by HF | Mar 24, 2013
Austrian, German and Swiss Frauen “Politik ist eine viel zu ernste Sache, als dass man sie allein den Männern überlassen könnte.” “Politics is far too serious a matter to be left solely to men.” – Käte Strobel (1907-1996) Frauen-Power is a somewhat dated German...
by HF | Mar 21, 2013
No, Coca-Cola did not create the Santa image! Thomas Nast (1840-1902) and Santa Claus Many aspects of the American Christmas celebration were imported from Europe, and Germany in particular. The Dutch may have given him his English name, but Santa Claus owes most of...
by HF | Mar 19, 2013
The German University System When I first wrote about Germany’s system of higher education over two decades ago, it was already suffering from a lack of competition and inadequate public funding. I quoted a headline from the March 25, 1996 edition of the German news...
by HF | Mar 18, 2013
Bavaria • Germany Munich > Oktoberfest Oktoberfest 2024! Das Oktoberfest dates back to 1810. In 2010 the event celebrated its 200th birthday, but that year marked only the 177th Oktoberfest, what with wars, epidemics and such. The Covid-19 pandemic forced the...
by HF | Mar 18, 2013
From the German Beer Purity Decree of 1516 to Craft Beer in the 2010s The makers of German beer have long boasted about their unique “purity law” (Reinheitsgebot, actually “purity decree”), first proclaimed in 1516 by the Bavarian Duke Wilhelm IV in the town of...
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