Rheinland Pfalz Christmas Markets: 2024 Dates and Maps!

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Why Rheinland Pfalz Christmas Markets?

Here’s your ultimate planning tool for the Rheinland Pfalz Christmas markets season 2024 in the German state of Rheinland Pfalz (and a little bit of France)! There is no better place to feel the true intimate Christmas market magic than southwest Germany. As a matter of fact, Booking.com rates Rheinland Pfalz as the most hospitable region in all of Germany – and the spirit of warmth is at its highest at Christmas time!

The sparkling, vibrant Christmas markets in “Castle Country,” on the Romantic Rhein, on the Wine Road, nestled in the Palatine Forest, and in the charming old towns of one of Germany’s hidden gems should be on the very top of your Christmas bucket list!

Get ready to explore the magic of the Reinland Pfalz Christmas markets!

Key:

🍷 Wine Road

❤️ Romantic Rhein

🏰 Castle feature or similar backdrop

🌳 Forest market

❄️ Small local market

☃️ Mid-sized market

🎄 Large market (for the region)

🧸 Children’s programs

🗓 Keeps going after Christmas

⏳ Limited Days

⚔️ Traditional/Medieval

🚨PLEASE NOTE that many Rheinland Pfalz Christmas markets are closed on the German Day of the Dead which falls on Sunday, November 24, and some are closed on other days in late November. Christmas markets that are open after Christmas will generally be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and some on December 26th. Be sure to double check with the particular market you’re looking at before you make plans at that time!

I’ve been waiting for the Christmas market season since July, and can’t wait to explore more markets in this amazing region.

Rheinland Pfalz Christmas Markets 2024

The vast majority of these markets are free to attend, but some markets (usually the ones in castles) may have an entrance fee of a few euros.

The old Roman gate of Porta Nigra in Trier with an illuminated Christmas tree on the right hand side

❄️ ⏳Adenau: December 20 – December 21 / Market Fountain, 53518 Adenau [map]

☃️🏰 ⏳Ahrweiler: Advent weekends in December only / Market Square, Ahrweilier [map]

❄️⏳ Albisheim: November 30 – December 1 / Community park/parish garden, Fritz-Brubacher-Platz 1, 67308 Albisheim (Pfrimm) [map]

❄️⏳🧸 Altleiningen: December 14 – December 15 / Bahnhofsplatz, Bahnhofstraße 67317 Altleiningen [map]

❄️🗓 Alzey: From November 25 – December 23, and December 27 – December 30 / At the Rossmarkt and the Fischmarkt, Alzey. [map]

❄️❤️ Andernach: November 22 – December 24 / Hochstraße 80 / Stadthausgalerie
56626 Andernach [map]

❄️⏳ Antweiler: December 14 – December 15 / Dorfgemeinschaftshaus Antweiler
Ahrtalstraße 29, 53533 Antweiler [map]

❄️❤️Bacharach: TBA / Altstadt [map]

❄️⏳❤️ Bad Breisig: December 7 – December 8 / In the Spa Park, Bad Breisig [map]

❄️🏰 🍷⏳ Bad Burgzabern: December 6 -8 and December 13 – 15 / Schlossinnenhof Königstrasse 61, 76887 Bad Bergzabern [map]

☃️🧸 Bad Dürkheim: November 15 – December 29 / Römerplatz, 67098 Bad Dürkheim [map]

❄️🏰 ❤️🧸Bad Hönningen/Castle Arenfels: November 15 – December 29 (well-behaved dogs are allowed!) [map]

❄️⏳🧸Bad Kreuznach: from November 30 on Advent weekends (Saturday and Sunday) / Kurpark, Bad Kreuznach [map]

❄️⏳⚔️🧸Bad Marienburg: November 28 – December 1 / Market Square, Marienburg [map]

☃️⏳ Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg: All four Advent weekends (Saturday and Sunday) / Kurpark Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg [map]

❄️ ⏳🍷Bellheim: December 6 – December 8 / Gemeinde Bellheim, Schubertstraße 18, Bellheim [map]

❄️⏳❤️ Bendorf: December 8 – December 10 / City Park, Bendorf [map]

☃️🧸Bernkastel Kues: November 22 – December 22 / Gestade 654470 Bernkastel-Kues [map]

☃️🗓❤️ Bingen am Rhein: November 27 – December 30 / City Center, Bingen [map]

☃️⏳Bitburg: December 4 – December 15 / City Center, Bitburg [map]

❄️⏳🍷🧸Bobenheim am Berg: November 30 – December 1 / Old Town Center, Bobenheim [map]

❄️⏳🧸Bobenheim Roxheim: December 6 – December 8 / Kurpfalzplatz, 67240 Bobenheim-Roxheim [map]

❄️⏳🍷Bockenheim: November 22 – November 23 / Leininger Ring 79, 67278 Bockenheim [map]

❄️⏳Böhl-Iggelheim: November 29 – December 1 / Dorfplatz Böhl, 67459 Böhl-Iggelheim [map]

❄️⏳❤️ Boppard: December 6 – December 15 / In front of St. Severus Church, Boppard [map]

❄️❤️ ⏳Braubach: December 7 – December 8 / Obermarktstraße, Schlossstraße & Marktplatz, Braubach [map]

❄️⏳Bruchmühlbach-Miesau: TBA Am Rathaus, 66892 Bruchmühlbach-Miesau [map]

❄️⏳Carlsberg: November 30 – December 1 / Hauptstraße 6, 67316 Carlsberg [map]

❄️🏰❤️Cochem: November 22- December 22 / Old Town Center and surrounding streets [map]

❄️🏰⏳Dasburg Castle: Advent weekends (Saturday and Sunday) / At the castle ruins, Dasburg [map]

☃️⏳🍷Deidesheim: Advent weekends (Friday – Sunday) / Marktplatz, 67146 Deidesheim [map]

☃️⏳🍷Diedesfeld: November 29 – December 1 / Remigiusstraße, Weinstraße 548, 67434 Diedesfeld [map]

❄️⏳Dörrenbach: December 13 – December 15 / Due to construction at the Town Hall, the market will be in front of the open-air stage this year [map]

❄️⏳🏰 Dudeldorf: November 30 – December 1 / Village Center [map]

❄️⏳🍷Edenkoben: November 30 as well as December 1st, 7th, and 8th / Lederstrumpfbrunnen, Weinstraße 94A, 67480 Edenkoben [map]

❄️⏳Einselthum: December 14 – December 15 / Dorfplatz, 67308 Einselthum [map]

❄️⏳Ellerstadt: November 29 – December 1 / Kirchenstraße, 67158 Ellerstadt [map]

❄️⏳Eppenbrunn: December 14 / Freizeitpark Eppenbrunn, Talstraße
66957 [map]

☃️🏰⏳🧸Erlangen: November 25 – December 24 / Schlossplatz, Erlangen [map]

❄️⏳Fischbach: November 30 – December 1 / Rathausplatz, 66996 Fischbach bei Dahn [map]

🎄🧸Frankfurt: November 25 – December 22 / Multiple markets at Römerberg, Paulsplatz, Mainkai, Main, Friedrich-Stoltze-Platz, Rossmarkt [map]

☃️Frankenthal: November 25 to December 29 / Rathausplatz, 67227 Frankenthal [map]

❄️⏳Freckenfeld: December 7 – December 8 / Jakobshof, Hauptstraße 112-114, 76872 Freckenfeld [map]

❄️⏳Freinsheim: All Advent weekends from Friday to Sunday / Marktplatz, 67251 Freinsheim [map]

❄️🏰⏳Germersheim: November 29 – December 1, and December 6 – 8 / An Fronte Beckers, 76726 Germersheim [map]

❄️⏳Gerolsheim: November 22 – November 23 / Dorfgemeinschaftshaus, An der Weet 4, 67229 Gerolsheim [map]

❄️⏳Grünstadt: December 6 – December 8 / City Center Schillerplatz, 67269 Grünstadt [map]

❄️🏰 ⏳🍷🧸Haardt: November 29 – December 1 / Mandel ring 92
67433 Neustadt-Haardt [map]

❄️⏳ Hachenburg: December 12 – December 15 / Altermarkt, Hachenburg [map]

❄️⏳Hagenbach: November 22 – November 23 / Kirchplatz, 76767 Hagenbach [map]

❄️⏳🍷🧸Hambach: November 30 and December 1, 7, and 8 / Altes Rathaus, 67434 Hambach [map]

❄️⏳Haßloch: November 29 – December 1, December 6 – 8, December 13 – 15 and December 20 – 22 / Rathausplatz 5, 67454 Haßloch [map]

❄️⏳Hauenstein: December 6 – December 8 / Johann-Naab-Platz, 76846 Hauenstein [map]

❄️🏰 ⏳ Hellenthal-Reifferscheid Castle: November 30 – December 1 / historic town centre and castle [map]

❄️⏳🍷Herxheim bei Landau: November 28 – December 1 / Kirchberg, 76863 Herxheim [map]

❄️⏳Hillesheim: November 30 – December 1 / Hillesheim market and exhibition hall [map]

☃️🧸 Homburg: December 7 – December 8 / Christian-Weber-Platz, Homburg [map]

☃️🏰 ⏳Idar-Oberstein: TBA / Schloss Oberstein 55743 Idar-Oberstein [map]

❄️🍷⏳Ilbesheim: December 14 – December 15 / City Center Ilbesheim [map]

❄️⏳🏰 Ingelheim am Rhein: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Advent weekends (Friday – Sunday) / At the Castle Church [map]

☃️🌳⏳Johanniskreuz/Trippstadt: December 14 – December 15 / House of Sustainability, Johanniskreuz, 67705 [map]

❄️⏳Jockgrim: December 6 – December 8 / Bürgerhaus, Untere Buchstraße, 76751 Jockgrim [map]

☃️🗓 Kaiserslautern: November 21 to December 23 (Silvestermarkt December 27 – December 30) / Marktstraße 13, 67655 Kaiserslautern [map]

☃️⏳Kandel: All Advent weekends (Saturday and Sunday) / Am Marktplatz, 76870 Kandel [map]

❄️⏳🏰Kastellaun: December 7 – December 8 / Historic Old Town [map]

❄️⏳❤️🧸Kaub: Friday, December 6 / Schulstrasse 12, 56349 Kaub [map]

❄️⏳Kirchheimbolanden: December 6 – December 8 / Stadthalle an der Orangerie, Dr.-Edeltraud-Sießl-Allee 4, 67292 Kirchheimbolanden [map]

❄️🏰 ⏳⚔️🧸Klingenmünster: December 13 – December 15 / Burg Landeck, 76889 Klingenmünster [map]

☃️❤️🗓 Koblenz: November 22 to January 5 / City Center [map]

❄️🌳⏳Kohlbachtal: November 29 – December 1 / Naturfreundehaus Im Kohlbachtal, 67471 Elmstein-Helmbach [map]

❄️⏳Konz: November 30 – December 1 / Roscheiderhof, 54329 Konz [map]

❄️⏳Kusel: TBA [map]

❄️🍷⏳Lachen-Speyerdorf: December 7 – December 8 / Altes Schulhaus, Theodor-Heuss-Straße 45, 67435 Lachen-Speyerdorf [map]

☃️⏳Landstuhl: Friday to Sunday on all Advent weekends / Alter Markt, 66849 Landstuhl [map]

❄️⏳❤️ Lahnstein: November 30 – December 1 / Hintermauergasse
56112 Lahnstein [map]

❄️⏳Lambrecht: November 29 to December 1 / Friedrich-Ebert-Platz, 67466 Lambrecht [map]

☃️🍷 Landau in der Pfalz: November 28 – December 22 / Rathausplatz, 76829 Landau [map]

❄️⏳Langenfeld: Saturday November 30 / Achter Straße 856729 Langenfeld [map]

❄️⏳Lauterecken: December 7 / Veldenzplatz, 67742 Lauterecken [map]

❄️⏳❤️ Leutesdorf: December 14 / Village Square [map]

❄️⏳Limburgerhof: December 6 – December 8 / Burgunder Platz, 67117 Limburgerhof [map]

❄️⏳Lingenfeld: November 30 / Schulstrasse, Lingenfeld [map]

❄️❤️ Linz am Rhein: November 29 – December 1 / Market Square, Linz am Rhein [map]

🎄🧸Ludwigshafen: am Rhein November 13 – December 23 / Berliner Platz, 67059 Ludwigshafen [map]

❄️⏳Lustadt: November 30 – December 1 / Rathaushof, Obere Hauptstraße 140, 67363 Lustadt [map]

🎄🗓🧸Mainz: November 28 – December 23 and December 27 – December 30 / The Mainz Cathedral Square [map]

❄️🏰⏳Manderscheid Castle: November 30 – December 1 / Niederburg Castle – Manderscheid shuttle bus [map]

🎄🧸Mannheim: November 25 – December 23 / Paradeplatz, Friedrichsplatz, and Kapuzinerplanke [map]

❄️⏳Mayen: November 29 – December 1, December 3, December 6 – 8, December 12 – 15, December 20 – 23 / Marktplatz, Mayen [map]

❄️⏳Münchweilier/Alsenz: December 7 / Town Center [map]

❄️⏳Monreal: December 14 – December 15 / Market Square, 56729 Monreal [map]

❄️⏳Montabaur: December 21 / Market Square [map]

❄️⏳Morbach: December 6 – December 7 / Town Center [map]

❄️⏳Mühlheim-Kärlich: December 16 / Schlossplatz [map]

❄️⏳Münchweiler an der Alsenz: December 9 / Parkplatz am Bürgerhaus, Bahnpfad 1, 67728 Münchweilier an der Alsenz [map]

❄️⏳Münchweiler/Rodalb: November 29 – November 30 / Bürgerhaus im Bürgerpark, 66981 Münchweiler an der Rodalb [map]

❄️⏳Mutterstadt: November 30 – December 1 and December 7 – December 8 / Rathausplatz and in the Rathausfoyer [map]

❄️⏳Nanzdietschweiler: November 30 / Kurpfalzhalle, Hauptstraße 61, 66909 Nanzdietschweilier [map]

❄️⏳Neuhofen: November 30 – December 1, and December 7-8 / Partnerschaftsplatz, 67141 Neuhofen [map]

❄️🏰 ⏳Neuliningen Unterer Burghof, 67271 Neuleiningen (May not happen this year)

☃️🍷Neustadt an der Weinstraße: November 25 to December 22 / Marktplatz and Juliusplatz 67433 Neustadt [map]

❄️⏳Neustadt Mußbach: December 7 – 8, and December 14 – 15 / Herrenhof, Herrenhofstraße 6, 67435 Neustadt-Mußbach [map]

☃️❤️ Neuwied: November 22 – December 23 / Neuwieder City Center [map]

❄️❤️ ⏳Nierstein: December 7 / On the market square, in the Oberdorfstraße, on the Fronhof and in the Bibelgarten [map]

❄️❤️ ⏳Oberwesel: November 30 – December 1 / In the historic market square, in Rathausstraße and in the Kulturhaus [map]

❄️❤️ ⏳Oppenheim: December 14 – December 15 / city center around the town hall, the market square and the square in front of the Katharinenkirche [map]

❄️⏳Otterberg: November 30 and December 7, 14, and 21 / Kirchplatz, 67697 Otterberg [map]

❄️⏳Ottersheim: November 30 – December 1 / Bürgerhaus, Lange Straße 78, 76879 Ottersheim [map]

❄️⏳Otterstadt: December 7 – December 8 / Königsplatz, 67166 Otterstadt [map]

🎄Pirmasens: November 27 – December 22 / Schlossplatz, Hauptstraße 15, 66953 Pirmasens [map]

❄️⏳Queidersbach: November 29 – November 30 / Dorfplatz, 66851 Queidersbach [map]

❄️⏳🧸Ramstein-Miesenbach December 8 / Am Neuen Markt 2, 66877 Ramstein-Miesenbach [map]

❄️⏳🧸Rheinzabern: November 29 – December 1 / Kirchplatz, 76764 Rheinzabern [map]

❄️⏳❤️ Remagen: December 7 – December 8 / City Center [map]

❄️🏰 ❤️⏳ Rheinstein Castle: November 25 – December 17 (Saturdays and Sundays only) / Bingen [map]

❄️🍷⏳Rhodt unter Rietburg: December 7-8, and December 14-15 / City Center, 76835 Rhodt unter Rietburg [map]

❄️⏳🧸 Rockenhausen: November 29 – December 1 / Marktplatz, 67806 Rockenhausen [map]

❄️⏳Rodalben: November 30 – December 1 / Marienkirche, 66976 Rodalben [map]

❄️⏳Rodenbach: December 7 – December 8 / The Old Village in Niederrodenbach [map]

❄️⏳🧸Rülzheim: December 13 – December 15 / Deutschordenplatz, 76761 Rülzheim [map]

❄️⏳Saarburg: Victorian Christmas December 14 – December 15 / KulturGießerei Saarburg, Staden 130, 54439 Saarburg [map]

❄️🍷⏳🧸Sankt Martin: November 30 and December 1, 7 – 8, 14 – 15 / Alte Kellerei, Kellereistraße, 67487 St. Martin [map]

❄️⏳🧸Schifferstadt: December 14 – December 15 / Vogelpark, Schifferstadt [map]

❄️⏳Schönenberg-Kübelberg: December 14 – December 15 / Kirchgasse, 66901 Schönenberg-Kübelberg [map]

❄️🍷⏳Schweigen-Rechtenbach: November 29 – December 8 / At the German Wine Gate, 76889 Schweigen-Rechtenbach [map]

❄️⚔️ ❤️⏳ Sinzig: December 6 – December 8 / Church Square 53489 Sinzig [map]

🎄🗓🧸Speyer: November 25 – January 6 / From the cathedral to the old gate on Maximilianstraße 67346 Speyer [map]

❄️⏳❤️Sankt Goar: December 7 – December 8 / Loreleystrasse An der Bach
56329 St. Goar-Biebernheim [map]

❄️⏳Steinbach: December 7 – December 8 / Rathausplatz 98587 Steinbach-Hallenberg [map]

❄️⏳🏰⚔️ Thallichtenberg: November 30 – December 1 / Castle grounds of Burg Lichtenberg, Burgstraße 17, 66871 Thallichtenberg [map]

❄️🍷⏳Traben-Trarbach: Underground market November 22 – January 1 / Hotel Moselschlösschen, Old Town Hall/Alte Zunftscheune, Axel Emert Winery, Bogner Gallery Cellar, Villa Nollen Cellar (5 Euro entry fee) [map]

❄️⏳🏰 ❤️ Trechtingshausen/Reichenstein Castle: December 9 – December 10 / Burgweg 24, Trechtingshausen [map]

🎄🏰 Trier: November 22 – December 22 / Hauptmarkt & Domfreihof, Trier [map]

❄️🏰⏳Ulmen Castle: December 1 / At the castle grounds [map]

❤️ Vallendar: November 30 – December 1 / Rathausplatz and on Hellenstraße [map]

❄️🏰⏳Wachenheim/Wachtenburg: TBA / Schlossgasse 29, 67157 Wachenheim [map]

❄️⏳Waldmohr: December 7 – December 8 / Marktplatz, 66914 Waldmohr [map]

❄️⏳Weilerbach: December 14 / Dorfplatz “Alter Bahnhof”, 67685 Weilerbach [map]

❄️🏰⏳Winnweiler: Dates TBA / Schlossplatz 53, 67722 Winnweiler Castle Falkenstein (Winnweiler) [map]

☃️Wittlich: November 29 – December 22 / The market square on the Leiser [map]

❄️⏳Wolfstein: 30. November 2024 / Rathausplatz, 67752 Wolfstein [map]

🎄🧸Worms: November 20 – December 23 / From Parmaplatz to the Obermarkt and the Winzerbrunnen to the Roman Kaiser [map]

☃️⏳🧸Zweibrücken: December 6-8 and 13-15 / Alexanderplatz, 66482 Zweibrücken [map]

Dates for Notable Christmas Markets in Eastern France

A row of half-timbered houses covered in Christmas lights and people looking in shop windows

These Christmas markets are fairly close to Rheinland-Pfalz and definitely worth exploring!

☃️Metz: November 24 – December 30, 2024 / From Place de la Comédie to the Opera House [map]

🎄Strasbourg: November 27 – December 27, 2024 / Several markets [map]

☃️Colmar: November 26 – December 29, 2024 [map]

❄️Haguenau: November 22 – December 30, 2024 [map]

❄️Eguisheim: November 29 – December 30, 2024 [map]

❄️Requiwir: November 29 – December 22, 2024 [map]

Dates for Other Notable German Christmas Markets

An iilluminated Ferris wheel in the background and a row of festively decorated market stalls

These Christmas markets are relatively close to Rheinland-Pfalz, and worth checking out!

🎄Cologne: November 18 – December 23, 2024 [map]

🎄Nuremberg: November 29 – December 24, 2024 [map]

🎄Dusseldorf: November 21 – December 30, 2024 [map]

☃️Marburg: November 29 – December 24, 2024 [map]

🎄Stuttgart: November 27 – December 23, 2024 [map]

☃️Rothenburg ob der Tauber: November 29 – December 23, 2024 [map]