Tag: History of Bavaria
Albert Speer as the favorite Nazi of the post-war Germans – Bavaria
Did he ever hear the name Auschwitz during this time? The man who was part of Adolf Hitler’s inner circle all these years, who was his star architect and the…
Square in Nuremberg named after Benjamin Ferencz – Bavaria
A square in Nuremberg has been named after Benjamin Ferencz, one of the chief prosecutors at the Nuremberg Trials. In the presence of Ferencz’s family, Mayor Marcus König (CSU) inaugurated…
Bavaria and the Palatinate: unity on a white-blue background – Bavaria
Now don’t let it be said again: Bavaria and their eternal small states! Well, in 1832, apparently not too many unity-loving, freedom-loving democrats from Munich, Mühldorf or Miesbach made their…
Hell made of stone: After 79 years, granite mining ends at the Flossenbürg concentration camp quarry – Bavaria
79 years after the liberation of the Flossenbürg concentration camp, granite mining at the former concentration camp quarry ends. Many prisoners died during the inhumane work. About the long struggle…
Klaus Wolf new President of the Bavarian Unification – Bavaria
The Constitution Day celebrations, which have taken place on December 1st since 1967, will continue even after the death of Florian Besold. This was announced by the new President of…
Bullets on church towers in Bavaria: Historian investigates centuries-old secrets – Bavaria
There are thousands in Germany, hundreds in Bavaria: bullets on church towers. But what few people know is that they often contain centuries-old treasures and secrets – valuable coins, dead…
Let’s talk about Bavaria with Theo Waigel: “There was never an ideal world” – Bavaria
Oberrohr, Bonn, Washington – As a CSU politician, Theo Waigel made it from his Swabian homeland to the stage of world politics. How intellectual he still thinks his party is…
Bavaria: The secret treasure of church tower balls – Bavaria
There are thousands in Germany, hundreds in Bavaria: bullets on church towers. But what few people know is that they often contain centuries-old treasures and secrets – valuable coins, dead…
SZ Kultursalon: How the arms industry threatens Bavaria’s archaeological heritage
The SZ cultural salon “From Swords to Eurofighters” in the soon-to-be-opened State Archaeological Collection in Munich is about Manching, a place between gold and violence. source site
300th anniversary of the death of Enrico Zuccalli: The architect who brought Italy to Bavaria – Bavaria
The brilliant architect Enrico Zuccalli, who brought the Italian architectural style to Bavaria, died 300 years ago. He left a lasting impression on the local church and castle landscape. A…