Tag: History of Munich
Munich: Old Peter still has no clock hands – Munich
Violent squalls raged over Munich in the early hours of November 5th, and at 4:54 a.m. the mishap occurred at the church tower of Old Peter. The pair of hands…
History of Bavaria: Two farmers as left-wing revolutionaries – Munich
Farmers are usually considered conservative, and that was the case in the past. And yet two of them helped to overthrow the monarchy in Bavaria. It can’t be – or…
Cityscape: Where Munich is still a village – and should remain so
The city of millions once grew together from 20 hamlets, and some idylls live on to this day. Years ago, monument preservationists wanted to deny protection to the old town…
Monument protection: what happens next with the villages in the city
Years ago, monument conservators wanted to remove most of Munich’s village core ensembles from the monument list. Two cases are still critical. source site
The general renovation of the Munich City Museum – Munich is finally coming
The time has finally come: On Sunday evening, the Munich City Museum will officially close its doors and begin preparations for the long-planned and repeatedly postponed general renovation and redesign.…
Book about NSDAP Gauleiter Adolf Wagner: A National Socialist of the worst kind – Munich
Adolf Wagner passionately propagated the extermination of the Jews and his atrocities went far beyond Nazi guidelines. A book shows how important unscrupulous guys like him were to the Nazi…
New Year’s Eve in Munich: Seven customs and events from the city’s history – Munich
The city has experienced a lot over the years on New Year’s Eve: frivolous sleigh rides, an ambitious Millennium Committee and a terrorist alarm at the main train station. Seven…
Munich’s fire brigade was not a collective of perpetrators under National Socialism – Munich
At half past midnight the Munich fire department received its first call from Herzog-Rudolf-Straße. It is November 10, 1938 – a date that will go down in German history books…
Munich: This is what Max-Joseph-Platz in front of the opera should look like in the future – Munich
A circular lawn that surrounds the Max Joseph Monument and is criss-crossed by paths in a radiating pattern – but without any flowering shrubs: After intensive discussions, the city of…
Munich: Who does the “Hussar Grave” in the Waldfriedhof honor? – Munich
Somebody, we don’t know who, stuck 20 centimeter long fabric ribbons into a flower bowl at the foot of the memorial stone. One is black, the second white, a third…