Amusing stories about the monastery and palaceAnecdotes

Not everything about this important historical structure has to do with politics and high art, much comes down to human stories. Many of these are still known today, and tell us something about life in the past.

Bebenhausen Monastery church. Image: Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Baden-Württemberg, Arnim Weischer

Impudent boys at a boarding school

There were strict rules in the Protestant monastery school. Misdeeds were written down in the list of student misbehavior.

Discipline in the monastery school

Crossing tower of Bebenhausen Monastery. Image: Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Baden-Württemberg, Arnim Weischer

Poetic history

With his poem, "The Last Count Palatine", Ludwig Uhland created a literary monument to Bebenhausen Monastery in 1847.

“The Last Count Palatine"

Ali and Rubi, the king's dogs, monument to King Wilhelm II in front of the Wilhelm's Palace in Stuttgart. Image: Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg, Sven Grenzemann

Two extremely impudent attendants

No matter where King Wilhelm II stayed, the two Pomeranians, Ali and Rubi, generally stayed nearby, creating chaos everywhere.

The king's dogs