Maikäfer flieg ist ein bekanntes deutschsprachiges Volks- und Kinderlied. == Geschichte == Oft wird der Entstehungsprozess des heute bekannten Liedtextes auf die Zeit des Dreißigjährigen Krieges datiert, was laut dem Historiker Hans Medick jedoch nicht als erwiesen und sogar als recht unwahrscheinlich gelten kann, da das darin entworfene Bild des ausziehenden Vaters als Soldaten und der im Heimatort verbleibenden Familie zu dieser Zeit keinesfalls der gängigen Tradition entsprach; vielmehr zogen Angehörige mit ihren gesamten Hausständen in Trossen hinter den Armeen her und bildeten vagabundierende…

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (also referred to as LMU or the University of Munich, in German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university located in Munich, Germany. The University of Munich is among Germany's oldest universities. Originally established in Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke Ludwig IX of Bavaria-Landshut, the university was moved in 1800 to Landshut by King Maximilian I of Bavaria when Ingolstadt was threatened by the French, before being relocated to its present-day location in Munich in 1826 by King Ludwig I of Bavaria. In 1802, the university was...

Chauvinism is an exaggerated patriotism and a belligerent belief in national superiority and glory. Whereas patriotism and nationalism may represent temperate pride, chauvinism is intemperate. According to legend, French soldier Nicolas Chauvin was badly wounded in the Napoleonic wars. He received a pension for his injuries but it was not enough to live on. After Napoleon abdicated, Chauvin was a fanatical Bonapartist despite the unpopularity of this view in Bourbon Restoration France. His single-minded blind devotion to his cause, despite neglect by his faction and harassment by its enemies, started...

This is a list of German inventors and discoverers. The following list comprises people from Germany or German-speaking Europe, and also people of predominantly German heritage, in alphabetical order of the surname. == A == Ernst Abbe: Invented the first refractometer, and many other devices. Donated his shares in the company Carl Zeiss to form Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, still in existence today. Franz Carl Achard: Developed a process to produce sugar from sugar beet. Built the first factory for the process in 1802. Robert Adler: Invented a better television remote control. Konrad Adenauer: Invented...

Deutsches Reich war der Name des deutschen Nationalstaates zwischen 1871 und 1945 und zugleich auch die staatsrechtliche Bezeichnung Deutschlands bis 1943 (ab 1943 amtlich – jedoch nicht offiziell proklamiert – als Großdeutsches Reich). Der Terminus Deutsches Reich wird gelegentlich auch gebraucht, um das mit dem deutschen Sprachraum nicht übereinstimmende Heilige Römische Reich zu bezeichnen: ein übernationales, letztlich überstaatliches Herrschaftsgebilde, das ab dem 15./16. Jahrhundert mit dem Zusatz „Deutscher Nation“ versehen worden war. Im Jahr 1848 entstand während der Märzrevolution ein…

Third Rome was the idea that some city, state, or country is the successor to the legacy of ancient Rome (the "first Rome"). The concept of second Rome is disputed according to different perspectives, either via connection to the Byzantine Empire (also known as the "Eastern Roman Empire") as Constantinople being the "second Rome", or via connection to the Western Roman Empire through its claimed successors such as the Papal States or the Holy Roman Empire. == Successor to Byzantium == === Russian claims === After the fall of Tǎrnovo to the Ottoman Turks in 1393, a number of Bulgarian c...

The Autobahn (German: Autobahn, plural Autobahnen) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is Bundesautobahn (plural Bundesautobahnen, abbreviated BAB), which translates as "federal motorway". The literal meaning of the word Bundesautobahn is "Federal Auto(mobile) Track". German autobahns have no federally mandated speed limit for some classes of vehicles. However limits are posted (and enforced) in areas that are urbanized, substandard, accident-prone, or under construction. On speed-unrestricted stretches, an advisory speed limit (Richtgeschwindigkeit...