Tag: Habsburgs
Maria Theresia, the pious Jew-hater – Munich
Who is writing history? The powerful or those on the margins? What shapes the way current generations view their ancestors? The award-winning author and filmmaker Monika Czernin loves to devote…
History: The Vienna World Exhibition of 1873 – Society
The money was there, admittedly as “a credit not to be exceeded under any pretext in the maximum amount of 6 million guilders”, approved by His Majesty. The world exhibition…
Starnbergerin created a world hit with the series “The Empress” – Munich
from Josef Gruebl Royal dramas of unprecedented proportions take place, the people marvel and scoff at indiscretions, internal affairs and intimacies. The Windsors are not alone in this: The Habsburgs…
Munich: Sculptures stolen from Ludwigskirche – police determined – Munich
Religious fanatics may have been at work: in September, unknown persons demolished a Stations of the Cross by the artist Gabriela von Habsburg at the Catholic Ludwigskirche in Maxvorstadt and…
The Battle of Ampfing as a historical drama – Bavaria
Like the bells of a herd of cows gone wild. That’s what it sounds like when more than a hundred sword blades rattle against each other. In addition, fervent battle…
She plays Maria Theresia: interview with actress Ursula Strauss – media
Interviewed by Claudia Tieschky The Austrian Ursula Strauss can be seen in some remarkable productions – as an opponent of Sebastian Koch in the ARD thriller series “Your Honor” about…
Karl-Markus Gauss on the 150th birthday of Franz Grillparzer. – Culture
The name was devilishly difficult, but one would have to remember it, this was what Lord Byron, who had been enthusiastic about reading Franz Grillparzer’s early play “Sappho”, demanded more…
Austria: What can be learned from the Habsburgs about politics – Panorama
The other day I skipped half a working day in Vienna and went out to Mayerling in the Vienna Woods. The small town lies quietly and modestly in a narrow…