Franken Wine and Meter Bratwurst

This article is dedicated to the nice people at the VGem Kitzingen, the official association of five villages around the city of Kitzingen. In my article Bratwurst Mecca Franken I used some pictures from local, mostly German, websites and trying … Continue reading

Are you a Bayer?

Even if this will not influence in any way your political rights and does not have any practical uses anymore except maybe as part of your pride, the Constitution of the Free State of Bavaria (page 4) from 1946 still … Continue reading

Tourist magnets:

Many of the locations in Bavaria are famous world wide and be it for their beauty, magnitude or history have to be included in a visit to this region. We call them the tourist magnets, as these really draw the … Continue reading

The Dirndl and the Lederhosen

If you think of Bavaria, pictures of girls dressed in Dirndls and guys in Lederhos’n come to mind. So before I started this blog I wrote an article on my “Things Bavarian” webpages about the subject of “Why they dress … Continue reading

Bratwurst Mecca Franken

If there would be such a thing as a pilgrimage site for Bratwurst and Bier, the Northern Bavarian region called Franken would definitely be it. I wrote about the beer of this region in a previous article so here we … Continue reading

Wirtshaus zur Stieglmühle

Wirtshaus zur Stieglmühle Stieglmühle 1 95679 Waldershof Close to the northern border of the Bavarian Oberpfalz/Upper Palatinate region is the “Stieglmühle”, a wood and grain mill which was first mentioned at this location in 1591 and is now the home … Continue reading