Das Haus von Bayern ist durch waffen hochgestiegen, Man hat im letzten Krieg es sehen nie ersiegen..

Title

Das Haus von Bayern ist durch waffen hochgestiegen, Man hat im letzten Krieg es sehen nie ersiegen..

Description

Family tree of "Friderich der Ernste, Landg. in Thuring. vnd Mg. Z. Meyss", below the magnificently colored cedar tree a general view of Munich. At the foot of the tree cartouche with text below the tree: "The House of Bavaria has risen through arms: One has never seen it conquered in the last war. Prince Maximilian, the gravely armed hero, has bravely defended himself at home and in the field. From the Great Carln it stood, therefore everyone can find, that Hesse could found itself in his friendship Still closer, however, has Georg of the other zier your relatives, yet saddened, shown here. Joh. Tackig D.". From Johann Tacke's book "Unverweslicher Ceder-Baum, zu ewigem Andencken und Namens...". A magnificently illustrated commemorative publication for George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Published in the work "Imperishable cedar tree, for eternal advent and name and immortality, of the most enlightened prince and lord, Mr. Georgen the Other, Kandgraffens zu Hessen ... in the name of the whole University of Gissen ... in a public eulogy and lamentation speech," by Johannes Tacke, in 1661.

ca. 1661

Artist

Schweizer u. Haelwegh aus Tacke

Johann Schweizer (1625-1670) a. Albert Haelwegh (1610-1675)

Historical Description

Munich- Munchen, the name of the city is derived from the Old/Middle High German term Munichen, meaning "by the monks". It derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who ran a monastery at the place that was later to become the Old Town of Munich; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat of arms. Munich was first mentioned in 1158. From 1255 the city was seat of the Bavarian Dukes. Black and gold — the colours of the Holy Roman Empire — have been the city's official colours since the time of Ludwig the Bavarian, when it was an imperial residence. Following a final reunification of the Wittelsbachian Duchy of Bavaria, previously divided and sub-divided for more than 200 years, the town became the country's sole capital in 1506. Catholic Munich was a cultural stronghold of the Counter-Reformation and a political point of divergence during the resulting Thirty Years' War, but remained physically untouched despite an occupation by the Protestant Swedes; as the townsfolk would rather open the gates of their town than risk siege and almost inevitable destruction. Like wide parts of the Holy Roman Empire, the area recovered slowly economically. Having evolved from a duchy's capital into that of an electorate (1623), and later a sovereign kingdom (1806), Munich has been a centre of arts, culture and science since the early 19th century.