from Hans Kratzer, RegensburgThe goiter that forms as a result of iodine deficiency has not disappeared, but it is no longer as extreme as it used to be when it was one of the most common diseases in Bavaria. Marie Therese (1849-1919), the last Bavarian queen, also suffered from a thick neck, which is why she was popularly called the "crouched Resl". But no one was allowed to say that publicly. Many years ago, an old woman from Munich said...
Did you hang out the laundry and eat sauerkraut between Christmas and Epiphany? That would be disastrous in one case, desirable in the other. Because whether the year will be good is decided by dealing with old customs.Isn't the year off to a good start? Bad news, big bills? Maybe something went wrong a few weeks ago, because if you're not careful like a stickler around Christmas and New Year's Eve, you can mess up the year very quickly. Even...
Did you hang out the laundry and eat sauerkraut between Christmas and Epiphany? That would be disastrous in one case, desirable in the other. Because whether the year will be good is decided by dealing with old customs.Isn't the year off to a good start? Bad news, big bills? Maybe something went wrong a few weeks ago, because if you're not careful like a stickler around Christmas and New Year's Eve, you can mess up the year very quickly. Even...
When the carol singers parade through Munich again in this still fresh year, it will be very gratifying. In the past two years, business for the child kings has been rather poor, Corona. But now everyone is out of control: 300,000 little singers are on the road in Germany, at the festive opening event in Frankfurt a group of carol singers drove up on e-scooters, groups dressed up as camels were also said to be present. And in Bavaria, Cardinal...
Over several weekends, all 2,300 interested parties now have the chance to introduce themselves and get hold of one of the coveted roles. Only for the most important ones you can't apply yourself. source site
When the carol singers parade through Munich again in this still fresh year, it will be very gratifying. In the past two years, business for the child kings has been rather poor, Corona. But now everyone is out of control: 300,000 little singers are on the road in Germany, at the festive opening event in Frankfurt a group of carol singers drove up on e-scooters, groups dressed up as camels were also said to be present. And in Bavaria, Cardinal...
When the Munich faithful on Tuesday evening with a solemn requiem from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. said goodbye, thick clouds of incense continued to drift through the Liebfrauendom. They were of such a dense consistency that the guests of honor in the front pew, including Franz Duke of Bavaria and Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann, could sometimes no longer be seen, even though the television cameras were very close in front of them.Traditionally, incense plays a dominant role in church processions...
The Christmas days came to a fitting conclusion on the TV station RTL, which broadcast the quiz show "Who wants to be a millionaire?" on Monday evening. has served. Moderator Günther Jauch sat there opposite a candidate who had worked as a reporter in Austria, among other things. Unfortunately, she was not accepted there, she said, because she had not mastered the idiom.Jauch then gave a similar experience for the best. As a young man, he was looking around at...
After two years of Corona, hundreds of mountain riflemen commemorated the Sendlinger Murder Christmas of 1705 for the first time on Christmas Eve. Around 600 mountain riflemen gathered in front of the Oberländer monument in Waakirchen in the district of Miesbach to commemorate the battle a good 300 years ago. The participants came from 47 companies between Chiemgau and Werdenfelser Land. Ex-Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber was there as an honorary member of the mountain riflemen in uniform. Head of State...
The time of the turn of the year used to be charged with a magic that is unimaginable today. Occasionally this magic can still be guessed at, and sometimes it even tips into something funny. The Bayreuth historian Adrian Roßner researches the phenomena of superstition, which is the fertilizer of these old ideas. In a world that was not yet brightened by progress, fears ran rampant, people saw spirits and demons at work everywhere, to whom they felt defenseless. They...
