and head of the Oktoberfest, Clemens Baumgärtner (CSU), thinks of the Herzkasperl tent. Of course, officially he expresses himself more cautiously. But when talking to him, it becomes even clearer that he is not exactly guided by sympathy, but rather by contempt for the institution for which almost 12,000 people have signed a petition on the Change.org platform since Good Friday Title “Save Herzkasperlzelt!”.