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Bavarian Volunteer Fire Brigades Launch 150th‑Anniversary Festival Season

The festivities underscore how volunteer brigades blend community outreach with urgent investment needs.

Overview

  • The anniversary season opens in May 2026 with Kreuth staging a show exercise that features a helicopter, as dozens of jubilees run across Neu-Ulm and Augsburg counties through summer.
  • In Roggenburg-Biberach, the program includes a blessing for a new HLF-20 fire engine, and the local council has approved a new vehicle hall with a station upgrade.
  • Kreuth lists 426 members with 90 active firefighters and 16 youths in training, yet its stations in Kreuth and Scharling no longer meet current standards and a new site is under review.
  • Festivals feature tents, parades, concerts and children’s activities, plus vehicle displays that let residents see modern gear up close.
  • Counties including Günzburg also map out dense calendars, with nine departments marking 150 years alongside village anniversaries that fill weekends from May to September.