Tag: Monument protection
Fundraising campaign to save monument protector Egon Greipl from ruin – Bavaria
It’s about money between the Free State and its former top monument conservator, a lot of money. Egon Johannes Greipl was supposed to pay the Free State more than 730,000…
Association for home care is looking for “demolition of the year” – Bavaria
In order to draw attention to the importance of monument protection, the Bavarian State Association for the Preservation of Local History has the population vote for the “Demolition of the…
Help for threatened monuments: The German Foundation for Monument Protection – Munich
Perhaps it is the name that immediately triggers state-supporting associations. Or the fact that the institution’s patron is the current Federal President. “But the impression is completely wrong,” says Axel…
Help for threatened monuments: The German Foundation for Monument Protection – Munich
Perhaps it is the name that immediately triggers state-supporting associations. Or the fact that the institution’s patron is the current Federal President. “But the impression is completely wrong,” says Axel…
City votes to demolish a monument – Bavaria
Home Bavaria Bavaria Life and society in Bavaria Nuremberg:City votes to demolish monument December 22, 2022 at 5:19 p.m Open detailed view The historic velodrome in Nuremberg-Reichelsdorf, which is now…
Nuremberg: The end of a monument – Bavaria
The bill, which Nuremberg’s city planning committee will vote on this Thursday, makes no effort to cover up. First sentence: “One of the oldest and probably the only largely preserved…
Monica Bonvicini in the New National Gallery Berlin – Culture
The Berlin preservationists were outraged. For her recently opened exhibition in the New National Gallery, Monica Bonvicini wanted to lean a 15 by 15 meter high billboard against Mies van…
Landschulheim Kempfenhausen: What are the wooden beams on the gate for? – Starnberg
A garbage truck rammed the historic main entrance to the school grounds, since then an absurd wooden construction has been supporting the archway, which is in danger of collapsing: It…
Munich: A monument disappears – Munich
Where once the poet prince Paul Heyse received artists and intellectuals, today there is decay. His villa is considered the last example of original garden city architecture in Maxvorstadt. Now…
Würzburg Residence: Debate on parking and World Heritage – Bavaria
The Franconian tongue has the term “Neigschmeggder” ready for newcomers, and according to local criteria one could certainly apply it to Michael Ehlers. He comes from the Lower Rhine, speaks…