The city of Dresden claims Germany’s oldest Christmas market, Dresdner Striezelmarkt, dating back to 1434. In that year, the Saxony Prince, Friedrich II, allowed the permanent establishment of a ...

She told MailOnline Travel: 'Heidelberg was my first ever Christmas market and I was obsessed. I made it my mission to see as many as possible. ... THE FIVE BEST CHRISTMAS MARKETS 1. Cologne, Germany.

The popular markets in Frankfurt, Berlin, Heidelberg, Lübeck, Bremen, Mannheim, Münster and Munich's Christkindlmarkt, for example, all open on November 21st.

Germany also banned knives at Christmas markets this year, after a deadly knife attack at a festival in August. Offenders now face a fine of up to 10,000 euros (more than $10,400).