December 3, 2024

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The Isar is not only the fourth largest river (after the Danube, Inn and Main) in the state of Bavaria, but also a river of contrasts. The Isar rises in the Karwendel Mountains east of the town of Scharnitz and its water comes from numerous spring streams that feed the source at an altitude of around 1750m. The Isar can be seen in its true original form at

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October 10, 2024

Traditions | Customs | art

Wood was already being transported by water in the first millennium BC. It is not known for certain when rafting was invented. But in the Bible (1 Kings 5:23) we can read that Hiram, the king of Tyre, tied trees (cedars, cypresses) into rafts and sent them to King Solomon so that he could

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February 9, 2024

Fascination Munich

The institution was named Karl Müllersches Volksbad in memory of its founder. Construction of the public pool began in July 1897 and the institution was opened for business in May 1901. The costs of the construction including furnishings amounted to 1,970,000 marks. The construction was financed by a donation from the Munich engineer Karl Müller

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December 27, 2023

Fascination Munich

Emperor Barbarossa initially supported the machinations of Henry the Lion and granted “Munichen” the right to hold a market. The former monks’ quarters became a trading town. In 1175, Henry the Lion had a city fortification built. Later, however, the Duke was banished to England because he refused to follow the Emperor. After the Regensburg arbitration, Bishop Adalbert of Freising became the new ruler of the

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November 29, 2023

Fascination Munich

The first people of Munich wore furs, hunted animals and lived in caves. Where the old town is now, around Marienplatz, there were huge forests with lots of animals in the Neolithic period. And there was also a wild river, the raging Isar. It wound its way from the Karwendel Mountains near Mittenwald to the Danube near Deggendorf

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