Hofer Schlappentag 2025
The 593nd Schlappentag will take place on June 16, 2025. This includes the colorful parade with representatives from politics, crafts and marksmen and, of course, the festive event at the shooting house with the specially brewed Schlappenbier. Traditionally, the Hussite guided tour, the Schlappenschießen (morning) and the Bürgerschießen (afternoon) take place the day before.
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Hussite tour
Journey into the past
The Hussite tour has been a fixed part of the Hof Schlappentag program for years and traditionally takes place on the Sunday before Schlappentag.
Look forward to a varied journey through the past and various scenes that will take you into the history of the Hofer Schlappentag!
Where? Sankt Michaelis Hof, Kirchplatz 4, 95028 Hof
When? Sunday, June 15, from 14:00 to 16:00
Tickets are available for 7 euros directly from the guide. The tour ends after two hours at the Hof Hospital Church.
Night watchman tour
The night watchman tour takes place on the Saturday before the Schlappentag: on June 14 from 18:30. The guided tour with scenic interludes by the Hof night watchman Wolfgang Pollnick together with a number of dressed Hof citizens lasts around one and a half hours. The meeting point is at the Hof Tourist Information Office. The tour costs 7 euros per person. The admission ticket also entitles you to take part in the Hussite tour.
Citizen Schlappen shooting
On the Sunday before Hofer Schlappentag, the Hofer Sportschützenvereinigung (HSSV) will be holding its popular citizens' shooting event for the eighth time. First Chairman Thomas Brecht and his shooting family will ensure that everything runs smoothly. Shooting will be with the air rifle, 10 m, standing-open. All citizen shooters are cordially invited!
The entry fee of 5 euros includes three shots, insurance for the day and a drinks voucher. Additional purchases are limited to three further shots at 1.50 euros each. There are three categories:
- Pupils from 12 to 14 years
- Teenagers from 15 to 17 years
- Adults aged 18 and over
Where: "Schießhäuschen", Schießgraben 1, 95028 Hof
When? Sunday, June 15, 2025, 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Registration: At the shooting range (Königssaal), immediately before the shooting.
As always, attractive cash and non-cash prizes are available for places 1 to 10. The citizen slipper king/queen will take part in the traditional slipper shooting 2026.
For minors, the signature or presence of a parent or legal guardian is required. Insurance cover is provided by the Bayerischer Sportschützenverbund e.V. (BSSB). Alcohol is strictly prohibited for all shooters.
Reception and parade
On Monday, June 16, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., the wake-up call and reception will take place in front of the town hall, where the Schlappenkönig or Schlappenkönigin will be formally announced. The parade then begins from the town hall to the shooting house. Many groups march along, including guests of honor, trainees from the city of Hof, various shooting associations, Hussites, representatives of the craft beer industry, majorettes and brass bands from the twin town of Eger, the German Armed Forces, the naval association, representatives of the craft industry and many more.
In the marquee, the motto is "Etzert leffds!" and the people of Hof celebrate the Hofer Schlappentag together with many guests in an exuberant and peaceful manner and can enjoy the Schlappentag beer brewed especially for the Schlappentag by the Scherdel brewery.
Schlappenbier
A beer that doesn't come along every day
In March 2025, the time has come: the special brew for Scherdel Schlappenbier 2025 has been brewed. After the main fermentation, it matures for several weeks before the Schlappenbier is available for all Schlappenbier lovers to buy from June 16. Shortly before Schlappen Day, it is filled freshly into kegs and bottles with an original gravity of 16.3 percent and an alcohol content of 6.5 percent and is only delivered in the early morning of Schlappentag.
If you would like to toast one of Germany's oldest guild festivals in advance, you can do so on Saturday evening, June 14, at the Scherdel Biergartenfest. Although the Schlappenbier is not yet available at this time, there is something for every taste with the Scherdel Pilsner and the Zoigl or Hell specialties. With hearty, handmade music and Franconian delicacies, it's a great way to while away the hours.
Schlappenbier is only available while stocks last. Traditionally, only a limited quantity of this rarity is brewed. Scherdel Schlappenbier has recently won awards in several quality competitions. For the second time in a row, the European Beer Star jury voted Hofer Schlappenbier the best bock beer in the world in the "German Style Heller Bock" category. The German Agricultural Society also awarded the Schlappenbier another DLG gold medal for its outstanding quality.
Schlappentag enjoyment box
Enjoyment in a double pack
This year there are once again two versions of the popular Schlappentag boxes from Falter. The Genussbox contains beef sausage, Pressack, Schlappenbierbeißer and Schlappenbier, plus mustard and horseradish. You can choose which Hofer butchers (Max, Schiller or Herpich) you would like your meat and sausage products to come from. The box costs €58. The other option is a beer-only box with either 9, 12 or 18 bottles of Schlappenbier for €23/€28/€37.
Shipping is free of charge and possible from June 14, 2025. Please note: The last order date for the Genussbox is June 9. Merchandise for Hofer Schlappentag such as baseball caps, bottle openers and beer mugs can also be purchased in the Falter online store: www.falter-shop.de
Creative competition
Children design their favorite slippers
In order to bring even the youngest children into contact with tradition, the organizers of the Schlappentag - Hofer Handwerk, Privilegierte Scheiben-Schützen-Gesellschaft, Brauerei Scherdel and the city of Hof - have once again launched a creative competition for the kindergartens in Hof.
This year's motto is "HANDwerk - Show us your hands!". The kindergarten children are called upon to present their hands in a creative way until May 28, 2025.
The organizers will select the winning work from the numerous entries. The winning kindergarten will be announced on the stage in front of the town hall on Schlappentag. The Hofer Wärschtlamo will visit the kindergarten and hand out Wärschtla to the children.
From history
The origin of the festival can be found in the document from 1430 or its copy from a 17th century file in the Plassenburg Secret Archives:
"We Friderich and we John his son, by the grace of God, Margraves of Brandenburg x and Burgraves of Nuremberg, publicly confess with this letter, for us and all our heirs to all those who see, hear or read it, when we have wolbedacht, und mercklich erkannt, solch manchfelt Verdürblich Und gros schäden, For as our dear and faithful mayor, councillor and commoners, rich and poor, have taken and received our city as a court, itzund from the outside, with name, fires and other things, and even if we take them up as a court, build them and are happy to see the aforementioned city protected and improved, they will not be able to build and fortify themselves again without our help, And we have asked them diligently and diligently that we would free them for several years for all taxes and prayers, as we have seen and recognized such their suspicious shame, name and fire, and also their diligent prayers that they may and should be granted such shame, and that they should all the more fortify and build their city and their home to the court, And they have been released and pardoned by special grace for ten whole years following each other, of all taxes and prayers, and they are also released and pardoned in this way in the form of this letter, and as a deed sealed with our appending internal seal, which is given at Cadolczburg on Monday after Sunday Invocavit in the fast, after the birth of Christ our Lord, fourteen hundred years and thereafter in the thirtieth year."
