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Bavaria in Roman Times
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The Duchy of Bavaria |
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The Various Bavarian Territories |
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For more than 500 years, vast regions of today's Bavaria
belonged to the Roman Empire. They formed part of the Roman
province of Raetia, later known as Raetia secunda, with its
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The region occupied by Bavaria today was settled in around
600AD by three tribes: the Baiern, the Franconians and the
Swabians. Today's Northern Bavaria was controlled by the
Franconians, ...
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The original sovereign territory occupied by Bavaria was
limited to what we today refer to as "Old Bavaria": the
regions of Upper Bavaria, Lower Bavaria and, since 1623, the
Upper ...
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The Electorate of Bavaria (1623-1806) |
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The Kingdom of Bavaria (1806-1918) |
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After World War I |
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The Bavarian Wittelsbachers were accorded the right to elect
the emperor in the year 1623. The duke at that time, Elector
Maximilian I, achieved this rise in status as a result of,
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Bavaria was a kingdom for over 100 years, from January 1,
1806 to November 8, 1918. The six Bavarian kings reigned as
constitutional monarchs. The first Bavarian monarch, Max
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The catastrophe of World War I led to collapse in Bavaria
too. The proclamation of a "Free State of Bavaria" on
November 7, 1918 by Kurt Eisner and his followers brought
the monarchy ...
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Coping with National Socialism |
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Reconstruction |
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Despite the connections between the church and the monarchy,
43 percent of the Bavarian population voted for Adolf Hitler
as Chancellor on March 5, 1933. As a result, Bavaria lost
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After the end of World War II, on September 19, 1945, the US
military government issued its "Proclamation No. 2",
reconstituting the land of Bavaria with its pre-1933 borders
and depriving ...
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