Bavaria

The southeastern-most of Germany's states is Bavaria. It's largest city is Munich. Although expensive, Munich is globally-known for it's high quality of life. The Alps are visible from Munich.

During the Reformation, Munich remained devoutly Catholic. The center of Munich, it's main square, has always been Marienplatz, with a statue of Mary called the Mariansaule, at the top of a column.

The following views of central Munich begin in Marianplatz. The stone building with the spires is the city hall. The church with the orange roof is the Frauenkirche. Munich began in the 12th Century and the church in the 13th Century. But the City or Town Hall is from the 19th Century.

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Here is more of central Munich, beginning at the Karisplatz.

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This is the area, to the north of central Munich, known as Schwabing.

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Bavaria is known for Neuschwanstein Castle. When Bavaria was a kingdom, in the late 19th Century, King Ludwig II was fascinated by the Middle Ages and went all-out to build his dream home, regardless of budgetary concerns. Although he never lived in it himself for long, it is now one of the most famous buildings in the world and was the architectural model for Disney World.

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There used to be walls around the old city of Munich and one of the remaining gates is the Sendlinger Tor.

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To the north of Munich, this is the Schleissheim Palace, from the 18th Century.

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Another Munich palace is the Nymphenburg.

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The second-largest city in Bavaria, after Munich, is Nuremberg. While Munich stayed Catholic when the Reformation came, Nuremberg went wholeheartedly Protestant. This is why the German-speaking states of central Europe didn't become a united country until 1871. There was so much division between Protestant and Catholic.

The Holy Roman Empire, which lasted for a thousand years, didn't really have a capital city. It's focus of administration usually depended on where it's emperor was from. But if any city could be said to have been the center of the Empire, at least for most of it's history, that city would likely be Nuremberg. The following scenes begin in Nuremberg Castle, around which the vast empire revolved. The famous artist Albrecht Durer lived right next to the castle.

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This is the district of Nuremberg known as Furth.

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Another historic city in Bavaria is Augsburg. This is a very old city, going back to the time of Jesus. The peace treaty between Catholics and Protestants, allowing rules of principalities to choose either Catholicism or Lutheranism is called the Peace of Augsburg. The main creed of Lutheranism is the Augsburg Confession.

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Finally, there is Regensburg. This very old city was the site of the parliament (diet) of the Holy Roman Empire. It became a strongly Protestant city at the time of the Reformation. The city's cathedral was begun in the 13th Century. Here is the center of the oldest part of the city.

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