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WINE OSCARFranconia’s best winegrower

PROF. WERNER MANGSex effectively combats wrinkles

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50THE BRASS WIESN FESTIVALLa Brass Banda and many more in Eching

92SEX AGAINST WRINKLESRecommended by Professor Werner Mang

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“Cabaret” at the Anniversary Festival of the Luisenburg Theatre

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Franz Keilhofer from Bischofswiesen

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12 THE TATTOOED HIPSTERFranz Keilhofer wears traditional leather trousers

and tattoos, works as a wood turner and model

18 CASTLE MARKETINGLudwig II. built sanctuaries and attracted tourists

22 TEMPLE FOR FC BAYERNThe relics of football deities are displayed

in the Allianz Arena

26 ELECTRICAL VEHICLES FROM BAVARIAThe key differences between the Audi A3 e-tron

and the BMW i3

30 CULINARY AUGSBURGThe Swabian metropolis attracts visitors with stars,

toques and cooking spoons

32 THE SILVANER AND ITS FRIENDSFranconia’s best winegrower and a palatable weekend

in Escherndorf / Nordheim

44 IT COULDN’T BE MORE BAVARIANEverything is authentic in the Waller restaurant in Oberaudorf

50 OFF TO BLECHINGFans of wind music meet up at the Brass Wiesn Festival in Eching

62 SUCCESSFULLY FAIL BAREFOOTAndreas Hofmeir is successful with the tuba and cabaret

65 FROM BAYREUTH TO REICHENHALLA selection of summer festivals in Bavaria

70 CLIFF FESTIVALSThe Luisenburg festivals in Wunsiedel / Upper Franconia have delighted

visitors for 125 years. An interview with Artistic Director, Michael

Lerchenberg

78 ON THE ISAR, DANUBE, SALZACH AND INN RIVERSMunich Opera Festivals, Agnes-Bernauer Festivals in Straubing

and a Summer of Music between the Salzach and Inn rivers

88 ASCOT IN NEUBURGUte Patel’s legendary fashion hat show – reputedly the largest in the

world

92 THOSE WHO WANT TO BE BEAUTIFUL, ”MUST“ CUTProfessor Werner Mang and Tanja Mitschele on beauty through surgery

98 KINGS CLASS IIIGERHARD RICHTER, ANDY WARHOL AND OTHER MODERN ARTISTS

CAN BE SEEN AT HERRENCHIEMSEE CASTLE

102 COPS AND MISS MARPLERegional crime thrillers are very popular – investigations are now

taking place at Chiemsee

104 GO TO THE WATERSIDE AND MEET AMUSING WOMENThe Altmühltal panorama path celebrates its tenth Birthday and there

are historical surprises at the Altmühl Centre in Dollnstein

112 VOLCANO STROLLIn the Upper Palatinate a geologically very young volcano has been

discovered and is open to visitors

114 ONE MAKES PAINTBRUSH HANDLES, THE OTHER PAINTS The company Deml produces paintbrush handles for the global market,

Nikolaus Hipp paints and exhibits worldwide

120 FOUNDING AND EXPANDINGUnternehmerTUM (Entrepreneurship) in Munich, The Centre for

New Businesses in Ingolstadt and a new used car centre

in Regensburg

126 NOBEL PRIZE WINNER AND MARTYR Norwegians awarded Conrad Roentgen the first Nobel Prize, Swedes

split open Blasius Schelling’s skull

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38ELECTRICALLY POWEREDThe Audi A3 e-tron and the BMW i3

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TheBAVARIAN IFRANZ KEILHOFER REFUTESALL CLICHES

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A view of Mount Watz-mann, green meadow and farm. This is where Franz Keilhofer lives – farmer, woodturner, model, singer in a punk band

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He is perhaps the most well-known Bava-rian of all: Ludwig II. (1845 – 1886), buil-der of the royal Bavarian castles. The king and his magnificent buildings represent Bavaria throughout the world; they are showpieces, provide cliches.

Just a few weeks after the death of the Bavarian "Fairy-Tale King" Ludwig II, which remains mysterious to this day, the rush of visitors started to his castles, Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herren-chiemsee, which he conceived as sanctu-aries. This rush continues up to today, wi-thout an end in sight, as demonstrated by the activities surrounding the G7-summit meeting in June 2015.

In Ludwig II’s 170th birth year and in ho-nour of the upcoming 130-year Jubilee of the opening of the royal castles, the ex-hibition "Dream Castles?" allows a closer look. Ludwig II’s buildings as tourism and

marketing objects, the historical develop-ment of the constructions to tourist ma-gnets and the consequences culminating in its advertising. Around 220 objects (all of them from Marcus Spangenberg’s private collection) underline the current endeavours of the Free State of Bavaria to have Linderhof, Neuschwanstein and Herrenchiemsee recognized as UNESCO World Heritage sites. In an accompany-ing book you can find a comprehensive, annotated part of a catalogue regarding the origins, developments and excesses of the castle tourism from 1836 to 2015 and exciting and informative contribu-tions from several authors. At the same time, it becomes clear: casting a look back to the beginnings sharpens the view of the future!

The exhibition was opened on 7. May 2015 in the reading room of the Natio-nal Library in Regensburg in the presence

of Dr. Bernhard Luebbers (Director of the National Library in Regensburg), Joachim Wolbergs(Lord Mayor of the City of Regensburg), Franz-Xaver Lindl (Chairman of the Spar-kasse Bank in Regensburg) and Marcus Spangenberg (Art Historian and Curator of the Exhibition). Luitpold, Prince of Ba-varia, was a surprise guest and gave a speech at the opening event.

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The Reds’Photos: FC Bayern

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Holy GrailA Visit to the FC Bayern Munich World of Experience

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The BMW i3 has a purely electrical engine Photo: BMW

Not just one premium supplier re-presents supreme quality made in Bavaria, but two. Audi and BMW. Both produce cars powered by electric. The BMW i3 is, however, purely powered by electric. The Audi A3 e-tron has an additional combustion engine. We spoke to representatives of both automobi-le manufacturers about the spe-cial features of their vehicles.

For commuters in urban areas Audi also offers an electrically pow-ered car in the Audi A3 e-tron.

Udo Ruegheimer, Manager of Com-munication Technology and In-novation, explains the Ingolstadt carmaker’s strategy in the area of electromobility.

Mr Ruegheimer, what electrically-pow-ered models does AUDI currently have on the market, and since when, and which models are still planned?

Udo Ruegheimer: we’ve had a single, cur-rent, electrical vehicle on the market, the Audi A3 e-tron, for about one year now. We have, however, already announced that we’ll also be introducing the Q7 as an e-tron model; it will be introduced at the end of this year and launched onto the market next year. The R8 e-tron is currently being developed; that will be a purely electrical car. The A3 e-tron is, however, the high volume model in this category.

The A3 e-tron is a plug-in hybrid – what is that exactly?

Ruegheimer: A plug-in hybrid means that the car has a combined power train which consists of a combustion engine and electrical motor, where the battery can be recharged at conventional power outlets. Once charged, the car can be driven up to a distance of 50 km purely electrically. The A3 e-tron has a high voltage system (inc. power electronics) with a lithium-ion battery. In addition though, this model also has a 1.4 litre TTFSI as an internal combustion engine.

What are the advantages of a plug-in hybrid over a purely electrical power train?

Ruegheimer: We believe that plug-in technology currently offers customers the best combination of local, emission-

ElectromobilityBavarian Top Models: the Audi A3 e-tron and the BMW i3

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The Audi A3 e-tron is a plug-in hybrid Photo: Audi

free (electrical) driving and extensive driving distance (suitability for daily use). The A3 e-tron is therefore not dependent on the availability of charging stations or a recharging infrastructure and works ex-actly like a "normal" A3.

Due to its additional features, the A3 e-tron is heavier than a normal A3 – how much heavier is the plug-in hy-brid and how much more fuel does it need as a consequence?

Ruegheimer: there isn’t a completely clear-cut answer to that. Of course, the additional weight can lead to increased fuel consumption. Needless to say, the additional weight depends to a large extent on the size of the high voltage battery. However, as the efficiency of an electrical engine is significantly gre-ater and both power trains complement each other effectively in various driving

situations, this compensates the gain in weight. The purely petrol-run engine is possibly marginally less economical that an A3 without an additional e-engine. As vehicles with a combined power train are often used to drive shorter routes on an everyday basis, this is not of major impor-tance. Quite the opposite – in these situ-ations it is much more econo-mical than the co nve nt i o n a l engine.

Is the A3 e-tron equipped with an energy-recuperation system to reco-ver braking energy?

Ruegheimer: this is a feature of all the

electric vehicles that we have designed to date. That is the great advantage, that this electrical power train functions as a generator during light or medium slowing down and recuperates energy which is temporarily stored in the battery. In addi-tion, it supports braking performance by this means.

Can the battery also be charged by the petrol engine?

Ruegheimer: that also works. Due to the charging stategy of the car, the e-engine can be propelled by the combustion engi-ne and the battery recharged during the journey.

What is the road performance in PS of the e-tron?

Ruegheimer: the system performance of the A3

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Metal and Wind Haindling, La Brass

Banda and Josef Menzl -it rocks every year at the Brass Wiesn Festival in Eching.

Ael Jawala

(sf) The former street musicians raise the temperature at clubs and festivals throughout Europe with their gypsy-saxophone-bigbeat-fire. Loud, raw, vigorous and still full of poetry, they play themselves into the heart of their listeners. Äl Jawala fill the dancefloors when they appear and maintain musical depth and a multi-faceted aspect in doing so. The expert wind ensem-bles of both saxophones are the basis of the Äl Jawala sound. They spur on the audience as well as the musicians.

The Eastern European folkloristic roots are extended through beats, electronic basses and also through dub and reggae elements to a unique blend. A danceable culture shock that leaves no-one cold!

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It’s the festival in the oldest open-air the-atre in Germany: the theatre, musical and opera performances in the Luisenburg near Wunsiedel in Upper Franconia. Every year, thousands flock to the imposing set of the largest labyrinth of rocks in Europe.

This year, the festival celebrates its 125th Birthday. Ludwig Hacker from Wunsiedel composed the play "Die Losburg" (another name for the Luisenburg), which was first performed on 20. July 1890 and contai-ned images from the history and legend of the rocky hill. This is considered the start of the Luisenburg festival, although according to tradition, the Wunsiedel La-tin students celebrated their summer festival, the Margarethe festival or beer singing in front of the rocky labyrinth as early as 1665, where plays written by the artists themselves were performed on a large rock ledge. In 1804, the present-day festival area was created.

Following several building alterations and extensions, there is space for an au-dience of almost 1,800 observers in front of the natural stage, who are protected from rain by a pavilion roof. Since Michael Lerchenberg became Festival Director in 2004, an average of 137,000 visitors has come each season.

125 YEARS OF THE LUISENBURG FESTIVAL

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The Brandner Kaspar grappled with the Boanlkramer (Death) on the Luisenburg again in 2015

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A Love Until DeathAgnes Bernauer drowned in the Danube – Festival in Straubing

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(mb) The story of Agnes Bernauer is a tale of love and suf-fering and of sentiments as strong as death. It tells of the beautiful barber’s daughter, Agnes from Augsburg, and Duke Albrecht, who falls immortally in love with her. However, a barber’s daughter used to be considered a dishonourable wo-man, apart from which, a commoner would not have befitted a Duke’s social status anyway. But Albrecht did not give in to pressure from his father, Duke Ernst, who was absolute-ly furious about the match of his son with a member of the Bernauer family, in those days considered entirely unsuitab-le. He married Agnes and brought her to the Duke’s castle in Straubing. But he had not reckoned with the cruelty of Duke Ernst, who span his web of intrigue in secret. As Duke Alb-recht was separated from his Agnes for several days due to a hunting expedition, Duke Ernst dealt quickly. He arranged to have the Bernauer daughter condemned as a witch. She was drowned in the Danube on 12. October 1435, because she lo-ved a man who she was not allowed to love. This story of love and suffering, of deep sentiments and even greater tragedy, happened exactly 580 years ago. Duke Ernst later regretted his actions; he had a chapel built in memory of Agnes Bernau-er in the historical graveyard of Saint Peter. Since then, the beautiful Agnes smiles down from a stone relief. The Agnes-

She was drowned in the Danube

on 12. October 1435, because she loved a man

she was not allowed to love.

Anna Lummer, actress playing Agnes Bernauer (2015), in front of the relief of the drowned woman in the chapel dedicated to her.Photos: Sperl

Magnificent, historical costu-mes sewed by members of the

Festival Society themselves, dominate the scene.

Foto: Silke Federsel

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Ornate headdress: such extravagant creations can be seen at the hat show

Photo: Silke Federsel

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Ascot in

Neuburg(sf) Once a year, a breath of Ascot drifts through the Re-naissance town of Neuburg. Then fashionable ladies bustle throughout the town, as artist Ute Patel-Missfeldt invites to a large fashion hat show. Her show "Mut zum Hut" (Courage to wear Hats) – perhaps the largest hat sel-ling show in the world – celebrates its 17th Anniversary this year and remains a major public attraction, which doesn’t only attract the best hatmakers, milliners and de-signers to Neuburg, but also thousands of visitors from near and far. Especially ladies are impressed by the event: many roam through the castle rooms with their friends, from time to time try on the most diverse hat creations or take delight in the thousands of accessories including necklaces, brooches, scarves and shawls, which are also on sale.

THE FASHION HAT SHOW „MUT ZUM HUT“ HAS BEEN A MAJOR PUBLIC ATTRACTION FOR YEARS

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RICHTERThe exhibition "Königklasse III" (King’s Class III) at the Herrenchiemsee Castle will particularly interest fans of Gerhard Richter

A polaroid self-portrait of Brigid Polk was the basis for this painting by Gerhard Richter.

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A special feature of the exhibition "Königklasse III" (King’s Class III) at Herrenchiemsee Castle is the room "Gerhard Richter: Brigid Polk". There are three paintings to be seen here by the internati-onally renowned German artist, Gerhard Richter, from the year 1971. Brigid Berlin, alias Brigid Polk, is the subject of each painting. She was a central figure in Andy Warhol’s circle, who is also displayed in the exhibition.

On occasion of the exhibition, the earliest pain-ting in this group of works was recently donated from a private collection to the Bavarian State Painting Collections through a sub-foundation within the Museum Foundation for the Promo-tion of Bavarian State Museums. In recognition of this generous gift to the public, the Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt and the New Mu-seum for Art and Design in Nuernberg have de-clared themselves willing to loan the variations from the same group of works stored in their collections. For the first time since the paintings were originally painted, all three Gerald Richter paintings, which are under public ownership, have been brought together in Herrenchiemsee Castle.

Pollen: Wolfgang Laib setting up his installation in the north wing of Herrenchiemsee Castle.

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Magnificent view of the Weltenburg Abbey

Photos: Naturpark Altmühlthal

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The AltmuehltalPanorama TrailThis year, the Altmuehltal Panorama Trail celebrates its 10 year an-niversary – a reason to examine some of the highlights of this track more closely.

(sf) Picturesque castles, beautiful landscapes and refreshing springs. The Altmuehltal Panorama Trail leads you 200 km along the River Altmühl from Gunzenhausen to Kelheim. The scenic walk received the coveted award "Deutschlands Schoenster Wanderweg 2012" (Germany’s Most Beautiful Trails 2012) from the jury of the professional journal "Wandermagazin" (Hiking Magazine) and was also awarded the title of "Qualitätsweg Wanderbares Deutschland" (Quality Path in Walkable Germany). No wonder; the panorama trail offers just about everything needed to make a hiker’s heart beat fas-ter, including an abundance of nature, culture and adventure experiences. Part of the trail can even be passed by boat and at many stops in the Altmuehltal (Altmuehl Valley), tired hikers can board a leisure bus in order to return home.