The Wetzlarer Festspiele (Wetzlar Festival) is since 1953 annually a theatre festival

Theatre festival

Theatre festivals amongst the earliest types of festival. Classical Greek theatre was associated with religious festivals dedicated to Dionysus. The medieval mystery plays were presented at the major Christian feasts...

, which taking place in the summer in the Hessian

Hesse

Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...

 city Wetzlar

Wetzlar

Wetzlar is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany. Located at 8° 30′ E, 50° 34′ N, Wetzlar straddles the river Lahn and is on the German Timber-Framework Road which passes mile upon mile of half-timbered houses. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis on the north edge of...

. The festivals enjoy far an acknowledgment, going beyond Hesse.
As the most important place for the festival, servers the free light stage Rosengärtchen within the range of the historical defensive wall

Defensive wall

A defensive wall is a fortification used to protect a city or settlement from potential aggressors. In ancient to modern times, they were used to enclose settlements...

, which offers place for approx. 1,000 spectators. Further places are the Castle Hermannstein (300 seats) as well as the former German medal yard in the old town of Wetzlar, the Lottehof (of 300 seats), at which the birth house of Charlotte Buff stands.

External links

• Official site of the Festival
• Official site of the musical Jekyll and Hyde which was a part of the festival 2009