Easter market offers arts, French food, wines

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Courtesy photoVisitors find a variety of Easter eggs made of different techniques at the Easter market Sunday in Niederkirchen.
Courtesy photo
Visitors find a variety of Easter eggs made of different techniques at the Easter market Sunday in Niederkirchen.

The Association for the Advancement of German-French Partnership will sponsor its 22nd annual Easter market from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Niederkirchen’s Westpfalzhalle.

“We get inspired by the first signs of spring and have volunteers decorate our community hall with colorful flowers and Easter decorations to lure a lot of visitors from all over,” said the association’s executive committee member Juergen Feind.

Numerous exhibitors will display Easter decorations of different tastes and prices.

Artists will present wooden items, Easter flower arrangements, felt arts, ceramics, jewelry, glass products, tatting and turning works, clay objects for the house and the garden, stuffed animals and objects made of steel.

Basket and broom makers will show off their skills.

“Like each year, we’ll offer French culinary specialties and selected wines from Germany and France,” said Juergen Kupfer, chef in charge of the event. “We also serve homemade cakes and coffee.”
Children can participate in a children’s raffle.

Admission fee is €1. Children under 14 are admitted free.

“Like each year, we are trying to present a wide and manifold offer of Easter items, which makes it worth a visit to our Easter market in Niderkirchen,” Feind said.

Niederkirchen is located north of Otterberg, past Schallodenbach.