Overview
- Paulaner confirmed Zinner’s first Fastenrede for Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at the traditional Salvator-Probe on Munich’s Nockherberg.
- The date lands just days before the Bavarian municipal elections, giving the satirical sermon added political weight.
- Zinner previously starred in the Nockherberg Singspiel as Markus Söder until 2019 and said he knows the event’s milieu well but expects a different perspective from the pulpit.
- He succeeds Maximilian Schafroth, who had served since 2019 and was removed by the organizer after heavy criticism of his 2025 sermon.
- Organizers have begun casting the 2026 Singspiel, which will again be staged by authors Stefan Betz and Richard Oehmann, and Zinner becomes the event’s seventh Fastenprediger.