Tag: History of Bavaria
Bavaria: On the death of Jack Terry – Bavaria
Jack Terry, the former concentration camp prisoner and spokesman for the survivors of Flossenbürg, has died at the age of 92. Of Sebastian Beck Even in old age he did…
Kempten: Spectacular finds in Germany’s oldest Roman city – Bavaria
Of Florian Fuchs, Kempten It must have been a stately building, 800 square meters, at least two stories. “In the western end of Cambodunum,” says Kempten’s city archaeologist Maike Sieler,…
Grüntenhaus: New hiking trail to the oldest mountain hotel in the Allgäu – Bavaria
A historical inventory lists 400 beer bottles, 600 wine bottles of different sizes and 200 bottles of champagne, among other things, as drinks that were stored when the Grüntenhaus opened.…
Bavaria: Carl Ernst von Gravenreuth, the savior of the kingdom – Bavaria
A person can be as important as he wants. That doesn’t guarantee that his name will stand the test of time. Only the course of history and attitudes decide who…
Carl Ernst von Gravenreuth: the savior of Bavaria – Bavaria
A person can be as important as he wants. That doesn’t guarantee that his name will stand the test of time. Only the course of history and attitudes decide who…
City renames Faulhaber-Platz – Bavaria
The city of Würzburg will rename the Kardinal-Faulhaber-Platz because of the controversial role of the Catholic churchman in National Socialism. Bishop Franz Jung criticized the decision in clear words on…
How Coburg became the Nazi laboratory – Bavaria
100 years ago Adolf Hitler practiced during the “Train to Coburg” how he could win the streets for himself with right-wing thugs. Ironically, the small Franconian royal town became the…
Ampfing: where to put the hemp? – Bavaria
Where exactly the real battle took place near Ampfing or near Mühldorf or near Erharting has actually been clarified, to the detriment of Ampfing and Mühldorf. Irrespective of this, the…
Munich: Felix Fechenbach, sentenced by the “stupidest court” – Munich
Felix Fechenbach was secretary to Kurt Eisner, leftist, a pioneer of the revolution – and was therefore sentenced to eleven years in prison. The judiciary, on the other hand, was…
Miesbach: Nazi carters for elementary school – Bavaria
Can the four carters be role models for the children? After all, they would show the youngsters in the primary school in the Miesbach district of Parsberg that you can…