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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Greg Kitsock / The Bulletin
September 30, 2008
Munich’s Oktoberfest traces its history to a royal wedding in 1810. But the city of Bremen’s Freimarkt festival dates to 1035, when the emperor granted Bremen’s bishop permission to stage a fair.
So, what have the Germans been celebrating for the past 1,000 years?....
