Tag: History of Bavaria
Monument preservation in Bavaria: First Dieter Wieland Prize awarded – Bavaria
“Learning to look,” says Dieter Wieland, is something very important for journalists. Especially in the flood of images these days, the question arises: What do we actually see? The award-winning…
Excavations in Kronach: On the trail of our own history – Bavaria
Researching the history of your own city anew – this is currently possible in Kronach: volunteers have already dug under the guidance of an archaeologist in the autumn, and another…
Panopticon of state history – Bavaria
Historiography in Bavaria looks back on a long tradition, although in ancient times it tended to impose many a bear on people. Medieval writers, for example, claimed that the Bavarian…
Scratcher’s vocabulary: Kasperlgwand and robber civilian – Bavaria
Irmgard and Wilhelm Ostermeier from Landshut-Achdorf celebrated the rare wedding of grace. That means they have been married for 70 years. The Landshut newspaper honored the happy couple with a…
Hall 116 in Augsburg: A place with many stories – Bavaria
In the transfer list from the Flossenbürg concentration camp, Jakob Bamberger is defamed as “Aso”, as a so-called “anti-social” – and as an artist. Born in Königsberg in 1913, Bamberger…
Kaffts Radi: New books shed light on the language varieties in Bavaria. – Bavaria
A few weeks ago, Elsa Huber was buried in a Munich cemetery. She lived to be almost 100 years old and was one of the last guard of city women…
Gold theft in Manching: The day the treasure disappeared
On November 22, 2022, a gang breaks into the Manching Museum and steals the unique Celtic gold. The suspects are caught, but large parts of the loot remain missing. Protocol…
Munich: New monument for Kini on the Cornelius Bridge – Munich
A new monument to Ludwig II is to be built on the Cornelius Bridge – exactly where one stood until 1943, when the Nazis melted it down. If everything goes…
Bavaria and the Palatinate: Exhibition in Speyer – Bavaria
Bavaria has long since given up its claims to the former parts of the state in the Palatinate. But in a beautiful exhibition in Speyer you can now see what…
Kempten: Contemporary witnesses remember the Nazi era – Bavaria
Some memories are burned into your memory, like that of the Jewish woman at the weekly market. This weekly market in Kempten was closed to Jews during the Nazi era.…