Candle dipping at the Sprützehüsli, Menzingen: the date is missing — the structure is not
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 and evidence status
Every run below is the one the organiser published for 2026 — nothing is carried over from last year. Where nothing has been published yet, it says so.
Kerzenziehen im Sprützehüsli
date still opennot published yet — Die Frauen Menzingen führen das Kerzenziehen im Sprützehüsli durch; für 2026 ist am 13.09.2026 kein Datum publiziert. Die Ausgabe 2025 lief vom Freitag, 28. November bis Mittwoch, 3. Dezember.
- 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: To the organiser's page · checked on 13 September 2026
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📍 Location & access
- Meeting point
- Sprützehüsli, Neudorfstrasse 14, 6313 Menzingen
📋 Organiser notes
- 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 of this session
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 54 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 13 September 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.
- 2Six days, six different time windowsThe 2025 edition ran Fri 15:30–20:00, Sat 14:00–17:00, Sun 14:00–17:00, Mon 15:30–20:00, Tue 15:00–16:30 and Wed 13:30–16:30. Without guarantee for 2026 — but it shows there is no uniform time here and each window has to be read on its own.
- 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.
- 4Pricing is by weightThe organiser prices literally “by weight”. A candle therefore costs not a flat fee but according to what hangs on the wick. If you need a fixed budget, discuss it with the children beforehand.
🗺️ Nearby sessions
The ConvivaPlus candle-dipping overview lists 54 events, of which 35 have a documented date; the season runs from 23 September 2026 to 3 January 2027, and the densest day is 28 November 2026 with 21 events open at once. Menzingen is one of the 19 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 only one has a date: Oberägeri in the Hofmatt foyer, in early November. The third, candle dipping at the Freiruum in Zug, is open like Menzingen. If you need a confirmed date in central Switzerland, you currently find it only in Oberägeri.
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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.
Every verified candle-dipping event →At three places in this survey: the Sprützehüsli in Menzingen, the Hofmatt foyer in Oberägeri and the winter market at the Freiruum in Zug. Only Oberägeri has a confirmed date for 2026.
Candle dipping Oberägeri →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 families in the Ägeri valley and around Menzingen, the Sprützehüsli is a small, dependable event with likeable pricing: you pay for what you dipped. If you live nearby, check again in October — until a date exists, nothing can be fixed.
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 13 September 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 54 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?”. Anyone who instead finds the 2025 dates easily takes them as current; they keep circulating. We name them as last year's and do not carry them forward. That is less convenient and it is the only thing that is true.
- ◆Six days, six times — and no rule behind them: the last edition ran between one and a half and four and a half hours a day, with no discernible rhythm. Assume “daily from X to Y” at an event like this and you will misplan reliably. That is exactly why we list the windows individually — even when they come from last year and are marked as such.
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Menzingen's last edition had six different time windows across six days — from a Tuesday of one and a half hours to a Friday of four and a half.
Discussion
4 voices from the community
S Sprützehüsli isch für eus s Zeiche, dass de Winter aafangt. Aber d Zitte sind jedes Johr anders — am Zischtig nu anderthalb Stund, am Fritig bis am achti. Mer mues es wükli aaluege.
Für 2026 finde ich nichts. Überall stehen noch die Daten von 2025 — 28. November bis 3. Dezember. Weiss jemand, ob das wiederkommt?
Wir haben am 13. September nachgeschaut und nichts für 2026 gefunden. Darum führen wir hier keinen Termin — und schreiben die Daten von 2025 auch nicht fort. Was wir zeigen, ist die STRUKTUR der letzten Ausgabe (sechs Tage, sechs verschiedene Zeitfenster), ausdrücklich ohne Gewähr. Sobald die Frauen Menzingen etwas publizieren, steht es hier.
Nach Gewicht abgerechnet, das mag ich. Man zahlt, was man gezogen hat, und nicht einen Pauschalpreis für eine Kerze, die dann zu dünn wird.
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