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Wacken

municipality of Germany

Key facts

Country: Germany
State: Schleswig-Holstein
District: Steinburg
Municipal assoc: Schenefeld
Mayor: Axel Kunkel
Total: 7.1 km (2.7 sq mi)
Elevation: 26 m (85 ft)
Density: 300/km (770/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Dialling codes: 04827
Vehicle registration: IZ
Website: wacken .de

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Wacken ( German pronunciation: [ˈvakn̩] ) is a municipality near the town of Itzehoe in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Wacken was first mentioned in 1148, but there were probably some settlements before, which is proven by the trove of Germanic artefacts.

Today, Wacken is famous for annually staging one of the world's biggest open air heavy metal festival, "Wacken Open Air", which has hosted popular metal acts such as Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Saxon, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Mötley Crüe, Slayer, Rammstein, Motörhead, Slipknot and Judas Priest, as well as local and perennial regulars, including Subway to Sally and Wacken's Firefighters' band. Every citizen gets free entry to the festival.