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	Other Works by the von Miller Family
		As a personification of his country, Schwanthaler (1802-1848) created a sixty-foot-high statue of a female, clothed in the classical Greek attire, holding a crown of laurel leaves in her left hand.
		The statue, intended to be the largest bronze ever cast, required that a tall wooden building be constructed next to the foundry to house the huge model.
		Inside the statue is a winding staircase that ascends to a chamber in her head.
	www.mckaylodge.com /tylerdavidson/artists/bavaria.html (268 words)

	Bavaria - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Bavaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bavaria comprises the Danube and Main basins, and approximately one-third of the state is woodland, the principal forests being the Frankenwald in the north and the Bavarian Forest, or Bohemian Forest (Böhmerwald), in the northeast.
		During the Thirty Years' War, Bavaria, under the strong leadership of Maximilian I, was the scene of fierce fighting between Protestant and Catholic forces; during Maximilian's reign, Bavaria gained control of the area known as the Upper Palatinate.
		Bavaria remained a firm ally of Napoleon until 1813, when an adroit late change of allegiance after the Battle of the Nations ensured that it was permitted to retain all its territorial gains under Napoleon, and additionally regain the Rhineland Palatinate, by the powers of the Fourth Alliance at the Congress of Vienna (1815).
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Bavaria (1957 words)

	Bavaria statue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bavaria statue (German just 'Bavaria') is a bronze-cast statue of Bavaria's secular patron, located at the border of the Theresienwiese in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, where the Oktoberfest takes place each September.
		The statue was built at the foundry of J.B. Stiglmair from 1844 until 1850, mainly by Stiglmair's nephew Friedrich von Miller.
		Since the Bavaria is one of the biggest bronze sculptures in the world, it had to be built out of four big parts and several smaller ones.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bavaria_statue (222 words)

	Statue — FactMonster.com
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	Munich
		Munich (German München) is the state capital of the Bundesland Bavaria in Germany and, behind Berlin and Hamburg, Germany's third largest city with a population of about 1.26 million (as of 2001).
		The settlement was founded in 1158 by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and half a century later was granted city status and fortified.
		In 1255 the city became the residence of the Dukes of Bavaria, the powerful Wittelsbach family, who took administative control of the city away from the previous Freising[?] family.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mu/Munich.html (734 words)

	Encyclopedia :: Bavaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bavaria has long been a bastion of conservative politics in Germany, with the Christian Social Union having almost a stranglehold on power since its inception in 1946.
		When Henry the Lion was deposed as duke of Saxony and Bavaria by his cousin, Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1180, Bavaria was awarded as fief to the Wittelsbach family, which ruled from 1180 to 1918.
		It became a kingdom in 1806, and in 1815 the Rhenish Palatinate was annexed to it.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Bavaria (1877 words)

	Bavaria Statue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The statue of Bavaria was added to the Theresienwiese in 1850 and is meant to symbolize Bavaria's power and strength.
		Bavaria is just to the left of the Schützen-Festhalle on Martin-Pschoor Straße and is readily viewable from many parts of the Wies'n.
		The statue stands 18.52 meters high (nearly 61 feet) and appears to guard the front of the Ruhmeshalle (Hall of Fame).
	home1.gte.net /vze2r294/HTML/bavaria (196 words)

	Learn more about Bavaria in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		With an area of 70,553 km² and 11.6 million inhabitants, Bavaria (German Bayern or Freistaat Bayern) forms the southernmost of the 16 Bundesländer of Germany.
		In 1815 the Rhine Palatinate became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.
		Bavaria is also the name of the statue standing at the Oktoberfest in Munich.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /b/ba/bavaria.html (437 words)

	Munich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1240 Munich itself was transferred to Otto II Wittelsbach and in 1255, when the dukedom of Bavaria was split in two, Munich became the ducal residence of Upper Bavaria.
		Four grand royal avenues of the 19th century with magnificent official buildings are reminders of the kingdom of Bavaria, the Brienner Strasse with the Königsplatz next to the Kunstareal, the neoclassical Ludwigstrasse with the Ludwig-Maximilian University, the Maximilianstrasse with the Parliament and finally the Prinzregentenstrasse.
		This is extraordinary because the rest of Bavaria is a conservative stronghold, with the CSU (Christian Social Union) winning absolute majorities among the Bavarian electorate in nearly all elections at the communal, state, and federal levels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Munich,_Bavaria (3323 words)

	Tips to Strengthen Reading Comprehension (K-3) - MSN Encarta
		But the world-famous Statue of Liberty standing in New York Harbor was built in France.
		The statue was presented to the U.S., taken apart, shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in crates and rebuilt in the U.S. It was France's gift to the American people.
		He imagined a statue of a woman holding a torch burning with the light of freedom.
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	Munich Info - Bavaria Statue [en]
		You will find the most impressive iron-cast statue of Bavaria's patron saint on the border of the Theresienwiese where the annual agricultural trade fair as well as the world-famous Oktoberfest take place each year in September.
		As a matter of fact, the statue represents a Germanic amazon, an allegoric impersonation of Bavaria's (the country's) power and strength.
		The sculptor Ludwig Schwanthaler designed this monumental statue and was built from 1844 till 1850 at the renowned foundry of J.B. Stiglmair, the result being a brilliant achievement in iron casting.
	www.munich-info.de /portrait/p_bavaria_en.html (212 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Statue.
		The largest ever made was the Colossos of Rhodes; the next largest is the statue of Bavaria, erected by Louis I., King of Bavaria.
		The Bartholdi statue of Liberty is also worthy of mention.
		Of all the projects of Alexander, none was more hare-brained than his proposal to have Mount Athos hewed into a statue of himself.
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		In 1240 Munich itself was transferred to Otto II Wittelsbach and in 1255, when the dukedom of Bavaria was split in two, Munich became the ducal residence of Upper Bavaria.
		After the murder of the first republican premier of Bavaria Kurt Eisner in February 1919 Communists took power establishing the Bavarian Soviet Republic (Münchner Räterepublik) which was put down already on May 3 1919 by the militarist Freikorps, many of whom were later drawn to Adolf Hitler and National Socialism.
		This is extraordinary because the rest of Bavaria is a conservative stronghold, with the CSU (Christian Social Union) winning absolute majorities among the Bavarian electorate in nearly all elections at the communal, state, and federal levels.
	campus.queens.edu /depts/english/munich.htm (2764 words)

	Bavaria Statue, Munich
		The colossal 18m/60ft-high statue of Bavaria in Munich, a female figure in the old German style, was modeled by the Munich artist Ludwig Schwanthaler and cast in bronze by Ferdinand von Miller in 1844-50.
		Bavaria stands clad in a long garment and a bearskin, her raised left hand holding a garland of oak leaves, her right hand a sword.
		A flight of 126 steps leads up inside the statue to the head, from which there is an extensive view over the city.
	www.planetware.com /munich/bavaria-statue-d-ba-munbs.htm (133 words)

	Neuschwanstein Castle - Castle - King Ludwig II - Short Biography
		His grandfather and godfather Ludwig I of Bavaria, had Louis XVI of France as his godfather.
		Their parents Maximilian II of Bavaria and Marie of Prussia kept themselves at a distance.
		From then on, Bavaria's foreign policy was dictated by Prussia and the king was only a "vassal" of his Prussian uncle.
	www.neuschwanstein.com /english/castle/ludwig (1128 words)

	Bavaria - Pfarr-und Wallfahrtskirche church
		According to that legend the statue had been floating upstream in the Danube and had landed on a rock in the river, which appears when the water level is low.
		Count Aswin of Bogen is said to have recovered the statue from the rock and to have taken it to the chapel of his castle.
		Then a church was built on Bogenberg Hill for the statue and the hill with the church was given to the monks of Oberalteich, who encouraged the pilgrimage to the miraculous statue.
	www.visi.com /~tomcat/travelogue/europe/germany0009.shtml (745 words)

	Bavaria by SCHWANTHALER, Ludwig
		The colossal statue was erected in front of the classical Greek-style Hall of Fame on the Theresienhöhe.
		It was meant to equate her with the goddess of Athens, just as Munich was to be the new, resurrected Athens.
		Radical was Schwanthaler's break with the models of Antiquity: his Bavaria, who holds an oak wreath in her raised left hand and is clothed in a bearskin, looks, with the Bavarian lion by her, utterly Germanic.
	www.wga.hu /html/s/schwanth/bavaria.html (92 words)

	A Jacobite Gazetteer - Bavaria - Altötting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Gnadenkapelle (Miraculous Image Chapel) is located in the centre of the Kapellplatz (Chapel Square); the chapel houses a famous statue of the Madonna and Child.
		In wall niches on the wall facing towards the miraculous statue are silver urns containing the hearts of several members of the Royal Family: The hearts of Queen Mary IV and III and of her husband King Ludwig III of Bavaria are on the left.
		King Ludwig III of Bavaria brought the heart of his wife Queen Mary IV and III here at the end of July 1921.
	www.jacobite.ca /gazetteer/Bavaria/altoetting.htm (237 words)

	Kunstantiquariat Monika Schmidt - Munich Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An English Garden was planned and planted outside the town, today a central recreation area for all inhabitants and their guests.
		January 1, 1806 Bavaria became a kingdom under Max I., and Munich a 'Royal Seat and Capital'.
		The 'Bavaria' (unveiled 1850) with its size of 18,5 m (27,4 m with the pedestal) was the first colossal statue of the European history of art since antiquity, followed by the Statue of Liberty in New York (unveiled 1886).
	www.monika-schmidt.com /munich.htm (1216 words)

	Spotlight: Scanning stunning statuary
		Bavaria is an 18-metre high bronze statue who looks down on the site of Munich's famous Oktoberfest.
		To replicate the characteristics of the monuments' surface a textured "skin" is then stretched over the virtual statue.
		The appliance of science to public statuary has enthused Hermann Neumann, the building inspector responsible for the Bavaria statue project.
	www.psigate.ac.uk /spotlight/issue16/scanning.html (435 words)

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		Crown Prince Ludwig, later to become King Ludwig I of Bavaria, was married to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen on the 12th October 1810.
		The citizens of Munich were invited to attend the festivities held on the fields in front of the city gates to celebrate the happy royal event.
		At the foot of the Bavaria statue, the huge Oktoberfest grounds also provide carousels, roller coasters and all the spectacular fun of the fair for the enjoyment and excitement of visitors of all ages.
	www.angelfire.com /ny2/ulrickastle/Oktoberfest.html (503 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Statue. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The largest ever made was the Colossos of Rhodes; the next largest is the statue of Bavaria, erected by Louis I., King of Bavaria.
		The Bartholdi statue of Liberty is also worthy of mention.
		It was Pygmalion who fell in love with a statue he had himself made.
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	Bavarian Palace Department \| Palaces \| Hall of Fame and Statue of Bavaria
		The Hall of Fame above the Theresienwiese was built under King Ludwig I of Bavaria from 1843 to 1853 as a pantheon for celebrated Bavarians from the fields of politics, science and the arts.
		The busts are displayed inside the columned hall with its three wings that was designed by Leo von Klenze; new figures have been added since 1966, when the tradition was recommenced.
		The 18.52-metre statue of Bavaria, designed by Ludwig Schwanthaler, was cast by Ferdinand von Miller, and ranked in its day as a technological masterpiece.
	www.schloesser.bayern.de /englisch/palace/objects/mu_ruhm.htm (131 words)

	Munich, Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nice statues on the walls are a mix between a geko and a bat.
		The bronze statue in front of the hall represents the State of Bavaria.
		Bavaria was forced to accept a "defensive and offensive alliance", which removed the king's right to dispose over his army in case of war.
	williambader.com /hidden/lucerne/munich/munich.html (4860 words)

	ipedia.com: Munich Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Munich is the state capital of the Bundesland Bavaria in Germany and, behind Berlin and Hamburg, Germany's third largest city with a population of about 1.261 million.
		Munich (German: München) is the state capital of the Bundesland Bavaria in Germany and, behind Berlin and Hamburg, Germany's third largest city with a population of about 1.261 million (as of 2003).
		This is extraordinary because all the rest of Bavaria is governed on the communal level by members (mayors etc.) of the CSU (Christian Social Union).
	www.ipedia.com /munich.html (1071 words)

	Gourmetindia.com : India's portal on food & drink
		It is a tradition that the biggest funfair in the world takes place at the feet of the Bavaria statue.
		The Oktoberfest grounds in the centre of the town are also named after her: the Theresienwiese (Wiese meaning meadow), affectionately referred to by Munich folk as the "Wiesn", which has also become the term for the world's biggest funfair itself.
		Every year in the last week of September, this huge area at the foot of the statue of Bavaria is turned into a vast "Festwiese" for 16 uproarious days until the beginning of October (the Oktoberfest always begins on the last Saturday but one in September and ends on the first Sunday in October).
	www.gourmetindia.com /pgview.php?id=199 (1368 words)

	Bavaria - Schlauweb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Für andere Bedeutungen von Bavaria siehe Bavaria (Begriffsklärung).
		Die Bavaria an der Theresienwiese bildet eine gedankliche und gestalterische Einheit, selbst wenn mit Brüchen, mit der sie umrahmenden dreiflügeligen dorischen Säulenhalle, welche sie auf ihrem Basis überragt.
		Die Arbeiten an der Statue dauerten bis zum Oktoberfest (September) 2002, in dieser Zeit war das Festbild eingerüstet, die Außenflächen des Gerüsts wurden als andere Finanzquelle durch Verleih als Werbefläche genutzt.
	www.schlauweb.de /Bavaria (3373 words)

	3D Laser Scanning - Examples: Arts Monuments & Object Scanning: Monumental Statue Bavaria \| ArcTron GmbH
		It is the first time since 1850 that it has been possible to carry out a detailed survey of this 18m high statue of Bavaria.
		During documentation, hundreds of individual observations were recorded concerning the construction process and state of preservation of the statue.
		Finally, it is also possible to create three dimensional, scaled reproductions of the Bavaria in various materials using the computerised model as a template.
	www.arctron.com /3D_Surveying/3D_Laser_Scanning/Examples/Bavaria.php (436 words)

	Arbuckle - Trip Around the World - Munich
		In front of it stands the famous Bavaria, a statue 61½ feet high, on a pedestal of 28½ feet, making a total of 90 feet.
		In the centre is the colossal statue of Maximillian Joseph I., designed by Rauch.
		In the Odeon-Platz is a fine equestrian statue of King Louis I., to whom the city owes much of its present importance.
	home.att.net /~arbycards/arbtw11.htm (345 words)

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