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2020 Frankenmuth Visitor's Guide

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5 #SeeFrankenmuth 1-800-FUN-TOWN We made sure to earn 1-800-FUN-TOWN as our phone number (yes, that's really our number!) by throwing amazing parties all year long, so what better way to celebrate our German heritage than having two great festivals that do just that: Frankenmuth Oktoberfest and Bavarian Festival. Oktoberfest begins in September, to align with the start of the original Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, and draws upwards of 10,000 people dressed in their lederhosen and dirndls ready to FRANKLY SPEAKING "Franken" depicts the province from which German settlers came and "Muth" means courage in German, which translates to "courage of the Franconians." TRAVEL TIPS Go hunting for gnomes! Stop in the Visitor Center and pick up your gnome hunt map, then explore town! Once you find 10 gnomes, return to the Visitor Center for a prize. take part in German traditions. Kids and adults of all ages sing and dance along to the polka bands. Frankenmuth's Oktoberfest was also the first one officially sanctioned to take place outside of Germany by Lord Mayor Christian Ude in 1996. From the detail and care that goes into the architecture to the mouthwatering menu items seen across many of our restaurants, the pride for our Bavarian roots runs strong 365 days a year.

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