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Leaders of the numerous Monarchist Parties and associations in Germany were reported to have approached the Crown Prince to urge him to seize the throne. It was also stated that Bavarian support was assured through an arrangement whereby ex-Crown Prince Rupprecht would be made King of Bavaria. What the Crown Prince replied was not published...
...Baireuth is a town of Bavaria where Wagner conducted many of his own operas. Both Wagner and Liszt are buried there...
Since the incarceration of Herr Adolf Hitler (TIME, Nov. 19), and the discrediting of General Erich von Ludendorff (TIME, Nov. 19), Bavaria has been the scene of much Monarchist plotting. Rumors of an impending putsch by Hitlerites caused Dictator von Kahr and General von Lössow, Commander of the Bavarian section of the Reischswehr, to issue a joint manifesto stating that they had evidence of the putsch and that they were taking every necessary precaution to safeguard the State. Dictator von Kahr warned the people that the troops would not hesitate to fire upon public demonstrations against the Government...
...Munich, capital of Bavaria, an honest butcher displayed the following sign in his shop window: "Dogs are bought here and their meat and fat are being sold...
History. In the early 1600's the Thirty Years' War* ravaged Bavaria in which lies Ober-Ammergau. War was followed by the Black Plague, which was worse. To avert the plague, the Ober-Ammergau villagers, meeting in a churchyard, vowed to "enact the Passion-tragedy in honor of the bitter sufferings and death of our dear Lord" every tenth year forever. Fulfillment of the vow began with a play given in the churchyard...