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Under the German constitution of 1871, Bavaria received a larger measure of independence than any of the other constituent states of the German Empire. Bavaria retained an autonomous diplomatic service, military administration, postal and telegraph service, and railways. Meanwhile, Louis II had begun showing signs of mental instability, and his extravagant building projects (notably the castle at Neuschwanstein) had drained the Bavarian treasury. In 1886 Louis II was declared insane, and the throne then passed to his brother Otto, who was ... insane. Otto's uncle Luitpold became regent that same year, and, when Luitpold died in 1912, his son Louis III became king.
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The history of Bavaria as a nation began in the early 6th century AD when the Germanic Tribes displaced the withdrawing Roman forces. Bavaria was an important location in provincial Rome, as it lies just to the north of Brenner Pass, which is one of the only passes through the Alps in the area. Two Roman roads, the Via Claudia Augusta, and Via Raetia linked the city of Augsburg with the Italian pennensula.
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After the rise of Prussia to prominence Bavaria managed to preserve its independence by playing off the rivalries of Prussia and Austria, but defeat in the 1866 Austro-Prussian War compelled Bavaria to accept incorporation into the Prussian-dominated German Empire in 1871. In the early 20th century Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Henrik Ibsen, and other notable artists were drawn to Bavaria, notably to the Schwabing district of Munich, later devastated by World War II.
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This was preceded, on the 23rd of November 1870, by the signature of a treaty between Bavaria and the North German Confederation. By this instrument, though Bavaria became an integral part of the new German empire, she reserved a larger measure of sovereign independence than any of the other constituent states. Thus she retained a separate diplomatic service, military administration, and postal, telegraph and railway systems. The treaty was ratified by the Bavarian chambers on the 21st of January 1871, though not without considerable opposition on the part of the so-called "patriot" party. Their hostility was increased by the Kulturkampf, due to the promulgation in 1870 of the dogma of papal infallibility. Munich University, where Dollinger was professor, became the centre of the opposition to the new dogma, and the "old Catholics" were protected by the king and the government.
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In 1813, shortly before the Battle of Leibzig, Bavaria rejected Napoleon and in 1815 joined the Germanic Confederation against him. This timely switch of allegiance enabled Bavaria to emerge from the Congress of Vienna (1814รข€“15) with much of its territorial and political gains intact, making it the third largest German state after Austria and Prussia.
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Based on the tradition of a studio company founded in 1919, Bavaria Film has steadily grown to become a group of presently more than 30 subsidiaries and shareholding companies in important media locations in the German speaking part of the world. Today Bavaria Film is a worldwide operating production and service group encompassing all sectors of the audio-visual industry.
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