Tag: Culture in Bavaria
Regensburg: Broad front against Gloria’s lap festival – Bavaria
There have been isolated protests for years, but now Gloria von Thurn und Taxis is opposed by a broad front of critics. Basically every possible criticism of Gloria von Thurn…
New international string quartet competition in Bad Tölz – Bavaria
As of this week, the world map of international string quartet competitions is probably a pin richer. With the “1st International String Quartet Competition Bad Tölz”, the Bavarian spa town…
Kempten: Temporary Refuge – an exhibition in the Kempten Museum – Bavaria
“Freedom means more than food” – the banner with the huge lettering blocks access to the dining room, and the school children stand in front of it, a little at…
SZ series: Select Bavaria – Würzburg in the novel – Bavaria
Würzburg at the turn of the 20th century. A dozen apprentices have formed a “gang of robbers”. They call themselves “Winnetou”, “Oldshatterhand” and “Red Cloud”. The fourteen-year-olds “can’t stand it,”…
SZ series: Select Bavaria – Würzburg in the novel – Munich
Würzburg at the turn of the 20th century. A dozen apprentices have formed a “gang of robbers”. They call themselves “Winnetou”, “Oldshatterhand” and “Red Cloud”. The fourteen-year-olds “can’t stand it,”…
The first music fair in Nuremberg draws a successful balance. – Bavaria
The newly conceived Music fair at the Nuremberg Exhibition Center attracted a large number of trade visitors and interested musicians from Germany and abroad over three days in March. In…
Summary: Nikolaus Bachler and the Salzburg Easter Festival – Bavaria
It’s one of those things with the Salzburger Nockerln: some love the traditional dessert – for others the airy, freshly-ovened creations are simply too sugary. The Salzburg Easter Festival, which…
Franz Duke of Bavaria publishes his memoirs – Bavaria
If Bavaria were still a monarchy, he would be its king. The head of the Wittelsbach family will soon be celebrating his 90th birthday and looks back on traumatic childhood…
Thomas Hettche’s novel “Herzfilament”: an Augsburg novel – Bavaria
It’s like in a fairy tale. A girl visits the Augsburger Puppenkiste, runs away from her father and up a spiral staircase. But strangely, the twelve-year-old shrinks with every step,…
New thriller: “Königsherz” by Markus Richter – Bavaria
To this day, no other chapter in Ludwig II’s biography is discussed as controversially as his disempowerment and his death, which is still unexplained. Was it a suicide? Did his…