In 1475 Duke George the Rich of Landshut married the Polish Princess Jadwiga (Hedwiga).

The citizens of Landshut commemorate this extraordinary event with a big festival taking place every four years. With about 2,000 participants dressed in historical costumes and around 800,000 visitors from all over the world, the "Royal Wedding of Landshut" is one of the largest events of its kind.

The next "Royal Wedding of Landshut" is taking place:
2013

The German Amateur Radio Club e.V.(DARC, section Landshut, DOK U-08) and the Union of Radio Amateurs of the German Federal Post (VFDB, section Landshut, DOK Z-76) issue a special award which can be obtained by all radio-amateurs and SWLs during the year of this performance.

The next possibility to work this award is during 2013 - from 01. January 2013 to 31. December 2013.

For further information about the "Royal Wedding of Landshut" visit the website:

www.landshuter-hochzeit.de/welcome.htm

For the application, a minimum of 1475 points is necessary; to following rules apply:

All applicants must work one of the mentioned clubstations DL0LA, DQ0L, DL0LAT, DL1E.

Only the first contact with one of these clubstations accounts for 475 points. All further contacts with clubstations and all other stations located in Landshut count 125 Points, and 250 points in case of HF DX contacts (i.e. for stations outside Europa).

QSOs via Echolink or Packet-Radio are excluded; there is no further restriction with respect to bands or modes.

For this award each station can only worked once.

Please send the application for award together with the relevant extract from the logbook and 8 Euros or 13 US-Dollars to:

Andreas Lehner, DF5LR
Wernstorferstr.11
84036 Landshut