Cattle show Speicher
Overview
Intro
In the fall, when the farmers return from the Alps with their cows, the cattle shows take place in Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Prizes are awarded for the most beautiful and best performing cows.
To the delight of the numerous spectators lining the Trogenerstrasse, some farmers drive their cattle to the show with all the trappings of an alpine drive. Others, however, drive their groomed and cleaned animals to the showground with less effort. There, everyone enters the area under a wooden triumphal arch, which is decorated with fir branches, paper flowers and ribbons, with dairy crockery and quite often with a welcome message on a wreathed table. The cattle are tied to long poles according to predetermined categories. The judging panel, consisting of experienced farmers, now begins its work. They judge the animals according to their beauty and performance and place them in the correct order. It can take well into the afternoon to place the animals, as the differences between the best breeding cows in particular are small and the work of the judges is correspondingly difficult. The most beautiful animals receive a wreath of paper flowers tied around their horns.
Timing:
- At 9 a.m. the parade takes place with approx. 180 animals
- At 10 a.m. there is the fairground swinging
- At 1.30 pm presentation of the young breeders
- At 2 pm presentation of the special section:
Cow with the highest lifetime performance, beautiful udder elections +
Election of Miss Speicher
- At around 3.30 pm it's "Abloo": the animals are brought back to the farms.
- The farmers round off the evening at the Speicher fair.
Good to know:
- Festive restaurant and various market stalls
- Festivities with farmers' market, fairground swings
- Funfair from 10 a.m. with bullride, trampoline, shooting gallery
merry-go-round, harass stacking
- 10.00 a.m. public guided tour of the cattle show
- from 17.30 Youth band "Tension" in the LeCoin tent
- 19 - 00 Silent disco in the LeCoin tent
- from 7 p.m. "5mehalsDu" in the marquee
- from 8.30 pm Schlagerbeat
- Parking spaces are available at the indoor swimming pool
- We recommend arriving early for the drive up (09:15) and drive home (15:30)
- The village center is closed.
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
| Contact address |
Gemeindeverwaltung Speicher
GEKO – Jahrmarktkomitee Dorf 10 9042 Speicher jahrmarkt.speicher@gmail.com |
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| Location |
9042 Speicher Switzerland |
| Event Homepage | https://appenzellerland.ch/index.php/de/informieren/typisch/braeuche-tradition/viehschauen.html |
| Opening hours |
Zwischen 08:30 und 09:30 Uhr findet die Auffuhr statt
Zwischen 15:00 und 16:00 Uhr findet die Abfuhr statt
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Event dates
- 26 September 2026