Discover Bavaria: Top 8 Entertaining and Surprising Fun Facts You Never Knew!
1. Rainiest City in Germany
When Bavaria isn't busy brewing beer or yodeling on the mountaintops, it's setting records for washing itself to squeaky clean perfection: In 2020, the city of Oberstdorf experienced the highest amount of precipitation in Germany with a whopping 1,668 liters per square meter.
Source => statista.com
2. Birthplace of BMW and Lederhosen
Who says fashion, engines, and luxury cars don't mix? Bavaria, the land of lederhosen and dirndl, is all geared up to prove you wrong: This region in Germany is not only the birthplace of Oktoberfest and iconic traditional attire, but also the home of BMW, one of the world's biggest luxury car brands, where Munich gave birth to horsepower galore in 1916.
Source => oktoberfesthaus.com
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3. Mad King's Neuschwanstein Castle
In a land of lederhosen, beer steins, and bratwurst on-steroids, a mad king erects his very own Wagnerian wonderland: Neuschwanstein Castle, built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, has welcomed over 60 million visitors, featuring a Throne Room with murals honoring Richard Wagner, a Singers' Hall with German folktale paintings, and a luxurious King's Bedroom, all wrapped up in a towering façade that would inspire even Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.
Source => neuschwansteincastletickets.tours
4. Lederhosen on the Big Screen
In a land where lederhosen meets lights, camera, action: Bavaria Film Studios in Grünwald near Munich is one of Europe's biggest film production companies with around 30 subsidiaries, and is responsible for birthing masterpieces like Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz and Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot. They even have Bavaria Filmstadt, a tourist attraction where you can walk through sets and touch props from iconic movies like The Neverending Story and Marienhof.
Source => en.wikipedia.org
5. Oktoberfest's Royal Origin
In Bavaria, it seems the apple doesn't fall far from the beer stein: it wasn't King Ludwig I who first initiated Oktoberfest, but rather his son, Crown Prince Ludwig! The serious reveal: In 1810, the royal heir invited Munich's masses to party like it's 1799 by celebrating his nuptials with a multi-day extravaganza filled with horse races, feasts, and agricultural fairs – the kernel that grew into the global phenomenon known as Oktoberfest.
Source => hemplers.com
6. Monks Brew Bavaria's Best Beer
If monks in the 8th century weren’t busy perfecting their Gregorian chant harmonies, they were brewing up another age-old miracle: beer! In vats blessed by the heavens themselves lies the secret to Bavaria's greatest pride: Weihenstephan Brewery holds the title of the oldest continuously operating brewery in the world, slaking thirsts since 1040 with its celestial range of pale lagers and wheat beers, including the heavenly Weihenstephaner Weissbier.
Source => en.wikipedia.org
7. Hellabrunn: Zoo Without Cages
When the moat hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's Hellabrunn: The world's first geo-zoo, founded in Munich, Bavaria in 1911, grants freedom to thousands of animals—from over 700 species—by housing them in cageless, moat-inspired enclosures. This revolutionary 36-hectare zoo is not only a global hub for wildlife, but also a UNESCO Global Geopark dedicated to protecting and educating about our planet's geological wonders.
Source => discoverwalks.com
8. Bavaria's Samba Invasion
When the hills are alive with the sound of Samba: Bavaria's International Samba Festival in Coburg is the largest samba festival outside of Brazil, bringing together 3,000 sambistas, 200,000 visitors, and a smorgasbord of street samba, dance acts, workshops, and competitions in a celebration of joie de vivre and cultural diversity.
Source => samba-festival.de
