Learning about the lives of famous people

Learn about the lives of Bavaria's famous sons and daughters

Fairytale kings, musicians and artists – Bavaria has always produced colourful and famous people. Museums, exhibitions and tours help you find out more about them.

Munich artist Franz Marc called the landscape around Kochel am See "the blue country". It therefore makes perfect sense that the town is home to an exhibition space dedicated to an artist who found so much inspiration in the region. The modern setting of the Franz Marc Museum showcases his legacy - paintings, personal items, letters and works produced by his friends in the Blauer Reiter art movement. Located in the heart of Nuremberg's old quarter, the Tucher townhouse is like a miniature castle. It was built by the city's patrician Tucher family in the 16th century, and today, it brings the world of these merchants back to life. The museum's collection contains furniture, tapestries, paintings, portraits and silverware, some of which are part of the building's original fittings - making it even easier to imagine how the Tucher's lived all those centuries ago. If murder and mystery interest you more than Alpine idyll, we recommend taking part in a detective tour of Kempten in the Allgäu region. Over two hours, you get to following in the footsteps of Kluftinger, head of criminal investigations in the town and the protagonist of the series of books that bears his name. Criss-crossing the old town, the tour incorporates passages from the books. Plassenburg castle dominates the town of Kulmbach at the opposite end of the state. Held by the Hohenzollern family, who became rules of Prussia, the fortress serves as the symbol of the town. Today, its impressive living quarters (which date back to the 16th century) house four museums that explore how the aristocrats lived from the Baroque era to the modern era.

Franz Marc Museum in Kochel vor blauem Himmel

The Franz Marc Museum in Kochel

The town of Kochel has built the museum of the same name in honour of the famous expressionist painter Franz Marc. Here you can marvel at exhibits by the artist and other important works of art from the 20th century on 700 square metres.
Außenansicht des Tucherschlosses in Nürnberg

The Tucher townhouse in Nuremberg

This miniature castle is almost 500 years old and gives visitors an authentic impression of how the town's patrician class lived.
Basilica St. Lorenz in Kempten

Blood and thunder: Inspector "Kluftinger" crime scenes in Kempten

Kempten is the setting of the popular German novels and TV series "Hauptkommissar Kluftinger", in which Chief Inspector Kluftinger always had his hands full.
Plassenburg mit Blick auf die Stadt

The Plassenburg: A journey through Kulmbach's history

Almost 900 years old, Plassenburg Castle was once the centre of power of the Hohenzollern dynasty. Today, behind the walls of this beautiful Franconian town are four museums about life and the military of the time.
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