Destination 2016: Darmstadt

Darmstadt is an official City of Science, and a showcase for Art Nouveau architecture.
Music:
"On My Way Home (Sting)" and "Water Lily"
by The 126ers / KZbin Audio Library
"Agnus Dei X" and "Hot Swing"
by Kevin MacLeod http;//incompetech.com
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"Happy Mandolin"
by Media Right Productions / KZbin Audio Library
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[@nejdro1]

I have had a love affair with Darmstadt which spans 60 years. I first came to Darmstadt as an American soldier. I spent 3 years on the Cambrai-Fritsch Kaserne. I started studying German there and went on to get my degree in German. I also managed to gain a German wife for 50 years until her death. We traveled back to Darmstadt many times over the years. My kids grew up thinking it was normal to go spend their summers with Oma and Opa. Unfortunately, at 80 years of age, I may not be able to travel back one more time. I do appreciate the many videos, such as yours, on You Tube.

[@eerovond]

I was delighted to see your video on Darmstadt. As an architect, I remember Olbrich's "Wedding Tower" from my History of Modernism lectures. My family emigrated to the States around 1850 from outside Darmstadt, so I hope to visit the place my family came from, this is a terrific introduction. Also, since the Bundesliga is now televised in the US, I developed a passion for Die Lilien.

[@Definitely_Not_Phil]

Wow, i never thought about travelling to Darmstadt, never was interessted in. But that 10 Minutes of Videomaterial are making this City way more interessting for me. Thanks Rewboss, Greeting from Thuringia

[@elja3251]

i really love how it all looks so big and large in this video, when in reality you can easily see all these things in like 2 to 3 hours

[@Knutwolf]

Your travelogues are so interesting. And you cover the stuff I care about; history and architecture, and in just six minutes! Well done.

[@majgenpcSen]

We were in Darmstadt two months ago. Our son is studying in TU Darmstadt. Very quiet and well-ordered town. Perfect place for pursuit of academics. The video is the best that we have watched. Crisp commentary and superb editing with well chosen shots. Thanks for uploading.

[@clydesight]

I really enjoy your travelogue videos! Keep them coming! Thanks!

[@ubuntus44]

The most informative channel on KZbin about Germany.

[@jamesharrison2374]

Nice video, lived in Land Kreis Darmstadt from 81-98. Lots of new buildings and changes.

[@ismaelgonzalez3488]

Beautiful CITY I was there 1981 to 1983 US ARMY

[@kroimon]

Nice to see you visiting our beautiful city :-) Hope you enjoyed your stay! Oh and you were quite fast in making a video as at least parts of the footage seem to have been recorded on last Friday (the yellow pylons on Marktplatz were there for a late night shopping event)

[@TheNooP005]

In Darmstadt no one knows the Darmstadtium. You have to ask for the Schepp Schachtel which means crooked box. I know it doesn't make sense,but it's just the way it is.

[@udayankarmarkar8883]

I studied in the Hochschule Darmstadt last year! I was introduced to your videos then as I was trying to find out more about Germany and the German people :) Really like your work and this video had me reliving my time in Darmstadt! Vielen Dank!

[@WilliamTGM]

Ich bin Darmstädter! Super video! Du hättest noch erwähnen können, dass man bei uns das schäbigste oldschool Stadion der ganzen Bundesliga besichtigen kann! :-D

[@DEAKFO9]

My home city. Much love

[@DeltaCortis]

Darmstadt! Thats close to where I live very beautiful city indeed.

[@fabriziopersichella926]

Schöne Zusammenfassung meiner Heimatstadt! Vielen Dank dafür!

[@keidun]

You do a lot of research...I like the facts and history...thanks for the great video...

[@downhill240]

I love your travel videos! I shared on my Google+ page too.

[@wallykaspars9700]

Nice video! I never knew Darmstadt had so many interesting sights.

[@Littlebricksfusion]

Eine besser und schöner gestaltete "Visitenkarte" um meinen kroatischen Freunden die Stadt vorzustellen, hätte ich nirgends finden können. Dankeschön!

[@longdonglarry]

Nice vid, but you should have visited the Bollenfalltorstadion as well. It dates back to the 1950's and is the oldest stadium hosting a Bundesliga Club. The Lilies just managed to secure another season in the Bundesliga. For groundhoppers a great ground. Really old school, it's just hard to get tickets:-)

[@hariszaheer1212]

Such a pleasant city, I'll be spending 6 years of my life studying there from 2021. Hope I'll have a great experience.

[@nadijung7503]

Wirst du an der TU oder an der Hochschule studieren?

[@hariszaheer1212]

@@nadijung7503 ich habe es vor, an der TU Informatik zu studieren.

[@nadijung7503]

@@hariszaheer1212 Cool, die TU ist eine sehr gute Universität. Ich habe auch vor ab 2021 in Darmstadt zu studieren, ebenfalls Informatik, aber an der Fachhochschule. Ich hoffe dass du dort viel Spaß haben wirst, vielleicht sieht man sich ja mal ✌

[@hariszaheer1212]

@@nadijung7503 danke, bis dann 😃

[@sebastiansimon7557]

7:39 Yeah, you mentioned the GSI research institute! That’s what I hoped to see throughout the entire video up to that point!

[@taylormt17]

Love my hometown. Waldkolonie.

[@asepheriheri713]

I was 6 Year ini Darmstadt living..studied ini TH Darmstadt..I live now on Indonesia.

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

Here's a German joke based upon the Hessian dialect: Ein feiner Herr fuhr täglich mit der S-Bahn von Frankfurt nach Darmstadt. Jedes mal sagte der Zugführer die Haltestelle in seiner Muttersprache so an: "Nächste' Halt: Da'mmstadt!" (man kennt ja, dass die Hessen gerne das R verschlucken) - Eines Tages sprach ihn der feine Herr darauf an, dass er bei Darmstadt immer das R vergessen würde, und dass er doch den Namen der Stadt richtig aussprechen solle. Daraufhin hört er am nächsten Tag die folgende Ansage: "Nächste' Halt: Da'mmstarrrdt!" OK, ich gebs zu, der war flach, und kommt auch gesprochen besser, als gelesen...

[@gebo55]

Hi Rewboss, cool, dass du in meiner neuen Studienstadt vorbeigeschaut hast :)

[@JonasGanopoulos]

+gebofiction same here :D

[@h.h166]

Schönes Stadt 👍👍👍👍❤

[@florianstock376]

Was nicht viele wissen, gibt es eine Verbindung bei zwei von deinen erwähnten Punkten: Der Brand im Staatstheater und die erste Elektrotechnik (und eines der ersten E-Werke in Deutschland, evtl. hast du es in der Innenstadt gesehen (jetzt ist u.a. ein "Vapiano" drinnen) : Die "Centralstation"). Afaik wurde der Brand von einer Gasanlage ausgelöst, und das war eine der Motivationen beim Neubau das ganze mit Strom wiederaufzubauen. Und der Verantwortliche für das E-Werk baute auch dann die E-Technik mit auf. Und der Prinz-Georgsgarten war nicht nur ein Nutzgarten, sondern ist es immer noch: Im Gartenhaus am Parkrand kann man das angebaute Grünzeug käuflich erwerben.

[@FiveOClockTea]

Darmstadt seems really nice! Once I'm back in Germany I'll have to visit :D You should go to Würzburg and Veitshöchheim :D (in one visit :) ) it also has quite a few lovely places (though a lot was destroyed during WWII...)

[@rewboss]

+FiveOClockTea Yup. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaKxdmp8gt6hg9E

[@FiveOClockTea]

+rewboss Thank you so much! I'm sorry, I hadn't seen it before... I'm going to go look at it at once!! :D

[@Bayerwaldler]

The Mathildenhöhe is a World Heritage Site as of 2021

[@mhmdsoub2377]

I loved the video! thanks a lot!!

[@weltgeschehen8400]

Please make a new video about Hamburg, since your new videos are much more detailed and professional.

[@CanonCrestLP]

Meine Heimat!

[@Ruvi5000]

Tolles Video!

[@fagottist]

No mention of the new music summerschool they have every two years?

[@jimbo8549]

good video as always!

[@jimbo8549]

BTW have you ever visited Bremen?

[@EvanC0912]

fascinating video

[@strawberryjam3670]

our city is a mixture between new and old too but it is very dirty

[@martinmarkko2536]

Beautiful and German!

[@dwarvensphere1094]

i know this is a weird place to ask this but does kalingrad still has the old Prussian buildings when it was Konigsberg?

[@RTSFan1337]

just google it.

[@untruelie2640]

+Dwarven sphere No, most parts of the city were destroyed in WW2 by the Red Army and after it became a soviet exclave, almost all old buildings were demolished. The old city of Königsberg vanished and was replaced with a socialst model colony, with inhabitants from all soviet republics. Today the city center contains only of standardized apartment buildings and parks. Only a few buildings and ruins remain from old Königsberg, the most prominent is the medieval cathedral which was reconstructed after the fall of the iron curtain (with russian and german money). The only reson why the Soviets didn't destroyed it was, that the tomb of Immanuel Kant is situated there and they saw him as a predecessor of Friedrich Hegel, who was predecessor of Karl Marx. So, Kant protected his hometown even after his death...

[@Ruvi5000]

Wenn du schon 500mal in Darmstadt warst aber einfach 7/10 den Dingern noch nie gesehn hast

[@ibenext3977]

I live in Darmstadt but i didnt know some things

[@burakmazi8245]

The f. Why are there multiple Luisenpläze ( one here in Wiesbaden)

[@kroimon]

+Burak Mazi Probably because of the Princess Luise Henriette Karoline of Hessen-Darmstadt, who was quite popular back then.

[@varana]

+Burak Mazi Luise was a quite popular name in 19th century German aristocracy (and probably in Germany in general), so there were multiple occasions for happy subjects to devote buildings, squares, roads, etc. to their benevolent rulers (or more precisely their wives and daughters). ;) Accordingly, Luisenplatz in Darmstadt and the one in Wiesbaden are named after different Luises, both the wives of the ruler of the country at the time.

[@xxlray]

From all I know the correct term for "Technische Universität" is "University of Applied Sciences" while "Technical University" rather means "Fachhochschule".

[@rewboss]

Well, the Fachhochschulen themselves all use "University of Applied Sciences" as their official English title. TU Darmstadt uses the German phrase on its English website, but other academic websites use "Technical University of Darmstadt" and "Darmstadt University of Technology" in roughly equal measure.

[@xxlray]

rewboss so it seems as if there is no common consensus about this. At least I know that the TU Braunschweig insists to *not* be called a technical university :)

[@Argysh]

The TU Darmstadt insists on the German phrase in all publications and communications. Always hard to explain to my non-german co-workers. ^^

[@nadijung7503]

The other way round

[@oxmoxtatze]

Hallo Andrew ... ich muss dich korrigieren: * Im "Kollegiengebäude" ist nicht die Verwaltung zu Hause. Die sitzt unter anderem auf der anderen Seite im Carree (und im Luisen-Center - obere Etagen). Dort sitzt das Regierungspräsidium ... Und wenn du am Jugendstilbad warst ... hast du den Woog vergessen (Badesee) - müsstest du auf dem Weg vom / zur Mathildenhöhe auch vorbeigekommen sein. Einiges mehr hat Darmstadt (neben Fußball) auch noch zu bieten :) - Firma Röhm (heute Evonik) erfinder des Plexiglases ... Merck ansich ... und dann natürlich noch die Stadtteile ... Eisenbahnmuseum Kranichstein - Burg Frankenstein (komm mal zu Helloween her :)) ... und und und Du siehst ... genug Interessantes für einen zweiten Besuch ...

[@rewboss]

Gemeint war, dass das Kollegiengebäude für die Verwaltung gebaut war -- es war nämlich Sitz der Ministerien. Es ist nämlich Darmstadts ältestes Verwaltungsgebäude.

[@saharkhawatmi660]

Ich habe mein Herz in Darmstadt verloren 💙💚💛💜

[@etvdzs]

I was beginning to wonder if I've been pronouncing "Hessian" incorrectly all my life. But after consulting Forvo, it seems that I've been using the American pronunciation (with a "sh" sound in the middle, analogous to the word "Russian") rather than the British pronunciation (as used in this video). Or possibly the correct pronunciation depends on whether it refers to the fabric or the German Bundesland?

[@ArfurFaulkesHake]

+etvdzs Its both pronounced with an "S".

[@etvdzs]

+book5ter Thanks! Just to be clear, I'm asking about how it's typically pronounced in the English-speaking world. Due to German's regular spelling system, it's easier for me to determine the correct pronunciation in German than in my native language. Honestly, the last time I've heard anybody here actually use the word "hessian" in real life was back when I was in primary school, when we used to pin items to a hessian-covered noticeboard. If my memory serves me correctly, we pronounced it with a "sh" sound, but it's all so long ago that I don't know whether to trust my memory or not ^^

[@Anolaana]

-I don't mean to be too picky, but I believe Hess is a Laender, which is sort of like an American state or a province. Bundes refers to the nation (eg Bundestag, Bundesrepublik) so you have some weird synecdoche going on there.- And to be honest I don't think there's a "proper" pronunciation for Hess cloth, like that of garage or other loan words; nor is there a proper spelling variation for "colour" or "factorisation". Go with your regional ways and be happy with it; or go with the German way and be happy with that too :)

[@Anolaana]

+Anolaana Seranaar Oops, double checked it and apparently Laender and Bundesland are the same thing, disregard the first paragraph.

[@Ikarus2985]

+Anolaana Seranaar Exactly! The Länder of the Bund. Whose Länder? Bund's Länder, in German connected, plus one "e" --> Bundesländer

[@dragonpower02]

nice video

[@kamehameha1.283]

In Darmstadt findet der Verkehr im Darm statt... hab ich gehört.

[@theuncalledfor]

Intestine City sure looks much nicer than it sounds.

[@georgiaewington]

my school goes there on an exchange and i'm found in late jan kk

[@kilésengati]

Great, a new "Destination" video. I like your videos but I don't like the architecture of Darmstadt. So many rather opulent styles clashed together in one city making me kind of uncomfortable just by watching the video.

[@nikolaytekuchev136]

Ich wohne in Darmstadt! Darmstadt-Kranichstein!

[@j.a6833]

Mein Beileid!

[@nikolaytekuchev136]

@@j.a6833 Danke!

[@mo0dijudy415]

Schloss is still under construction 😂

[@alexandracuco6352]

my house...the family destination is wait....

[@eltfell]

Darmstadt = Bowel City - here is the irrefutable evidence that Germans DO have humour.

[@MegaChaosGelee]

+lithiumdeuterid I prefer the term "Rectal Town" :D

[@SiggiNebel]

+MegaChaosGelee I prefer "gut town".

[@theuncalledfor]

Intestine City.

[@heavenlytroopers4081]

ShitFest would do fine possibly?..

[@theuncalledfor]

Heavenly Troopers Darm does not mean shit. Stadt does not mean festival. Your translation is a complete and utter failure.

[@thegoodlydragon7452]

Dude, have you considered working for the BBC? Seriously, I think you would be pretty good at it! Watching this sort of makes me think of proper BBC documentaries from the 70s --- before they turned into ideological social justice zealots.