Who rides through night and wind at this time of night? It's the father with his child; He must have the boy in his...
Cultural History
The Pharisee
High in the north, where the land seems to sink into the sea, where people in their coarsely knitted sweaters trudge...
A young man loves a girl
A boy loves a girl, she chose someone else; the other one loves another and has married this one. The girl marries for...
Bean counter
A bean counter is the term used to describe a person who has driven precision in all his actions to the point of...
The Ore Mountain
In the north of Styria lies one of the economically most important regions in Austria. This is the area around the...
Victory Sign
Forefinger and middle finger raised, the remaining fingers pressed into the hand. Today this sign is used all over the...
Till Eulenspiegel
He is probably the most famous Jester in European cultural history and is still the symbol of the funny mocker. But if...
Fête champêtre
Jean-Antoine Watteau, who died far too early, was one of the most important artists of his time. He went down in...
Napoleon’s bees
If one obtains a throne by one's own efforts, then one would do well to legitimize this claim by all possible means....
Ballad of external life
And children grow up with deep eyes, That know of nothing, grow up and die, And all humankinds go their ways. And from...
“Flow my teares”
In the course of the 16th century the lute gradually broke away from its old role. Within a few decades, it rose from...
Banqueting House
Born in 1573, Inigo Jones is regarded as the most important architect of English classicism. Little is known about his...
Yes, writing and reading.
"Yes, writing and reading." Yes, writing and reading It's never been my business, because since childhood. I...
Puente de Vizcaya
In the northern Spanish province of Bizkaia, more precisely above the river that separates the municipality of...
Glass of water to the coffee
What stories are not entwined around the glass of water to the coffee. The most widespread is certainly that it is...