Karl-May-Spiele bei Daemmerung 2009-08-06

The 'Karl May Festival' (german: link=no, Karl-May-Spiele Bad Segeberg,') is a theatre festival in

Bad Segeberg Bad Segeberg (; Low German: Sebarg) is a German town of 16,000 inhabitants, located in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, capital of the district (Kreis) Segeberg. It is situated approximately northeast of Hamburg, and west of Lübeck. It is famo ...

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. Since 1952,

Karl May Karl Friedrich May ( , ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author. He is best known for his 19th century novels of fictitious travels and adventures, set in the American Old West with Winnetou and Old Shatterhand as main pro ...

's adventure novels about the

Wild West The American frontier, also known as the Old West or the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial ...

have been put on stage as part of ''Karl May Festival'' in the

Kalkberg Stadium The Kalkberg Stadium (german: Kalkbergstadion) is an open-air theatre built in a former quarry on the Segeberger Kalkberg, a rocky outcropping in the centre of Bad Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was built as a Thingplatz under the Thir ...

at the scenic

Segeberger Kalkberg The Kalkberg (lit. "chalk mountain") is a 91-metre-high rock in the center of Bad Segeberg. The name is a misnomer as it is not made of limestone (calcium carbonate), but from gypsum (calcium sulfate). Geology The gypsum was formed as sulfate ...

. The festival is not to be confused with

Elspe Festival Elspe Festival is a theatre festival in Elspe (Lennestadt), Germany. Since 1952/1964, Karl May's adventure novels about Winnetou are put on stage. The festival became hugely popular after 1976 when Pierre Brice, a French actor known for Apache ...

Karl May Festtage in Radebeul Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austria ...

External links

Website der Karl-May-Spiele Bad Segeberg

Karl May & Co. · The Karl May Magazine (with reports about the Karl May Festival for more than 26 years)

Karl-May-Treff: A website with information about the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg, a forum with a variety of topics, as well as a magazine

Extensive information about the festival at Kalkberg, complete with a history and numerous pictures, interviews, and reports
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