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LEGENDS AND TALES OF OLD MUNICH - FRANZ TRAUTMA...

Distinct among the oldest emblems of Munich  stands out the city seal. In the very beginning 
it was a castle gate  with two towers  underneath was a head in a cowl  and over the gate was
an eagle  gazing upwards. Later  changes were made  and today it is the full length figure of a
little monk  stretching its arms out right merrily  with an expression half jovial  half
devout. What further particulars there are about this monk  and whether the city of Munich
derives it's name from the word monk  are questions  which have caused much argument and
vexation among wiseacres. [...] Franz Trautmann was born on March 28th   1813  in Munich  and
died in the same city on November 2nd   1887. His name is closely associated with the story of
old Munich. He it was who interpreted  by written and spoken word  the poetry and chivalrous
romance of the Bavarian capital in those contemplative times  now vanished  which he himself in
part experienced. In our days of automobiles and air-ships people have changed. But for that
very reason it is not only refreshing to be carried back to old times  of which many carefully
preserved memorials exist to-day in Munich  but also comprehension  interest and love for the
old scenes from which our beautiful Munich rose and expanded are thereby awakened. This
wonderful book on tales and legends of old Munich is a reprint of the originial published in
1912.

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