Tag: History of Bavaria
Life and society in Bavaria: The rough world of the rafters
Unesco has included rafting in the list of intangible world cultural heritage. In Bavaria, earning a living, which involved a great deal of suffering and hardship, goes back more than…
World Heritage: the rough world of the Flößermuckln – Bavaria
Transporting goods and raw materials over long distances was a real challenge in times without railways and automobiles. There was nothing left but to use the waterways, even if it…
Gastronomy: The newest village inn in Bavaria
Not because of tavern deaths: while many places are closing restaurants, the Kneitinger brewery in Regensburg is opening new ones. Most recently in the 700-inhabitant nest of Niedertraubling. Now only…
The youngest village inn in Bavaria is in Neutraubling – Bavaria
It would actually have been the classic: Niedertraubling, a village in the Upper Palatinate, 700 inhabitants, church, volunteer fire brigade, rifle club – and no more inn. But then something…
Bavaria: The cook of the Nobel Prize winner for literature Gerhart Hauptmann – Bavaria
Margarete Heumader looked after the household of the writer Gerhart Hauptmann for many years. After his death, she led a modest life in Lower Bavaria. Her role as a contemporary…
The cook of the Nobel Prize winner Gerhart Hauptmann – Bavaria
It is not known that the proud writer Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946) maintained an intimate relationship with Lower Bavaria. Regardless of this, many streets in the region between Landshut and Passau…
Film about Holocaust survivors: “Infinite Sadness” – Fürstenfeldbruck
Peter Gardosch had wanted to come to Bruck for the premiere of the film, in which his life and path of suffering is shown. But a week and a half…
Culture of remembrance: 18 more stumbling blocks are laid in Würzburg – Bavaria
The campaign, in which students from several schools take part, is intended to commemorate the victims of the National Socialists. Next Monday, November 28, Stolpersteine will be laid in Würzburg…
State Exhibition 2026: From the parade march to alpine rock – Bavaria
In 2016, it was lastingly proven that Lower Bavaria can also be an attractive place for a state exhibition. More than 230,000 visitors came to Aldersbach (Passau district) at the…
Military History: The Hunter of the Lost Planes
Gunter Lauser digs up lost fighter pilots from World War II. He has already made some of the bereaved happy – and is researching previously unsolved cases. source site