Every GERMAN State Explained! (American Reacts)

[@ArcturusPhoenix]

Yeay Tropical Island near Berlin I was there this year and it was really amazing. I was there 4 years ago, but I have to say that the service wasn't as friendly as it was back then and the hotels are extremely expensive

[@reactwithhuggs]

Thank you so much for the 2 Euros! ❤️

[@ManachanJapan]

@@reactwithhuggs Countries Germany borders with: Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) Poland (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Sachsen) Czech Republic (Sachsen, Bayern) Austria (Bayern) Liechtenstein (Bayern) Switzerland (Baden-Wurttemberg) France (Baden-Wurttemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland) Luxemburg (Saarland) Belgium (Rheinland-Pfalz, Nordrhein-Westfalen) Netherlands (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Niedersachsen) And Fun Fact: Thuringen also hosts Weimar, the cit famous for Goethe and Schiller, as well as the Wartburg where Martin Luther translated the New Testament of the bible and founded protestantism. Baden-Wurttemberg hosts Mannheim, where Benz built the first car, which later ended up being Daimler Benz, and now Mercedes Benz! Karl Freiherr von Drais built the first prototpe of a bicycle there, too. The technology for the refrigerator and the German dictionary DUDEN are from Mannheim as well. It's right next to Heidelberg.

[@deepblue1786]

Lower Saxony is at a lower elevation. Same as upper and lower Egypt. Lower Egypt is up north, because the nile flows south to north.

[@Patschenkino]

And the same goes for Hochdeutsch and Niederdeutsch (Plattdeutsch). Hochdeutsch comes from the southern parts of Germany, which are geographically higher.

[@emanuelneutronium]

Lower Saxon is a mistranslation. Its literal name is settled saxsony. "Nieder" means "lower", but could also mean " niedergelassen", which means "settled".

[@m.h.6470]

@@emanuelneutronium nope. If you check the etymology of "Niedersachsen", it truly comes from being lower in elevation. It has nothing to do with "niedergelassen".

[@DerSchoko-Ritter]

@@Patschenkino well..."Hoch" also stands for the German which is taught to foreigners. It came to mean "educated" or "cult" in an academic or social context, as opposed to the local dialects which are used in informal situations. ^^

[@sasskee]

There are two types of Hochdeutsch. The first was the original meaning of it, naming the german of the south, with Niederdeutsch being that of the north. However the Hochdeutsch that is spoken today has nothing to do with that. It is based on the unified written german that was introduced way back for easier trading and is based on the Hannover dialect, as far as i remember.

[@1Apep1]

If Lower Saxony confuses you, I have a bonus: In Lower Saxony there is the region East Frisia, which is west of North Frisia in Schleswig-Holstein.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

At least East Frisia is actually east of West Frisia which is in the Netherlands.

[@Captn_Altblech]

@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 But if I remember correctly Netherland's West Frisia was once just Frisia. That's why East Frisia is East Frisia, because it's east of the Dutch Frisia. Somehow the Schleswig-Holsteiners decided they want to have a Frisia, too. And that's where things started to get messy... Or something like that. Idk, I read an old book about it years ago.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

@@Captn_Altblech If you look at ethnographic maps you'll see that the Frisians at some point expanded westward into what is now the Netherlands. You might have also come across 'Friesische Freiheit' which came a little later.

[@BGRatz77]

How do you know that you arrive in North Fresia ? The cows are more beautiful than the women Why are North Fresian Eggs cubic ? So that they don't roll down the dam How many North Fresians are needed to screw in a Light Bulb ? 5 One sits on a chair and holds the Lightbulb, 4 Lift the chair and turn around

[@camanou1430]

Don't forget that Fresia is east of East Fresia 🤷‍♂️

[@berlindude75]

An older name of the region where the state of Saxony is now located was Upper Saxony (Obersachsen) to distinguish it from Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen). The latter is the historical region of the original tribe of the Saxons from whose coasts Saxons along with Angles moved to settle in the British Isles (cf. Anglo-Saxons). The prestigious ducal title of Saxony moved southeast along the Elbe river over the centuries (Lower Saxony -> Saxony-Anhalt -> Upper Saxony) and ended up with the Margraves of Meissen (House of Wettin) to become Dukes and later Kings of Saxony.

[@wolsch3435]

The Margraves of Meißen did not become Dukes of Saxony in 1423, but rather Electors of Saxony when they took possession of Saxony-Wittenberg. Therefore, they adopted the name Saxony for their entire territory. Saxony proper is Lower Saxony, Westphalia, Holstein and the western part of Saxony-Anhalt, i.e. the area that Charlemagne conquered between 770 and 800. The terms Lower Saxony and Upper Saxony came into common usage after 1500 through the imperial circles created by Emperor Maximilian and Charles V.

[@berlindude75]

They held both the ducal and elector titles. But since Elector (Kurfürst) was the more prestigious title within the Holy Roman Empire, it was used instead of Duke (Herzog). This became most apparent when in 1485 the House of Wettin split into the Ernestine and Albertine lines. Both were Dukes of Saxony in their separate realms, but only one of the two were also Electors (first the Ernestines until 1547, then the Albertines who eventually in 1806 became Kings with the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire). To distinguish these two realms before 1806, one was called the Duchy of Saxony (Herzogtum Sachsen) and the other the Electorate of Saxony (Kurfürstentum Sachsen).

[@wolsch3435]

@@berlindude75 That is absolutely correct. One could at most add that the Ernestine Wettins lost the actual electorate, the area around Wittenberg, in 1547 and were restricted to Thuringian areas as Dukes of Saxony. Then they divided into many lines and duchies. In 1918 there were still 4 of these lines.

[@shimanopetermann9068]

​@@wolsch3435Actually, they did become the "Dukes of Saxony" and not the "Electors of Saxony." That's because the title "Elector of Saxony" didn't formally exist. The title of Elector in the Holy Roman Empire wasn't usually used with a region (Elector of X) because it wasn't a dynastic title but rather an office of the Empire as a whole (the electors being the ones who "elected" the Emperor). So Electors were "Electors of the Holy Roman Empire" not of a specific region. In the case of Electoral Saxony, the title of the ruler was "Arch-Marshall and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, Duke of Saxony etc." Of course, innofficially most people would just shorten this and say Elector of Saxony, as do many historians today, but it wasn't the official title. The only exception from this were the Electors of Hesse, because after the fall of the HRE, the former "Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, Landgrave of Hesse etc." wanted to change his title to "King of the Chatti" but the Congress of Vienna didn't give him that title and instead - as the next highest title - allowed him to continue being Elector, even though the HRE didn't exist anymore, now calling himself "Elector and sovereign Landgrave of Hesse etc.", the title of Elector now being a dynastic title rather than an imperial office in the case of Hesse.

[@wolsch3435]

@@shimanopetermann9068 Yes, the so-called Ascanians received the title of Duke of Saxony in 1180, but at that time they only exercised actual power in the area of Wittenberg and Lauenburg, Anhalt, Brandenburg and Weimar-Orlamünde. The sons, grandsons and other descendants of Albrecht the Bear gradually lost almost all of their lordships, including Saxony Wittenberg in 1422/23, which was upgraded to an electorate in 1356. On this occasion, the residents of the Margraviate of Meißen became Saxons. You are right, being an elector meant holding an imperial office, namely electing the king (and emperor). In their territories they were margraves, counts palatine, dukes, archbishops or kings of Bohemia. However, the right of the elector was linked to rule in a certain area, here Wittenberg.

[@butenbremer1965]

At 4:38: this river / creek is called Eisbach and is located in the Englischer Garten. People are drifting in the current for a couple of hundred meters until they reach a tram stop to take a short ride back to the starting point. That's the reason why trams have wet floors during hot summer days.....

[@Blabberflups]

So cool. Definitely a destination for me to visit in the future ^u^

[@scottevil4531]

I think the description of Mecklemburg-Vorpommern was a little too short. Its capital Schwerin is beautiful and the coast is a prime location for summer vacation, bacause the baltic sea is a lot warmer and less windy than the north sea. Also the interconected lakes and rivers make it a prime destination for boating trips. As for my home state Brandenburg, Potsdam is defenetly worth a visit, but the Spreewald is also awsome. Though if you are in Berlin for a week its fair to say a day trip to each is enough.

[@PPfilmemacher]

Definitely

[@PotsdamSenior]

Spot on! Nagel auf Kopf!

[@wyvernhattori1811]

And then there is Rostock and Stralsund and the "Störtebeker-Festspiele"... I don't think the two spent much time in east Germany to be honest.

[@thisiswherethefunbegins38]

Generell ist MeckPomm ganz objektiv betrachtet mitunter das schönste Bundesland, wenn man einen Hauch des alten Deutschlands kennenlernen will. Mal ganz abgesehen vom schönen Schwerin und der Mecklenburger Seenplatte bietet das Bundesland etwas, was es bei uns am Rhein praktisch kaum noch gibt: Unberührte Natur. Hier unten fühlt man sich hin und wieder wie in nem flächendeckenden Agrarstaat . . .

[@scottevil4531]

Stimmt, aber das ist nicht exklusiv würde ich sagen. Spreewald, Sächsische Schweiz, Harz, Thüringer Wälder sind da im Osten nur ein paar Beispiele und wenn ich mich an meine Kindheit zurück erinnere dann war gerade das Rhein Mosel Delta oder die Gegend um Burg Eltz auch unglaublich schön. Und von der Teuteburger Wald ist auch noch da. @@thisiswherethefunbegins38

[@cora.ann.s]

I'm from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and what they say is true: we have nature here 😅 the Baltic Sea and its coast (almost 2000 km long), forests and parks (3 national parks, 3 biosphere reserves, 7 nature parks and many other protected areas (all together make up more than 30 percent of the total area of ​​M-V)), thousands of lakes, rivers, etc. where you can do water sports (Central Europe's largest closed lake area - the Mecklenburg Lake District - is located here) ... Here we live mainly from (health) tourism, agriculture, maritime economy and wind energy. Poland is our only neighbour on land, but we and the other Baltic Sea states (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and Russia) also see ourselves as neighbours (in the case of Russia, however, the relationship has cooled down). We enter into town partnerships, work on joint projects in nature conservation, art, religion, etc. It's not as exciting here as in other German states, but if you're looking for nature and a relaxing time, you'll find it here too.

[@oliverpusch371]

Ich bin auch aus M-V, genau gesagt aus Schwerin, und ich finde es irgendwie uncool wenn man über M-V redet, und nicht einmal das Schweriner Schloss zeigt. Ist nunmal eines der schönsten Schlösser der Welt. ':)

[@FinalFantasy1087]

@@oliverpusch371 Seh ich auch so :) Schönstes Schloss, größte Insel Deutschlands und größter innerdeutscher See. Bodensee ist zwar größer liegt aber nicht komplett nur in DE^^

[@cora.ann.s]

@@oliverpusch371 Stimmt! Manche Bundesländer sind in dem Video wirklich zu kurz gekommen. Ich bin übrigens auch aus SN 👋

[@dontimotedelaplantxa7426]

Hey mate, it's not like we are living on a map, let alone a map hanging upright from a wall. :D The "lower" in lower saxony refers to the usually moderate elevation above sea-level. In general, in Germany things are like: The more down you go down on the map, the higher you rise above sea level. Thus, if a region is split into an upper part and a lower part, the upper part quite probably lies on the lower end of the map.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

And only because at some point people decided that the "top" of the map should be north, instead of east, like how it was for centuries before.

[@herrhartmann3036]

The "Hollywood Cliche" about Germany looking like Bavaria dates back to the Allied occupation of Germany after World War II. The Americans were all based in the southern areas (Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg & Hessen). So all the American soldiers who served in Germany only got to see these southern parts and never knew that other regions look different. In a way, this is also the reason for the existence of the state of Bremen. All of northern Germany was held by the British, but the Americans wanted control over one of the seaports. And the one they got was Bremerhaven. And since Bremen and Bremerhaven have always belonged together, the two cities became American enclaves inside the British territory. If this had not happened, then Bremen would probably have been integrated into Lower Saxony when the Federal Republic was founded.

[@lanamack1558]

So according to you Hessen with Frankfurt is in the south of Germany?

[@herrhartmann3036]

@@lanamack1558 You probably wish to imply that Hessen lies in the center. But the way the Allies divided Germany, there was no such thing as a center region.

[@lanamack1558]

@@herrhartmann3036 well Hessen is North of the Danube; thus, not south..

[@frederikhoke7562]

​​​​​​​​​​@@lanamack1558 There is no such thing as an official/scientifical North/South border division along the Danube river. This perspective is of course possible but you cannot make an argument, saying that something can in no way be called Southern Germany if it is located north of the Danube. That's a very subjective definition. The Danube is rather used to refer to the beginning of the Iller-Lech-Plateau (Oberdeutsche Hochebene). However, Southern Germany doesn't only consist of the Iller-Lech-Plateau. In fact, from a geographical point of view, Southern Germany consists of the Upper Rhine valley/lowlands and its cuesta as well as the Iller-Lech-Plateau and the Alps in the eyes of most scientists. Those geographical regions are located south of the Central Uplands (Mittelgebirge/Mittelgebirgsschwelle). This would therefore include parts of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate in the definition of Southern Germany. When it comes to Hesse, the 'Main' river is more commonly used as a reference point rather than the Danube. From a linguistic perspective, the language shifts are being used to differentiate the regions often. This would mean that there is a north (no language shift), a middle (first language shift) and a south (second language shift). The groups of dialects that underwent the two language shifts are referred to as Upper German Family of Dialects (a group that is part of the High German language family) and this family consists of three groups of dialects: 1. High Franconian (Fränkisch) dialects, which are being spoken in Northern Bavaria, Southern Thuringia, Southeastern Hesse, and Northern Baden-Württemberg; 2. Alemannic (Schwäbisch-Allemannisch) dialects, which are being spoken in Baden-Württemberg, western Bavaria, Eastern France, Liechtenstein and Switzerland; 3. Bavarian (Bairisch-Österreichisch) dialects, which are being spoken in Bavaria and Austria. This would therefore include parts of southern Hesse as well as parts of Thuringia and of course parts of Rhineland-Palatinate in the definition of Southern Germany as well. There are other, less relevant, scientific perspectives on the definition of Southern Germany (including culturally, religious, politically). I don't want to get into those now as well but you can educate yourself on the internet if you're interested. Most of them refer to Southern Hesse and parts of Rhineland-Palatinate as Southern Germany, some even include Saarland in their definition.

[@lanamack1558]

@@frederikhoke7562 oh dear, I lived in Germany for some time and always found the various definitions of North/South/East/West rather amusing. To those from the Halligen Cologne was in the south of Germany and for the Konstanzer any place North of the Danube was North Germany and Cologne was in Südschweden 😉. And yes, it's all tongue in cheek.

[@JohnDoe-us5rq]

The Bremen-split happend at the outgoing 19th century, when the Weser and the Bremen harbours got clogged up with sand so the newer, bigger boats and ships could not pass up the Weser anymore, Bremen traded some land with Niedersachsen. So Bremen founded a new harbour and a new town up the river near the coast. That's how the state Bremen is comprised of the City of Bremen and the City of Bremerhaven. Fun Fact, the original harbor, the condensation point of Bremerhaven, is still technically a part of the Town of Bremen and not of Bremerhaven. 😅

[@soreiche]

I just moved from Hamburg to Lower Saxony, directly across the border. I always say I come from Hamburg because it is much more precise than Lower Saxony. The history of the Saxons is really interesting. They were the last major Germanic tribe. The homeland was Lower Saxony and the surrounding areas (Westphalia in North Rhine-Festphalia, Holstein in Schleswig Holstein, Eastphalia in Saxony-Anhalt) but without Friesland. This is one origin of the Anglo-Saxons in Britain. The federal state of Saxony is called that for political reasons and has nothing to do with the Saxons (and their dialect).

[@michaelgiertz-rath7994]

True. Today's Saxony simply got the title thanks to noble families, marriage etc. We "Upper" Saxons are close related to slavic people in the east, and more specifially, bohemians. We even share some words and a great deal of our cuisine is quite similar. Still I consider myself a "true Saxon" thanks to August the Strong and a lot of accomplishments before a certain Napoleon marched through our lands. For some odd reason my people always joined the wrong side and ended up loosing a third of it's original territory to the Prussians - dangit ;-) Today I live near Ulm, family and all, but maybe one day will return to my home state. I miss 'em, "my" people.

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

Nja, fast richtig.....Holstein und Schleswig-Holstein gehören definitiv nicht dazu. Aber mit dem Bundesland Sachsen hast Du natürlich volkommen Recht.

[@chrisclaim5112]

Hi Sean, the Scene approx min 4:20 is in the middle of Munich. The Rivers name is ISAR, comes from the Alps and flows into the Danube. The Isar crosses parts of the English Garden, in the middle of the city. It´s awesome to look at the people they use the "Eisbachwelle" to surf on it. Chris. Munich.

[@wyvernhattori1811]

I'm from Brandenburg but lived some time in Berlin and Bremerhaven. It's funny they mentioned the split up but not that Bremerhaven was the harbour for the US forces after WWII. Elvis got on land there (but was stationed elsewhere I think). They have two very unique museums imo. The Klimahaus and the Auswandererhaus. Both very interactive exhibitions regarding the climate or the history of migration out of Germany. They did the eastern states a bit dirty I think. The eastern dialects might not be the "prettiest" but I wouldn't call them "ugly". They can also be kinda cute. Brandenburg is honestly pretty boring but it doesn't only have Potsdam and forests... Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has at least two islands, Rügen and Usedom (which it shares with Poland), and the Baltic Sea is a great spot for summer vacation. The cities of Rostock and Stralsund are great, with the latter having the nice Ozeaneum with an exhibition of whale models at a 1:1 scale. Everyone else feel free to add nice things from other states.

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

Diggie, das weiss echt kaumkeiner. Und auch nicht, dass Bremerhaven damals der zweit grösste AMerikanische Hafen war....sozusagen....

[@benlee6158]

I'm from Berlin and Berlin isn't either clean or dirty, it is either dirty or rotten.

[@JonasReichert1992]

You havent met the Black Forest Family? They are a KZbin Channel too! But they changed the Name to Type Ashton because they don’t wanna show the child anymore so now it’s just the wife .

[@skof28]

I'm from Bremen (the second town state) and i think they talked not much enough of my hometown. Bremen is so beautiful.

[@Avi-rn6ei]

Im from MV (Mecklenburg- Vorpommern). Its very quiet here compared to other states. A LOT of lakes, fields and forests. However we still got quite a lot to offer. Rostock and Schwerin are our 2 biggest cities. Especially Rostock with its gorgeous baltic architecture is worth a visit. Just avoid the visit when the local football club has a home game. It can get very crazy. Warnemünde (wich is part of the city) is directly at the shore with white sand, beautiful lighthouses, aggressive sea gulls and posh promenades. Its honestly my favorite place. Near Rostock you got Rövershagen wich is the home of THE OG Karls Strawberry Village. Its a theme park dedicated to the strawberry and is a definite MUST for young and old. I recommend the candy, soap and alcohol. More to the east you get close to our islands Rügen and Usedom. Its a tourist hot spot especially during summer. The autobahn is completely clogged by the masses of travelers. You get a lot of relaxing with an idyllic charm. Noteable cities in the general area are Stralsund (visit the Ocean museum), Sassnitz, Greifswald (gorgeous old city center), Pennemünde (visit the technic museum) and Swinemünde (technically already Poland). There is a lot to see and do just be prepared that its more reserved here and after 7/8pm its deadland

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

Rostock Dritte Liga....hahahahahaaa

[@Avi-rn6ei]

@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists i dont give a shit about football. Dont watch it and dont care. I only care about avoiding hooligans but that goes no matter wich sport or team 😅🤷‍♀️

[@flauschiger_keks]

Berlin is felt like it is Germany‘s only metropolis? * sad Hamburg noises :( *

[@Missing-ot5np]

As a guy from south Germany, I can tell you, Hamburg is the most beautiful city I ever saw, and Berlin the worst. ❤️❤️ To Hamburg

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

@@Missing-ot5np Dannke sehr asu Hamburg. Aber ! Some facts about Hamburg and Berlin. Only 282 Kilometer appart. I live in Hamburg and Berlin for example. And Germany has also Munich and Cologne. And many more cities that are far bigger like Englisch or French. Weil wir föderalistisch sind. Check this out: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Groß-_und_Mittelstädte_in_Deutschland

[@brillitheworldbuilder]

Schleswig-Holsteiner here! Our state is known for its fishing culture, ships and the North German stereotype (applied to the states Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Bremen) is that grumpy seaman that doesn't say that much and talking Low German all the time. This region of Germany is also known for their sheep, marshland, seagulls, dikes, a flat landscape and the "Halligen" (small pieces of land with no or a few inhabitants that get regularly flooded, but don't call them islands, you'll upset the locals). Bonus fact: Northern Germany has actually four Germanic minority languages: The aforementioned Low German, which is the biggest of the four at least in Germany itself, but also North Frisian in the region North Frisia of Schleswig-Holstein (I actually live there currently), Saterland Frisian or East Frisian in the East Frisia region of Lower Saxony, as well as some Danish spoken near the Northern border of Schleswig-Holstein, because much of that area once belonged to Denmark, that's also why we have so many place names here that sound more Norse than German. Another bonus fact: The Frisian languages (actually three together with West Frisian in the Netherlands) are the closest relatives of the English language after Scots, next is Low German, which is a bit more distantly related. These six languages together with a few small extinct close relatives of English form the Ingvaeonic or North Sea Germanic group, one of the three primary subbranches of the bigger West Germanic branch of the Germanic languages, the other two being Istvaeonic or Weser-Rhine Germanic including Dutch and Afrikaans and Irminonic or Elbe Germanic consisting of Central and Upper German varieties including Standard German and Yiddish

[@Y4_SMINE]

Wow you know a lot. I am also from Nordfriesland but moved to Flensburg. I think the only well known things about Schleswig-Holstein are Sylt and Flensburg haha

[@gubsak55]

In Denmark we (they) tend to forget that all of these languages were frequently used in Denmark 250 years ago, plus Faroese, and Norwegian. Now the majority of Danes believe that understanding Danish and English is enough to get around and do good business. They are fools 😢 I learned French in school in Denmark but didn't do much about it and was so ashamed that I could not speak with my French colleagues in Luxembourg. Fortunately I learned German too. Otherwise I guess I would never have moved to live in Germany.

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

Moinsen. Das mit dem grumpy seaman stimmt ja wohl so gar nicht. Das ist ein dummes Klischee. Förder das bidde nicht. Wir sind kühl, haben den derbsten Humor und schnacken auch viel.

[@patrickkeler951]

Hi, I am very sorry for my English, but I will try. I'm from Rhineland-Palatinate, more precisely from the Palatinate. Unfortunately, the chapter about it was a bit short, so here are a few additions in case anyone is interested. Rhineland-Palatinate (RLP) is home to the oldest city in Germany: Trier. It was founded by the Romans (similar to Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia). In Roman times, it was even considered one of the most important cities in the empire. That is why there are many Roman buildings there, such as the 'Porta Nigra'. Definitely worth a visit if you're in the area. The capital Mainz is also worth a visit. It was also founded by the Romans and was one of the most important cities of the time alongside Trier. Mainz was also an important center in the Middle Ages. For example, Mainz was the home of Johannes Guttenberg, who further developed the printing press and thus triggered a kind of media revolution, as books (at that time for example the Bible, and after the Reformation also the Luther Bible) could now be printed much faster. To my home region, the Palatinate, which makes up the southern part of the federal state: It is probably best known for its good wine. It is criss-crossed by the 'Palatinate Forest', the largest contiguous forest area in Germany. For a long time in the Middle Ages, situated on the Rhine, it was at the 'heart' of the 'Holy Roman Empire' (not to be confused with the 'Roman Empire'). This resulted in a high density of castles, both on the Rhine and in the west. But also beautiful cities, such as Speyer, which has the largest preserved Romanesque cathedral. Worms is known from the 'Nibelungen saga' and for its 'Reichstag', where the reformer Martin Luther had to defend his writings in 1521. Ludwigshafen is the largest city in the Palatinate and the second largest in Rhineland-Palatinate after the capital Mainz. Despite its size, it is a comparatively young city and is best known for BASF, the world's largest chemical company, which has its headquarters there. Last but not least, the 'Hambach Castle' near the town of Neustadt. In 1832, the 'Hambach Festival' took place there on the eve of the March Revolution and is therefore considered the 'cradle of German democracy'. I hope I haven't forgotten anything important. If I have, please let us know. :)

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

Von den Römern gegründet? Verdammt. Dann seit ihr also Itlaliener oder was ? Echt jetzt ?

[@matthiasfranzen6853]

Greetings from Flensburg | Schleswig Holstein ✌🏼

[@pillmuncher67]

Somebody probably mentioned this already: The more north you go in Germany, the lower you go geographically. In the south we have the Alps, so it's higher than the north where we have the North and Baltic Sea. Hence Lower Saxony is both north-west and lower than Saxony proper.

[@Lemmi7810]

Mecklenburg und Pommern 💙🤍❤️ The most beautiful place in Germany.

[@Valentine847]

= (Low)German Slavs

[@NeonJJ_195]

I'm from Rheinland-Pfalz and the landscape here really is beautiful and underrated! Also, what's with that English 'translation' 😭Took me a few tries to even read it correctly

[@Missing-ot5np]

Oh yes sir, I love my homestate very much. I have no clue where are you from, Eifel, Mosel, Rheinhessen, but I'm from Palatinate.. (Pfalz) There is no other place I want to live.

[@NeonJJ_195]

@@Missing-ot5np I'm from Hunsrück and same. I live in a tiny village a bit higher up and the view sometimes, depending on the time of day and weather is just breathtaking

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

Saarland is like Rhineland-Palatinate. Looks like the Moselle valley, also a wine region, is just the Saar valley.

[@jrgptr935]

Naja. Ich will das jetzt mal nicht gelesen haben. Wir haben höchstens dadurch mit Rheinland-Pfalz zu tun, daß unser Bischof in Speyer sitzt, und der der anderen Stadtteile in Trier.

[@dadaprivat5148]

saarland has nothing to do with Rheinland-Pfalz. saarland is basicaly germanys alabama

[@gubsak55]

Saarland used to have a lot of heavy industry and mines, but most of that has been closed down. Saarland cooperates with Rheinland-Pfalz (RLP) on administrative levels. When I was working in a company in Luxembourg, most of my German colleagues were living in Saarland (almost 200,000 commute from the neighbouring countries to Luxembourg every day). I was and am living in RLP, but I like cycling into Saarland along the Moselle or Saar River. If you don't follow the rivers, it is quite hilly. 😅 The Saar-Lor-Lux-Region is a quite close cooperation between the two German states, the French region called Lorraine (now Grand-Est), Luxembourg, and the Belgian region Wallonia. They try to work together about infrastructure, education, culture etc. During Covid that didn't go well 😢, but know we are back on the track. 😂

[@Pieck.]

My grandma and cousins life there and as someone from rhineland palatinate it’s not similar

[@berlindude75]

5:26 Washington D.C. (i.e. the District of Columbia) is NOT a federal state but only a constitutionally mandated federal district encompassing the capital city of the USA. The people of D.C. want to be their own federal state to have complete control over their local affairs (instead of Congress) and to be able to send representatives and senators to Congress. But any such attempts have so far been unsuccessful (hence their car license plate motto: "Taxation Without Representation"). See the Wikipedia article on "District of Columbia statehood movement" for more information.

[@malmonthegiraffe3920]

Ich bin aus Hessen und ich wundere mich über die Flaggen 🤔. Normalerweise gibt es Wappen. Jedes Bundesland hat ein Wappen...die Flaggen sind, so denke ich, eher unbekannt 🤔

[@Pittiplatsch74]

Grüße aus Sachsen, stimmt!

[@flylikeanowl8667]

Thank You for reacting! I am from Saxony and this state is well loved for its "Elbsandsteingebirge", a beautiful mountain range of sandstone. The capital Dresden is known for their baroque buildings and the "beaches" alongside the River Elbe, which flows through the City. Right know i live in BaWü tho :D

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

....ja ja aja.....und für sein beknackten Neo Nazis...

[@TMJi115]

I'm from Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen 😅

[@simonemikolajczyk8220]

So im from Sachsen-Anhalt and i have to agree with the Sachsen-Anhalt Info Edit:In Sachsen-Anhalt is also the Ziegenkopf witch is also very popular

[@peggygawel7244]

Mecklenburg Vorpommern is underrated it has beutiful landscapes the biggets island of germany and alot of culture

[@Valentine847]

The biggest Island within a country that has the biggest dam name ever… “Mecklenburg-West Pomerania”

[@peggygawel7244]

@@Valentine847 what is wrong eith it?

[@robertstieger1116]

10:00 It's not lower saxony because of the map but because of the elevation

[@cacklebarnacle15]

The accent thing is a bit nuanced. The different local dialects can all be pretty strong and hard to understand in any of the states. However, there has been (and probably still is) wide spread prejudice in the west (the non DDR states) about the people from the former DDR states, be it their socio-economic standing, political leanings, education... And if you sound like you are from one of *those* states, negative preconceptions stick to you like glue. Kind of like we seem to assign certain characteristics to people with different accents, like someone with a french accent will be percieved differently than someone with a russian accent than someone with a spanish accent etc etc

[@uliwehner]

not sure that covers it. People have made fun of the way people from saxony speak for a VERY long time. It is a very strong accent. No judgment here, i am from Franken, we have a pretty strong accent as well. for the german version of My Fair Lady (cockney accent) they used "saechsich". I think first time it was played in german was in 1961. At that point there was no snooty ossie wessie relationship happening.

[@cacklebarnacle15]

@@uliwehner I'm sure it didn't start with the fall of the wall, but I am not that old, to know about it from assimilation.

[@uliwehner]

@cacklebarnacle15 what I am suggesting is that making fun of that dialect was a thing even before the wall went up. People used to be really dismissive of strong dialects. Did not change until the 80s.

[@alexj9603]

I think the "ugly" image of Saxon and Thuringian dialects comes from the fact that during the cold war, this was what most East German border police staff spoke. So for those westerners who regularly crossed the iron curtain (while it still existed), these dialects are associated with memories of unpleasant encounters at the border checkpoints.

[@teber1192]

Things can change man... In some Popular TV or Radio Shows the acent was used for the dump Person in the movie. Or as Synonym for slow or lazy.

[@rebeckavogel]

The thing about the Lower Saxony being further north than Saxony situation is that generally speaking the further south you go in germany, the further up in elevation you go. Lower Saxony is just on a lower elevation than Saxony.

[@jyunaxy9501]

I'm not from Bavaria but I've been there. The river you commented on is called "Eisbach" and is a stream with a strong current that you can even surf on. I've already been swimming in it during a vacation and it's great fun

[@TraktorSoldat]

hey, I come from Thuringia where we are not only famous for bratwurst but also for dumplings (Thüringer Klöße)

[@E.S.2006]

Me too. But Thuringia is also famous for Goethe and Schiller. Also the Concentraition Camp „Buchenwald“ lies here. It‘s for learning what the people had to go through and acnowledging what happend, so it never happens again.

[@TraktorSoldat]

@@E.S.2006 true

[@margaretenubaum9089]

I think Lower Saxony is called "Nieder"- Sachsen because the landscape is flat. Just like the lowlands (Netherlands). ("nieder" comes from "low".) Ich denke, Niedersachen heißt "Nieder"- Sachsen, weil die Landschaft flach ist. So wie die Nieder - lande. ("nieder" kommt von "niedrig".)

[@mariasofka3812]

I'm from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and there is way more to see.

[@satanistruth666]

Thats a lie, Mecklenburg Vorpommern existiert nicht

[@Matahalii]

Lower Saxony / Saxony-Anhalt / Saxony explanation: The names are older than the habit of drawing maps with the north facing upwards.... It is the elevation over sea level which makes the difference, same with High German and Low German.

[@perdurabo4285]

In Germany we name the areas depending on the floating direction of the rivers. That's why saxony is more south than lower-saxony . You can also say that saxony is higher above sealevel than lower-saxony. Otherwise a river can't float in that direction. In this example it is the Elbe , which floats from Dresden to Hamburg. The same example you can see in bavaria, where the Isar floats from the alps through munich to Passau , where it goes in the danube. The landscapes the Isar crosses are upper bavaria (Oberbayern) in the south and lower bavaria (Niederbayern) which lies more north east than upper bavaria. You have to look at the floating directions for the right naming of the areas. In the US most of the rivers float from north to south. In Germany it depends where the mountains are. We have the 2 big rivers Elbe and Rhine which are floating from south to north and the danube which floats from west to east. And of course several smaller rivers where the upper area can be at that one river in the north and on the other river it can be on the south. It depends on the typology of the area

[@Pilsvergiftung]

I live near Erlangen, which is between Bamberg and Nuremberg. Bavaria is more than the Alps, Munich and Oktoberfest. There are different districts in Bavaria itself, for example Franconia (Middle, Upper and Lower Franconia) where there are some cultural differences to the area around Munich. In parts of Franconia and Upper Palatinate we also have a strange dialect/accent. Best destination region for beer drinkers, with many small, different breweries.

[@klauspokorny4381]

Let's not forget great festivals like the Berchkerwa and the Annafest, which are both much better than the Octoberfest.

[@mucxlx]

That river is the Eisbach which runs through the English Garden Park. It starts at this surfing spot with the natural standing wave which actually became a tourist attraction. But it goes on through the park and people who spend their afternoon there sunbathing or meeting with friends often hop into it for refreshment. Sure you have to walk back after ;D

[@The_Real_Rusher]

Cool vid, i‘m from North-Rhine Westfalia (NRW)

[@felixstaab307]

4:13 this is the Eisbach. There is even a natural wave near the Eisbach (Eisbachwelle) where you can surf in the middle of the city.

[@DJone4one]

7:20 Yes our Federal State is the second city-state and the smallest state in germany. Greetings from the north sea coast. Bremerhaven is special because, it was the departure point for many emigrants in the 19th century who emigrated to america. around 7 million people emigrated to america via bremerhaven. There is still an American harbour base here today, which is used by the US military, and a museum dedicated to emigration.

[@henryheinecke2994]

Hi i am from Baden Württemberg, Konstanz! Love to hear that you enjoy the summer here

[@MartinBeerbom]

East Accents are not ugly. Just funny. Bavarian, on the other hand...

[@ShikamaruXT]

I love all of Our accents. They Tell Our history in their own way 😉

[@Nick-yz5zx]

Bavarian is a crime against the German language

[@lolermosskoss1834]

Swiss

[@jkr9594]

​​@@ShikamaruXT Most of them. Bavarian and swiss are just to incomprehencible. Beautifull lad anguages, but horrid for dialects.

[@ShikamaruXT]

@@jkr9594 depends on where you are, dialects are never the same everywhere

[@TrumpFanClubDeutschland]

10:26 There are around 340k peoples who could say "I´m from Bielefeld" and no one would believe them

[@paulwagner9303]

I have a colleague who claims to be from this ET spot, and to date he has managed to hide his pointy ears and sixth finger ;-)

[@TrumpFanClubDeutschland]

@@paulwagner9303 Amazin´

[@FrankStaack-hr4wr]

Good Video, thanks for showing and greeting from Kiel. Schleswig-Holstein.

[@rolandratz1]

Hello Sean - I live in BW, near Mannheim and Heidelberg - the corner is also called the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. Mannheim's origins are documented by a brick kiln that operated until the early 2nd century, a settlement in prehistoric times. The village of Mannenheim (home of Manno) was first mentioned in the Lorsch Codex on March 11, 766. The area between Heidelberg, Mannheim and Weinheim (towards the east) is very attractive in various ways. The landscape is fertile (see the (white) asparagus and strawberry season); Directly in front of the Odenwald lies the lovely mountain road, which is characterized by early and diverse flowering times, such as apple and almond blossom. You can live very well and relatively cheaply and you can find many sporting venues.

[@nero756]

6:48 "not all germans wear speedos" "thats unfortunate" excuse me.... what? xD 14:10 "the more down you go, the more up you move" (if thats even english in the first place.... sounds wrong xD) north of germany is flat going towards the sea and the more down you go u will start to see more and more mountains 16:56 "watch out for the blitz" well i could make a joke here but i don't wanna deal with angry comments .-.

[@Mamaki1987]

I think it is called lower saxon because of the low elevation. Saxony itself at least has some mountains.

[@NotM3li]

19:02 German here, have been to Mallorca twice now ,a decade ago with my parents,I can confirm there was a lot marketed towards German customers, there were many people that spoke German from my memory even the ones inhabiting the island 😅 It really made communication easier for my parents 😂 (to the time being I couldn’t even help if I wanted to bc I only just finished 1st grade to that time, if there actually were no other way to communicate in english bc I literally just started learning t(e language to that time being 😂)

[@fxlei1856]

Lower and Upper referring to the position on a map where the north is at the top is a common misconception. Just turn around the map and it doesn't match up anymore. These prefixes generally refer to altitude. Other examples are many pairs of towns and villages in Germany, Lower Egypt, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin in France...

[@RikThunder33]

Nordrhein-Westfalen here. But I used to live in Berlin for 3 years. I used to work in that waterpark in Brandenburg. It's pretty cool.

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

Brandeburg is pretty Nazi but not cool....merk mal was Diggie

[@Pit-o5f]

The reason why there are three saxonias is, that in the past the countries of Germany where controlled by nobilites. The Titel saxonia was very popular so the nobilites named their countries saxonia, so that they could Name themselves Baron of saxonia. The ancient people of saxonia lived in the area of lower saxonia and in the east of North rhine westphalia. You recognize them by the white horse on red ground on the coat of arms. Its named the saxonia horse. Long and complicated history I know 😅

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

Genau so, danke. Endlich mal ein "gebildeter" Kommentar hier

[@Pit-o5f]

@@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists habe ich was falsch erklärt?

[@tobiasmuth2372]

The scene with the swimmers is right in Munich. You swim down the Eisbach and take the bus back up... Of course "wet"...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jarjarbinks8077]

Near Dresden, Saxony!

[@Nika-en4cw]

They forget to metion the Harz in Lower Saxony.. its not everywhere flat here

[@waal777]

4:34 It’s the Eisbach… kind of a tradition to swim there in the summer (or surf)

[@X0_BADWOLF]

Well, in "Mecklenburg Vorpommern" we have the most Lakes of every German state and a special Region where many Lakes are located called "Mecklenburger Seen-Platte", we also have the biggest Isle of Germany with "Rügen" where the "Kreidefelsen" are very popular.

[@filipieja6997]

Lower Saxony in reference to low-lands(flat lands in the north) as compared to the upper-lands fills with mountains(Alps) in middle Germany to the South(Bavaria).

[@martinvondereinode623]

At minute 4:10 explained: This is the Eisbach in Munich, a brook flowing past the Englischer Garten (English Garden), where sunbathing in the nude ist allowed. People let themselfes float down in the water, but then have to walk back. Years ago some people dared to hop on the tram, which is leading along the brook, to avoid the walk. But that was stopped by the authorities, because, beeing naked they had no money with them to buy a ticket.

[@Postbote_norbert]

I live in NRW (Nordrheinwestfalia)

[@adrianschmidt3583]

The borders in the map from the thumbmail are wrong. After the reunification in 1990, there were changes between Lower Saxony and MV (Amt Neuhaus) and the borders between all other new eastern states changed as well (compared to 1947)

[@Buphido]

It‘s tempting to think of "north" as "up", but that’s just the way we decided to orient our maps. The actual "lower" in "lower saxony" can be taken quite literally as being lower in elevation as compared to saxony. Europe is older than the compass or modern understanding of the worldmap.

[@tinoundsibyllelichtenberg]

I live in Nordrhein-Westfalen

[@Palutenfake]

I come from Oldenburg in Lower Saxony and in Hamburg you have to go to the Miniatur Wunderland because it is the most beautiful miniature "museum" and you can be there for several hours without seeing anything new and it holds the world record for the longest miniature railway route

[@Arsonist161]

I'm from Saxony (more specific Leipzig), the most beautiful places of the region are the Sächsische Schweiz and the Erzgebirge with beautiful landscapes. The Erzgebirge has really interesting regional traditions, especially around Christmas time and the Schwibbögen (specific candle arches), Räuchermännl (hand-carved wooden incense burner in the shape of a little figures) along with other trades are produced here. But be careful, even people born and raised in Saxony don't always understand the dialect here. The region around Dresden is known for its Christstollen (cake made of yeast dough, raisins, candied citrus fruits and often marzipan that is traditionally eaten at Christmas). In the district of Dresden-Neustadt many younger people live and the Dresden-Altstadt is known for the historic buildings and museums. From Bautzen comes the Bautz'ner Senf, Meisen is known for their porcelain and Riesa produces the Riesaer pasta. Leipzig is a city with many students and a lot of history. The Völkerschlachtdenkmal is a really nice place to learn all about Napoleon and the battle by Leipzig. The district Connewitz is the alternative district with lots of little shops, bars and restaurants. Because the district was originally formed by the housing occupation scene after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it's till today a very leftist district. Normally it's completely safe to be there tho. When the first snow layes on the ground the people gather at a specific location and time to fight against each other with snowballs across the roads and start fires on the roads to block eventually police cars and other cars to come thru and to warm themselfes. The area called Eisenbahnstraße is also quite nice with little shops and restaurants. A few years ago there were some clan criminality and the street has a quite bad reputation till today. But it's not based on facts now. Now a not so fun fact about Saxony: When you are outside the bigger cities (and sometimes also in the cities) we have a big problem with right wing extremists. People who live in these regions and are more left wing, often get attacked and even such things like a CSD needs people to lookout for N*zis.

[@Boredofmostofit]

Anyone living in Germany has to visit the Black Forest at least once. It's not only the origin of half the most popular fairytales in western cultur, but it also still gives of some really unique vibes you hardly find in our modern times...

[@schwegmathfanboyforever2227]

Osnabrück, Lower Saxony

[@robfriedrich2822]

6:10 Jerome K. Jerome, famous for "Three men in a boat", wrote a novel about a bicycle ride through Germany and said about Berlin, it has everything, but all this is way better on its original places.

[@adrianpallis4568]

Niedersachsen is the original Saxony also called Alte Sachsen, Saxony is later the rulers in Niedersachsen basically moving down there.

[@mws7347]

For your confusion: You can say "Südost-Nordrhein-Westfalen", having all four point of a compass in that word (south, east, north, west). It is the south-eastern of North-Rhine-Westphalia.

[@Jonihero2104]

Schleswig-Holstein the real North is really good for bike tours and stuff like that and we up here say that everythink more southern than Hamburg is southern Germany (Schleswig holstein der echte Norden

[@moujayay]

Even in Hamburg we say everything south of the Elbe is southern Germany xD And yes, the river actually splits the city and it is a bit mean to exclude them from the real north but it is just such a convenient border :'D And yes, this is all meant as a joke when said.

[@neptune1525]

@@moujayay 😡😡😡😡

[@road_to_rage_559]

I live in Baden Württemberg too. Couple kilometers away from Stuttgart 😆. Where are you from?

[@LetsPokeHD]

I think this river in which people float is in Munich. I was once in Munich and can still remember a river like that. One of the few things I remember from my first visit to Munich. I was back in Munich recently, but that was in December, so I didn't do anything with water.

[@markeylitz3500]

Lower Saxony is an artificial state: it consists of former parts of the states of Hanover, Brunswick and Oldenburg and some former tiny duchies. It’s named after the ancient Saxon tribes which settled in these regions. Saxony-Anhalt consists of former parts of Prussia, Saxony and smaller duchies, like Anhalt and Dessau. Saxony is nearly identical with the former kingdom of Saxony which existed until 1918 as part of the German Empire

[@jensschroder8214]

The German federal states were re-established after WW2. The Allies (US, UK, FR, RU) determined the borders. Bremen was controlled by the Americans and became independent. Lower Saxony and Northern Westphalia, on the other hand, were administered by the English. Bavaria and Hessen were administered by the Americans. Baden-Württemberg was administered half by French and Americans and was only later merged. The states in East Germany were only re-established in 1990. Mecklenburg Western Pomerania consists of old Mecklenburg and the rest of Pomerania. East Pomerania was given to Poland. Even if the states were newly founded, their names still echo the old principalities.

[@jensschroder8214]

Saarland; After WW2 it was a separate state recognized only by France. France was also a “protecting power”. There was a referendum and although France did everything it could, the people of Saar preferred to be German. The Saarland national football team also lost against Germany, then the Saarlanders became German again and were able to play in the German team.

[@mifuu3005]

The lazy river is the eisbach in munich. There are also people surfing in the eisbach. (I live in munich)

[@rdmname]

the accent thing is true. people from sachsen sound like brits who kept their intonation/prnounciation but speak flawless german. the anglo saxons populated britain, so the general british accent is closely related to theirs.

[@Danny-hf5mm]

There are 2 more states everyone forgets about. The 1st is the "Gardasee" surrounded by italy, and 2nd "Mallorca" in the mediterranean sea

[@larsodorico-cy3gn]

Hello. I'm from Northrhine-Westfalia but I know why thete are 'three' Saxonies. Sacony originally was located in an are that is now located in Lower Saxony. But the names of the countries also used to be the names of dukes or kings of them. Amd during the Middle Ages there was juge deveöopment. And Sacony -the family name - wandered dozj east more and more. Families also muced up like Sacony and Anhalt - zhe third Saxony now. There-s aguy from Switzerland who made detailed videos of all all German and Austian States and the Kantone in Switzerland. Zeidgenosse is his channel

[@tim10243]

Funfakt to Schleswig-Holstein: Thats the place where the happiest people of Germany live

[@megacrafter00987]

Schleswig-Holstein Mentioned (finally) 🔥🔥🔥🔥🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@pitri_hub]

14:10 "That's Sachsen, but lower Saxen is north of Saxen? What's going on with that, Germany?" I'm gonna have to ask you back, what's going on with your sense of directions? North and Up are two entirely different directions perpendicular to each other. :D Just because north and up is the same on maps does not mean it's the same in real life. And weirdly, people do equate them to the same? The northern part of Germany is similar to the Netherlands: very flat expansive areas at low elevations. The south is full of mountains, with the mighty Alps all the way at the southern flank. The more south you go, the higher the average elevation will be.

[@Amirdelivering]

I am from Getmany in Rheinlandpfalz😊Imlike it here im from the city Bingen am Rhein thats right at Mainz and its so beutifull there if you go up the river (The rivers name is Rhein)U are in Hessen and u can go to wiesbaden fast😮Thats cool😅Hood Vidio🎉

[@martinbruhn5274]

up and low in geographic names usually (almost always" refer to elevation, not where it sits on a map. Lower Saxony is lower, because the elevation is lower.

[@andreasdavid2404]

I am from Bremerhaven, one of the two coties that create the state of bremen. Bremen is a hansestadt, what means bremen was in the medieval a member of the trade assocoation called hanse which consisted of several cities like hamburg, lübeck, bremen, wismar, rostock and so on, mostly located on the coast, but not always. Today you van see it on the license plates of cars like: HH-......., for hansestadt hamburg, HB-...... for hansestadt bremen and so on. Bremen btw. Is the city where Beck's Beer comes from. In 1827 the mayor of Bremen decided to buy a certain area from the kingdom of hanover, which now is the area where Bremerhaven, my hometown is located. He did this because the river weser, at which Bremen and Bremerhaven are located becomes more sandy and seagoing ships couldn't reach Bremen anymore due to too less water under the keel of the ships. So the government and all the trade- and salesman in bremen decided to build a new port at the estuary of the river weser near the north sea. All the goods from overseas like cocoa, coffee or tobacco would be transported to bremen with smaller vessels. Fun fact: the kingdom of hanover belongs to great britain so the british king had to agree to the whole deal. Bremerhaven then became well known for shipbuilding and fishery. After world war 2 bremerhaven became the port of embarcation for US troops in europe with the military sealift command because bremerhaven is the second biggest port in germany behind hamburg

[@Pit-o5f]

You should know, the reason why the names of the German states are so long is, that after WWII the allies put some counties together so it was easier for them to administ the occupation zones. I live in Nordrhein-Westfalen, where the British put the northern Rhineland, westfalia and Lippe together.

[@mws7347]

14:26 "lower" has nothing to do with '"southern". But it means the height responding to the sea level. Or in direction to a river (first comes 'upper' then 'lower' = downriver) Same to "Oberbayern" vs. "Niederbayern". Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria) is higher, but in the south. Niederbayern (Lower Bavaria) is lower, but in the north.

[@tobiasmuth2372]

Like I always say I'm going down to Bavaria - because below Hesse. Relatives from North Rhine-Westphalia think they are going “up” to Bavaria because it is uphill...🤔

[@animelike4826]

2 small notes from a German. 1. Lower Saxony is the lowest in terms of altitude, if you then go south-east you come to Saxony-Anhalt, in the beginning, low mountain range of Germany and further south-east you end up in Saxony where you then end up in the real low mountain range of Germany. Dresden was also a former royal/imperial residence of Charlemagne. 2. Before the unification as a large realm, first as the German Confederation and later as the German Empire under Emperor William the First in 1817 (the man responsible for the First World War was his grandson almost 100 years later), Germany was a patchwork quilt. Made up of small patches of land that were ruled by nobles. This is why the regional dialects and traditions of Franconia, the Allgäu, Pomerania, and other regions exist. People who know regions well can say I come from the Palatinate or Franconia and thus create a geographical understanding and sense of togetherness when they come from an unknown village with barely 5 residents.

[@dharkbizkit]

the two bremen states happend due to us military needing a harbor for transportation and nothern germany wasnt under american juristriction, it was british.. since bremen was a US enclave so to speak, they added bremerhaven to the "state" so they could use that cities harbor for transportation. it stuck to this day but many feel, bremerhaven should seperate and become part of lower saxony but lower saxony doenst really want it, since the city is notorious for having high unemployment rates, high wellfare recipients and a "rather high" crime rate

[@tobiasmuth2372]

The state capitals Wiesbaden (Hesse) and Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) are neighboring cities. The river Rhine is the border and three bridges connect the cities with each other. Now something complicated - three districts of Wiesbaden are former districts of Mainz - after the Second World War the borders were redrawn - the Rhine as the border with Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate.

[@saschaditschar785]

Do you know the secret 17th State...... It's Mallorca😂

[@Quallenfischenx3]

There are rivers in Germany with a swimming ban because of the water flow. People can drown easily. Also large rivers may be trading routes like Elbe and you might not want to meet container ships. Instead people like to swim in seas

[@desaster5383]

Ich bin aus NRW Viva Colonia

[@Ilikechese893]

the chill river in bavaria is called eisbachwelle and its in munich

[@horstkollmeyer6654]

To shed some light on the Saxon confusion, current Lower Saxony is the origin of the Saxon tribe under their leader at the time, Widukind. The Nieder comes from the Low German and although it is located in the north, it is therefore down at sea level. Saxony-Anhalt or Saxony only have so much to do with the Saxon tribe that emigrants from today's Lower Saxony settled there. Also, Lower Saxony is not as flat as indicated, there are some hills or, as our Dutch neighbors call it, mountains. Whether it's the Harz Mountains, the Teutoburg Forest or the Wiehen Mountains, the mountains are exhausting. Lower Saxony is also the second largest federal state after Bavaria. Lower Saxony also has the most borders with other states in Germany. Lower Saxony is also worth a visit, not only the capital Hanover, cities such as Braunschweig, Göttingen, Wolfsburg and Osnabrück have a lot to offer for guests in terms of history and also in general. Osnabrück as the city of the Peace of Westphalia is an example of how it is possible for different people with different beliefs or backgrounds to live together. The famous Varus Battle is also said to have taken place there in the region at that time, where the legions of Caesar were devastatingly defeated by the tribes of the time. We Lower Saxony are generally considered stubborn, but we are reliable and loyal. As it says in the lyrics of the Lower Saxon anthem: "Sturmfest und Erdverwachsen, ja sind wir Niedersachen von Widukind- Stamm- kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJKncqqaZcaVppY

[@peterp5099]

You can simplify it down to West Germany, East Germany and Bavaria. The differences between these three regions are significant, but the differences between states within each of these regions are not (with the exception of the differences between the capital Berlin and the surrounding areas, Berlin is essentially a West Germany enclave deep in East Germany).