Tag: Franconian
Franconian water meadows should become UNESCO intangible cultural heritage – Bavaria
Farmers in Franconia have been irrigating their meadows for centuries using a sophisticated network of water scoops, ditches and small weirs. Now the knowledge of traditional meadow irrigation, passed down…
Henry Kissinger and Bavaria: “He was Bavarian, Franconian, Fürther” – Bavaria
The death of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Wednesday also sparked great sympathy in his hometown of Fürth. Mayor Thomas Jung (SPD) praised him as a “Furth…
Meichela is Upper Franconian word of the year 2023 – Bavaria
It was almost exactly nine years ago that so-called patriotic Europeans met on German streets for the first time to warn against what they saw as the threat of Islamization…
Bavaria: The Franconian Forest is dying – Bavaria
On the way to the Franconian Forest you quickly understand how serious the situation is. The roads wind through the landscape, and on the green hills on the horizon there…
Bavaria: Gustav Weißkopf, the Franconian aviation pioneer – Bavaria
You’re standing in front of the new museum in the middle of the week, the hammer drills are rattling left and right 48 hours before the house opens, but the…
Schubertiade at a Middle Franconian castle – Bavaria
Tenor Jan Kobow has turned his Schloss Seehaus in Markt Nordheim in central Franconia into a special center for classical music. Now a Schubertiade is coming up, played exclusively on…
Lack of water becomes a stress test for Franconian winegrowers – Bavaria
Only a fraction of Franconia’s winegrowers can irrigate their vines artificially, regular rain is currently at the top of the wish list. “In general, the precipitation in the Franconian wine-growing…
TV ratings: 7.33 million see the Franconian “crime scene”
TV ratings 7.33 million see the Franconian “crime scene” The actor Fabian Hinrichs with an exclusive photo © Soeren Stache/dpa Fabian Hinrichs and Dagmar Manzel won the race for TV…
Sigi Zimmerschied becomes town clerk in Franconian Weißenburg – Bavaria
Sigi is in town. A brief email was enough, and a little later 40 people from Weißenburg were sitting with Sigi Zimmerschied, 69, in a tavern. “There was a real…
Weißenohe in Franconian Switzerland: Inn from the ashes
After a fire with serious consequences, Agnes Manier and Angelika Hofmann – the landlady of Weißenohe – have years of despair behind them. It took all sorts of minor miracles…