Wacken (town)
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Wacken is a municipality near the town of Itzehoe
in Schleswig-Holstein
, Germany
. Wacken was first mentioned in 1148, but there were probably some settlements before, which is proven by the trove of Germanic artifacts.
Today Wacken is famous for annually staging the world's biggest open air metal
festival, "Wacken Open Air
".
Itzehoe
Itzehoe is a town in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.As the capital of the district Steinburg, Itzehoe is located on the Stör, a navigable tributary of the Elbe, 51 km northwest of Hamburg and 24 km north of Glückstadt...
in Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Wacken was first mentioned in 1148, but there were probably some settlements before, which is proven by the trove of Germanic artifacts.
Today Wacken is famous for annually staging the world's biggest open air metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
festival, "Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air is a summer open air heavy metal music festival. It takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany...
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