Since the first advanced civilisations, slavery had been an important factor in the social and societal fabric of the...
Cultural history
Johann Strauss Radetzky March
It is probably the best known and most played march in the world: the Army March II dedicated to Field Marshal Josef...
Two Stubborn Men – Michelangelo and Pope Julius II.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, the star of the Renaissance, had a real problem with Pope Julius II. The Rovere Pope...
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 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 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...
The stone bridge in Regensburg
The city of Regensburg, which by the 11th century had developed from a fortified Roman camp to one of the most...
The Cappuccino
At the beginning of the 16th century, there was unrest within the Franciscan Order. Many friars saw the great ideal of...
The Flying Dutchman
The stories surrounding the so-called ghost ships are almost as old as seafaring itself. Which should not come as a...