11th November - Day of St. Martin - patron of the parish church in Girlan In Girlan, the picturesque wine village in the Upper Adige, is 11 November is a very special day. Here's to St. Martin Parish that is still, as the parish church of Girlan a feature of the historical center of the village is dedicated to St. Martin. Traditionally, the "Kirchtig" say the locals, here celebrated quite large! As the contracts at that time the harvest work, one has every reason to finally break and enjoying life really. Previously, it was so that the farmers only after the sale of the harvest time and finally had enough money to buy Necessary and even supplies for To create the winter.
For Girlaner it is natural, therefore, work on that day, but devote himself entirely to the colorful market life. With so much happiness is contagious, and many visitors flock from neighboring villages and even from Bolzano South Tyrol to the Parish Girlan. And for the many vacationers this typical, traditional market is of course also a great attraction.
Almost everything your heart desires is offered here: food, regional specialties, sweets, clothing, leather goods, home appliances, agricultural machinery, and occasionally even cattle. It is traded, haggled and bought. To seek the pleasure of his many guests, the Girlaner clubs, and so come to this marketplace atmosphere soon the smell of fried food in Surfleisch, sausages and roasted chestnuts in sweet and tangerines. The market is always a social event, and also in Girlan you want to come together in a relaxed atmosphere to talk and exchange news. It is of course often then tasted the young wine, and you can talk with the growers about the new vintage.
By nightfall degrade the food stands right, but the party is still far from over: in the taverns and wine cellars Girlan is far more celebrated, sometimes until dawn inside. With bacon, cheese and even more of the "Nuien" sounds of St. Martin in good company ... from
The next day you can see in Appiano often still quite tired faces and the question must be the one who put up with, whether it has a red Pamper (= sheep red = too much red wine) bought in Girlan ;-)