State Festival: Hessentag with lively response
The Hessentag in Bad Vilbel started the first weekend in bright sunshine on Saturday in bright sunshine and with a lively influx of visitors. A spokesman for the Hessian State Festival of the German Press Agency said with tens of thousands of visitors. «Our expectations and hopes have definitely come true. It’s very, very full. » The mood is very good.
At the state festival, the focus was on volunteering on Saturday. With the traditional “Day of Voluntary Emergency Powers”, Hesse’s Prime Minister Boris Rhein and Interior Minister Roman Poseck (both CDU) Together the great importance and indispensable performance of the approximately 80,000 volunteers from fire and disaster protection in Hesse.
Recognition for volunteers
According to the announcement, volunteer emergency services made outstanding things every day, said Rhein. «They are there when the alarm sounds and go into dangerous situations to help others. Whether with fires, floods or medical emergencies – your helpfulness knows no time and no holiday. What these women and men do is invaluable for our country. »
Poseck emphasized: « Every effort, every exercise, every standby time is volunteered by the emergency services – often in addition to a demanding job and family life. » It deeply impresses him with what professionalism, but also with how much passion the forces in Hesse did. « Especially in the face of growing challenges such as heavy rain, forest fires or power outages, it can be seen how essential a strong fire and disaster protection is for our safety. »
Concerts and swearing -in
In the evening, visitors to the state festival can experience a concert by the rapper Ski AGGU. Police candidates are to be sworn in for the “Police Day” on Sunday. As a precaution, the event was moved from the Stadtwerke-Arena to the Vilco Stadthalle Bad Vilbel due to a severe weather warning, said the city’s spokesman on Saturday. In the evening, among other things, a concert by the Swedish rock band Mando Diao is on the program.
Until the final day with a large parade on June 22, around 750,000 visitors in the city in the Wetteraukreis are expected and thus significantly more than at the Hessentag in Fritzlar last year, which counted around 519,000 visitors. You can look forward to a versatile and varied Hessentag with a good 1,600 events, including numerous concerts of internationally known bands and artists, theater, comedy and sporting events, parties and hands-on activities of clubs and groups.
