Who founded Oktoberfest?
Andreas Michael Dall'Armi, a member of the Bavarian National Guard, had the idea of celebrating the wedding of Prince Regent Ludwig of Bavaria, later King Ludwig I, and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen in a different way: namely with a big horse race.
Which king created the Oktoberfest?
The first "Oktoberfest" took place on October 12, 1810 in Munich: To commemorate their wedding, Crown Prince Ludwig (later King Ludwig I) and Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (who gave the Theresienwiese festival area its name) organized a large Oktoberfest horse race (the wedding took place on October 12; the ...