Baedeker modern Baedekers under the catchphrase ""Wissen öffnet Welten"" ("Knowledge opens worlds"). The previous German editions had four main sections: "Background", "Tours", "Destinations from A to Z" and "Practical Information from A to Z". MairDumont added a fifth section in each guidebook entitled ""Erleben und Geniessen"" ("Experience and Enjoy"). These new Baedeker guides were the first such guidebooks to incorporate infographics. From the outset, Karl Baedeker recognised the importance of publishing his guides in English as well. His son Ernst had worked in London before joining Verlag Baedeker in 1859, and was entrusted with the task of preparing the first Baedeker
Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis Karl and Mathilde Sophie had twelve children: In 1843, Maximilian Karl and his family moved to the newly constructed princely castle of the Thurn and Taxis family in Donaustauf, which was completed in the same year as the nearby Walhalla. The castle Donaustauf was completely destroyed during a blaze on 4 March 1880. In 1827, Maximilian Karl was his father's successor as head of the private Thurn-und-Taxis-Post which had its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main. With the annexation of the Free City of Frankfurt by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866 and the forced sale of Thurn-und-Taxis-Post for three million