Pumpkin exhibition 23.08. – 03.11.2024

Kürbisausstellung in Ludwigsburg im Blühenden Barock

Opening hours:

Exhibition: 9.00 am to 8.30 pm
Gastronomy: 10.30 am to at least 5.00 pm
Courtyard/Souvenir Store: 10.30 am to at least 5.30 pm
Pumpkin sale: 10.30 am to at least 5.30 pm

In good weather, the restaurant, farm shop/souvenir store and pumpkin sales are open longer.

To ensure you have a pleasant experience, admission prices are lower during the week than at weekends. 

We recommend traveling by public transport.

From 23 August to 3 November 2024, Ludwigsburg will once again be the pumpkin capital!

For the 25th time, the world's largest pumpkin exhibition will transform the Blühende Barock Ludwigsburg into a stage for unrivalled pumpkin art. From 23.08. to 03.11.2024, pumpkins of every size, shape and colour will dominate the scenery in the palace gardens.
This year, famous personalities will be in the spotlight at the pumpkin show - from historical figures to modern icons who have achieved great things or provided profound inspiration. The repertoire is broad: Childhood heroine Pippi Longstocking makes an appearance, as do the world-famous painter Frida Kahlo and the courageous resistance fighter Sophie Scholl.

A special exhibition to mark the anniversary explains more about the origin and variety of the pumpkins on display. There are also traditional pumpkin culinary delights, such as Germany's largest pumpkin soup, as well as popular programme highlights such as the pumpkin slaughter festival.

Pumpkin delicacies for all gourmets
As you stroll through the exhibition, there are more than 600 varieties of the popular autumn fruit to discover, such as colourful ornamental pumpkins or brightly coloured carved pumpkins. If you work up an appetite, there is a large selection of specialities: pumpkin soup, pumpkin rice pan, pumpkin maultaschen, pumpkin cheese spaetzle, pumpkin spaghetti, pumpkin waffles, tasty pumpkin fries and pumpkin secco or spritzer for refreshment, as well as jams, pesto, pumpkin seed oil, spices, Swiss pumpkin specialities, seeds and hemp seeds.

 

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