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In celebration of the Day of German Unity, Consul General Wolfgang Drautz and his wife, Sabine, hosted a reception at their residence on Monday, October 4, 2010.
Despite the rainy weather – unusual for Los Angeles in early October – a large turnout of 300 guests came to celebrate this year’s commemoration of the 20th anniversary [...]
While October 3rd marks the 20th anniversary of the reunification of German, it has also been marked as the “official” end of a war that took place nearly a century ago. The signing of the Versaille Treaty in 1919 – 91 years ago – ended the fighting from the first World War, though in [...]
On Saturday, September 18th, with the tapping of the first keg by Munich Mayor Christian Ude and a cry of “O’zapft is!”, Oktoberfest 2010 officially started in Munich, Germany. While this year marks the 177th Oktoberfest to be held, 2010 is the 200th anniversary of the very first Oktoberfest in 1810 (some years were missed [...]
A prince meets his princess, and a wingding of a wedding is planned. It was so big, in fact, that the party went on for five full days. That’s how Oktoberfest was born 200 years ago, when Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria married Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen on Oct. 12, 1810.
While this year’s festival [...]
A recent article in the New York Times – “German Identity, Long Dormant, Reasserts Itself” – has taken a look at identity and national pride among citizens of Germany, examining it within the changes that have take place both in the recent and distant past. Over the past century, Germany has undergone many changes, both [...]
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