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Exploring Bavaria: A Knowledge Quiz

Test your knowledge about Bavaria with this engaging quiz covering its history, culture, and notable features.

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1 Who of the following is/was the leader of Bavaria?

2 In the 17th century, the Duke of Bavaria became a Prince-elector of the ________.

3 Film directors ________, Joseph Vilsmaier and Werner Herzog.

4 Bavaria was the only state to reject the ________ in 1949, but this did not prevent its implementation.

5 Bavaria is a predominantly ________ state with a distinct culture.

6 What is the metropolitican population of Bavaria?

7 Neuschwanstein was built for ________, as a second home.

8 What is the capital of Bavaria?

9 Bavaria is also home to the ________, which is situated along the Main River in Franconia.

10 Three German dialects are spoken in Bavaria: Austro-Bavarian in Old Bavaria (South-East and East), Swabian German (an ________ dialect) in the Bavarian part of Swabia (South West) and East Franconian German in Franconia (North).

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Anif declaration, issued by the Bavarian King Ludwig III on 12 November 1918, ended the 738-year rule of the House of Wittelsbach over Bavaria.
  • the Niedermünster in Regensburg was the wealthiest and most influential house of canonesses in Bavaria.
  • the Nuremberg Transport Museum originally opened as a royal Bavarian railway museum in 1899 and is now the oldest railway museum in Germany.
  • the long hidden ceilings of the Monheim Town Hall in Bavaria, a Jewish residence until 1741, depict scenes of the Tanakh that were only restored in 1978.
  • the Bavarian ministry of education once ordered 75,000 copies of a song book for school children to be destroyed because it contained Biermösl Blosn's Gott mit dir, du Land der BayWa.
  • in 1263 Fürstenfeld Abbey was founded by Ludwig the Severe of Bavaria as a penance for killing his wife.
  • "Giovanni Henrico Albicastro", the Baroque composer of music in a Corellian manner, was actually Johann Heinrich von Weissenburg, a cavalry officer born in Bavaria.
  • Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley was a German monarchist who murdered Bavarian socialist leader Kurt Eisner on a sidewalk in Munich in 1919.
  • Tegernsee Abbey in Bavaria was founded by the nobleman Otkar, supposedly after his son had been killed during a game of chess by the son of King Pippin III with the chessboard.
  • Karl Wahl, the leader of the Nazi Gau Schwaben, was the only Bavarian Gauleiter without a university degree.
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