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Melitta coffee filter
Melitta coffee filterby Thomas StieglerMelitta coffee filterby Thomas StieglerAround 1900, drinking coffee was no longer a luxury. For many people, it was as much a part of the day as the midday soup or saying grace.But although it was becoming increasingly popular,...
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Paula Modersohn-Becker by Anja Weinberger Paula Modersohn-Becker by Anja Weinberger For many years I have been fascinated by the paintings of Paula Modersohn-Becker. The touching figures, the earthy colors, the direct gaze that fixes you out of many...
Empress Maria Ludovica – The Poet’s Immovable Muse
Empress Maria Ludovicaby Julia MeisterEmpress Maria Ludovica - The Poet's Immovable MuseEmperor Franz II/I had, as is still partly known, more wives than numbers in his name. Exactly four wives stood by him - sometimes more, sometimes less long - during his life. The...
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“Maria Gloriosa” – The Voice of Erfurt
"Maria Gloriosa" - The Voice of Erfurtby Christian BürgerIn the central tower of Erfurt Cathedral, which since 1994 has once again been the cathedral of the reestablished Roman Catholic Diocese of Erfurt, hangs a true wonder of the world. The largest free-swinging...
Empress Maria Ludovica – The Poet’s Immovable Muse
Empress Maria Ludovicaby Julia MeisterEmpress Maria Ludovica - The Poet's Immovable MuseEmperor Franz II/I had, as is still partly known, more wives than numbers in his name. Exactly four wives stood by him - sometimes more, sometimes less long - during his life. The...
Isabella of Bourbon-Parma
The Empresses Elisabeth, Maria Theresa, perhaps Zita – for the most part, the collective memory stops at this point to remember other Habsburg women. Historiography is still too masculine to be associated with mostly …
Where they burn books …
Where they burn books ...by Andrea Strobl"Where they burn books, they end up burning people."As is well known, this sentence comes from Heinrich Heine and is used today above all in connection with the Third Reich - understandable, since Heine's words seem almost...
Anna Bon di Venezia
Anna Bon di Venezia by Anja WeinbergerTruly astonishing things happen when you try to learn more about Anna Bon. Like a mirage, she appears on the horizon of music history in the 1750s, only to disappear again in the mid-1760s. During this rather short period, she...
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