The Jagdhof was certainly the most dazzling of the once so numerous inns in Taufkirchen. Built in 1935 by a butcher from Giesing in the Deisenhofen forest, the forest inn with its spacious beer garden became a popular destination after the war. The chic Munich society also discovered the idyllic location for themselves, and even Franz Josef Strauss invited guests to the forest in Taufkirchen for political parties. In the 1980s, however, the Jagdhof began to decline. After the building...
The inn is a biotope of Bavarian folk culture, but it is drying up. Appreciation of an institution that offered entertainers and revolutionaries a stage - and is not yet lost.essay by Hans KratzSeveral years ago, the cultural scientist Gert Raeithel wrote that he had read in a bar in Eggenfelden that "stupid brooding over a beer" was only allowed from half past ten. Raeithel, who wrote the standard ethnological work "Tief in Bayern" under the pseudonym RWB McCormack, was...
The inn is a biotope of Bavarian folk culture, but it is drying up. Appreciation of an institution that offered entertainers and revolutionaries a stage - and is not yet lost.essay by Hans KratzSeveral years ago, the cultural scientist Gert Raeithel wrote that he had read in a bar in Eggenfelden that "stupid brooding over a beer" was only allowed from half past ten. Raeithel, who wrote the standard ethnological work "Tief in Bayern" under the pseudonym RWB McCormack, was...
Immediately after entering the new exhibition "Tavern death? Tavern life!" In the House of Bavarian History in Regensburg, two sensations catch your eye. And they directly express the inner turmoil that characterizes the theme of this show. The exhibition explores the question of how the currently rampant dying out of taverns could have come about, even though the Bavarian tavern culture and its proverbial cosiness are recognized worldwide and are still considered to be extremely attractive. This dichotomy is illustrated...
