Misplaced Pages

#16983

37-578: Oberschleißheim ( German pronunciation: [oːbɐˈʃlaɪ̯sˌhaɪ̯m] ) is a municipality in the district of Munich , and a suburb to Munich in Bavaria , in southern Germany . It is located 13 km north of Munich (centre). As of 2005 it had a population of 11,467. Oberschleißheim is best known for the Schleissheim Palace and the Flugwerft Schleissheim , an airfield next to

74-399: A grasshopper for failing to distinguish between bees and wasps (whom she calls "a useless gang of bandits" [ Räubergeschlecht ] that have no "home or faith" [ Heimat und Glauben ]) and at a insulting fly , whom Maya threatens to teach "respect for bees" and with her stinger. Riukulehto interprets this to mean that respect is based on the threat of violence. Collectivism versus individualism

111-399: A little bee named Maya and her friends among bees, other insects and other creatures. The book depicts Maya's development from an adventurous youngster to a responsible adult member of bee society. Bonsels' original book contains fewer than 200 pages. The storyline is centered on the relation of Maya and her many adventures. Maya is a bee born in a bee hive during internal unrest: the hive

148-501: A municipal association. Mayors are elected for a specific term, which is different in every state. Since mayoral elections also have to be held when a mayor resigns from office, these do not take place at the same time for all municipalities in a state. The terms for mayors are: Biene Maja Maya the Bee (German: Die Biene Maja ) is the main character in The Adventures of Maya

185-459: A need to increase the efficiency and reduce costs of administration. At the same time, many districts and also urban districts were merged into larger districts. There are several types of municipalities in Germany, with different levels of autonomy. Each federal state has its own administrative laws, and its own local government structure. The main types of municipalities are: In all municipalities,

222-678: A regatta course was built in Oberschleissheim for the 1972 Munich Olympics . In 1979–1980, the Autobahn (A92) was constructed just west of Oberschleissheim. In the 1990s, Autobahn (A99) passed just south of Oberschleissheim. In 1972 an artificial canoe sprint and rowing venue was created in Oberschleißheim for the Munich Olympic Summer Games . The course is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 135 metres (443 ft) wide, and

259-524: A similar Maya the Bee children's area called "Majaland" opened on March 31, 2012. The origins of the Maya the Bee video games originated from a South Park video game for the Game Boy Color developed by Crawfish Interactive in development in 1998. The title was eventually cancelled due to South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker stating that the game's mature themes would be inappropriate for

296-419: Is also a theme. Maya's independence and departure from the beehive is seen as reproachable, but it is atoned by her warning of the hornets' attack. This show of loyalty restores her position in the society. In the hornet attack part of the story, the bees' will to defend the hive and the heroic deaths of bee officers are glorified, often in overtly militarist tones. After World War II , adaptations toned down

333-414: Is dividing itself into two new colonies. Maya is raised by her teacher, Miss Cassandra. Despite Miss Cassandra's warnings, Maya wants to explore the wide world and commits the unforgivable crime of leaving the hive. During her adventures, Maya, now in exile, befriends other insects and braves dangers with them. In the climax of the book, Maya is taken prisoner by hornets, the bees' sworn enemies. Prisoner of

370-532: Is in regular use. The course is accessible through Munich's public transport and roading network. The stand has capacity for 9,500 spectators. The venue host many events throughout the year including bungee jumping. The airfield and its historic buildings were constructed in 1912 for the Königlich-Bayerische Fliegertruppen ( Royal Bavarian Flying Corps ). After World War II the Americans used

407-725: Is the home to several government facilities. The Bavarian Authority of Health and Food Safety, the Institute for Moor Management, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine for the University of Munich are housed here. The city also houses the Augustinium Special Education Center for disabled people. The Helmholtz Research Center is located at the southern-most end of Oberschleissheim, at

SECTION 10

#1732852433017

444-563: The mayor and the members of the municipal council are appointed by local elections that take place on a regular basis. Elections for the municipal councils ( Kommunalwahlen ) take place every 4 years in Bremen, every 6 years in Bavaria and every 5 years in all other states. The office of mayor is full-time ( hauptamtlich ) in larger municipalities, and voluntary ( ehrenamtlich ) in smaller municipalities, for instance those that are part of

481-548: The 19th Century was it divided into an (upper) Oberschleissheim and a (lower) Unterschleissheim for population and political reasons. The small hamlet of Mittenheim lay between the two communities. There is evidence that the area was inhabited as far back as the Bronze Age and the Roman Age. The first surviving document in which Schleißheim is mentioned comes from the year 785 AD in which Rihpalt von Slivesheim donated his estate to

518-489: The Bee , a German book written by Waldemar Bonsels and published in 1912. The book has been published in many other languages and adapted into different media. The first American edition was published in 1922 by Thomas Seltzer and illustrated by Homer Boss . The latter's wife Adele Szold-Seltzer (1876-1940), the daughter of Benjamin Szold and younger sister of Henrietta Szold , was the translator. The stories revolve around

555-608: The CGI incarnation's begun airing on numerous television stations across Europe. Maya alongside Flip, and Willy would also appear at other Plopsa owned parks such as Plopsa Coo and Plopsa Indoor Hasselt. In Poland, Plopsa opened an indoor theme park called "Majaland Kownaty" which opened to the public on September 28, 2018, which is mostly themed to Maya the Bee but features other Studio 100's IPs (such as Bumba and Piet Piraat ). A year after Mayaland opened in Plopsaland, Holiday Park, Germany ,

592-568: The Croatian composer Bruno Bjelinski in 1963. In 2008 it was staged in Villach, Austria , as part of their Carinthian Summer Music Festival. This performance was distinguished by having the "bees" played by children and not professional opera singers as it is usually the case. Singer-songwriter Nancy Harrow created a jazz-musical version of the story, called The Adventures of Maya the Bee , that featured puppets by Zofia Czechlewska. Harrow's adaptation

629-637: The Game Boy Color, whose major demographic was children. A year later in 1999, the unreleased game's engine and assets were reused for two additional Game Boy Color titles from Crawfish and Acclaim - Maya the Bee & Her Friends , which was released exclusively in Europe, and The New Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley , based on the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen franchise and was released in North America , being

666-609: The German, Czech and Slovak versions, and Zbigniew Wodecki in the Polish version. In 2012 Studio 100 Animation produced a 78-episode, 13-minute TV series . The series was rendered in CGI animation. A second 52 episode season aired in 2017. A 2014 film adaptation based upon the 2012 series was released. In 2018, a sequel to the 2014 film, titled Maya the Bee: The Honey Games ,

703-472: The Honeybee") . Originally aired on Japanese TV in 1975, the anime has been dubbed into 42 languages and screened on television in various territories. The Japanese TV series was preceded by Tokyo Kodomo Club 's musical play based on the short story, presented as Mitsubachi Māya ("Maya the Honeybee"), distributed on an LP album . The original theme was composed by Karel Svoboda and sung by Karel Gott in

740-595: The airfield until the 1970s, then it was given over to the German Air Forces. In the 1980s the airfield has been home to a German Federal Police helicopter squadron. In the early 1990s the historic maintenance hangar was restored and enlarged to accommodate the Deutsches Museum's growing aviation collections. The Museum was opened in 1992. The Museum has many aerospace exhibits. These include various airplanes, helicopters, motors and turbines. Oberschleissheim also

777-707: The city limits of Munich. Municipalities of Germany The highest degree of autonomy may be found in the Gemeinden which are not part of a Kreis ("district"). These Gemeinden are referred to as Kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise , often translated as "urban district". In some states they retained a higher measure of autonomy than the other municipalities of the Kreis (e.g. Große Kreisstadt ). Municipalities titled Stadt (town or city) are urban municipalities while those titled Gemeinde are classified as rural municipalities. With more than 3,600,000 inhabitants,

SECTION 20

#1732852433017

814-421: The community of Oberschleissheim with its Palace Complex). From 1856 to 1858 the first railway line from Munich to Landshut passed through Obererschleissheim. The old station was closed in 1972 and moved to the modern S-Bahn Station about one Kilometer away. A church report from 1869 tells that Oberschleißheim had 60 houses, most of which were built on the palace canal leading to Dachau. In 1912 an airfield

851-568: The diocese of Freising. The hamlet “Schleyßaim” was already a village with several farms as early as the 12th century. The small church of St. Martin in Mallertshofen is a Romanesque church that was built in the Schleissheim area in the first half of the 13th century. The community suffered heavy losses during the Thirty Years' War (1618–48). In 1702 a Franciscan monastery was established in

888-499: The hamlet of Mittenheim. In the late 19th and early 20th century Mittenheim was the home of German artist Otto Hupp . During World War II , Oberschleißheim was the location of two subcamps of the Dachau concentration camp . In the late 1590s, the Duke of Bavaria, William V . built a Renaissance country house (known today as the 'Old Palace') in Schleissheim. The building was extended during

925-402: The hornet attack force. Maya, now a heroine of the hive, becomes a teacher like Miss Cassandra and shares her experiences and wisdom with the future generation. Sulevi Riukulehto suggested that the book may have carried a political message. This view depicts the beehive as a well-organised militarist society and Maya as an ideal citizen. Elements of nationalism also appear when Maya gets angry at

962-412: The hornets, Maya learns of a hornet plan to attack her native hive. Maya is faced with the decision to either return to hive and suffer her due punishment, saving the hive, or leaving the plan unannounced, saving herself but destroying the hive. After severe pondering, she makes the decision to return. In the hive, she announces the coming attack and is unexpectedly pardoned. The forewarned bees triumph over

999-441: The militarist element considerably, and reduced the hornets' role. The 1975 anime added the character of Willy, a lazy and quite un-warlike drone bee. In the cartoon series, the briskly marching, but ridiculously incompetent ant armies provide a parody of militarism. The following characters only appear in the animated series and films: German director Wolfram Junghans made a 1926 silent version ("starring" real insects). The film

1036-752: The most populous municipality of Germany is the city of Berlin ; and the least populous is Gröde in Schleswig-Holstein . Status as of January 2024. The number of municipalities of Germany has decreased strongly over the years: in 1968 there were 24,282 municipalities in West Germany , and in 1980 there were 8,409. The same trend occurred in the New states of Germany after the German reunification: from 7,612 municipalities in 1990 to 2,380 as of 1 January 2024. While in some cases growing cities absorbed neighbouring municipalities, most of these mergers were driven by

1073-551: The musical is also the official Flemish voice of the character and reprised her role for Studio 100's "De Liedjestuin" where Maya is singing various Dutch children's songs and nursery rhymes. In the French and Walloon version "Le Jardin des Refrains", Maya is played by a different actress. After Studio 100's acquisition of the franchise, Plopsa began expanding the franchise to its own theme parks. Plopsaland De Panne opened an indoor children's area called "Mayaland" on July 3, 2011, before

1110-609: The palace, which includes an aerospace museum. The area is about 17 Kilometers north of Munich city and about 23 Kilometers south of Freising. The area lies between the River Isar and the River Amper . It was originally part of an ancient wetland known as the Dachauer Moos, filled with moors and marshlands, (some parts are still preserved as wetlands). Originally, the area was called "Sleizheim" or "Sliusheim" for centuries. Not until

1147-652: The reign of Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria during the early 1620s. After the 30-Years-War, the new Elector of Bavaria, Maximilian II Emanuel , wanted to build a palace that would rival the Palace of Versailles near Paris. To do this he first had to build a canal network from the Isar River to the building site, (to transport bricks, lumber and other building material on flat boats). He first built his smaller Lustheim Palace in 1688, and lived there while construction continued on his much larger and grandiose New Palace nearby. Work

Oberschleißheim - Misplaced Pages Continue

1184-668: The show. The musical centers around Maya alongside Flip and Beatrice celebrating Willy's birthday. The musical later returned in the Spring of 2017. Since 2016, live actors from the original stage show make numerous appearances at numerous stage shows and special events held by Studio 100. Notably Studio 100's annual "De Grote Sinterklaasshow" held from late November till early December featuring Sinterklaas and Zwarte Pieten watching various Studio 100 characters such as Kabouter Plop , and Piet Piraat (including Maya and friends) perform musical numbers on stage. The same actress that portrayed Maya in

1221-669: Was constructed for the Royal Bavarain Flying Corps , next to the Palace Complex. The airfield was the first in Bavaria. In the early 20th century, Schleißheim was home to author Waldemar Bonsels , who wrote his children's book " Biene Maja " in 1912. During the Second World War, the airfield and Palace Complex were damaged by Allied bombing. After the war, the population grew dramatically. Many apartment buildings and businesses have been developed since then. In 1972,

1258-744: Was lost for a decade until the only original copy of the film was found in Finland . The material was restored in 2005 with a new musical score and released on DVD in 2012, in collaboration with the KAVI and the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv , and the film was screened in both Hamburg and Helsinki . The most popular and widely known adaptation of the story is the Japanese anime Maya the Honey Bee ( みつばちマーヤの冒険 , Mitsubachi Māya no Bōken , "The Adventures of Maya

1295-480: Was produced in New York City by The Culture Project in 2000, and was revived in 2012. In October 2016, Belgian company Studio 100 (the current owners of the series) created a Flemish stage musical called Maya en de Pollenbollen based on the 2012 series that has the people dressed in costumes for the characters from the show. The show contains songs made by Studio 100 with a few news songs created exclusively for

1332-635: Was released on March 1 in Germany and May 1 in United States. A third film, titled Maya the Bee: The Golden Orb was released on January 7, 2021, in Australia . It was delayed from its original 2020 release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic . An upcoming spin-off film titled Arnie & Barney will be released in early 2026. Maya the Bee also served as the basis for a children's opera written by

1369-562: Was stopped during the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1715). The New Palace and its gardens were finally completed in 1726, (but Max Emanuel would die that same year). Afterwards, the Palaces were used as a summer residence for the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach . As part of the administrative reforms in Bavaria in 1818, Unterschleissheim became an independent political community, (thus separated from

#16983