Tag: Main-Spessart district
Bavaria: Ship leaks on the Main – Bavaria
126 passengers and 22 crew members have to be brought to safety on Saturday after a ship accident near Karlstadt. Traffic on the Main was blocked for several hours, the…
Archaeologists discover 1000-year-old graves in Lower Franconia: “Absolute sensation” – Bavaria
Researchers dig up 30 skeletons, there is talk of an “absolute sensation”. And it gets even better: Anyone who wants to can participate in the excavations. Scientists don’t tend to…
Bavaria: Archaeologists discover graves from the Carolingian period – Bavaria
Researchers dig up 30 skeletons, there is talk of an “absolute sensation”. And it gets even better: Anyone who wants to can participate in the excavations. Scientists don’t tend to…
Free voters: Charmin’ Armin and the wild Hubert – Bavaria
Armin Grein, former District Administrator in the Main-Spessart district, wrote a book about the Free Voters, which he co-founded. His successor Aiwanger transformed the local political association into a tightly…
Marktheidenfeld: wife dead – father of four children arrested – Bavaria
After the death of a 33-year-old woman in Lower Franconia, an arrest warrant is now to be issued against her husband. The 35-year-old was still in the hospital and was…
Raser delivers a wild chase with the police – Bavaria
A car driver suspected to be drugged has been in a wild chase with the police in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg and has also rammed two patrol cars. Officials wanted to…
Marktheidenfeld distances himself from Nazi painter Hermann Gradl – Bavaria
from Olaf Przybilla, Marktheidenfeld For decades, the Franconian town of Marktheidenfeld has been at odds about how to deal with the artist Hermann Gradl, who was born there and was…
Bavaria: Trouble banned at the AfD – Bavaria
Nowadays one shouldn’t say anything critical – this building block shouldn’t be missing in any AfD speech – without experiencing social ostracism and sanctions. Only your own party, of course,…
Dealing with “Hitler’s favorite landscape painter” Hermann Gradl – Bavaria
Hermann Gradl was a Nazi profiteer, but was also celebrated for his pictures in post-war Franconia. In his native town of Marktheidenfeld, violent conflicts were fought over his inheritance. Now…
Dealing with “Hitler’s favorite landscape painter” Hermann Gradl – Bavaria
Hermann Gradl was a Nazi profiteer, but was also celebrated for his pictures in post-war Franconia. In his native town of Marktheidenfeld, violent conflicts were fought over his inheritance. Now…