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Bavaria (Bayern) is a Bundesland, but calls itself a "Freistaat"
and is divided into 7 regions (like states) which are Oberfranken,
Oberpfalz, Niederbayern, Oberbayern, Unterfranken, Mittelfranken
and Schwaben.
Beyond Munich, capital of Bavaria are the sprawling suburbs:
the Alps - home of many famous mountain resorts. Landscapes
as in Visconti's movie about the life of König Ludwig
II, villages and towns that seem unchanged for the last 100
years except maybe for a few additional banks, gas stations
and souvenir shops along the main town roads.
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Otherwise, the "homo bavaricus"
has stayed pretty much the same: country shirt and richly
decorated traditional jacket, leather pants with flowery suspenders
(Lederhosen), felt hat garnished with feathers, "goatee
beards" and many pins full of ornaments, little bells
and trinkets. The "costumes" are worn on Sundays
and even in Munich during the Oktoberfest season. Some take
a raft, beer and music ride down Munich's home river the Isar.
On the other hand the sacred King of all Bavarians, Ludwig
II, architect of almost all castles in the south of Munich
of which Neuschwanstein (new-swan-rock) is best known for
its role model for Walt Disney's sleeping beauty castle. Wouldn't
you be dreaming to have breakfast on the castle's terasse
in company of Sissi, overlooking the best in natural Kitsch
the Bavarian Alps have to offer, add a few swans on a pond
and...
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Bavaria is the most fancied state in Germany for purposes
of vacationing and tourism. Its sceneries and cultural riches
and the traditional Bavarian hospitality are the advantages
appreciated by the innumerable international visitors. One
in nearly five visitors comes from abroad. Traditionally most
foreign tourists come from the USA, followed by the Netherlands,
Japan, Italy and Austria.
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Bavaria is the most popular
holiday centre in the Federal Republic of Germany. The variety
of the Bavarian landscape offers almost all athletes a chance
to go in for "their" favourite sports, ranging from
water-skiing to mountaineering, from skiing to curling.
The Bavarians can look back on over 1000 years of cultural and
spiritual history. A rich cultural heritage is also an obligation
and there is scarcely another people which cherishes and actively
lives its culture as much as the Bavarians. This is reflected
in everything from their devoted care of their art treasures
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More than 1,100 museums in Bavaria safeguard art treasures
from all over the world. The jewel in the crown is the Alte
Pinakothek in Munich, which ranks among the most important
galleries in the world. Its origins date back to 1528, to
the reign of Duke Wilhelm IV.
Theatres - a part of Bavaria. No other country offers such
a wide variety of festivals & theatres than Bavaria: 35
permanent drama, opera and operetta theatres, 41 open air
and festival events and 17 puppet theatres provide Bavaria
with a lively and varied cultural programme.
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More than 110,000 secular and religious buildings bear witness
to Bavarian culture, past and present. With Baden-Württemberg,
Bavaria is the state in the Federal Republic of Germany most
endowed with historical monuments. There are also thousands
of local monuments. Since 1973, a modern law for the protection
of monuments has ensured their preservation in the Free State.
Special importance is attached to preserving the character of
towns and villages with their historic squares and streets.
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The fairy-tale castles of Ludwig II are special attractions
and are famous all over the world. This is also true of palaces
such as Schillingsfuerst near Rothenburg or the splendid monasteries
such as Ottobeuren and Andechs.
The historic castles and palaces, above all in Franconia,
tell of knights and heroes. These range from the Kaiserburg
in Nuremberg, Plassenburg in Kulmbach, Schloß Ehrenburg
in Coburg, Lauenstein Castle near Ludwigstadt, to Schloß
Veitshöchheim and the Residence in Würzburg.
Munich is the home of the former royal palaces. The Residence
and Nymphenburg Palace proclaim the brilliance of those days.
Round and about Munich are the summer palaces of Schleißheim,
Lustheim and Dachau, while Lower Bavaria has the medieval
Castle Trausnitz in Landshut.
Another feature of Bavaria is its historic cities, e.g. Munich,
Regensburg, the old ducal towns of Landshut, Straubing and
Burghausen, as well as the bishoprics of Bamberg, Eichstätt,
Passau and Würzburg, and the oldest town in Germany,
Kempten.
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Bavaria is the state in which folksongs, folk dances and instrumental
folk music are most alive. In the past decades, the native folk
music of Bavaria has staged a remarkable comeback. Yodellers
and 'Schuhplattler' dancers are not, as is often assumed, typical
of the whole of Bavarian folk music, but only of the most southern
areas. Lower Bavaria is the region richest in folk dance, with
more than 100 different dances. The Upper Palatinate has the
biggest repertoire of "double dances" (with a change
in rhythm). In the South of the U. Palatinate there are still
musicians who play the slow but tuneful "arias". |
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The Dialect - like everywhere in the world gives you the impression,
you are a foreigner in your own country. "It´s
easier to understand an English speaking person than an Bavarian"
you can hear everywhere around in the rest of Germany. "Oachkatzlschwoaf"
- can you pronounce that correctly? Yes? Then you have passed
the test. You are a real Bavarian.
The people of Bavaria have frequent opportunities to celebrate
throughout the year, for example...
... at the October Fest in Munich: Opened with the traditional
cry of "O'zapft is", this largest and most famous
festival in the world has been held annually since 1810 on
the Theresienwiese.
... at the Auer Dults: a treasure trove for collectors of
every kind. The Dults are a combined fair and junk market
held three times a year in May, summer and autumn on the Maria-Hilf-Platz
in Munich. The May and autumn Dults date back to 1799 while
the summer (or Jakobi) Dult has existed since 1296.
...at the Tölz Leonhardifahrt: This horseback procession
round Bad Tölz to Calvary Mountain is probably the most
famous of many similar religious ceremonies in the Bavarian
hills. It takes place each year on Leonharditag, 6th November.
...at the Landshut Wedding: "God save Landshut! May Landshut
live for ever!" are the traditional cries when every
few years about 1200 citizens dress up for a few weeks in
late medieval costumes. This greatest historic festival in
Germany recalls one of the most splendid weddings of the Middle
Ages. According to contemporary records, 333 oxen were consumed
at this wedding arranged by the Wittelsbach Duke Ludwig the
Rich for his son Georg and the Polish Princess Jadwiga in
1475.
...at the Kaufbeuren Dance Festival: About 1200 children annually
take part in this oldest historic childrens' festival in the
2nd half of July in Kaufbeuren. Kaiser Maximilian founded
this festival in 1497.
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It is known that some of the
Wittelsbach lords preferred wearing the national costumes to
their uniforms. The love of national costume, known simply as
"G'wand" in Bavarian, has survived to this day. Numerous
Bavarians devoted to their traditions have joined national costumes
clubs throughout the state. The range of Bavarian costumes is
as varied as the landscapes and the tribes of Bavaria. Leather
belt, leather shorts, feathered hat, tuft of chamois hair and
loden (woollen) jacket are the basic garb of an Upper Bavarian
from the Alps. Specialists distinguish between four main groups:
the national costumes of Werdenfelser Land, of Tegernsee, Miesbach
and Schliersee, of Chiemgau and the Berchtesgaden region. |
Also very typical for Bavaria is the food and the love for beer.
To this day the Bavarian Purity Law is still the basic rule
for the Bavarian brewers, famous throughout the world. "Dark",
"lager", "export" and "special"
as well as the renowned strong beers, which once helped the
monks to survive Lent, have friends throughout the world. The
wheat beer, known locally as white beer, and described by elderly
Bavarians as "the only vegetable which we can still bite
into" is enjoyed by the Bavarians with another local speciality,
white sausage. This consists of pork bacon, veal and many other
ingredients (lemon, onions, salt, parsley, white pepper and
nutmeg), the proportions of which are kept a closely guarded
secret by every butcher. It tastes best with fresh salt bretzels
and mild mustard. Leberkäs (meat loaf), however, is right
at the top of the list of favourite Bavarian snacks. It consists
of beef, pork and bacon and its name comes from the fact that
since the 16th century it has been baked like a big cheese (Käselaibe)
and hence it was originally called "Laiberkäs".
A special delicacy for snack time is also the radish. In addition
to the "smoked sausage" of Lower Bavaria and the many
sausage specialities of Franconia, there are some 40 different
cheeses to choose from, most of which come from the Allgäu. |
This consists of pork bacon,
veal and many other ingredients (lemon, onions, salt, parsley,
white pepper and nutmeg), the proportions of which are kept
a closely guarded secret by every butcher. It tastes best with
fresh salt bretzels and mild mustard. Leberkäs (meat loaf),
however, is right at the top of the list of favourite Bavarian
snacks. It consists of beef, pork and bacon and its name comes
from the fact that since the 16th century it has been baked
like a big cheese (Käselaibe) and hence it was originally
called "Laiberkäs". A special delicacy for snack
time is also the radish. In addition to the "smoked sausage"
of Lower Bavaria and the many sausage specialities of Franconia,
there are some 40 different cheeses to choose from, most of
which come from the Allgäu.
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question, we are happy to inform you.
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