Walk in Bayreuth, Germany
Bayreuth is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river, the southern of two tributaries of the river Main, in a valley between the Franconian Jura (upland in Franconia, Bavaria) and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. It is the capital of Upper Franconia.
The town is believed to have been founded by the counts of Andechs probably around the mid-12th century, but was first mentioned in 1194 as Baierrute in a document by Bishop Otto II of Bamberg.
Bayreuth was first published on a map in 1421.
The town is best known for its association with the composer Richard Wagner, who lived in Bayreuth from 1872 until his death in 1883.
Wagner’s villa, “Wahnfried”, was constructed in Bayreuth under the sponsorship of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and was converted after World War II into a Wagner Museum.
In the northern part of Bayreuth is the Festival Hall, an opera house specially constructed for and exclusively devoted to the performance of Wagner’s operas.
Every summer, Wagner’s operas are performed at the Bayreuth Festival Theatre (Bayreuther Festspielhaus) during the month-long Richard Wagner Festival, commonly known as the Bayreuth Festival. It draws thousands each year and since its opening in 1876, tickets for it have invariably sold out.
The Richard Wagner Museum at Wahnfried House (Haus Wahnfried) was the residence of Richard Wagner and his family’s home until 1966. Since 1976 it has been a museum concentrating on his work and legacy with attached national archives and a research centre for the Richard Wagner Foundation in Bayreuth.
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