Linden festival in Ludwigslust: Hitzschlacht and happy duck campaign!

Linden festival in Ludwigslust: Hitzschlacht and happy duck campaign!

Schlossstraße, 19288 Ludwigslust, Deutschland - What was going on in Ludwigslust? This year's linden festival, which recently took place, caused a lot of hustle and bustle. The event took place on Schlossstrasse and was a colorful mix of pleasure for young and old. Mayor Stefan Pinnow and Vice City President Uwe Langmaack opened the festival with warm speeches, while the Ludwigsluster Fanfarenzug started the first bars to celebrate.

The first day of the festival was particularly hot, which really heated up visitors on Saturday. Before the main stage there was a big crowding when the action at the stands and at the town hall party was in full swing. The children's explorer rally with 13 stations was particularly popular, through which the little guests invited with games and fun to explore. The highlights also lifted a splendid fireworks that made the night on Saturday.

The bathing duck for a good cause

A very special highlight was the bathing duck campaign, which attracted a lot of attention during the festival. Here, 65 rubber ducks were let into the water by the fire brigade in order to be fished out of the canal later. The initiator of the campaign is the 11-year-old Colin Rimbach from Ludwigsau. He has been selling squeaky ducks for two years and thus collects donations for the German Kinderhospizverein e.V. osthessen-news.de reports that Colin helps with his initiative "Colin helps Paul" already collected over 6,000 euros for children in need and their families. This sum should help support the important work of the association.

The support of the German Children's Hospice Association is particularly important because it has been active in child and youth hospice work for over 30 years. The association not only offers accompaniment for children, adolescents and their families with life -shortening diseases, but also campaigns for a broader social perception of the topic dying and death dkhv.de.

a successful degree

The Sunday finally brought a quiet end to the festival. The castle gardens fulfilled the morning with sporting activities, and the dance guards of the Techeninian Carneval Club received a lot of applause on the main stage. Although the hustle and bustle was rather moderate on Sunday afternoon, the mood among those present was consistently positive. The agency and the police reported no major occurrences to the festival.

Christin Pingel from the city administration finally thanked everyone involved for the successful event. Another reason to stop by at the Lindenfest next year!