The small Bavarian town of Straubing has been invaded by 1,250 fascist garden gnomes with their stubby right arms raised in a Hitler salute – all in the name of art.

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Some refreshingly different news for a change. Who couldn't learn to love sexy beer?

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The relaxing Bavarian holiday of a British tourist recently took a dramatic turn after she was bitten by a poisonous snake in an Oberammergau grocery store.

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A lost herd of "peaceful" mini-horses from Bavaria has been taken in by a cloister of Franciscan monks until their owner is found, police in the town of Bad Neustadt reported Monday.

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A spectacular collision between a low-flying sport airplane and a car left five people injured in Bavaria on Sunday, saved from death by what police called "a few guardian angels."

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Looking for warm clothes, a naked intruder tried to rob a bridal store near Würzburg early Wednesday morning. Finding nothing that fit, he fled but was arrested by police not long thereafter.

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Many Germans would love to get rid of Bavaria. Now, a small separatist party from the southern state is giving voters the chance.

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Carnival proper in Germany kicks off on "Weiberfastnacht" -- Feb. 19, 2009. This is women's carnival day, when men all around the Rhineland can expect to have their ties cut off at work as the fairer sex takes center stage in the festivities.

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Frigid temperatures have frozen lakes, canals and rivers across Germany, but authorities are warning ice skaters to stay off of certain bodies of water after one man died and 19 other fell through ice in the state of Bavaria in recent days.

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This wonderful watercolour sketch album of the Court livery (the distinctive costumes of the nobility) relates to the reigns of Counts Wilhelm IV and Albrecht V in 16th century Bavaria.

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The goat-headed, troll-like monsters come out at night and roam Christmas markets and villages are part of southern German tradition during the holidays.

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Bavarian Halloween fans are in for a shock on Friday night, when party-going zombies, witches and other monsters will be horrified to see their celebrations shut down at midnight for the Church holiday All Saints Day.

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The dentist from the Bavarian town of Neu-Ulm is now under investigation for assault and theft after arriving at the woman's home with his medical instruments to perform the unwanted surgery.

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An invitation arrived last week to enter the First Circle of Hell and naturally I am going to accept.

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Police in Bavaria have uncovered a huge international paedophilia pornography ring, which has already resulted in hundreds of investigations in Germany and the collection of data from thousands of suspects in 98 countries.

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Emergency workers rescued two people from a small plane that became stuck in power lines while trying to land in Bavaria on Sunday.

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"Everyone has a right to know what Scientology is after and stands for before dealing with the organization's campaigners."

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A con man who passed himself off as a member of the US Rockefeller dynasty until he was charged with abducting his daughter has been identified as Christian Gerhartsreiter of Bavaria.

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Bavarian police on Monday said a man who tried to take his horse with him into a public toilet over the weekend caused over €1,000 in damages after the animal balked.

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Rescue workers in the Bavarian Alps saved an American hiker who had been missing for 70 hours in a dramatic helicopter operation after she sent a signal with her sports bra.

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German police have arrested the suspected murderer of a 10-year-old Bavarian girl nearly three decade after he committed the crime.

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A Munich gay group filed charges this week after unknown vandals took a paintbrush to the city's first gay-themed maypole.

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Health officials in the German state of Bavaria expect the smoking ban there to prevent 1,000 heart attacks, Health Minister Otmar Bernhard announced Thursday.

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Cüneyt Ciftci, a young man from Bavaria, blew himself up outside a government building in Afghanistan, killing two US soldiers and two Afghanis. SPIEGEL ONLINE has obtained a video documenting the final minutes in the life of the first German-born suicide bomber.

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Cops in Germany pulled a car over on a Bavarian autobahn on Thursday evening. They could not believe their eyes when they inspected the vehicle.

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