Joska Crystal is situated in the climatic health resort Bodenmais, amidst the magnificent untouched nature of the Bavarian Forest. In this region already some 700 years ago glass was produced. Over generations of glass-makers the traditional skill of glass-blowing has been carefully nurtured.
You can also enjoy our excellent health and spa facilities where once famous people such as Goethe, Johann Strauss, Mark Twain, Chopin, Stifter, Alfred Nobel, Henrik Ibsen and Sigmund Freud once resided. A hint of magic in a wonderful historic surrounding.
Every August Furth im Wald, situated halfway between Nuremberg and Prague on the border of the Czech Republic, prepares for the years most important celebration, the historic "Drachenstich".
In the year 2006, from 5th to 21st august, east Bavarian history comes to life. An historic parade made up of 1500 participants in costumes, over 200 horses, bands and floats depicting 1000 years of the area's history winds its way through town. At the center of the festivities is the historic play "Drachenstich", (slaying of the dragon), the oldest folk play in Germany.
The open-air museum of the Upper Palatinate Administrative District in Neusath Perschen near Nabburg offers an insight into country and farming
life of earlier days. There are now 50 re-erected buildings, showing the various ways people lived, worked and built, according to region and social standing.
The imposant, 13m wide, 11m high and 80m deep portal in the walls of the Weiherbachtal (Weiherbach valley) is known for a very long time. It was called Teufelsloch (Devils hole) by the locals. Only about 100m were accessible at this time. The discovery of new parts increased the cave length to 1,500m.
The cave entrance is known for long, and numerous visitors from near and far visited the beautiful site. At the end of the 19th century the cave was completely damaged, no dripstones remained and the bones in the cave sediments were removed almost completely.
Flossenbürg was a German concentration camp built in May 1938 by the SS Economic-Administrative Main Office at Flossenbürg, in the Oberpfalz region of Bavaria, near the pre-war border with Czechoslovakia. Between 1938, when the camp was established, and April 1945, more than 96,000 prisoners passed through Flossenbürg. About 30,000 died there.
The Hofbräuhaus am Platzl is a world famous beer hall in the city center of Munich, Germany.
This inn may be the world's most famous inn originally built in 1589 by the Bavarian duke William V to avoid buying beer for his troops from Lower Saxony. The general public was admitted only in 1828 by then king Louis I. The building was completely remodeled in 1897, when the brewery moved to the suburbs. In the bombing of WW II, everything but the main inn ("Schwemme") was destroyed; it took until 1958 to be rebuilt.
Schloss Neuschwanstein (pre-reform spelling: Schloß Neuschwanstein; literally "new swan stone castle", is a late 19th century castle in Germany, near Hohenschwangau and Füssen in southwest Bavaria, not far from the Austrian border at approximately 47°33′16″N, 10°44′10″E. It is one of Germany's most popular tourist destinations.
The Black Forest (German Schwarzwald) is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 meters (4,898 feet). The name Black Forest comes from the general dark color of the numerous pine trees that grow in this region. The Black Forest gateau originated from this region.
Oktoberfest (lit. October Festival) is a two-week festival held each year in Munich (München), Bavaria, Germany, during late September and early October. It is one of the most famous events in the city and the world's largest fair, with some six million people attending every year. Other cities across the world also hold fairs, modeled after the Munich event, called Oktoberfest.
