German Christmas markets date back to the 14th century, long before Germany was a unified country. Markets like Dresden’s Striezelmarkt began as practical gatherings where locals could stock up ...

December 22, 2020 Bright lights and large crowds were ever-present at the Weihnachtsmarkt in Dresden, Germany ... bustling with Weihnachtsmärkte (Christmas markets) or Christkindlmärkte ...

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 ...

[AFP] Germany reeled Saturday from the shock of a new deadly attack on a crowded Christmas market where Chancellor Olaf Scholz was to visit the scene of the carnage. Police arrested a 50-year-old ...

At least five people have died and hundreds more are injured – some critically – after a man driving a black BMW plowed into a crowded Christmas market in East Germany Friday evening.