June the whole old part of town turns into a party with several stages with live music. Sunday morning the town's biggest flea market is held around the Fleth. For the occasion of the town is decorated in its municipal colours of blue and yellow. Weinfest Vinum is the motto for the annual celebration of wine in old town Buxtehude. For one weekend the town dedicates itself to culture of wine and many booths for wine testing and entertainment open. Christmas market Christmas market is held in the month of December in the Altstadt area with the highlight being mulled wine and bratwurst stalls. Various music concerts are also held at the St. Peter's square on the weekend before Christmas. Education , a private college with a renowned architecture program. Halepaghen Grammar School, local highschool. Holder of the title "School without racism, School with courage", former member in the "Quality Network for Schools" in Lower Saxony, Humanitarian School and rating highest in the county. local highschool Volkshochschule Buxtehude, community college. Malerschule, private art school. Berufsbildende Schulen Buxtehude, public secondary schools for the sectors of economics, informatics and electrotechnics. Transport Buxtehude is served by the Hamburg S-Bahn with the stations Buxtehude and Neukloster; and by the Bundesstraße 3 and Bundesstraße 73, two federal highways. It is planned to connect Buxtehude to the Autobahn 26 once construction continues. Twin towns – sister cities Buxtehude is twinned with: Blagnac, France (1985) Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany (1990) Notable people Hermann Blumenthal (1903–1941), Germanist and librarian Eckbert Meier (born 19??), bodybuilding champion and soldier Alexander Nouri (born 1979), footballer and coach Michael Stolle (born 1974), athlete and Olympic athlete Stefan Studer (born 1964), footballer and functionary Nils Winter (born 1977), long jumper Associated with Buxtehude Nicolaus Rohlfs (1695–1750), mathematician and astronomer, from 1731 writing and teaching arithmetic at the public Latin school in Buxtehude Heinrich Brüning (1836–1920), 1864–1871 mayor of Buxtehude Arnold Lyongrün (1871–1935), academic painter, teacher at the Staatliche Kunstgewerbeschule Hamburg, temporarily living in Buxtehude Wilhelm Beiglböck (1905–1963), in the Doctors' trial convicted physician, from 1952 chief physician of the internal department of the hospital in Buxtehude, died here Jürgen Kurbjuhn (1940–2014), footballer, died here Stefanie Melbeck (born 1977), handball player References External links Stade (district) Members of the Hanseatic League