17 days ! 17 dishes ! five p.m.
17 days
17 dishes
five p.m.
2024
29.11 – 15.12.
Silesian Christmas Market. Görlitz.
Silesian
Christmas market
in Görlitz
ALL 17 COOKING PLACES ARE CURRENTLY TAKEN
If you are interested, we will be happy to put you on the “waiting list”, just send an e-mail to 1717[at]fvks.eu.
DINING AND DONATION PROGRAMME
Date | Team | Donation recipient | Food |
29.11. | Lusatia Festival | Support association Görlitz Youth Wind Orchestra | ‘Shakespeare’s Kingdom of Heaven’ – pumpkin-coconut-ginger soup, tabouleh, bread |
30.11. | The Mayors (Ursu / Gronicz) | Kindermiasto 2025 | Kettle goulash with bread |
01.12. | Glückssträhne & Friends | Jauernick-Buschbach Children’s Council – playground project | Görlitz Tex Mex |
02.12. | Charitable organisation Wünsche von Herzen e.V. | ‘AiuPanda’ children’s festival – a festival for children with disabilities | Farmer’s pot from the heart |
03.12. | ‘Springboard day group’ [AWO Upper Lusatia] [AWO Oberlausitz] | Child and youth hospice service Görlitz | African peanut stew |
04.12. | Charitable organisation Rotary Club Görlitz e.V. | Swim lessons for children | Chestnut cream soup à la Romantik Hotel Tuchmacher |
05.12. | Together for children (protection) | Charitable organisation Trude e.V. | Cheese and leek soup with minced meat as well as vegetarian potato soup |
06.12. | ‘The Apple Shaker’ | Support association Mit Kindern wachsen e.V. | Delicacies from grandma’s kitchen or simply the best alphabet soup in the world |
07.12. | Team Saxon Prime Minister | City Mission Görlitz & Charitable organisation Wünsche von Herzen e.V. | Game soup ‘Hubertus’ [edition Edwin Schneider] [Edition Edwin Schneider] |
08.12. | Support association ViaThea e.V. | ViaThea 2025 | Solyanka & Dal [Indian] [indisch] |
09.12. | Siemens Energy Turbine Plant Görlitz | Project ‘Görlitz zeigt Gesicht‘ | ‘A spoon full of energy’ -> Purple potato soup |
10.12. | Team Biber [beaver] | Charitable organisation Ca-Tee-Drale e.V. – CaTeeDrale youth centre | Älplermagronen / macaroons the alpine farmers’ way |
11.12. | Görlitz police station | ASB regional association Zittau/Görlitz e.V. – ‘Wish Wagon’ project | Minced meat-cheese-leek-pasta & pumpkin soup |
12.12. | Children’s hospital elves | Children’s fun with ‘Zauberkathrin’ at the hospital | Witches‘ soup from the witches’ kitchen – plus a vegetarian carrot and orange soup, and fruit jelly with vanilla sauce for dessert |
13.12. | advita nursing service | School Support Centre ‘Mira Lobe’ | Chilli con Carne with rice |
14.12. | Kaiser Olli | Görlitz railway station mission | Cheese spaetzle with roasted onions |
15.12. | SKANtastic savouring | Animal shelter Horka | Rolled potato-dumpling finger browned in butter, with sauerkraut & diced ham |

This year is again about doing good during the Christmas time: acting together, for each other.
The principle is simple: between 01. and December 17, a regional, national or international dish will be prepared daily at 5 p.m. by a team of chefs and served to Christkindelmarkt visitors for a donation. The donations raised will benefit charitable and community-building activities in the EuropeCity of Görlitz-Zgorzelec.
17 days ! 17 dishes ! five p.m.
Acting.Concretly.Jointly.

Participate ?
You would like to support this campaign “with full pots instead of empty words”? Form a cooking team ! For example, with your family members, friends, relatives, acquaintances, club or work colleagues.
Then motivate your personal environment to attend the “17-days tent” at Görlitz Untermarkt, encourage guests with your culinary work to make a generous donation. You decide who will receive your donations.
Let’s go !
- You form a cooking team, give it a name and state the contact person.
- Decide what you want to cook.
- Start a reservation request – exclusively by eMail – to: 1717[at]fvks.eu. See below for details.
- Buy the ingredients: about 30 to 50 servings is a good experience value, “more is always possible, of course”.
- On your day of service, please come to with the prepared ingredients in time for the “17-Days Christmas Pagoda” at Görlitz Untermarkt.
- The cooking tent at the market is available all day.
- At 5 p.m., the food will be prepared and ready for guests to enjoy for a donation.
Questions ?
- +49 (0) 3581 66 92 123 (Gerd)
- 1717[at]fvks.eu (Gerd, Matthias)

Reservation ?
Start your request for a reservation exclusively by eMail to:
1717[at]fvks.eu. This includes …
- Name of your team + contact person, preferably with eMail and phone number.
- Short description of what you want to cook, own creations are always possible.
- If you need any special equipment, please add it (e.g. giant pan, grill or similar).
- If possible, please request three dates between 29.11. and 15.12. . We try “our best” and get back to you. Of course, the “recourse to legal action” is excluded.
important !
- In principle, reservations are possible as long as there are free time slots.
- On this page, we always publish dates that have already been booked in a timely manner.
- Please give us a small amount of time to get back to you.

What else ?
- It is about practicing solidarity, the 17-days campaign is not a competition for the “largest bills”, also “small” helps a lot.
- The campaign takes place at Christmas market, so on site … and not on the Internet. That’s precisely why “social media” is a small trifle compared to your commitment in and around the cooking tent.
- The 17-day action is apolitical, rather very personal! That is why there are no flags, national flags, banners or similar in the area of the cooking tent.
- References to your personal engagement are welcome.
- Unfortunately, we cannot finance the ingredients for your cooking event.
Cooking ?!
- Crockery and cutlery are available. Please provide the necessary equipment for your cooking event, such as pots, pans and other tools.
- The cooking will be made fresh and together at the market, don’t miss this pleasure … . Therefore, “the warmed up” is really not an option.
- No time for cooking ? Then become a benefactor and sponsor of the cooking teams or the entire project. A certificate of donation is of course possible.
DONATE NOW
Your support helps to ensure that the campaign can take place every year.
Thank you very much!
FVKS e.V. I Untermarkt 23 I DE-02826 Görlitz