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Bavaria
Flags "lozengy" variant striped variant Coat of arms Statistics Capital: Munich (München) Area: 70,553 km² Inhabitants: 12.444 Million (2004-12-31) Pop. density: 176 inh./km² Website: [bayern.de] ISO 3166-2: DE-BY Politics Minister-preside..
Bavaria-Straubing
Bavaria-Straubing was a part of Bavaria which was a state between 1353 and 1432, and part of the Holy Roman Empire In 1353, Lower Bavaria was partitioned into Bavaria-Landshut and Bavaria-Straubing. The dukes of Bavaria-Straubing were also counts of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland. Dukes of Bavaria..
Bavariacars
Bavariacars is among the leaders for aftermarket BMW performance in Australia. Although their main specialty is turbocharging, they have found ways to improve almost every performance aspect of a BMW. External link [Company website] ..
Bavarian
Bavarian can either when used as an adjective, refer to the German state of Bavaria; orrefer to the Bavarian or Austro-Bavarian language, a group of closely related dialects spoken in parts of Bavaria, most of Austria and the South Tyrol.Bavarian cream - a custard sauce. In German, the two usages ar..
Bavarians
The Bavarians are a German people from Bavaria, Germany. They are the inheritors of the Bavarii, which occupied modern-day Bavaria and its surroundings in Roman times. Bavarians are identified: a) by birth or residence in the Freestate of Bavaria b) by language and culture (Austro-Bavarian langu..
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) is an independent public institution, located in Munich. It appoints scholars whose research has contributed considerably to the increase of knowledge within their subject. The general goal of the academy is the..
Bavarian Circle
The Bavarian Circle (in German, Bayerischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. The most significant state by far in the circle was the Duchy of Bavaria (later also an electorate), with the states of the Upper Palatinate, the Archbishopric of Salzburg, and the imperial c..
Bavarian Congregation
The Bavarian Congregation is a congregation of the Benedictine Confederation consisting (with one exception) of monasteries in Bavaria, Germany. It was founded on 26 August 1684 by the Blessed Pope Innocent XI (1676-1689). First Congregation Until the secularisation of Bavaria in 1803 the followi..
Bavarian cream
Bavarian cream or Crème bavaroise is a classical dessert named after Bavaria, Germany. Bavarian cream is based on Crème anglaise (a custard sauce, made of egg yolk, sugar, and milk, whipped to 160 degrees farenheit over very hot water), which is bound with gelatine, and lightened whipped cream, f..
Bavarian Crown Jewels
In 1806, as part of his wholescale re-ordering of the map of Europe, Napoleon I of France upgraded the independent German duchy of Bavaria to full kingdom status. The former Duke of Bavaria, now King of Bavaria, Maximilian I, commemorated the fact by commissioning a set of crown jewels for use by Ba..
Bavarian Dynasty
The Bavarian Dynasty is the name given to those kings of the Lombards who were descended from Garibald I, duke of Bavaria. There were really two branches to the dynasty: the branch descended in the female line through Garibald's eldest child and daughter, Theodelinda, and the branch descended from ..
Bavarian Forest
The Bavarian Forest (German: Bayerischer Wald) is a low mountain range in Bavaria, Germany. It extends along the Czech border and is continued on the Czech side by the Šumava (Bohemian Forest). Geographically the Bavarian Forest and Bohemian Forest are the same mountain range. The highest mountain..
Bavarian Geographer
The Bavarian Geographer is the author of an anonymous medieval document prepared in ca. 850 probably in Regensburg and stored in the Munich library (both cities in Bavaria). It is entitled a 'Description of Cities and Lands North of Danube' and it contains a list of the tribes in Central-Eastern Eu..
Bavarian gulden
The Gulden was the currency of Bavaria until 1873. Between 1754 and 1837 it was a unit of account, worth 5/12 of a Conventionsthaler, used to denominate banknotes but not issued as a coin. The Gulden was worth 50 Conventionskreuzer or 60 Kreuzer Landmünze. The first Gulden coins were issued in 183..
Bavarian Mountain Hound
The Bavarian Mountain Hound is a breed of dog from Germany. It is a Scent hound and has been used in Germany since the Middle ages to trail wounded game. Contents 1 Appearance2 Temperament3 Care4 External Links Appearance Bavarian Mountain Hounds wiegh between 20 to 25 kg, ..
Bavarian National Museum
The Bavarian National Museum in Munich is one of the most important cultural history museums in Europe. The building, erected in the style of historianism, is one of the most original and significant museum buildings of its time. It replaced an older building which houses today the State Museum of E..
Bavarian People's Party
The Bavarian People's Party (Bayerische Volkspartei) was the Bavarian branch of the Centre Party, which broke off from the rest of the party in 1919 to pursue a more conservative, Bavarian particularist, course. There was a period of near separatism in the early 20s, culminating in the government ..
Bavarian pine vole
The Bavarian pine vole (Microtus bavaricus) is a vole from the Austrian, Italian, and Bavarian Alps of Europe. It lived in moist meadows at elevations of 600-1,000 metres. There are 23 museum specimens of this species. This rodent was previously known from only one location in Garmisch-Partenki..
Bavarian porn
Bavarian porn is a campy subgenre of softcore porn comedy. The apogee of the genre was the late 1960s and early 1970s, corresponding roughly to the chancelorship of Willy Brandt, but these films continued to be produced up to about 1980. Today they live on as staples of late night European cable an..
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich was founded in 1949 by Eugen Jochum, he was also principal conductor until 1960. It is usually considered as one of the best orchestras in the world and the finest radio orchestra in the world. In 2006 the orchestra was awarded with a Grammy for Best O..
Bavarian Schuhplattlers of Edmonton
The Bavarian Schuhplattlers of Edmonton preserve the German and Austrian tradition of folk-dancing and also provide an atmosphere of fun and Gemütlichkeit for their members. They have existed since 1971 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Contents 1 History2 Costume3 See also4 Ex..
Bavarian Soviet Republic
The Bavarian Soviet Republic (Bayrische Räterepublik) — also known as the Munich Soviet Republic (Münchner Räterepublik) — was a short-lived revolutionary government in the German state of Bavaria in 1919 that sought to replace the fledgling Weimar Republic in its early days. Contents 1&nb..
Bavarian State Library
The Bavarian State Library (German: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek), located in Munich, is the central library of the German state of Bavaria and one of the largest libraries in the German-speaking world. The library was founded as the "Wittelsbach court library" by Duke Albrecht V, who acquired i..
Bavarian State Opera
Munich, National Theatre The Bayerische Staatsoper or Bavarian State Opera is an opera company in Munich and is one of the leading opera companies in Germany and the world and has existed since 1653. Its orchestra is the Bavarian State Orchestra. While it performs in the Prinzregententheater..
Bavarian S 2/6
The Royal Bavarian State Railways' sole class S 2/6 steam locomotive was built in 1906 by the firm of Maffei in Munich, Germany. It was of 4-4-4 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 2'B2' h4v in the UIC classification scheme, and was a 4-cylinder von Borries balanced compound locomotive. ..
Bavaria (disambiguation)
Bavaria is the name of: Bavaria, one of the 16 states of Germany.Bavaria Brewery, a Dutch brewery.Bavaria Brau, a South African brewery.Bavaria S.A., a Colombian brewery.Bavaria statue, a statue standing at the Theresienwiese in Munich. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a lis..
Bavaria - St. Pauli Brewery
Bavaria - St. Pauli Brewery (Bavaria - St. Pauli - Brauerei AG) is a German brewery founded in 1922 from the merger of Bavaria Brauerei AG (founded 1897) and St.Pauli Actien-Brauerei (founded 1862) in Hamburg. It is currently controlled by Carlsberg. Contents 1 History2 Astra3 ..
Bavaria Brewery
Bavaria Beer Logo Bavaria is a Dutch brewery founded in 1719 by Laurentius Moorees in Lieshout, North Brabant. Contents 1 Brief details2 History3 2006 FIFA World Cup4 See also5 External links Brief details The brewery. The company is owned by the Swinkels f..
Bavaria Film Studios
The Bavaria Film Studios in Geiselgasteig, a district of Munich's suburb Grünwald, Bavaria were founded already in 1919 and belong to Europe's biggest and most famous movie production studios. Alfred Hitchcock made his first movie The Pleasure Garden in Geiselgasteig in 1925. Then numerous famous ..
Bavaria Party
The Bavaria Party (German: Bayernpartei) is a political party in the state of Bavaria in southern Germany. It was founded in 1946 and describes itself as patriotic Bavarian, advocating Bavarian independence within the European Union. Together with the Christian Social Union it can be seen as an hei..
Bavaria S.A.
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Bavaria state election, 1998
The Bavaria state election, 1998, was conducted on September 13, 1998, to elect members to the Landtag (state legislature) of Bavaria. Contents 1 Issues and Campaign2 Results3 Post-election4 Sources Issues and Campaign Results Party Party List votes Vote percentage (cha..
Bavaria state election, 2003
The Bavaria state election, 2003, was conducted on September 21, 2003, to elect members to the Landtag (state legislature) of Bavaria. Contents 1 Issues and Campaign2 Results3 Post-election4 Sources Issues and Campaign Results Party Party List votes Vote percentage (cha..
Bavaria statue
Bavaria statue The Bavaria statue (German just 'Bavaria') is a bronze-cast statue of Bavaria's secular patron, located at the border of the Theresienwiese in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, where the Oktoberfest takes place each September. When the architect Leo von Klenze, building the 'Ruhmeshal..
Bavaridan
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Bavarii
The Bavarii were a large and powerful tribe which emerged late in Teutonic tribal times, in what is now the Czech Republic (Bohemia). They replaced, or perhaps are simply another phase of, the previous inhabitants - the Rugians. They swiftly expanded their influence southward, and occupied Austria a..
Bavarisaurus
Bavarisaurus ('Bavarian lizard') is an extinct genus of lizard found in Bavaria, Germany. It is best known from a fossil skeleton found in the stomach region of a Compsognathus, a small theropod dinosaur. ..
Bavay
Bavay is a town and commune of northern France in the département of Nord, 15 m. E.S.E. of Valenciennes by railway. History Under the name of Bagacum or Bavacum, the town was the capital of the Nervii and, under the Roman Empire, an important center of roads, the meeting-place of which was marked..
Bavayia
Bavayia is a genus of Gecko from the remote New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands. These 12 species are moderately small to medium sized diplodactylid geckos and are distinguised from other geckos by their tail length and the shape of the digits. All species have elongated digits each ending in a sma..
Bava Batra
Bava Batra is the third of the three tractates in the Talmud in the order Nezikin; it deals with a person's responsibilities and rights as the owner of property. It is part of Judaism's oral law. This "massekta" (treatise) is not, like Bava Kamma and Bava Metzia, the exposition of a certain passag..
Bava Kamma
Bava Kamma (Aramaic: בבא קמא, "The First Gate"; often transliterated Baḇa Ḳamma) is the first of a series of three Talmudic tractates in the order Nezikin ("Damages") that deal with civil matters such as damages and torts. Bava Kamma discusses various forms of damage and the compensation ..
Bava Metzia
Bava Metzia (Aramaic: בבא מציעא, "The Middle Gate"; often transliterated Baḇa Meẓi'a) is the second of a series of three Talmudic tractates in the order Nezikin ("Damages"). These tractates deal with civil matters such as damages and torts. Bava Metzia discusses property law, specifica..
Bavegem
Bavegem is a small village in East-Flanders, Belgium, part of the municipality of Sint-Lievens-Houtem. A specific landscape is the classified and protected landscape around "de oude linde", between Bavegem, Vlierzele and Oordegem. This Tilium is known in old stories and myths in the neighbourhood...
Baveno
Baveno is a town in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, part of Piedmont, northern Italy. It is located on the west shore of Lago Maggiore, 13 miles North West of Arona by rail. To the north-west are the famous red granite quarries, which have supplied the columns for the Cathedral of Milan, th..
Bavent
Bavent is a commune of the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie région in France. Its postal code is 14400. The INSEE code is 14047. ..
Bavia
Bavia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Species Bavia aericeps Simon, 1877 (Malaysia to Australia, Pacific Is.)Bavia albolineata Peckham & Peckham, 1885 (Madagascar)Bavia annamita Simon, 1903 (Vietnam)Bavia capistrata (C. L. Koch, 1846) (Malaysia)Bavia decorata (Thorel..
Bavigne
Bavigne (Luxembourgish: Béiwen, German: Böwen) is a small town in the commune of Lac de la Haute-Sûre, in north-western Luxembourg. As of 2005, the town has a population of 125. It is the administrative centre of the commune of Lac de la Haute-Sûre. ..
Bavin
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Bavington
Bavington is a village and civil parish in the Tynedale district of Northumberland, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 99. The village is sixteen miles north from Hexham, and about the same west from Morpeth. ..
Baviola
Baviola is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Species Baviola braueri Simon, 1898 (Seychelles)Baviola luteosignata Wanless, 1984 (Seychelles)Baviola vanmoli Wanless, 1984 (Seychelles) ..
Bavius
Bavius and Maevius were two stupid and malevolent critics in the age of Augustus Caesar who belittled and attacked the talents of superior writers. In particular, they attacked the work of Virgil and Horace, both of whom mocked Maevius, Virgil in his Third Eclogue, Horace in his tenth Epode. Alex..
Bavla
Bavla is a city and a municipality in Ahmadabad district in the state of Gujarat, India. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Bavla had a population of 30,851. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bavla has an average literacy rate..
Bavois
Bavois is a municipality in the district of Orbe of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ..
Bavojigudam
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Bavorové ze Strakonice
Bavorové ze Strakonice (Bavors from Strakonice) were a Bohemian noble family and rulers of Strakonice. Members of the family include: Bavor I.Bavor II. VelikýBavor III.Bavor IV. (last holder of the Castle Strakonice)Břeněk ze Strakonic (last member of the family; died 1404) ..
Bavor II. Veliký
Bavor II "Veliký" (Bavor the Great), the feudal ruler of Strakonice, Bohemia (ca. 1260-1279) and Purkrabí of Zvíkov, was the son of Bavor I. A land marshal, he held Pořešín, Blatná, Horažďovice, and others, including the Castle Bouzov. He took as his wife Anežka, the ilegitimite daughter..

 

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