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Thanksgiving celebrated in the churches

by Trekki

When I was in the region it was early October and Thanksgiving celebrations were ongoing. The altar parts of Wies church and Steingaden’s church were fully decorated. Beautiful crowns made of straw were standing there and the full basket of fruit and food was lying in front of the altar. I am sure that these were put together by the kids with help of their parents and teachers. When I was visiting Steingaden’s church suddenly a group of little kids with adults arrived. They were grouping around the altar, one of the adults had a guitar and all were singing Thanksgiving songs. Cute.Very touching work and very typical for this so much solidly grounded religious farmland region.© Ingrid D., October 2011.

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Bavarian culture

by Florida999

I love the beautifully painted houses in many little towns in Bavaria. We found some especially nice ones in the town of Oberammergau, which also has a famous Passion Play around Easter time every ten years. The play started in the middle ages when the town was spared from the plague, and as a thanks to God, the town started to put on the play. The next one is in 2010, we missed it by a few years. The paintings on the houses are called "Lueftlmalerei". We also saw a lot of stores with incredible looking woodcarvings and I was tempted to buy one, but they were rather pricey. Another typical Bavarian thing are the many religious shrines and roadside crosses everywhere. Plus everyone says " Gruess Gott" ( greetings to God) instead of the standard "good day" in the rest of Germany. I like it:)

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Oktoberfest starts in September

by globetrott

Oktoberfest will always start in SEPTEMBER !It will always end the 1st sunday in October, and will start 2 weeks before on saturday at 12.00 noon.As October 3rd is the German national holiday, this rule is a bit different, and the fest might be extended, when Oct. 3rd is a monday or tuesday .sounds complicated, but it is not !!The schedule for the next years is :2007: Sept.22nd - Okt 7th2008: Sept.20th - Okt.5th2009: Sept.19th - Okt.4th2010: Sept.18th - Okt.3rd2011: Sept.17th - Okt.2ndBe prepared :1)Book your hotel by all means, at least Friday-sunday +oct. 2+3.2)Leave your car at home, take the subway - police is everywhere watching you

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Butterbrez'n or Pretzels with Obatzda

by laallen

...but whipped cream cheese with horseradish spread on fresh crunchy pretzels is yummy too.Only in Bavaria please, neither Austrian nor Cologne pretzels are baked at the proper temperature and turn out pale as ghosts and very chewy....

The Flag of the City of Nuremberg

by gordonilla

N?rnberg became a city in 1219 and became one of the most important cities in present Bavaria. The city uses two different arms; the greater arms with the eagle with a king's head and the lesser arms with the eagle and red bends. Both were adopted in 1936. (...) The lesser arms are known as the real arms since 1240, where they are first mentioned. The arms showed a shield divided in five bends silver [white] and red. The arms are probably derived from the arms of the first viscounts of N?rnberg. (...) During the centuries the number of bends changed regularly and were finally fixed in 1936.

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Elefantentreffen Goers

by marco2005

At night the Elefantentreffen camp is crowded by many wannabe miners. You can see many light beams scanning the whole area. Here are the miners coming back to social life.They spring up from snow holes, often in a group. This is the time when they search to satisfy their primary needings: beer, warm, beer, bbq food, beer.If you encounter one of them alone, that's means he is looking for a place where evaluate the diuretic effect of... beer: in this task they usually show a good artistic inclination leaving in the white snow some fine modern art drawings (always monochromatic)

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Weltenburger

by Gili_S

Weltenburger is coming from the Kloster in the town of Weltenburg, not far from Regensburg. They have many kinds of beers but this one, the dark bock beer is my favourite with strength and taste. It is actually one of the best beers I ever tasted.

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Weihenstephan

by Gili_S

This is set to be the oldest brewery in the world. Established in 1040 this brewery is not far from Munich in a town called Freising. They have many kinds of beers but the dark one is the best I tried so far from this brewery.It is possible to visit this brewery and have a tour, but I am not sure if needed to call in advance.

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Mönchshof

by Gili_S

I was trying two kinds of beers they make and both are excellent.Kulmbacher traditional Mönchshof Premium Schwarzbier is a unique dark beer made in Kulmbacher. The other one I had was the Bockbier which is dark brown colour strong in taste and alcohol.You can buy those beers in selected beer stores around Germany but I am not sure if it is also exported. Anyhow, these ones are some of the finest beers I ever had.

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Lauterbacher

by Gili_S

I never knew about Lauterbacher beer before this last summer visit, I went to some local beer store and bought few of the unknown beers for me. This one, Lauterbacher Dunkel Weiss was one of the best ones. Its private brewery in, Lauterbach of course.

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  2. Nürnberg Local Customs
  3. Rothenburg ob der Tauber Local Customs
  4. Garmisch-Partenkirchen Local Customs
  5. Berchtesgaden Local Customs
  6. Würzburg Local Customs
  7. Bamberg Local Customs
  8. Schloss Neuschwanstein Local Customs
  9. Regensburg Local Customs
  10. Augsburg Local Customs
  11. Passau Local Customs
  12. Fussen Local Customs
  13. Ingolstadt Local Customs
  14. Dachau Local Customs
  15. Mittenwald Local Customs
  16. Erlangen Local Customs
  17. Landshut Local Customs
  18. Frankfurt Local Customs
  19. Schloß Linderhof Local Customs
  20. Füssen Local Customs
  21. Lindau Local Customs
  22. Miltenberg Local Customs
  23. Bad Reichenhall Local Customs
  24. Schloß Herrenchiemsee Local Customs
  25. Schönau am Königssee Local Customs
  26. Kempten Local Customs
  27. Bad Tölz Local Customs
  28. Königssee Local Customs
  29. Coburg Local Customs
  30. Nördlingen Local Customs
  31. Ettal Local Customs
  32. Dinkelsbühl Local Customs
  33. Freising Local Customs
  34. München Local Customs
  35. Schloßpark Nymphenburg Local Customs
  36. Fürth Local Customs
  37. Schloß Hohenschwangau Local Customs
  38. Rottenbuch Local Customs
  39. Bad Neustadt an der Saale Local Customs
  40. Bad Windsheim Local Customs
  41. Klosterkreuzberg Local Customs
  42. Grafenwöhr Local Customs
  43. Schongau Local Customs
  44. Giebelstadt Local Customs
  45. Mespelbrunn Local Customs
  46. Steingaden Local Customs
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