European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sights sounds browsers flip through used books at one of several Bookstall in the Auer most Bookstall have at least a few items in to bargaining Munich Market is fair for All Story and photos by Chuck Vinch Munich Bureau chief everyone who has lived in Europe for any length of time has inevitably stumbled across a local Street Market or antique but you probably wont find All three combined in quite so colourful a fashion As you will at Munich thrice yearly Auer the held in summer and takes place in the  near the Church of the same its usually a Serene and fairly empty except at Auer adult when its jammed with people looking for that unique the Auer begun in is a relative newcomer As Munich tradition for such fairs goes Back More than a bavarian Soldier named Balthasar Valthauser is generally credited with originating the who fought in the wars against the hungarians and other Eastern tribes in the 10th supposedly promised to build a Chapel and a Hermitage in near if he made it through the fighting in one he and he kept his but when he built his Hermitage he also decided to add an open air Market and a tradition was another the Munich first appears in City records in it reached a Peak in 1388 when people jammed the fair to see newly unearthed relics from the nearby ande chs monastery outside at the time the entire population of Munich numbered Only this adult featured horse races and shooting Competition in addition to the fair a few years later the Schleiss Heimer and Munich adults were the Auer adult began As a sort of rival to the Munich sponsored by the townsfolk in the or old part of the first Auer adult had 49 stalls and was held for three Days in May and the Munich adult grew so rapidly in the Early 19th Century that the City Council moved it to the promenade Platz in 1819 and then to what is now the Maximilia Platz in in it moved again to the and finally it relocated in 1904 at the combined with the Auer adult to form the fair we know the Auer adult is organized into three with food and drink stands sprinkled liberally throughout the one Section has modern wares Kitchen crackpots and the another area has carnival rides and but the prime feature is the antique Many of the Antiques carry a High Price despite the fact that much of it appears to be worthless but part of the fun is haggling to see How Low you can whittle the Price on a particular but great buys Are rare and the bavarian merchants enjoy a Well deserved reputation for so stripes Magazine jury