Tag: Wittelsbacher
Kratz’s vocabulary: A birthday party for Gstandne z’Minga – Bavaria
stand On Saturday, Franz Duke of Bavaria celebrated his 90th birthday with many guests. At the thanksgiving service in the Jesuit Church of St. Michael in Munich, dozens of delegations…
The Greeks and their Bavarian King – Bavaria
The insignia of the ruler Otto of Greece have surprisingly turned up in a summer residence near Athens. The son of King Ludwig I, who came from the House of…
Heinrich Graf von Spreti celebrates his 70th: The auctioneer trusted by the nobility – Munich
More Munich is hardly possible, more Bavaria not either. Heinrich Graf von Spreti celebrates his 70th birthday on Wednesday in a beautiful building with a view of the Hofgarten, and…
Bavaria: Book sheds new light on the Wittelsbacher compensation fund – Bavaria
For an institution that treated the core of its activities as a state secret for decades, this is really a remarkable publicity offensive: the book is 400 pages long and…
Heinrich Piening – the Lord of the Coaches – Munich
The Queen’s coach builder, WJ Frecklington from Australia, recently visited the Marstall Museum at Nymphenburg Palace, accompanied by a chassis builder from BMW. Both gentlemen were duly impressed, Heinrich Piening…
Charity gala in the House of Art Munich – Munich
Of course, the color of the evening also fits perfectly with the associated expectations: “Green Varieties” is the dress code for the “Midsummer Night” in the Haus der Kunst. Since…
Kings in Bavaria: family tree of the Wittelsbacher
Max I Joseph introduced compulsory schooling, Ludwig I the Oktoberfest. Ludwig II escaped reality – and now Duke Franz is the head of the House of Wittelsbach. About a long…
Franz Duke of Bavaria: "My father just said: Now he’s crazy, the boy!"
He is one of the great contemporary witnesses of the century: Franz Duke of Bavaria, head of the House of Wittelsbach, celebrates his 90th birthday. A conversation about monarchy, his…
During the Wittelsbacher wedding: did the bride Sophie-Alexandra suffer from a dizzy spell?
During the Wittelsbach wedding Did the bride Sophie-Alexandra suffer from a dizzy spell? Ludwig Prince of Bavaria and Sophie-Alexandra Evekink have now also got married in a church. © Hannes…
Munich: dizzy spells at the Wittelsbacher wedding – Munich
The wedding of Ludwig Prince of Bavaria and Sophie-Alexandra Evekink attracts more than 2000 onlookers and the highest Bavarian political prominence. But first the veil almost falls, and then the…