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History of Bavaria. The history of Bavaria stretches from its earliest settlement and its formation as a stem duchy in the 6th century through its inclusion in the Holy Roman Empire to its status as an independent kingdom and finally as a large Bundesland (state) of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Bavaria, [a] officially the Free State of Bavaria, [b] is a state in the southeast of Germany.With an area of 70,550.19 km 2 (27,239.58 sq mi), it is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany, and with over 13.08 million inhabitants, it is the second most populous German state, behind only North Rhine-Westphalia; however, due to its ...
The Kingdom of Bavaria (German: Königreich Bayern [ˈkøːnɪkˌʁaɪ̯ç ˈbajɛɐ̯n]; Bavarian: Kinereich Bayern [ˈkɪnəˌraɪ̯x ˈb̥ajɛɐ̯n]; spelled Baiern until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1806 and continued to exist until 1918.
Duke of Bavaria: 555 (c.) 591: Some sources call him "King of the Bavarians". [1] Tassilo I: Duke of Bavaria: 591 (c.) 610: Named rex (king) at his ascension. Garibald II: Duke of Bavaria: 610 (c.) 630: Theodo: Duke of Bavaria: 680 (c.) 716 (?) By the time of Theodo, who died in 716 or 717, the Bavarian duchy had achieved complete independence ...
The People's State of Bavaria (German: Volksstaat Bayern) [nb 1] was a republic in Bavaria from 1918 to 1919. The People's State of Bavaria was established on 8 November 1918 during the German Revolution, as an attempt at a socialist state to replace the Kingdom of Bavaria. The state was led by Kurt Eisner until his assassination in February 1919.
The Institute researches and teaches the history of Bavaria from the early Middle Ages to recent contemporary history in close cooperation with non-university institutions such as the Commission of Bavarian Regional History (Kommission für bayerische Landesgeschichte) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften), the Bavarian State Archives ...
Bavarian Army. The Bavarian Army was the army of the Electorate (1682–1806) and then Kingdom (1806–1918) of Bavaria. It existed from 1682 as the standing army of Bavaria until the merger of the military sovereignty (Wehrhoheit) of Bavaria into that of the German State in 1919. The Bavarian Army was never comparable to the armies of the ...
A sign on the main building of the Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. The Bavarian State Archaeological Collection (German: Archäologische Staatssammlung, until 2000 known as the Prähistorische Staatssammlung, State Prehistoric Collection) in Munich is the central museum of prehistory of the State of Bavaria, considered to be one of the most important archaeological collections and ...