German Hats

Authentic German Alpine & Bavarian Hats (Trachtenhüte)

Traditional German hats, also known as Tyrolean hats, are among the most enduring pieces of alpine folk dress, worn across Bavaria and the Tyrol for generations — a story we tell in full in our history of German hats — and still made the old way by the handful of makers who never left the craft. Our collection features authentic Trachtenhüte shaped from dense, soft wool — the tall-crowned alpine hats you picture at a mountain festival — alongside traditional Dreispitz tricorn hats, all finished with hand-twisted cord bands and built to be worn for a lifetime rather than a season.

The difference between a genuine German hat and a costume piece shows in the details: real wool with weight and warmth to it rather than thin pressed material, honest handwork rather than mass production, and makers like Faustmann and Stöckelmaier of Bavaria, who have carried the tradition through generations. Each hat is sized in the traditional centimeter measurements and made to hold its shape and character for many years of wear, with the Dreispitz tricorns pre-shrunk so they keep their form.

Beyond the classic alpine and tricorn styles, you'll find loden green, country, and hunting hats in the same authentic wool — and because we've fitted hats at festivals for years, we carry a genuinely full range of sizes, from small children's hats up to the hard-to-find large sizes most shops never stock. Whatever your head size, there's a real German hat here made to fit it.

Once you've found your hat, finish it the traditional way with an authentic German hat feather, a traditional German hat brush, or a German hat pin imported from Bavaria.