The Crazy Bavarian and Kauai’s Russian Fort

by | Oct 17, 2022 | History and culture

Germans, Baltic Germans, and Native Hawaiians So how many German connections for a so-called Russian Fort on the Hawaiian island of Kauai could there be? More than you might expect. We’ll start with a Bavarian/Franconian physician and adventurer named Georg...

Oberammergau, Bavaria • The Passion Play

by | Jan 3, 2021

The 2022 Passion Play in Oberammergau Oberammergau is a scenic town of about 5,500 inhabitants situated on the Ammer River in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps. Most of the time it is a normal small Bavarian town, but once every ten years Oberammergau is transformed...

King Ludwig II of Bavaria

by | Mar 26, 2013

Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886), King of Bavaria, 1864-1886 See our book recommendations below. He is known by many nicknames: the Swan King, the Mad King of Bavaria, the Dream King, and Mad Ludwig. Was “Mad King Ludwig” mad? This is only one of many mysteries that...