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Berchtesgaden offers its guests a wealth of culture and tradition throughout the year. The summer is characterized by music events and outdoor concerts, church festivities with processions, brass bands and firecrackers, traditional costume parades and not to forget in September with the famous Almabtrieb with beautifully decorated cows and imposing bell ringing, when the animals after an accident-free alpine summer from the pastures of the high mountains back to the valley to spend the winter. Tradition is still actively lived by the population in Berchtesgaden and is part of everyday life in harmony with man and nature.