Destination 2019: Quedlinburg

[@uncinarynin]

Quedlinburg is frequently used as the location to film historic movies playing in past centuries because there are many locations without any contemporary buildings.

[@RTSFan1337]

Great Video. I like the how you visualized locations on the maps.

[@lesconrads]

I would expect something of this quality on DW tv or on a smaller British station... your TV presenter voice is excellent and so is your videography. I like your German pronunciation mixed with the BBC English.

[@kieferngruen]

very beautiful and well researched video! I love how you spot even the smallest pretty architectural detail.

[@ornleifs]

Been there and loved it - all those old houses gives it such a magical athmospheare.

[@emareaf]

20 years ago I and my friends used to play on the sandstone rocks shown at 4:49

[@ChasedWheels]

Großartig! Danke für der deutschen Untertitel, als deutscher Lerner, ist es super!

[@PianistStefanBoetel]

Your knowledge and videography skills are amazing, thank you! Further north there is another gem with an intact city center of timber-framed houses: Celle.

[@freydenker6335]

or wernigerode

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Having been lucky enough to visit both Quedlinburg and Celle just after the Wall came down I can say that the former was much more interesting. Celle WAS beautiful but so completely renovated and prettified as to look a bit artificial. Quedlinburg, suffering from the decades of East German neglect, was much more interesting in that the dilapidation of the old Fachwerk buildings allowed a much closer examination of the construction techniques used. It's nice to see from this video that, though they are being slowly renovated, the temptation to "Chocolate Box" the whole place hasn't completely taken over yet. Other places in the Eastern Harz were also quite interesting and attractive to a foreigner who only happened to be there to visit the home town and surviving relies of an old ex-pat friend who had jumped the border in '48 before emigrating out here in '52.

[@travelers6043]

Very interesting to me since I visited there, and actually stayed at the same hotel as you in 2012 and 2013. There were some problems at the hotel for me as well. I would certainly go back for a visit!

[@atheismo]

Excellent as always, Andrew. Now i really wanna visit Quedlinburg. Keep on the good work and thx a lot for your efforts!

[@potatoman7780]

It is so wierd to see your hometown in a video like this but kinda cool

[@torspedia]

One of the few Destinations that I may consider visiting, danke! I hope you have a good new decade!

[@johannessamuelsson6578]

I love how there's a very upscale hotel in a town I've never even heard of. (The Wyndham Garden seen at 10:26).

[@keidun]

I love your destination videos... You cover so much, very well...

[@TravelingisFREEDOM]

This seems to be a very amazing place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!

[@eltfell]

2:33 - daktylischer Stützenwechsel, Merkmal der Ottonik und Unterscheidungsmerkmal zur Romanik.

[@jackfrancis1475]

Great video. A refreshing thoroughness.

[@bennetsieberichs6822]

Love the destination videos. Maybe you can go to more citys in the Ruhrgebiet or Lower Rhine.

[@downhilltwofour0082]

As always, you provide us with excellent travel vids! You excel with locations, photography, historic research, editing, and narration!! I've been a big fan for years now and I see you only getting better at your craft! I wish you and your family much happiness, excellent health and prosperity in 2020. Happy New year!!

[@sisuguillam5109]

Well said!

[@Tamboritha]

Thanks for another great video.

[@Bayerwaldler]

There is also the turbulent history of the Quedlinburg Domschatz (cathedral treasure), one of the most important treasures of Germany from medieval times.

[@karlwhite2733]

Excellent video. Extremely informative. Thank you very much.

[@tomeis8499]

Such a magic place, wish I've seen it with my own eyes!!

[@elirome6978]

Funny you mentioned the issue with the Autobahn. When we went there (that was before I watched your video) we were so confused as our GPS said that we would enter an Autobahn, but the yellow Bundesstraßen street signs were not in agreement with that :D I was curious and did some research, when I found out that there was simply no money for changing the signs yet

[@mnsegler1]

Another great travel video! Quedlinburg has been on my list since my first visit to the Harz region. I would like to know more about how former East German towns like this changed during the DDR Zeiten and since reunification - you mention it only briefly in this video. Another interesting video would be about nearby Goslar, another Harz town (or gateway to the region) and very photogenic place due to the impressive number of slate clad buildings. It's also namesake to the unique Gose (sour) style of beer now popular in the US.

[@md2526]

Hab' in meiner Heimatstadt noch nie gehört, das jemand "die Stieg" sagt, sondern immer nur "der Stieg".

[@thomasbrecht1144]

fantastic video, your overview is yet again very informative and with much care for details : )

[@SolaceBreadAlwaysleepy]

Beautiful af!

[@stevebartley8594]

A big thumbs up !

[@sichtderdinge775]

Greetings from Quedlinburg... Nice vid btw!

[@Arltratlo]

lol, war schon interresant, ich war schon in Quedlinburg, aber das beste kam zum Schluss, das Hotel.... kenne ich ziemlich gut, hab dran mitgebaut...!

[@moatl6945]

Schönes Video. Zum Namen »Hölle«: In meiner Heimatstadt Passau gibt es die Höllgasse, hierzu habe ich folgendes gefunden: »Der Begriff „Höllgasse“ leitet sich von dem althochdeutschen „hell“ ab, was entweder „enger Raum“ oder „laut schallen“ bedeutet.«

[@superleisie]

I can confirm this. I live in Rhineland-Palatinate. There are villages with names containing "Höll" or "Hölle". All of them are located in more or less narrow valleys.

[@RagingGoblin]

There are *several* German/Germanic roots that all, curiously, coalesced into (or approximate) the modern word Hölle. As pointed out, there is /hel/ -- which strictly referred to loud acoustic noise. There is /haljo/, which was the German equivalent of Hades, literally the underworld, the realm of the dead. The single remainder of this meaning in modern German is /verhehl/ (verhehlen->verstecken, verbergen, unterbringen, wegschaffen). It's not a coincidence that the word is a bit problematic, etymologically speaking. Unfortunately, Hölle, Helle, Hel, hohl, hehl, hell, and so forth are all prime examples of the vowel shifts and language change, in general.

[@FlubberFrosch]

Kannst du ein Video über Dinner for One machen?

[@absinthefandubs9130]

No Selketalbahn tho?

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

My wish for destination 2020 videos is that they don't focus on religion as much. Yes, it may have played an important role in the past, but as a society, fortunately, we have evolved from that. Therefore I don't see the point in focussing the history of places that much on it. I would really like these videos, if they weren't so often religiously centered. //Edit: OK, in this video, it was only about the first half, but still, the medieval reign of Christianity over northern and middle Europe has been a reign of terror, and that should not be concealed or trivialized.

[@rewboss]

I don't think this video does focus on religion. Religion played an important role in the city's early development, but that's unavoidable: the place is 1,000 years old. The focus, though, is very much on the history, and I mention religion only where it actually played a significant part. Sure, things are different now, and in this part of the world religion is nowhere near as important. But that doesn't mean we can pretend it never was. That would be like trying to trace the history of the American Deep South without once mentioning slavery or racial segregation on the grounds that we have moved on from there.

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

@@rewboss I corrected myself after having watched the whole video in that religion was only too much in the focus during the first half of it. Also, I am not for pretending that it was never important, but for removing the positive bias, and to look back on it as the brutal reign of cruelty and terror which it actually was. That alone would make for a totally different and more refreshing, modern sounding, contemporary and therefore less depressing narrative about a place (i.e. former monasterys or churches). I also grew up with that stupid rule of not being allowed to have fun or be happy while inside one of the churche's buildings, but now in an adult age, I realize how idiotic that ist. Edit: Happy new year, by the way :)

[@markhesse2928]

I tend to agree with your sentiments, but it seems that if one researches European history, especially the farther back in time that you look, you're going to find that many of your sources will be church-related. I'd guess that most of the records (zb births and deaths) that were recorded were kept by churches and most of the effort and materials that were invested into construction (and the use of more permanent building materials such as masonry) were used in building churches--probably more resources were used in building churches rather than other types of structures, although defensive works, other government buildings and the schlosses of the wealthy appear to be well-represented throughout history as well. Anyway, I always find Andrew's videos well-researched, and enjoyable to watch.

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

@@markhesse2928 Of course, after all the roman catholic church is one of the wealthiest institutions in the whole world, all the way up there in the big league among banks, corporations and hedge funds....

[@rewboss]

I'm not going to make it a rule only to mention religion if I portray it as unremittingly cruel and barbaric -- that's a dogma in itself. In truth, all types of authority -- both religious and secular -- can be benign or cruel, or, more usually, a mixture of both. If in the course of my research I find a significant event that portrays the Church in a bad light, of course I will talk about that; if I find something that portrays it in a good light, I'll mention that too, if it's significant enough; if I find something important that portrays the Church in a neutral light, that will find its way in as well. My aim is not to deliver a lecture on the evils of religion, but to give a brief overview of the historical development of a place and how it fits in with the history of Germany generally.

[@simkunaskestutis6467]

Ich war in Qendlinburg in Jahre 1999. Eine sehr Schone Stadt, und keine Gay - fahne auf dem Burgturm, wie z.B. in Bielefeld. In Qeadlinburg wurde zum Erstmal in der Welt der Nahme meines Staates geschrieben. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annals_of_Quedlinburg