The most famous floats are placed in various places in town, such as the Marling apple crown on Sandplatz, the float Kundschafter with giant grape on the Kurpromenade, the float Schloss Trauttmansdorff on Thermenplatz and the Meran city coat of arms on Sparkassenstrasse.
The Marlinger apple crown float, made in 1949, is the oldest of all the floats of the Meran Grape Festival. Its dimensions are remarkable: It is over five metres long, 2.20 metres wide and weighs 2.3 tonnes (of which over 500 kilos are apples).
With its 300-kilogram grape, the "Kundschafter" float from Algund is one of the essential floats in the procession. The float weighs about half a tonne; it is 4.50 metres high and 1.60 metres wide. The giant float itself is one and a half meters tall. The float was first decorated in this form in 1951.
The Trauttmansdorff Castle float is a re-enactment of the much-visited and much-admired castle that sits enthroned on the city's eastern outskirts and amidst the gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle. It is not for nothing that the carriage is framed with sunflowers.
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The "Kundschafter" float (Giant Grape) on the spa promenade
Marlinger Krone" float on the sandy square
Merano Coat of Arms" float in Sparkassenstrasse
Float "Trauttmansdorff Castle" at the Thermenplatz