Agnes-Bernauer-Festspielverein Straubing

The Straubing open-air festival in the inner courtyard of the Straubing ducal castle tells the story of the bathhouse owner's daughter Agnes Bernauer every four years. It's about love, passion, and death. About trust, power, and politics. About the all-encompassing question, "What is more important—true love or the greater good?" The story of Agnes Bernauer and Duke Albrecht III of Bavaria-Munich has everything a play needs. No wonder, then, that the subject has captivated writers for centuries, right up to the present day.