History ASMR: Central-European Train Connections in 1900 (map tracing)

[@MelangeASMR]

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[@Aerialistika]

Me?

[@MelangeASMR]

yes!

[@Aerialistika]

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[@HappyRachel100]

I really appreciate all the research that you do for these videos. They are pitched at just the right level for people like me who like to increase their general knowledge without getting information overload. And your voice and hand movements are perfect for ASMR. 👍🏻

[@MelangeASMR]

That's really lovely feedback, thank you!!

[@naturalexplorer]

Interesting how Vienna seems to be focal point for the European train system. The density seems to spring out from there and go north into Moravia/Bavaria and other parts of eastern Germany. I think there is a fascinating history between the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires. The world could look vary different depending upon how this whole region played out. Will be very interested in your revisit into this map when you explore into these Hungarian and more south east regions. Happy New Year.

[@MelangeASMR]

The location is definitely favorable for building train lines all over the Europe, but I still wonder if we aren't looking at some strong k&k Oberkontrollor bias on this particular map 😂 That's very true with the Ottoman empire. I'll have to do some digging and then we'll come back to this one :) Hope you're celebrating in style, happy new year!!

[@Celairiel]

Map tracing + history is just delightful. Thank you for this sweet gift! Happy new year.

[@MelangeASMR]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, thank you Celairiel! Happy new year!

[@tita0035]

Thank you as an Historian who happens to love asmr, this is cherry on top of the cake.!

[@MelangeASMR]

Thank you, I'm always excited to hear that! Have a wonderful new year!

[@mrsofthead]

Constantinople wasn’t officially remained Istanbul until 1930. Great video, I love old maps

[@MelangeASMR]

I was really surprised by that. Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@airmangames487]

Hey! That's nobody's business but the Turks

[@artemis088]

@@airmangames487 lmao

[@airmangames487]

@@artemis088 I'm glad someone got that reference!

[@ShinnoEli]

@@airmangames487 Thank you for mentioning it; I had to Google for it, but now it's stuck in my head. XD Way catchy.

[@aksileb]

I’m so glad I found your channel. It combines the things I like, i.e. Asmr and history/languages/geography 😁 I’m especially “obsessed” with the Austro-Hungarian empire. Btw, I’m from Budweis and Budweiser really is the original name, Budweiser Budvar. Anheuser-Busch can only use the name Bud in the European market. Their beer originates in St.Louis where they started to make Bohemian-style beer (if you can even call it beer 😉) and called it Budweiser with no connection to Budweis whatsoever.

[@MelangeASMR]

Hello, I'm also very happy you found me! Glad you're here :) Argh yes I remember when they had to change the name from Budweiser to Budvar and everyone in Austria thought it was just rude and unfair haha. Budvar is pretty common around here, also Pilsner Urquell, Kozel etc, but I don't think I've ever seen a Bud in a shop....

[@anastasiab973]

Wow! This was the most authentic ASMR experience I have ever got on KZbin. Exactly the same feelings I had got in my childhood listening to some teachers and librarians who had this specific manner of speaking. This video is very educative, too, for although I have heard all these place names in my history lessons, I had very limited knowledge of how they were situated geographically and interconnected. Thank you for this.

[@MelangeASMR]

Love that, thank you!!

[@Elibuwu]

Tiny correction: From Salzburg westwards, the faster trains generally go via the line towards Munich which is on the map as well and then cut down at Rosenheim (the curve south of Rosenheim does not seem to have existed at the time this map was done) towards Kufstein.

[@MelangeASMR]

Yes, thank you for mentioning it, I noticed that afterwards 😅 You can tell I don't take that train very often haha.

[@beth12svist]

You're correct on Linz-Budweis (České Budějovice). That was the first railway line in Czechia.

[@lunasayo7455]

Ich bin so froh deinen Kanal gefunden zu haben ❤️ du machst das soo angenehm und entspannend ☺️😌 einfach herrlich ♡

[@MelangeASMR]

Hallo Luna, danke dir für den lieben Kommentar. Freut mich, dass du da bist! 💛

[@katieherger4928]

I love your map tracing videos. I am going to go on a hunt at some point to find some interesting maps to send you. I think searching through antique shops and book stores for fun maps sounds like a fun way to spend an afternoon or two. Thanks for all of these great videos!

[@MelangeASMR]

Aw I would love that! And absolutely, even if the right kind of thing isn't there, it's fun and you always find some unexpected treasures.

[@rsvihla]

Constantinople remained the most common name for the city in the West until the 1930s, when Turkish authorities began to press for the use of "Istanbul" in foreign languages. Ḳosṭanṭīnīye (Ottoman Turkish: قسطنطينيه) and İstanbul were the names used alternatively by the Ottomans during their rule.

[@angelwiki4751]

As someone who lives in Bochnia I have to say you pronounced it almost perfectly🤩

[@MelangeASMR]

Oh thanks, glad to hear it!

[@WhiterockFTP]

many thanks for this amazing channel! much love from vienna

[@jeffreybunting7480]

You were surprised that Bratislava wasn’t on the map but it’s a Magyar map so its called Pozsony on the map. It was Preßburg, or Prešporok in Slovak, until 1919.

[@vanessathenavigator]

Love love love your map videos

[@MelangeASMR]

Thank you!! 🥰🥰

[@Dearion89]

Glædelig bagjul og godt nytår, Melange!

[@MelangeASMR]

Godt nytt år!

[@daniellaharkai4269]

Wow, das war sooo spannend! Wenn du ungarische oder andere Quellen suchst, kann ich dir gern helfen. Ich bin ja Bibliothekarin ;) Ich mag übrigens die Bahn und das Bahnfahren, man kann ruhig reisen und denken. 😊

[@MelangeASMR]

Daniella, das wäre großartig! Ich hab es leider noch nicht zur Bibliothek geschafft (irgendwas gibt es dort sicher), aber wenn du Tipps zu Büchern oder Autor:innen hast, würd ich mich sehr freuen darüber 💖💗 Ich mag das Bahnfahren auch sehr gerne. Mein Traum ist es, mit dem Nachtzug durch Europa zu fahren, aber es ist halt leider nicht ganz billig... Einen guten Rutsch und ein wunderbares neues Jahr wünsch ich dir! 🎇🎆

[@stephengoodchild8833]

Hope you do part two of this map, it was fascinating! Happy New Year! 🥂

[@MelangeASMR]

Happy New Year, Stephen! 🎆 Honestly it cost too much to only do one video haha. Maybe I can do something like an overlay with the lines after WW2, it would be a fascinating contrast.

[@rsvihla]

The Semmeringbahn is that curvy railroad you mentioned.

[@Dac1011]

What a beautiful video. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@MelangeASMR]

I'm very happy you enjoyed it, thank you!

[@rsvihla]

Do you have some kind of über microphone that picks up all those sounds so crisply?

[@eschsoapy2809]

You're right about the connection btwn Budweiser and Budvar. Budweiser pressed the brewers of Budvar about their name in the courts decades ago and of course they caved. The decline of quality in Budweiser and the other traditional big German\Czech-American beers can be blamed on Prohibition. Fortunately, we (U.S.) now have thousands of tiny breweries to make up for it.

[@MelangeASMR]

It's so odd to me that the beer from a city called Budweis in German can't be sold as Budweiser here, in a German speaking country lol. But as long as we still get Budvar, I'm happy, it's a great beer!

[@eschsoapy2809]

@@MelangeASMR lol yes! I had Budvar when I lived in Prague for several months (I went to Karlova U for a semester). It is a great beer. I think the problem was that Mr. Budweiser's family didn't like that their old world family brewery was competing against them. I guess that makes sense.

[@rsvihla]

Budweis is now called České Budějovice.

[@sulgrave_]

Love your nails and your soft voice!

[@cabeloguns]

Greetings from Brazil. Love your voice

[@MelangeASMR]

Hello to Brazil, thank you!

[@greensun1334]

I'm from Vienna! Greetings 🇦🇹

[@MelangeASMR]

Mah hallo!

[@sheaintheavyshewasmymother8500]

I’ve seen plenty of near fights from too much Bud in the UK. Was that line before Stevenson or was it Stephenson’s Rocket and the Stockton to Darlo as the locals would say. If you want someone’ attention in Darlington (Darlo) not Darrowby Alf you shout HOW. Is Darrowby a mixture of Darlington and Borrowby. Lubbots are Lowpin Gollops have fligged. What’s a Blacklock Yan Tan Tivvy. I was brought up by someone who was born locally in 1896 her grandfather was born locally in 1840 her husband was born in Jarrow in 1896 his grandfather was a boilermaker in Glasgow. Dad’s dad was unknown so I don’t know my surname. I’m the man with no name but I’m an engineer!!😂

[@steveb6984]

I wonder if Istanbul was labeled Constantinople in protest? The Orthodox refer to the Patriarch there as the Patriarch of Constantinople…

[@steveb6984]

After some googling, it turns out Turkey didn’t officially change the name of the city to Istanbul until 1930. Although the Turks called it Istanbul foreigners still used Constantinople until the late 1920s until the Turkish government asked outsiders to use Istanbul for mail etc

[@MelangeASMR]

Oh thank you for looking this up, I didn't know that! I guess that explains why the name is still so familiar to many people.

[@khanyakeyizana463]

You deserve happiness

[@claudiaschneider2190]

oh wie cool 🥺

[@MelangeASMR]

Danke, freut mich dass es dir gefallen hat! 🥰 Guten Rutsch!

[@mimosa27]

Where is your nail polish from?

[@MelangeASMR]

Just regular store nail polish, most of them are either Catrice or Essie. I think this was Catrice 80 Cherry Bite.

[@tokyo1956]

I love you ❤

[@MelangeASMR]

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[@LittleNanah]

Can u do map tracing no talking

[@MelangeASMR]

I feel like that's not really my thing but I've set up a poll :) If there's an interest, why not.

[@BcreativeMakeup]

Watch it on mute

[@ShinnoEli]

...And if you'd like all the sounds except talking, you could open an ASMR video that just has paper sounds and play the audio from that one in another tab, with this one on mute.