Introduction of Bavaria

   First of all we would like to introduce you  Bavaria. It  is one of the oldest states in Europe dating right back to the 6th century AD. From the Middle Ages up to the beginning of the 19th century Bavaria was a powerful and mighty Dukedom first under the reign of the Guelph dynasty and subsequently under the Wittelsbachs.

Bavaria was a kingdom for over 100 years. The six Bavarian kings reigned as constitutional monarchs. The first Bavarian monarch, Max Joseph I, owed his royal status to an alliance with the French emperor Napoleon I.

On 1st December 1946 a constitution for the Free State of Bavaria was adopted by referendum.