Tag: Palaces and fortresses
Concert in series "Experience songs": The sweet sound of love
The “Liederleben” series starts the season with Brahms’ song cycle “The Beautiful Magelone”. source site
Stockenfels Castle near Nittenau: The legendary ghost ruins – Bavaria
Nobody knows the legends surrounding Stockenfels Castle as well as Franz Joseph Vohburger. The 82-year-old is castellan of the lonely stone ruins in the Upper Palatinate, which is also known…
The Plassenburg near Kulmbach: The ghost that scared Napoleon – Bavaria
If you’re looking for great horror, Harald Stark will have to disappoint you. The 58-year-old stands in the spacious inner courtyard of the Plassenburg, the fortress built into the rock…
Neuschwanstein: Castle administration deliberately keeps visitor numbers low – Bavaria
Anyone who has booked a tour of the world-famous Neuschwanstein Castle in recent months has enjoyed unusual luxury: small groups of visitors. Instead of the previous 58 people, the size…
Rush of visitors to Bavaria’s castles – Bavaria
After the Corona-related slump in visitor numbers, Bavaria’s castles are again enjoying a significant increase in popularity among tourists. “Around 28 percent more visitors than in 2022 – Bavaria’s palaces,…
Kick-off to the Karl Theodor Year – Bavaria
This year, Bavaria commemorates the 225th anniversary of the death of its former elector Karl Theodor (1724-1799) on February 16th and his 300th birthday on December 10th. The commemorative year…
Exhibition: the creator of the English Garden Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell – Munich
The exhibition with which the Bavarian Palace Administration in the Residenz honors the “most important German garden artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries” (press release) is not…
In good hands: European Day of Restoration – Bavaria
The ravages of time gnaw at every work of art. The woodworm doesn’t have to bore through the antique piece of furniture or the moths don’t have to nest in…