Tips 1 - 10 of 10 Bavaria Local Customs
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Local Customs: Lueftlmalerei makes great fassades
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" Lueftlmalerei " is the expression used for this kind of paintings that you will find at some places in Bavaria, mainly inn the area of Oberammergau.
Franz Seraph Zwink ( 1748-1792 ) started with the first of these new kind of fassades. He learned painting in Augsburg and had the idea of the Lueftlmalerei.
He made most of the geat fassades, and as he was living for a certain period inside a house called " Zum Lueftl "
THIS might have given the name to that sort of painting.
Nobody knows for sure, but it sounds logical, and in that case a house called "zum L?ftl " would indicate, that at this house there will be a steady small breeze of wind .
On my pic you see a building from Oberammergau - for more pics and infos - please have a look on my Oberammergau-page !
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Local Customs: May-poles
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May-poles are customary in Bavaria, but in many villages you may also see these ones, all year long.
Mostly it shows signs of all the trades and professions that are available inside this village .
Most of them have a trunk, painted in blue and white, the national colors of Bavaria.
This one you may see in Schwangau, close to the ticket-office of the 2 famous castles Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau !
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Local Customs: "mad" King Ludwig still has lots of fans !!
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Do not be surprised, to see "fans" of King Ludwig II still today at many places all over Bavaria.
This is the entrance to a garage in Rottenbuch, close to the parking for the lovely church.
For some people he had been mad and commited suicide in Berg / Starnberger See...
...for others he was a great king and killed by his enemies !
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Local Customs: Clocks from Black Forest, sold in Bavaria
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This sculpture that I saw in Schwangau may show you , what the sales-people of Black Forest-clocks looked like, when they carried their goods on the back from one farm to the other, also doing repairs of clocks.
During the strong winters they built their clocks in the Black Forest, in summertime they sold them also in Bavaria and other parts of Germany.
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Local Customs: wooden balconies, flowers and more
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Have a look for the many great wooden houses with lovely ornaments and woodcarvings around the roof, mostly also with a trophy of a hunted deer.
All the balconies are beautifully decorated with flowers .
All windows also have the typical shutters as a protection against strong and windy winters.
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Local Customs: sunbathing in the centre of Munich
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Bavaria is very strict, when it comes to morality...
...BUT since plenty of years you may see people spending their lunch-break in " Englischer Garten " or at " Flaucher " sunbathing topless or with even less than that.
Well, simply like the beauty I show on my picture. I found her in Herrenchiemsee, close to the castle.
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Local Customs: Prinzregent Luitpold auf der Wies'n ?? NEVER !!
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This is an advertisment, posted in Munich, close to Theresienwiese & Oktoberfest:
The Oktoberfest - mostly called WIES'N by the locals - will allow ONLY breweries, producing their beer INSIDE the town of Munich, to be sold at the Oktoberfest.
NO exception to this rule, NOT EVEN for the descendant of the last Bavarian king, who has a brewery, but NOT inside the city limits.
Sometimes Prince Poldi is seen in his carriage in the opening ceremony of Oktoberfest, and a few years ago it was a big "scandal", when he had some bottles of his own beer ( also called "Prinzregent Luitpold") on the carriage and offered it to some friends as soon as he had reached Theresienwiese.
Police was there immideately and made sure, the old law was fullfilled...
On the other hand "Wies'n" is also a simple meadow - on this poster a meadow close to the castle of King Ludwig II , whose father had the idea for Oktoberfest once...
So if you like to drink the beer with the name "Prinzregent Luitpold" on a Wies'n - you may do it on any Wies'n except the one in Munich
btw. Prinz Poldi is very popular because of his humor...
...but it will not help him in that matter...
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Local Customs: Traditional Lederhosen & hat
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Lederhosen may be seen at many events in Bavaria, not only at Oktoberfest.
That kind of tradition is very strong, many of these Lederhosn will be given from the father to the son, the older it is the better.
While Lederhosn will normally not look different in different regions of Bavaria, the hats normally will be different .
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Local Customs: Horses and carriages at Oktoberfest
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Especially every weekend at Oktoberfest you may see these old traditional beer-carriages, drawn by 6 horses, beautifully decorated in the brewery's colors .
This is the one of Hofbräu.
"HOF" is the german word for "court", so this beer was the favorite beer of the king of Bavaria, and was the only one beeing allowed to have the crown in their code of arms.
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Local Customs: Oktoberfest starts in September
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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 7th
2008: Sept.20th - Okt.5th
2009: Sept.19th - Okt.4th
2010: Sept.18th - Okt.3rd
2011: Sept.17th - Okt.2nd
Be 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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Website: www.oktoberfest.de
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RusskiPower Wed Jul 11, 2007 19:10 UTC
Hey globetrott, great Bavaria page! I am planning to drive there this August and wondered how easy it is to drive on the Deutsche Alpenstrasse on a large SUV with a large caravan in tag. | Kuznetsov_Sergey Tue Feb 6, 2007 12:55 UTC
Fundamental page about one of my favorite lands in Germany! How lucky you were, Michael, when live there 10 years. Local customs are espesially good. When we saw lueftlmalerei it made my wife almost mad of delight! Fundamental work, useful and interesting | iandsmith Wed Nov 15, 2006 22:01 UTC
I too am heading over there next February/March. Thanks for your very useful tips. | paulapes Thu Oct 5, 2006 13:25 UTC
Another great page Michael...love the photo of the Hohenschwangau castle too. |
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