Editing Braunschweig (section)

===Festivals===
''[[:de:Schoduvel|Schoduvel]]'', a medieval Northern German form of [[Carnival in Germany, Switzerland and Austria|carnival]] was celebrated in Braunschweig as early as the 13th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sitm.info/history/Groningen/sondergaard.htm | author = Søndergaard, Leif | title = Carnival is Festival: Dances as Entertainment | access-date = 8 October 2012}}</ref> Since 1979 an annual [[Rosenmontag]] parade is held in Braunschweig, the largest in Northern Germany, which is named Schoduvel in honour of the medieval custom.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.braunschweig.de/kultur_tourismus/veranstaltungen/blickpunkte/bsm_artikel/karneval.html | title = Braunschweiger Karneval "Schoduvel" | language = de | access-date = 8 October 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120831073841/http://www.braunschweig.de/kultur_tourismus/veranstaltungen/blickpunkte/bsm_artikel/karneval.html | archive-date = 31 August 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

An annual ''Weihnachtsmarkt'' ([[Christmas market]]) is held in late November and December on the Burgplatz in the centre of Braunschweig. In 2008 the market had 900,000 visitors.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de/lokales/Braunschweig/900-000-besucher-auf-dem-weihnachtsmarkt-id468999.html | title = 900 000 Besucher auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt | date = 29 December 2008 | language = de | access-date = 8 October 2012 | archive-date = 30 May 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160530114541/http://www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de/lokales/Braunschweig/900-000-besucher-auf-dem-weihnachtsmarkt-id468999.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>