Gaudium Equites 1409 - 2009-10-03

The first medivial market I ever visited was the Gaudium Poingorum in 2005. I happened upon it, because it was very close to my home and I got curious because of some advertisement posters. The festival was organized by the medivial reenactment group Falkenklinge in the town of Poing and always held in late spring.

Unfortunately, the town of Poing was unable to provide space for the festival this year, so this year it was in the town of Markt Schwaben, which is still close to here, but there isn't the same amount of space where the festival could be held so everything would be more cramped. The official occasion for the festival was to be the 600 year anniversary of the Markt Schwaben crest.

Though that was true, it wasn't so bad as I feared. Although some shows where held in less than optimal spaces (the fights) and some attractions couldn't find a place anywhere (like an archery range). The two most important stalls however, found their place so everything was fine: The Barbarenspieß and Met Amensis.