Photos – Ramstein AB, Germany – 1993-1994 (Set Twelve – The Wittlich Pig Fest – Wittlich, Germany – August 1993) » Ramstein AB, Germany – 1993-1994 (Set Twelve – The Wittlich Pig Fest – Wittlich, Germany – August 1993) #1

The Wittlich Pig Fest or "Säubrennerkirmes" is celebrated every August in Wittlich to recall how a pig ate the turnip that was holding the city gates closed - which led to an army entering the city and destroying it.

The Wittlich Pig Fest or “Säubrennerkirmes” is celebrated every August in Wittlich to recall how a pig ate the turnip that was holding the city gates closed – which led to an army entering the city and destroying it.


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