The laser beam hits the top and bottom of the red pottery shard, the view of which now appears on a screen. Emilia Pfäffel rotates the shard a little, then fixes the image with a foot pedal. "The goal is to reconstruct an entire vessel from the shard," says the student, and the so-called Laser Aided Profiler can do this much faster than by hand and with the help of a template. Based on the curvature of the shard, the...
Various encyclopedias state that Waldstein Palace, also known as Wallenstein Palace, is the largest of its kind in Prague. Today the Senate of the Czech Republic meets there. It is easy to imagine that wonderful treasures glitter in the huge early Baroque building at the foot of Prague Castle. Finally, the palace was built from 1623 to 1630 by order of Albrecht von Waldstein. He was a dazzling figure, not only because Friedrich Schiller immortalized him in literature in a...
Is there anything cozier than ending a trip to the Mangfall Valley with a stop at the Gotzingertrommel tavern? In the past, guests were enveloped in clouds of sound from the most cheerful opera arias as soon as they entered. Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, it was a blare and jubilation that there was only one kind. Certainly it will not be so easy to find any other inn where the roast pork in the Reindl is allowed to mumble away for...
There are many reasons to visit the Dorfen town hall: You have to extend papers, need a new roll of yellow bags or are interested in an item on the agenda of the city council meeting. Currently and until February 21, you should also visit the town hall foyer without a formal reason, at least if you are interested in the Dorfen tradition of Hemadlenzen: On the occasion of the 1250th anniversary of the town, the Historical Circle is presenting...
The new medium radically changed the everyday life of the Wittelsbach family. On the one hand, the ruling house used the new technology for advertising purposes, on the other hand, bold paparazzi caused great annoyance. from Hans KratzThe great media stars of the 19th century definitely include the Bavarian King Ludwig II and his cousin, the Austrian Empress Elisabeth, known as Sisi. They owe their global fame, which continues to this day, not least to photography, the invention of which...
Hans Hipp discovered his grandfather's unique documents in the attic. He evaluated them and wrote a book about the worries and hardships of families at the time and about the difficult beginnings of the Hipp company. source site
As a rule, treasures are only discovered by chance. The same happened to the Pfaffenhofen businessman Hans Hipp. Five years ago, after handing over his parents' house, which has a 400-year tradition as a pastry shop, café and waxworks, to his son Dominik, he finally found time to take a closer look at the crates and boxes stored in the attic. In addition to the old tools from the gingerbread factory and the wax factory, he found notes, letters, business...
The Wagner house went into a frenzy when Hitler visited Bayreuth, the city of the war festival. Even after the Nazi rule, the dictator remained present - under a special code name. from Olaf Przybilla, BayreuthWhen it comes to "ends and new beginnings" in Bayreuth, it's worth taking a look at a work by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg. Three decades after the end of World War II, Winifred Wagner, the principal on the Hügel during the Nazi era, had generously confided in...
When the philosopher Karl Valentin was pondering about the foreign, he came to the conclusion that many Munich residents were not unfamiliar with the Hofbräuhaus, but with the Glyptothek and the Pinakothek. It follows that the realm of high culture is rather uncool for a Bierdimpfl. Purely rhetorically, the Dimpfl is moving to the side of the humorous Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth, who recently announced that she did not think the name of the Prussian Cultural Heritage...
The Wiedamannhaus is one of the most enigmatic buildings in Regensburg. It leads to underground passages or to a mysterious room from the Nazi era. Who or what was hidden there? A search for clues. source site
