Candle dipping in Teufen: here the calendar says who runs the wax pot
Most organisers publish a run and an opening time. Teufen publishes eight individual operating days, each with its own hours — and for five of them, which team runs the wax pot that day. That is unique in our entire survey. On the same page, however, sits a trap.
📅 Run, opening hours and what the organiser actually published
Kerzenziehen im Advent im Pfarreizentrum Stofel
confirmedWednesday, 2 December 2026 – Friday, 11 December 2026 · 10 days
- Opening hours
- Wed 2 Dec 13:30–17:00 (KJAT team) · Thu 3 Dec 14:00–17:30 · Fri 4 Dec 14:00–17:30 · Sat 5 Dec 11:00–18:00 (Jubla Rotbach) · Sun 6 Dec 10:00–14:00 (Jubla Rotbach) · Wed 9 Dec 13:30–17:00 (KJAT team) · Thu 10 Dec 14:00–17:30 · Fri 11 Dec 14:00–17:30
- Meeting point
- Pfarreizentrum Stofel (Untergeschoss), Stofelweid 1b, 9053 Teufen
- Food and drink
- Alte Kleider und Schuhe anziehen; Schachteln oder Tasche für den Transport der Kerzen mitbringen.
- Organiser
- Katholische Pfarrei Teufen-Bühler-Stein (Jugendarbeit, KJAT und Jubla Rotbach)
The only session in this survey that publishes WHICH team runs the wax pots on which day: the KJAT team on both Wednesdays, Jubla Rotbach on Saturday and Sunday. Elsewhere the calendar gives only the hours.
- Price: CHF 4.– per 100 g of coloured wax. Children under 8 only when accompanied by an adult. Insurance is, according to the organiser, the participants' own responsibility.
- Advance booking via the online tool Nuudel is requested; dropping in is possible but without guarantee.
- ⛔ Cross-checked on 12 September 2026: the run and the eight operating days carry the year 2026, and every weekday-date pair fits 2026 (2 December = Wednesday) and no other year. The registration link and the linked flyer on the same page, however, are still labelled «Kerzenziehen 2025» — open the flyer and you read last year's figures.
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 12 September 2026
📅 Visit-day check
Pick the day you are free — the answer comes from the verified ConvivaPlus dataset, not from a run you have to work out in your head.
| Session | Run | Opening hours | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerzenziehen im Advent im Pfarreizentrum Stofel | Wed 2 Dec – Fri 11 Dec10 days | Wed 2 Dec 13:30–17:00 (KJAT team) · Thu 3 Dec 14:00–17:30 · Fri 4 Dec 14:00–17:30 · Sat 5 Dec 11:00–18:00 (Jubla Rotbach) · Sun 6 Dec 10:00–14:00 (Jubla Rotbach) · Wed 9 Dec 13:30–17:00 (KJAT team) · Thu 10 Dec 14:00–17:30 · Fri 11 Dec 14:00–17:30 | confirmed |
Calculated from the ConvivaPlus dataset — every row with its own source above.
Each bar is a documented run. Dark = this session, pale = the nearest ones. Read a single date and you miss that the neighbouring village has already packed up when the wax here is only just warming.
🔎 What sets this candle-dipping session apart
Anyone planning a candle-dipping visit usually looks for two figures: from when to when, and what time of day. Teufen supplies a third that nobody else does — who is at the pot on that day. On both Wednesdays it is the KJAT team; on Saturday and Sunday, Jubla Rotbach. It sounds like a footnote and is, for a child, the real reason to want a particular day.
The second peculiarity is the shape of the window: 10 calendar days, 8 open days — and the gap is not at the edge, it is in the middle. Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 December are closed. A date list printing «2 to 11 December» claims ten days in a row and is wrong on two of them. This is not cosmetic: it is a family's second drive with children in the car.
And then there is the place where this otherwise very well-kept page misleads: the registration link and the flyer are still labelled «Kerzenziehen 2025». So we cross-checked rather than guessed, at the one place that cannot lie: the calendar. 2 December is a Wednesday in 2026, exactly as the page says; in 2025 it was a Tuesday. Every one of the eight weekday-date pairs fits 2026 and no other year. The operating hours are therefore current — only the two labels have been left behind.
For planning that means: you can follow the hours at the top of the page, but not the flyer once opened. We therefore name which field is affected instead of distrusting the whole source.
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🎯 How to plan the visit without arriving at a cold wax pot
Eight operating days with their own hours, two closed days in the middle and a flyer from last year. How to plan Teufen.
- 17 and 8 December are closedThe published run covers ten calendar days; it is open on eight. Monday and Tuesday of the second week drop out. Anyone reading only the start and end plans straight into that gap.
- 2Every day has its own hours — and they vary a lotOn Sunday 6 December it is open from 10:00 to 14:00; the Saturday before, from 11:00 to 18:00. Three hours separate the shortest day from the longest. If you are planning an afternoon, check the specific day, not the week.
- 3Advance booking via Nuudel — dropping in works, but without guaranteeThe organiser asks for advance booking through the online tool Nuudel. Turning up without booking is possible but expressly without guarantee. For a trip from outside, booking is worth it.
- 4Under 8 only accompanied — and insurance is the visitors' own affairThe age rule is published: under 8 only with an accompanying adult. The organiser also states expressly that insurance is the participants' own responsibility.
🗺️ Where this session sits in the season
Teufen is the first and so far only entry for canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden in our candle-dipping dataset. On opening day 19 further sessions are running outside the municipality; after that only 2 more begin anywhere in Switzerland. Nationally 34 of 51 entries are documented, across 18 of 26 cantons.
The neighbouring canton makes the interesting comparison: in Appenzell the workshop stands in a convent garden and the event is documented — but for 2026 without a date. Twenty minutes' drive away, in Teufen, every hour is on the page. Anyone in the Appenzell region who wants to dip a candle and needs a date has one right here. The densest day of the whole season is 28 November 2026, with 21 wax pots open at once.
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Several — Uster, Lenzburg, Gossau and Solothurn name dated individual days. But Teufen is the only session in our survey that also publishes which team runs the pot on which day.
Every verified candle-dipping session →In Appenzell (AI), in the garden of the Maria der Engel women's convent. The event is documented, but no 2026 date had been published as of 12 September 2026.
Candle dipping Appenzell AI →Because many sessions have closed days in the middle of the run. In Teufen there are two; in Chur nine days separate the run from the open days. Anyone reading only the start and end dates plans into thin air.
Candle dipping Chur →The ConvivaPlus verdict
For families in the Appenzell midlands Teufen is the most plannable address in the region: the price is there, the age rule is there, every single day is listed with its hours — and on top of that, who is guiding on that day. No other session in this survey offers that much predictability.
Two things need knowing in advance, and each otherwise costs a drive: 7 and 8 December are closed, and the registration link along with the flyer still carries the year label 2025. The operating hours are not affected — we checked them against the calendar.
Freshness note: ⛔ Run, the eight operating days with hours, price, age rule and booking form come from the organiser (kath-rotbachtal.ch), checked on 12 September 2026. The registration link and the linked flyer on the same page are still labelled «Kerzenziehen 2025» — the flyer contains last year's figures. The operating hours were cross-checked against the calendar: every weekday-date pair fits 2026 and no other year.
Check the latest: ConvivaPlus candle-dipping dataset 2026 – Teufen →
- ◆Two closed days in the middle of the run: Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 December. «2 to 11 December» sounds like ten days in a row and is wrong on two of them.
- ◆At the weekend Jubla runs the pot: Saturday and Sunday Jubla Rotbach runs the operation, on the Wednesdays the KJAT team. No other organiser in this survey publishes that.
- ◆An old label does not devalue data: the registration link and flyer are still called «2025», the operating hours are not. We say which field is affected instead of discarding the whole source.
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Teufen publishes eight individual operating days, each with its own hours — and for five of them, which team runs the wax pot: KJAT on the Wednesdays, Jubla Rotbach at the weekend. No other organiser in this survey does that. Note: Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 December are closed.
Discussion
5 voices from the community
Dass mer gnau weiss, weler Tag wer am Topf staat, isch eigentli s Beschte dra. Mini Chind wänd am Samschtig, will denn d Jubla dert isch. Das isch kei Detail, das isch für sie de Grund.
Genau deshalb steht es bei uns im Hook, Corinne. In unserer ganzen Erhebung publiziert kein zweiter Veranstalter, WELCHES Team an welchem Tag am Wachstopf steht — überall sonst steht nur die Uhrzeit.
Achtung Montag und Dienstag: Das sieht auf den ersten Blick nach zehn Tagen am Stück aus, ist es aber nicht. Der 7. und der 8. Dezember sind zu. Wir standen letztes Jahr vor der Tür.
Der Flyer-Link heisst immer noch 2025. Ich habe ihn geöffnet und mich zuerst gewundert. Die Daten oben auf der Seite stimmen aber — das hat mich eine Viertelstunde gekostet.
Wir haben es am 12. September gegengeprüft, Andrea: Jedes Wochentag-Datum-Paar der Betriebszeiten passt auf 2026 und auf kein anderes Jahr — der 2. Dezember ist 2026 ein Mittwoch, 2025 war er ein Dienstag. Die Zeiten sind also aktuell, nur die beiden Link-Beschriftungen sind stehengeblieben.
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🕯️ Candle dipping · 12 September 2026