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War of the Bavarian Succession
War of the Bavarian Succession between Austria and Prussia, 1778-79. With the extinction of the Bavarian line of the house of Wittelsbach on the death of Elector Maximilian Joseph in 1777, the duchy of Bavaria passed to the elector palatine, Charles Theodore, of the Sulzbach line. However, by a s... Read more
Berchtesgaden
Berchtesgaden , town (1994 pop. 8,050), Bavaria, SE Germany, in the Bavarian Alps. It is a popular winter and summer resort. Salt has been mined there since the 12th cent. At the nearby Obersalzberg is the site of Hitler's residence, the Berghof. ... Read more
battle of Blenheim
battle of Blenheim major engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession (see Spanish Succession, War of the ), fought on Aug. 13, 1704, at the village of Blenheim, near Höchstädt, Bavaria. Responding to appeals from Vienna, which was threatened by French and Bavarian forces, the English... Read more
Franz Josef Strauss
Franz Josef Strauss , 1915-88, West German political figure, leader of the Christian Social Union. He became prominent in the Bavarian Christian Social Union (the Bavarian wing of the Christian Democratic Union) after World War II. Elected to the Bundestag in 1949, he became (1956) minister of defen... Read more
Louis Alexandre Berthier
Louis Alexandre Berthier , 1753-1815, marshal of France. He served in the American Revolution and in the French Revolutionary Wars, distinguishing himself under Napoleon in Italy, where he served as chief of staff. He was twice minister of war and from 1805 was chief of staff of the Grande Arm&eacu... Read more
Oberammergau
Oberammergau , town (1994 pop. 5,343), Bavaria, S Germany, in the Bavarian Alps. It has been a noted center of woodcarving since the 12th cent. Oberammergau is famous for the Passion play performed there every 10 years (most recently in 2000), originally (1634) in fulfillment of a vow made during ... Read more
Ludwig Thoma
Ludwig Thoma , 1867-1921, German novelist, dramatist, and poet. Thoma satirized Bavarian rural and small-town life. His serious peasant novels Andreas Vöst (1905), Der Wittiber (1911), and Der Ruepp (1922), as well as his humorous collections Assessor Karlchen (1900), Lausbubengeschich... Read more
Albert I
Albert I 1875-1934, king of the Belgians (1909-34), nephew and successor of Leopold II . He married (1900) Elizabeth, a Bavarian princess. In World War I his heroic resistance (1914) to the German invasion of Belgium greatly helped the Allied cause. Albert spent the entire war at the head of his a... Read more
Sir Colin Rex Davis
Sir Colin Rex Davis 1927-, English conductor. Davis began his musical career as a clarinetist; he is a self-taught conductor. After serving with the Sadler's Wells Opera, he was conductor of the British Broadcasting Corporation Symphony (1967-71) and of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden (1971-86). He ... Read more
Illuminati
Illuminati [Lat.,=enlightened], rationalistic society founded in Germany soon after 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, a professor at Ingolstadt, having close affinities with the Freemasons and seemingly organized on a Masonic plan. While briefly very popular among German rationalists, it had limited influenc... Read more

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War of the Bavarian Succession
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition War of the Bavarian Succession between Austria and Prussia, 1778-79. With the extinction of the Bavarian line of the house of Wittelsbach on the death of Elector Maximilian Joseph in 1777, the duchy of Bavaria passed to the elector palatine...
Louis the Bavarian
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Louis the Bavarian see Louis IV , Holy Roman emperor.
Wittelsbach Dynasty (Bavaria)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...district of Aichach, near Augsburg). THE BAVARIAN WITTELSBACHS The Wittelsbachs molded...branded him Ludovicus Bavarus (Louis the Bavarian). The emperor married Margaret of Holland...failed, but Louis's legacy influenced Bavarian politics in the early modern period...
Bavaria
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...merely a random territorial unit. The Bavarian people had emerged in a process of ethnogenesis...the Holy Roman emperor Louis IV "the Bavarian" (ruled 1314 – 1347), Bavaria...x2013; 1508) in 1506, accepted by the Bavarian Estates, and enshrined in the constitution...
Palatinate
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...its capital in Heidelberg and the North Bavarian territory known as the "Upper Palatinate...in southern Germany stalled during the Bavarian Succession War (Landshuter Erbfolgekrieg...Palatinate proved short-lived, as Bavarian and imperial forces defeated Frederick...
Count Rumford
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...did much to advance the stature of the Bavarian court by promoting scientific and technological...responsibilities was reorganizing the Bavarian army. In an effort to find more efficient...Year's Day, 1790, Rumford had the Bavarian army arrest and jail every beggar in...
Franz Xaver Schönhuber
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...was born on January 19, 1923, in the Bavarian town of Trostberg an der Alz. His father...xF6;nhuber was employed by the Bavarian State Radio, first as a reporter and...two former deputies of the conservative Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) in the...
Karl Philipp von Wrede
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Karl Philipp von Wrede , 1767-1838, Bavarian general. He helped reorganize the Bavarian army, commanded part of the Bavarian troops fighting with the French against Austria in 1805 in the Napoleonic Wars, and led the Bavarian corps that aided...
Munich
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Germany, on the Isar River near the Bavarian Alps. It is a financial, commercial...distinguished collections of art; the Bavarian National Museum (built 1894-99...putsch" —a coup aimed at the Bavarian government. Despite this fiasco, Hitler...
Hildegard Hamm-Brücher
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1950 to 1966 she was a deputy in the Bavarian legislature and from 1954 on deputy chairwoman...instrumental in forcing the resignation of the Bavarian minister of culture, who as a criminal...its candidates to win election to the Bavarian legislature, Hamm-Brücher...

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Bavarian Highlands, Scenes from the
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Bavarian Highlands, Scenes from the. 6 choral songs by Elgar, Op.27. Texts, in style of Bavarian folk-songs, by C. A. Elgar. Pf. acc. 1895, orch. 1896. Three ( The Dance , Lullaby , and The Marksmen ) arr. for orch. alone by Elgar.
From the Bavarian Highlands
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music From the Bavarian Highlands ( Elgar). See Bavarian Highlands, Scenes from the .
Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands ( Elgar). See Bavarian Highlands, Scenes from the .
Bavarian Succession, War of the
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Bavarian Succession, War of the (1778–79) A war between Austria and Prussia resulting from JOSEPH II's ambition to add...
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Founded in Munich 1949, with Eugen Jochum as cond. until 1961. Rafael Kubelik 1961 to 1979; Colin Davis 1983–92; Lorin Maazel from 1992. Has toured frequently and made many recordings.
Adlon, Percy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...documentaries for Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting), 1970–1984...Céleste, 1981. Awards: Bavarian Film Award (Germany) for Best Director...Lubitsch Award for Best Comedy, 1987, Bavarian Film Award for Best Screenplay, 1988...
Döllinger, Ignaz
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...elected in 1823 to a regular chair at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. He therefore moved...mathematical-physical section of the Bavarian Academy for the years 1827 –...x2013; 1836, and became a member of the Bavarian Medical Advisory Board in 1836. His...
Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...an é lv è of the Royal Bavarian Academy at Munich and was appointed assistant...to Brazil. Martius and several other Bavarian scientists, including his companion...he was appointed a member of the Royal Bavarian Academy and assistant conservator of...
Stoiber, Edmund
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...x2002; Born in Oberaudorf in the Bavarian heartlands, he studied law and politics...He entered the civil service of the Bavarian state, serving as ministerial adviser...the party in 1978. In 1982 he became Bavarian Secretary of State, and in this function...
Ohm, Georg Simon
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Ohm to seek other employment from the Bavarian government; but the best he could obtain...11 March 1816 until his release from Bavarian employ on 9 November 1817, he was assigned...Medal. He became a full member of the Bavarian Academy in 1845 and was called to Munich...

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Bavarian Nordic and GlaxoSmithKline Enter Into Global Collaboration on IMVAMUNE.
PR Newswire; 7/15/2004; 700+ words ; ...Denmark, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Bavarian Nordic A/S and GlaxoSmithKline...on the production and marketing of Bavarian Nordic's smallpox vaccine IMVAMUNE(TM), which is based on Bavarian Nordic's proprietary MVA-BN(R...
Bavarian Nordic A/S Enforces Its Intellectual Property Rights Against Acambis plc and Acambis Inc.
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 8/19/2005; 700+ words ; ...Denmark, Aug. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Bavarian Nordic A/ S announced today that it...based in Washington DC. If successful, Bavarian Nordic will be in a position to either...imported to the USA. At the same time, Bavarian Nordic announced that it has filed a...
Bavarian Nordic A/S Enforces its Intellectual Property Rights Against Acambis plc and Acambis Inc.
PR Newswire Europe; 8/19/2005; 700+ words ; ...Denmark, August 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Bavarian Nordic A/S announced today that it...based in Washington DC. If successful, Bavarian Nordic will be in a position to either...imported to the USA. At the same time, Bavarian Nordic announced that it has filed a...
Bavarian Nordic A/S - Interim Report as of 31 March 2007.
PR Newswire Europe; 4/26/2007; 700+ words ; ...PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Bavarian Nordic A/S approved the Company's...the period 1 January - 31 March 2007 Bavarian Nordic realised revenues of DKK 28...The U.S. Government has notified Bavarian Nordic of intent to acquire 20 million...
Bavarian Nordic Announces Major Accomplishments in Safe Smallpox Vaccine Program; IMVAMUNE(TM) Vaccine - Safer and Generates a Faster Immune Response than Traditional Smallpox Vaccines.
PR Newswire; 3/7/2005; 700+ words ; ...with the release of its annual results, Bavarian Nordic reported major achievements in...said Peter Wulff, President and CEO of Bavarian Nordic. "IMVAMUNE(TM) has shown...traditional smallpox vaccines. In 2004, Bavarian Nordic was also awarded the largest single...
Bavarian Nordic A/S Further Enforces its Intellectual Property Rights Against Acambis.
PR Newswire Europe; 2/16/2006; 700+ words ; ...Denmark, February 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Bavarian Nordic A/S announced today that it...action has been initiated to enforce Bavarian Nordic's patent recently granted by...granted on 28 December, 2005 gives Bavarian Nordic the sole right to produce, market...
Bavarian Nordic A/S - Interim Report for the Period 1 January to 30 September 2008.
PR Newswire Europe; 11/4/2008; 700+ words ; ...In the first nine months of 2008 Bavarian Nordic generated revenue of DKK 45 million...Significant progress was reported in Bavarian Nordic's pipeline during the first...suffering from advanced prostate cancer. Bavarian Nordic is now preparing for Phase III...
Bavarian Nordic, PowderJect Collaborate On Vaccine Delivery.
Magazine article from: BIOWORLD Today; 11/4/2009; 700+ words ; Staff Writer Bavarian Nordic AS entered a EUR17.6 million...become a 5.63 percent shareholder in Bavarian after the deal closes. Oxford, UK...go into a lot more detail on it.o Bavarian manufactures the vaccine through a contractor...
Bavarian Nordic A/S - Interim Report for the Period 1 January to 30 June 2008.
PR Newswire Europe; 8/19/2008; 700+ words ; ...August 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Bavarian Nordic published the company's interim...sheet date. In the first half of 2008 Bavarian Nordic generated revenue of DKK 23 million...forward rate agreements. Highlights - Bavarian Nordic partners with the National Cancer...
Bavarian Nordic Receives $25 Million Milestone Payment From HHS for Fulfilling Contract Milestones.
News Wire article from: PR Newswire Europe; 12/20/2007; 700+ words ; ...WASHINGTON, December 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Bavarian Nordic has received permission from the...Hedegaard, President & CEO of Bavarian Nordic, said: "Receiving another milestone...contract concludes a successful year for Bavarian Nordic. We have fulfilled the ambitious...