The Social Democrats, who share power with Merkel’s conservatives at the national level, fell 11 points to 9.6% in Bavaria — their worst state election performance anywhere since World War II.

After World War II, there was again a push for an independent Bavaria. The state was instead accepted as part of a federal Germany, but the independence movement didn’t fully die down.

10/26/2019 October 26, 2019. Construction workers discovered 36 bombs in the German town of Neutraubling over a 3-day period. Bomb disposal experts were drafted in to decide which explosives were ...