News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany 
Easter markets and displays are scheduled to take place in the coming
weeks. The first event will be the annual Easter egg display, sponsored
by the Westpfalz Werkstätten in Siegelbach from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. This year
Known as a chance for shoppers, U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern
Mission: Serving Our Wounded has teamed up with the athletic club
Langlaufgemeinschaft Sickingenstadt Landstuhl to put on a
German-American Friendship Run March 20 in Landstuhl.
The Model Train Friends Westpfalz sponsor its 36th Model Train Swap Meet at the Haus des Bürgers in Ramstein-Miesenbach Sunday.
The Westrich Fasching parade,
featuring 17 carnival associations, 24 walking groups and 22 floats,
lured more than 25,000 spectators to Ramstein-Miesenbach on Fat
Tuesday. The KMC was represented by various military leaders, the U.S.
Air Forces in Europe Band, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, the Ramstein High
School Step Team and the 86th Construction and Training Squadron with a
decorated truck.
For more than 20 years, the village of Olsbrücken has observed a special
tradition the Saturday after Fasching: the burning of winter. The event
is co-sponsored by the community and the Pfälzerwaldverein
hiking group.
Vacationers standing in front of closed stores in other countries might have overlooked an official holiday.
To avoid this kind of frustration, the German automobile club ADAC has
put together a listing with all official holidays within the first part
of the year for all important European travel countries.
Red hearts used as decoration items in department stores, flower shops,
candy stores, bakeries and window displays signal Valentine
Last updated: 04/28/2026
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