in case you don't know, the Hoeker Fest is basically a lot of food and drink and bands in the three major marketplaces (maybe squares, the two on the ends have fountains, the main one doesn't) as well as Linnenbauer platz, where the statue of the Hoeker resides. As you can see, he smokes a pipe. Hoeker means huckster, or pedlar, and Linnenbauer (or Leineweber) is a linen weaver. This guy was the last of the hand weavers who peddled his own goods around the county. The fest starts on a Wednesday and goes on until Sunday night. The Steinstrasse neighborhood gets pretty crowded, but if you're into eating flesh and drinking fine wine, our Gänsemarkt is the wine locale of the fest. The Alter Markt and Neuer Markt ain't half bad either...Gänsemarkt=Goose market
Altermarkt=Old market
Neuermarkt=New market
None of them are really marketplaces anymore, the hucksters all park around the Rathaus (city hall) on market day and you can buy fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, and various and sundry items with which to whet the imagination of your palate,
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