This Christmas Market in Dresden, Germany claims to be the oldest in the world. And it's got the papers to prove it. In 1434, Frederick II of Saxony signed a decree that a one-day market would be ...
The city of Dresden claims Germany’s oldest Christmas market, Dresdner Striezelmarkt, dating back to 1434. In that year, the Saxony Prince, Friedrich II, allowed the permanent establishment of a ...