Tag: Wittelsbacher
München: Warum die reichen Münchner vor 625 Jahren den Aufstand proben – München
Es ist ein blutiges Spektakel, das die Gaffer Anfang November des Jahres 1400 auf dem Marktplatz der Stadt München erwartet. Vor dem Scharfrichter stehen drei angesehene und wohlhabende Bürger: der…
Father Florian of Bavaria: descendant of King Ludwig I is dead – Munich
He returned to Upper Bavaria every two to three years. From a purely visual point of view, the priest fitted in well with the lovely landscape around Lake Starnberg, which…
House of Wittelsbach: One million for Ukraine
“No one should look on in silence”: Franz Duke of Bavaria and his nephew Ludwig are helping the victims of the war with a huge donation – and hope that…
Munich: love letters of the Electress Elisabeth Augusta – Munich
from Wolfgang Gorl On March 26, 1743, the Palatinate Electress Elisabeth Augusta wrote to Clemens Franz, Duke in Bavaria: “Monsieur, I promised to answer you on Tuesday and I keep…
Grünwald and the Catholic bulwark – District of Munich
from Claudia Wessel, Grunwald The fact that politics has been pursued with a heavy hand in Bavaria for 500 years can also be traced back to two brothers who met…
Lion of the Kings – Bavaria
Such an identity-creating lion can easily be found somewhere in Bavaria, whether as an Oberland monument in Waakirchen or in Lindau harbor, on the portals of the Munich residence or…
Trausnitz Castle: Exhibition about the Landshut Wedding from 1475 – Bavaria
A good 520 years ago, the historian Angelus Rumpler recorded in his little notebook that Trausnitz Castle, visible from everywhere, gave the city of Landshut a lot of glamor. This…
Trausnitz Castle: Exhibition about the Landshut Wedding from 1475 – Bavaria
A good 520 years ago, the historian Angelus Rumpler recorded in his little notebook that Trausnitz Castle, visible from everywhere, gave the city of Landshut a lot of glamor. This…
Bavaria: Diaries of Sisi’s niece – Bavaria
Sisi, the fairytale empress, likes to be romanticized. Now the memories of her niece Amelie von Urach shed new light on her personality, her family and the time in which,…