Soultzbach-les-Bains: The town is ready to celebrate its 750th anniversary

Casanova will obviously be there. The card game, in particular. The Venetian, a visitor to Soultzbach-les-Bains in the ^18th century, played a game of piquet there against the officer d'Entragues. In his memoirs, Casanova claims it lasted forty-two hours, emerging victorious by making his opponent doze off. The game will be replayed Saturday and Sunday at Soultzbach Castle.

The life of the adventurer, diplomat, spy will be recounted through sketches during the two days of festivities on May 31 and June ^1. The Goliards, the Haricot Blanc company, the dancers of the Samarcande troupe, the Médiévales de Gueberschwihr will join in the fun for the 750th anniversary of the town .

Medieval reenactors will set up workshops in the streets, showcasing ancient trades such as sawyer, blacksmith, farrier, and more. Other activities will involve herbalists, fortune tellers, and the public, who will be able to participate in medieval games. Art'Thémis' creatures on stilts will wander through the village.

On Saturday evening, during the folk dance, a film retracing the history of the smallest fortified city in Alsace, with a reconstruction of the village in 1650, will be screened in the village hall. During Sunday mass, a temporary choir of 70 singers and the Entente musicale du Krebsbach will perform Jacob de Haan's Missa Brevis .

Some 50 volunteers will be mobilized during the two-day festival. Even more were involved in the preparations, sewing 1,000 pennants and six coats of arms, arranged on 700 meters of string, adorning the village. Twenty-five volunteer pastry chefs are also taking part in the celebrations, with hot and cold food provided.