community member tevin par have suggested we look into opponents of the measures do pass into law in bavaria see that civil liberties will be threatened and that already marginalized communities will bear the brunt of overzealous policing we will examine the bill and look at how people are challenging it. the bavarian police task act is being promoted by the christian social union it holds a majority in the state parliament and is the sister party to the christian democratic union led by german chancellor kohl paul brennan is in germany and has more on what the very employees will be able to do if the bill becomes law. both critics and advocates accept that this is the most far reaching police reform here in germany since the end of the second world war in one thousand nine hundred forty five the measures included in the proposals include the police this power to be able to open letters to conduct surveillance also to monitor telephones and to use the d.n.a. database in a way that they can't at the moment and that is to use fair no typing looking at the use of d.n.a. to predict i color even

priam the state permeate of bavaria has implemented a policy now.a few months before the elections in bavaria of hanging the christian cross in all of the various state run offices the german constitution however guarantees the neutrality of the state to its religion his breaking of the constitution isn't he he's not breaking the institution come on and by the way it's not you know the debate on the cross we had for ages but also had a but there was a time we had it was nathan and this was whether it's allowed to have a cross in the closet is what is in school to this for years if not mr. wouldn't have been obliged to mr friedman we have a debate on board what the part what our culture thought of well yes i'm sorry that i have that i'm repeating myself but i think it's important to to stress it and and the cross it's not only a religious symbol but it's also you know symbolizing you know what our culture our bishops told you all argue like that the cross no this isn't of the christian religion if nothing else don't start with cultures it's not me it

four hundred kilometers across the northeast of bavaria with the intercom fashionable churches always interview the small churches can really use the publicity. the idea was to find a way of making peace churches better known so that people would donate money to maintain the. we had a lawyer. pastor. and his catholic counterpart at an ecumenical parish party. the many centuries spent in accounts enter confessional training camps have paid off here. it was sometimes rather difficult there were many conflicts in the past as there always are when two people have to share a room as it were. but generally we could find a good solution. so if the common. good i didn't know either standard of any of it i. and. the two pastors take us on a stretch of the intercom fashionable churches cycling tour here we discover something remarkable. the church served by pastor pax dot com plus. it's a former into a confessional church that is once again being used by both confessions. the nearby catholic church is being renovated and the protestants are currently hosting the catholics. the temporary sharing

the relatively large number of interaction fashionable churches in north eastern bavaria is unique in sixteen fifty two the catholic ruler counts christiane. decreed that all churches in his territory were to be used by both catholics and protestants. marcus lama is a catholic theologian and local historian he explains what motivated the count one criticize chris and i was you could say christiane i'll go start i have a dream and his dream was that the christian confessions which were at loggerheads and which had fought and killed each other in a thirty year war would come together again and he realized that it wouldn't happen from one day to the next he knew it had to be practiced on a daily basis. so he created these inner confessional churches as a kind of training camp to achieve reunion one day. the council unique approach has left a legacy in northeastern varia that ought to be promote it thought this man. is a lutheran pastor and an avid cyclist so he created the intricate fashionable church cycling tour. four hundred kilometers across the northeast of bavaria with the intricat

the area the land was given the duchy of bavaria by his cousin frederick barbarossa lang down markings on a green field he decides to found a market town called moon mission which means at the house of the monks i am i in henry wants to go down in history as the founder of a city three centuries later the capital of the duchy of bavaria would have a population of more than thirteen thousand the age when it became a center for trade calmness and culture one of the great city is north of the alps i am. eh and after the second world war it became the capital of a self-styled free state that has remained to kill a genocide its autonomy henry the land has monuments erected to himself in northern germany to heal is the foundations for us it is such as lubec braunschweig unfair when he highlights that there are powerful german did too not just the emperor. was offered a clouded spot or russia pursued the traditional imperial policies that he had to pursue because italy was part of the empire and read a lie and meanwhile try to expand his ducal role beyond the borders of the duchy of sexually

if you think about bavaria you probably think about they have took office right with data holes and beer bras browns and a lot more and besides these cliches many associate of course also mountains lakes and consulates with the states in germany no wonder that the area is such a popular travel destination the very act is celebrating too on a verse or is this you one hundred years of the founding of the free state and two hundred years of the bavarian constitution to mark the double anniversary the moves of a very in the spotlight of the same name exhibition at the at a monastery located around one hundred kilometers from the kept a munich. images of the very end straight out of a coffee table book traditional costumes and customs and stunning scenery those are the things people associate with various and they've helped make it one of germany's most popular vacation destinations tourists never tire of the state and its people its fairy tale castles and varian lifestyle not to mention its famous nato. shorts good very good looking specially the al fit with the strap with the. i don't know

the house of the royal family of bavaria contributed to local pride and patriotism moment pen around as folk festivals traditional costumes and beer steins came to symbolize this southern german state leader who is now in particular became to appear to me of the national costume the very it was portrayed as an it did like place which was . various mystic status was created by man not by the gods you know some other myths claim that it's the only thing in the military and myth that did not come from humans is the mountain and they play a big role in that everything else is added to them the lifestyle the shoe popular which developed from accounts for singles into apartments and to top things off looked the second fairytale castles only of suits and the famous king is still fundamental to the various image today he built noice funch tynecastle the state's most famous structure that attracts some one point four million visitors a year then there's october fest every fall some six million revelers come to raise a toast the theory and style. but very is also famous for its corps. and its

this proposal has absolutely nothing to do with the upcoming state election in bavaria. that's not easy. as the end of our interview approaches like you to complete three sentences for us and. then me and i grew up close to the very incoherent side of altar thing which i associate with. i associate it with a great personal faith. i believe that with all our faith in technology and the rational thinking about time each one of us is also guided and led. good. and thank god there is someone who is watching over us out and putting it in light of that the fact that i come from one of the most important places of pilgrimage in the german speaking world is a key benefit and orientation point for me. to migrants who want to make germany their new homeland i say. they are very welcoming if they are recognized as refugees or asylum seekers as long as they become integrated in german society if you thought you could face off in could you there are two sides to integration. on the one hand german society has a great deal to go even bought it has justified expectations of the people

world war my maternal grandparents were expelled from near prono in moravia and found a new home in bavaria and by i mean. the integration of almost twelve million ex-pats within germany around eight million of them in the western federal states is an extremely positive signal for integration if you want to embrace the computer thing that is then i think that's why people who've been displaced have particular empathy toward people who've been forced to leave that homeland popish and often think would be if mentioned gave the foot off and especially today when almost sixty six million people have been forcibly displaced worldwide the infant isn't more than a million of these people have been taken in by germany in recent years and many of them have been through a perilous journey to get here yet they are not allowed to stay as they are entitle meant to asylum is not recognised your catholic isn't sending these people back and unmerciful act mentioned it so what's. been the fifth i'm convinced that germany has behaved in an exemplary manner and this enormous migration and refugee crisis when

the contingents came from bavaria swabian behemoths from. tonia and lowering. most of the warriors were provided by powerful bishops. under the banner of st michael often managed to assemble an army that was truly enormous by the standards of the time twelve thousand men it was to be a decisive battle. down the my cows have destroyed our towns set our churches on fire and killed many people and plant your stick your foot that hurt it should we retreat from the enemies of god and mankind in our own country but in finding gutters on the mentions of advice last. night and we must show firm courage in the face of these heathens and their old does as a vice the sex among the two kin was the only one to report auto speech on the less fed plane his account was clearly intended to portray a heroic image of the king the post era to. get stuffed in our letter speak with our swords instead of our tongue. lashing. father in heaven give us life and victory and. later generations would call this moment on the next fed the birth of the jams. the lunts king altar carried at th

confessional churches in germany today there are only about sixteen many of them are in north eastern bavaria. like this one in action fells. pickiness we don't know any different that's how we grew up catholic and protestant funky listening to music it's what i'm used to i only know intercon fashionable protestant or catholic all the same. is the lutheran pastor of corpus christi church today there is a family service with a sketch. the church is much too small to duplicate all the furnishings. the parishes share the altar the pews and the organ. that. the that's my. thank you for. the clergy also share one sacristy the cupboard on the right along to pass to sean bell on the one on the left to a catholic priest. the catholic pastor only makes an appearance about once a month there are not many catholics in ash in felde germany's two major churches are losing members and intricate fashionable churches offer both a solution. to what is the way of the future so i do times of straight and finances and shrinking congregations it's also an economic issue that protestants and catholics share a chur

bavaria the place where dreams come true it's an image kept alive by tourists and a very handsome like. the dutch designed those to drift once to make people stop and take a breath in the digital era and even if it's only for a few minutes they say how do they do it coated nature is a perfect way to describe their work and it's also the name of the county exhibition at the steadily museum in amsterdam. studio drift combines nature design and technology in their art works the results sharpen viewers perception and suggest the feelings of weightlessness and freedom. of. the two artists from amsterdam can even make a heavy cement block float. studio drift islamic road horn dine and ralph now to from the concept to the execution the duo always work as a team. came back from most calmly and he had this idea and he came back and he called the on the place of an incredible idea we have to take a closer look completely and election is just floats and it live. in the film drifters that's close floating blokes. with tibet crondall all the scottish highlands are in a very contrast so with with th

seven contingents from german tribes twelve thousand fighters from bavaria the frankish territory swabian lorraine and bohemia have followed their kings call for help otto is pinning his hopes on a decisive battle the magyars have never fought against king author but they are confident of victory. last their reputation precedes them as it has been for year after year more than fifty times already the dreaded horsemen from the steps have swept into the empire on plundering raids they burned down castles towns and churches and caused a bloodbath among the populace nobody was spared the words of a chronicler that's why the magyars were called enemies of mankind and of christianity. to come has after america god will protect us. everything is at stake for king auto his crown and his vision of becoming an emperor as powerful as charlemagne the german tribes are united as they fight a common enemy it's a life and death situation. germany in the tenth century inhospitable landscapes and ancient forests fragmented lacking fixed borders home to four million people at this point in time its future

anti jewish attacks in recent weeks and a televised interview he also criticized a new ordinance in bavaria that requires crosses to be displayed in regional government buildings. the various state premier marcus has rekindled a dispute about religion and patriotism by requiring various state premises to display the christian crucifix as president of the federal republic frank was that dime a dozen cars involved in day to day politics but as a committed christian he believes religion and its symbols are a matter for the church not the state. that's if people don't go to church on sundays putting crucifixes in government offices isn't going to make them religious . has been in office for just over a year and how loans chancellor angela merkel's new grand coalition government and the interview he said the challenges in general politics were equalizing the standards of living in town and country immigration and integration he also demanded a decisive rejection of anti-semitism you wouldn't with jews christians or muslims whether believers or nonbelievers whether they've lived here for years or

steinmeier also delivered a putdown to the state premier of bavaria who recently instructed all but there in state offices to display a crucifix the president may be a committed christian but he clearly had little time for such a blurring of the line between church and state. if people don't go to church on sundays putting crucifixes in government offices isn't going to make them religious . stand my own that democracy must be nurtured if it is to be preserved it's clear that the fight against populism is to be the theme of his second year in office. which is i believe the task of the federal president is to warn that as the world becomes more complex as these problems become more complex the answers can become more simple. the rule of law may operate in germany said steinmeyer but freedom and democracy are not guaranteed the ballot count is underway in lebanon after voting in parliamentary elections and a few hours ago it's the first election held under a new law meant to give smaller parties a chance but observers expect the race to come down to the western backed prime minister saad ha

a new ordinance in the southern state of bavaria which requires crosses to be displayed in all state government buildings the new law has caused an uproar that all with some catholic officials arguing it politicizes a sacred christian symbol of the various state premier marcus has rekindled a dispute about religion and patriotism by requiring the various state premises to display the christian crucifix as president of the federal republic frank was that doesn't get involved in day to day politics but as a committed christian he believes religion and its symbols are a matter for the church not the state. that if people don't go to church on sundays putting crucifixes in government offices isn't going to make them religious that. man has been in office for just over a year and helped launch chancellor angela merkel's new grand coalition government in the interview he said the challenge is in german politics where equalizing the standards of living in town and country immigration and integration he also demanded a decisive rejection of anti-semitism. you wouldn't know the jews christian

will encourage people to disrupt the gathering of the right wing alternative for germany party in bavaria next month and it is peter oliver takes a look at the guide then. paul terms of germany will be holding their party conference in the beautiful but varied city of output this summer however until fascist groups of the turbaned to disrupt it going as far as to publish took guide for those wishing to turn up and demonstrate that contains more than a few tips on how to start a riot we suggest tracking and exploiting the air city's weak points across germany so that we can guarantee the necessary space for protests in all spoke it's a very detailed guided includes maps of where members will be staying the routes that they'll be taking in the best places to disrupt the event from and there's also a section that includes writing life facts everything the first time writer will need like how to block roads how to prepare paint to be hurled correctly but there's also some more unsavory instructions as well the best ways to burn tires to smash shop windows or to burn cars all without leaving a

want to encourage people to disrupt the gathering of the right wing alternative for germany party in bavaria next month he's paid to all of a takes a look at the guide. poulter's if germany will be holding their party conference in the beautiful but varied city of out this summer however on t. fascist groups of the turbaned to disrupt it going as far as to publish took guide for those wishing to turn up and demonstrate that contains more than a few tips on how to start a riot we suggest tracking and exploiting the f.t.'s weak points across germany so that we can guarantee the necessary space for protests in all spoke it's a very detailed guided includes maps of where members will be staying the routes that they'll be taking in the best places to disrupt the event from and there's also a section that includes rioting and life hacks everything the first time writer will need like how to block roads how to prepare paint to be hurled correctly but there's also some more unsavory instructions as well the best ways to burn tires to smash shop windows or to burn cars all without leaving any evidenc

he travels back to germany regularly and the family still has a house in bavaria. as always the first thing i'll do is order a potion of wienerschnitzel. drink a wheat beer to travel around the high rise but i'm a guest there. i live in turkey and i got started. born in. the influence of germany's powerhouse extends well beyond europe even to china where an exhibition series exploring the global impact of the design movement is kicking around. our house elements shifting in reconfiguring theater performance mark the opening of the exhibition powerhouse imagine easter. organized by the guta institute at the china design museum in hong joeys china. includes yet make the via. we're less interested in what's truly bauhaus and more in the ways it was interpreted how it was built on. and how it sparked the imagination hence the title powerhouse imagine easter with emerging societies regarding the function of art and also in regard to social issues. in china and powerhouses admired for its pragmatism modernism and honesty. these chairs featuring the exhibition in hong. st

their country back but these aren't just hollow empty threats eighteen months ago a policeman in bavaria was killed during a shootout between officers and a member of one of the sorites citizens' groups the number of these people is significantly significantly increased acts of violence. has increased in number if the numbers go on to increase if these fever really used in. for a tosing in resisting probably reduced then indeed it is a challenge for the state opposition politicians have accused the government of trying to sweep the extent of germany's problem with far right violence under the rug first the federal government explains the right wing terrorist groups can form spontaneously and have a strong digital network but then many of their actions are not counted as right wing terra fences the impression is that the federal government consciously accepts blind spots in the recent past berlin hasn't pulled away you from publishing intelligence findings that showed as many as seven hundred radical islamists could be in the country and a capable of preparing a terrorist attack but it do