Already in the early Middle Ages, a monastery was founded in Hirsau in the northern Black Forest, which housed the...
Cultural History
Styria joins Austria
24 May 1192: Styria becomes part of Austria. On 17 August 1186 the Georgenberg Handfeste was concluded on the...
The painter Raoul Dufy and his Normandy
"I know the sea as a bather, as a sailor and as a painter. It is as a painter that it is dearest to me." (Raoul Dufy)...
History of the Flower Island Mainau
The flower island of Mainau is one of the most visited attractions on Lake Constance. There are very few travel groups...
Josef Ressel, the inventor of the ship’s propeller
Josef Ludwig Franz Ressel, Austrian forestry official and developer of the ship's propeller, was born on June 29,...
The history of the monastery island of Reichenau
The largest island of Lake Constance is located between Constance and Radolfzell and is connected to the mainland by...
The story of the Junkerhaus Lemgo
The Junkerhaus, now a museum, is the two-storey half-timbered house built by Karl Junker, which has been one of the...
The Harpist
Who never ate his bread with tears, He who never spent his sorrowful nights Sat on his bed weeping, He knows you not,...
Daniel Dorff and his many, great works for flute
Daniel Dorff is an American composer. He was born in 1956 in New Rochelle/New York and studied at Cornell University...
The Ferris wheel in the Vienna Prater
On July 3, 1897, one of the landmarks of Vienna was opened - the Ferris wheel in the Vienna Prater. Gabor...
The king’s new snoopers!
Imagine the following: You are still sitting slightly sleepy and unsuspecting at your morning coffee. Suddenly your...
The history of the Externsteine
Fascinating rock formation of one of the most remarkable natural and cultural monuments in Europe, medieval sacral...
The history of Margrave Leopold I.
Leopold I. (Liutpold), called the Illustrious, was born around 940. He was count in the Bavarian Danube delta and...
Puccini – Tosca and Tuscany
In 1858, Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca, the once independent republic in northwestern Tuscany. In the...
Marriage between Maximilian of Habsburg and Mary of Burgundy
19 August 1477: Marriage between Maximilian of Habsburg and Mary of Burgundy The young Duchess of Brugund, Maria, was...