Germany's Largest Village of Vocalists
Lindenholzhausen is renowned for its choirs. Although the village has no more than 3,400 residents, it has the remarkable number of 11 choirs, even though some of these are assigned to the same associations. The independent choirs are the Cäcilia, the ensemble vocale lindenholzhausen, the Harmonie and the Church Choir. The Cäcilia comprises a male, a female and a youth choir, a Pop and Jazz choir, a young choir and the "Schrägen Acht" (a unit of the male choir that performs mostly at local events and whose name plays on the ambiguous German adjective "schräg" implying both mischievous and off-key; the "Acht" (eight) designates its headcount when it was founded in 1968 and has remained in spite of its current (2007) headcount of seventeen). The Harmonie comprises The Male Choir, The Young Harmonists and The Small Choir.
Throughout the years, these choirs have won multiple national and international prizes and rank among the best amateur choirs in the world. Accordingly, Lindenholzhausen is often referred to by the press as "Germany's Largest Village of Vocalists". Although local events include the annual Funfair (German: "Kirmes") and associations' anniversaries (German: "Vereinsjubiläen"), the choral and folklore festivals remain by far the village's major events with participants and visitors totalling between 10,000 and 20,000 from all around the world.
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