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Post by Charlotte on Jun 22, 2017 8:55:13 GMT -5
Birds are singing and bells are ringing.
Been looking at places my Sister proposed to visit on our 'brewing' Family Reunion in a few weeks. One location would be the Andechs Abbey and Brewery near Munich, a place of pilgrimage since 955, "a joy for body and Soul". Notice the Zodiak.
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Post by Charlotte on Jun 24, 2017 9:45:33 GMT -5
Snapshot of the history of Andechs mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/111908.jpgThe House of Andechs was a feudal line of German princes in the 12th and 13th century. "The site of Andechs was originally occupied by a castle belonging to the counts of Dießen on the Ammersee, probably built on a Roman castrum, and remained the seat of the powerful counts of Dießen-Andechs. "The first documented pilgrimages to Andechs were in 1138, when count Bertold II ordered his subjects to make a journey to venerate the relics in the chapel of St. Nicholas at the Schloss. The legendary rediscovery of long lost reliquaries in 1388 revived the ancient pilgrimage trade. The Andechs hosts were approved by Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa, otherwise a foe of such cults of wonder hosts." Nicholas of Cusa, 1401 - 1464, "was a German philosopher, theologian, jurist, and astronomer. One of the first proponents of Renaissance humanism, he made spiritual and political contribution in European history. A notable example of this is his mystical or spiritual writings on "learned ignorance", as well as his participation in power struggles between Rome and the German states of the Holy Roman Empire." His motto being "ora et labora", pray and work. "The late-Gothic collegiate church which Duke Ernest I (1392 - 1438) had errected in 1423 was changed into a Benedictine monastery by Duke Alberts III in 1455, and filled with monks from Tegernsee Abbey. In 1458 it was raised to the status of an abbey, and thenceforth enjoyed uninteruppted prosperity. -- The present church dates from the 18th century. The 20th-century German composer Carl Orff is burried there. There are also the graves of 11 members of the House of Wittelsbach inside the church, mostly from the 15th and 16th century." I will find out who the 11 members are, Andechs being in the district of Starnberg, remembering that our great 'dreamer' King Ludwig II drowned in the Starnberger See in a struggle with his doctor, so one story goes, which I believe, the Wittelsbach Dynasty ruling Bavaria from 1180 - 1918, its origin in Scheyern, in walking distance where I was born and our Reunion will take place, and, of course, another place to visit. Scheyern Abbey www0.f1online.de/preW/007126000/7126927.jpgThis history is momentous and vast, decendants being Frederick V, Elector of Palentine, his son Rupert of the Rhine, his Mother the daughter of James I of England, which brings us to Sir Francis Bacon, and, of course Ludwig II and his grandfather Ludwig I who built Wallhalla, which we will visit as well. Famed Wallhalla, stairs leading down to the Danube static.panoramio.com/photos/large/29056374.jpgThe sister of Saint Hedwig of Andechs was the first wife of Andrew II of Hungary and mother of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, also honered in the Wallhalla, as is Catherine the Great. I think they should add Nicholas II. Extensive and important relationship of influential Persons between Russia, Central Europe, Germany, England, together with the Renaissance, who with their vision of a new era originated a wave which raised the Boat of the whole World, which anchored in America, and look were we're at. Almost forgot the the Andechs Bear, brewed since 1455 by the monks, will report how it tastes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klosterbrauerei_Andechs
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Post by Charlotte on Jun 25, 2017 8:25:37 GMT -5
Meaningful also that the heart's of Ludwig II, his father Maximilian II, and his grandfather Ludwig I, founder of the Wallhalla, and other Nobles, are in silver urn's the "Chapel of Grace" in Altötting, a town of pilgrimage in the "Heart of Bavaria" to visit. The Chapel dates back to 660 A.D., is dedicated to the "Black Madonna", "the Mutter to whom we can entrust all our problems." People go there for healing and as seen on the tape, leave their messages of thanks, crutches, etc. A day-trip to Salzburg is possible A short distance from Salzburg is the largest ice cave in the world. Exhausting is the climb to the entrance, but forgotten when entering and upon exiting one is refreshed, feels new-born and hungry for traditional Keiserschmarrn. My Sister knows the restaurants on the way for the best Kaiserschmarrn, yumm. tanjascookingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/kschmarrn-6-MG_9100.jpg
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Post by Charlotte on Jun 26, 2017 7:43:48 GMT -5
One more, but first my upgrowing 'happy place' on the way into the forest.
8000 years of history all along the Danube. "Both Bronze Age and Celtic archaelogical finds indicate continuous habitation through the millennia." The video is in German but the pictures tell the story.
Everyone knows the Wallhalla and die Befreiungshalle, Hall of Liberation, also commissioned by Ludwig I, commemorating the victories against Napoleon from 1813 - 1815. Below the Hall is the town of Kelheim. Don't know whence the name of the town, but since the town was a Keltic village in the day, it could mean 'Home of the Kel(ts)'. Kelheim is the point of departure to the 40K long archaelogical Park with 18 stations telling of 1000+ years of history of this continuous habitation. Seen at the end of the video is a statue of a medieval knight.
There also is the worlds oldest Kloster Brewery dating to 620 A.D., Weltenburg, the original Monastery settled by Scottish Monks. In 1814, Ludwig I declared the entire area a Nature Reserve. I watched several videos in German, there is mention of the "Urdonau", and always there are hints concerning the famous "Canyon" or Donau Gorge between Weltenburg and Kelheim, one gentleman saying something about the waters of the river sinking, the rest absorbed by the stones of the cliffs, his articulation was not clear. Wikipedia states: "A sandy barrier blocked the Danube bay where the river initially built a delta. Upon filling the bay with sediments, the delta advanced outside this barrier-blocked estuary after 3500 BCE, building several successive lobes." Scholars have this Gorge as thr Pillars of Hercules beyond which the Greeks could not go, as told by Plato.
The Danube flows eastward through the great Carpatian Basin, perhaps "The Great Green", as I guessed in my posts on "The Sea People", to the Black Sea, the area of Mt. Ararat, where the World was re-born.
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Post by Charlotte on Jul 11, 2017 7:47:48 GMT -5
Almost there Bier, Beethoven and Brotherhood, is how Bavarians roll, ideally
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Post by Charlotte on Jul 12, 2017 9:07:27 GMT -5
Hope it's not too boring, but, as they say, you can't take Bavaria out of a Bayuwaren, I feel my roots Might be that all the world knows the Danube river, the Isar less so. It is called "die grüne Isar" for its waters shimmer green because small particles of limestone and algea are illumined by the sun. Streaming from the mountains, it and all rivers are crystal clear. Munich, the Isar, and Bier, then and now. There, where the grüne Isar flows, Where we greed each other with "Grüss Gott", There is the great, unequaled city of Munich Water may be pure and good, But it does thin our blood, Better are pearls of golden wine, Best is our Bier from a Stein. I am so excited! And
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Post by Charlotte on Jul 13, 2017 9:47:05 GMT -5
Hallo Don, Guests, Welcome to Munich They all come to look for Bavaria Luft Hansa - Air Commerce Funny The Airport Be well, and God's Speed to all travelers, and your's truly Charlotte
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Post by Charlotte on Aug 2, 2017 7:50:19 GMT -5
Hallo Don, Guests,
Interesting to be traveling, good to be home. Hope everyone is well, yet hoped someone had written a few lines to refresh the site. We visited a few of the places I mentioned, walked in the forest but found not 1 mushroom, too early, they say, drove through green, green fields as far as the eye could see, one time toward Poland at 180 km, my brother in law loves speed.
Not much has changed in the country side, the food and Bier as excellent as ever, conversation less so, mostly about food and how to prepare meals, who has called and how their various lives are, food again, what I am doing with my time, many 'what if's' and what would better for me had I not gone to America. Most of the time I sat dazed listening to things I had long forgotten, but then we had Café and at least two delicious cakes....
So I'm recovering and getting my bearings, simply amazing how different worlds are on the same planet. To all a good life.
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Post by Charlotte on Aug 3, 2017 9:12:06 GMT -5
A few more things come to mind. Watched some TV, few commercials, one show informing the people how doctor's are persuaded to suggest unnecessary tests and operations to make more money, for people to consult several physicians, a law being crafted that a doctor advising of an operation is prohibited from performing it. Many shows imported from the US, save a few, general programming nothing to write home about. There was an impessing Garden Show in the next town, flowers, bees, butterflies etc., Bavarian language and jokes by two Ladies, the Vandals, Danube and the Black Sea came up , an orchestra from Gorgia performing classical music, performance by monks from a Buddhist Temple nearby, and so on. Sitting on a bench in the shade reserving seats for the family, a man came and sat down. "Mein Herr" = "Sir", I said politely, "these seats are taken", quipped he, "I know, I just took one". He was a Preiss, of course. We visited Dachau Concentration Camp permiated by a somber atmosphere, and also a memorial to the victim's in the town nearby. One soldier recording the following: 'I was afraid, very afraid, angry by celebtations of some, lastly I realized that they were afraid like me, and when when things became ominous, they did not call for Hitler, but for their Mother.' Didn't know the airport in Munich has its own Brewery with Biergarten, so my Sister and I lingered in this airy space for a time. www.munich-airport.de/en/micro/airbraeu/restaurant-raeume/biergarten/index.jspThough new, the aircraft literally didn't have enough room to bend down and untie shoelaces, nothing new. Waiting for my suitcase at LA, I asked the baggage handler, How are you? Replied he, 'not so good, haven't taken my blood pressure medicine, have also high cloistral and sugar'. Hope you feel better soon, I said, exhausted.
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