Candle dipping at the Sprützehüsli, Menzingen: the date is missing — the structure is not
✓ Checked at the source · as of 5 October 2026 · date still open
For 2026 the Frauen Menzingen have published nothing. That is the honest answer to “when?”. It is not, however, everything that can be known: the 2025 edition shows an event that had six different time windows across six days.
📅 Dates 2026 — when and where
Kerzenziehen im Sprützehüsli
date still opennot published yet — The Frauen Menzingen run the candle dipping in the Sprützehüsli; as of 13.09.2026 no 2026 date is published. The 2025 edition ran from Friday 28 November to Wednesday 3 December.
- Organiser
- Frauen Menzingen
Six days, six different time windows — from 15:30 to 20:00 on Friday, two afternoons, down to a Tuesday open for just ninety minutes. The organiser charges literally «by weight».
Source: frauenmenzingen.ch · checked on 5 October 2026
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🚋 Transport & access with stop
The nearest stop is 117 metres away as the crow flies.
- Meeting point
- Sprützehüsli, Neudorfstrasse 14, 6313 Menzingen
- Nearest stop
- Menzingen, Dorf (BUS) — 117 m as the crow flies
Coordinates © swisstopo · Stops: opentransportdata.swiss (FOT)
📋 Good to know before you go
- Published structure of the 2025 edition, no guarantee for 2026: Fri 28.11 15:30–20:00 · Sat 29.11 14:00–17:00 · Sun 30.11 14:00–17:00 · Mon 1.12 15:30–20:00 · Tue 2.12 15:00–16:30 · Wed 3.12 13:30–16:30.
✨ Highlights on site
What sets this candle-dipping session apart is not in its run dates.
Most listings know two states: a date exists, or the page does not. Menzingen shows why that is too coarse. Nothing is published for 2026 — but what the event is, where it takes place, who runs it and how it is priced is all established. Only the calendar is missing.
And the structure of the last edition says more about this event than any date. Six days, six different time windows: Friday 15:30–20:00, Saturday and Sunday 14:00–17:00, Monday 15:30–20:00, Tuesday 15:00–16:30 — one and a half hours, Wednesday 13:30–16:30. No rhythm, no rule, six separate decisions. Expect “daily from X to Y” and you plan past reality — in every year this event takes place.
The third point is the pricing: by weight, in the organiser's own words. Of 58 recorded candle-dipping events, thirteen name pricing by weight; two name a flat price instead. That is not a detail but the difference between “a candle costs X” and “you pay for what you dipped” — and with children it is the difference between a budget and a surprise.
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🎯 Practical tips for your visit
In Menzingen the date is open — what the event is and how it is priced remains plannable.
- 1No date for 2026 — and we carry none overOn 5 October 2026 nothing for 2026 was published on the Frauen Menzingen site. We do not treat the 2025 dates as an appointment; they circulate online, and that is exactly why we flag them as last year's.
- 2117 m from the stopFrom the Menzingen, Dorf stop it is 117 metres as the crow flies.
- 3Tuesday was the shortest dayOne and a half hours, 15:00–16:30. Arrive in such a window with children and still expect to melt wax and you have misplanned. That too is experience from the last edition, not a promise for the next.
- 4Can't make the date? The nearest place with this event is Zug, 6 km away.
🗺️ Nearby sessions
The ConvivaPlus candle-dipping overview lists 58 events, of which 47 have a documented date; the season runs from 23 September 2026 to 3 January 2027, and the densest day is 2 December 2026 with 26 events open at once. Menzingen is one of the 11 entries without a published date — they are not a flaw in the survey but its most honest part.
In the canton of Zug the overview lists 3 events, and two have a date: Oberägeri in the Hofmatt foyer, in early November, and candle dipping at the Freiruum in Zug as a station at the winter market, one weekend in early December. Menzingen is the only Zug entry without a 2026 date.
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❓ FAQ — answered
Answers from the verified dataset – no date carried over from last year.
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Because a date from last year looks like an appointment and is not one. Menzingen's 2025 dates keep circulating online; anyone taking them for 2026 may stand in front of a closed Sprützehüsli. We name them as last year's — visible, but not as an appointment.
At three places in this survey: the Sprützehüsli in Menzingen, the Hofmatt foyer in Oberägeri and the winter market at the Freiruum in Zug. Confirmed are Oberägeri (early November) and the Freiruum winter market (early December).
The candle is weighed at the end and the price follows the wax applied. Dip for longer and you pay more. The counter-model is a flat price per candle — in this survey thirteen events name pricing by weight and two a flat price.
The ConvivaPlus verdict
For a longer journey it is not an address in 2026: without a published date nothing can be planned, and the 2025 dates are no basis. If you need a confirmed date in central Switzerland, go to Oberägeri.
Freshness note: Organiser, venue, pricing by weight and the structure of the 2025 edition come from frauenmenzingen.ch, source read on 5 October 2026. NO date was published there for 2026; the six time windows belong to the 2025 edition and are explicitly without guarantee. We carry them as last year's structure and NOT as an appointment. The figures “thirteen by weight, two flat price” were counted on 14.09.2026 across the 58 entries in the survey.
Check the latest: ConvivaPlus candle-dipping dataset 2026 – Menzingen →
- ◆A missing date is an answer, not an empty field: for Menzingen nothing is published for 2026 — and that is the complete answer to “when?”.
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