Tag: Bavarian customs
Bavaria: the cultural history of the apron – Bavaria
The 85-year-old farmer Anni Sigl from Hilgenreith in the Bavarian Forest led a modest life. And yet it suddenly came into the focus of the media a good ten years…
Stories from the past were popular for a long time. Now there are new ones. – Bavaria
The past is always longer, at least the Royal Bavarian District Court, which is commonly regarded as the good old past. The dark past that followed is also moving further…
Happy, lively and vaccinated – Bavaria
Allegedly – apart from the warnings of almost all experts – it was not at all to be expected that the pandemic would roll across the country in a fourth…
Landshut: New armor for princely wedding – Bavaria
The so-called armaments smiths are still doing well in Bavaria, but something like what was presented to the public in Landshut at the weekend has “not been built for 500…
Eging am See: Beard Olympics in the western town – Bavaria
Who has the nicest beard? This is the question that facial hair men asked themselves over the weekend at the Beard Olympics and the German Beard Championships in Eging am…
The decline of the parish fair – Bavaria
Time does not adhere to any speed limit, it races along the straight like a racing driver. Another week has begun, and it is even a special day: Kirchweih Monday.…
Kirchseeon: Perchten get their own museum – Bavaria
The Kirchseeoner Perchten are amazingly agile, given their heavy, wooden masks and thick costumes. They run fast, jump high, dance wildly. All of a sudden they emerge from the darkness,…
Perchten masks get their own museum – Bavaria
The Kirchseeoner Perchten are amazingly agile, given their heavy, wooden masks and thick costumes. They run fast, jump high, dance wildly. All of a sudden they emerge from the darkness,…
Verdict: The association must not exclude women from traditional fishing
The men in Memmingen want to take part in the annual competition to find out who becomes the fisherman’s king. After a new defeat in court, it is unclear whether…
Pilgrimage Church in Lower Bavaria: The Miracle Sammarei – Bavaria
Father Adam Litwin, who has been pastor in the Lower Bavarian pilgrimage church of Sammarei for 17 years, also confirms that this funny altar figure is unique. He refers to…