American takes the German States Quiz (YIKES)

[@solvest421]

Lower does not mean that it is further south, but rather that it is lower in terms of altitude.

[@gregorygant4242]

Correct .

[@enoiladoe]

Came here to say that

[@keineahnung7278]

Ich dachte das käme con der Nähe zu den Niederlanden.

[@anglosaxon5874]

Yup. Lower Egypt was the top part of Egypt too.

[@tubekulose]

@@keineahnung7278 Wie auch immer. Deren Seehöhe ist ebenfalls... niedrig. 🙂

[@ArthurFK]

Clicking Baden Württemberg 5 times and then still getting it wrong is quite the achievement.

[@APCLZ]

as a Baden Württemberger I am extremely disappointed in Ryan and im reconsidering my subscription xD

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

lol... They will never sell him a Mercedes ,or a Porsche for this...

[@wissenistmacht8930]

@@APCLZ lul he thought the black forest is in Rheinlandpfalz. thats what concerns me more

[@BlackChanal]

its like missing Texas

[@ryanwass]

[@dryder7078]

Lower Saxony is "lower" because it is more flat. It is literally lower than normal saxony (meters above sea level)

[@sokolo161]

Ryans geography teacher should be fuming if "lower" is being interpreted as "south"

[@anglosaxon5874]

@@sokolo161 Like Lower Egypt in ancient times was to the top part of Egypt. lol

[@knowshistory8740]

@@anglosaxon5874 Yes, that's the same explanation. Lower- starts at the sea (which is the North Sea for Germany or the Mediterranean for Egypt) and Upper- is more to the mountains or up an important rivver. In Germany, that means closer to the alps and in Egypt that mean further up River Nile.

[@anglosaxon5874]

@@knowshistory8740 Exactly. The rivers flow down to the sea.

[@preciouso.3892]

ach lol wär ich nie drauf gekiommen vorallem da ich jetzt von berlin nach niedesachsen bin und es im vergleich viiiieeeel hügeliger ist

[@pandaayi6394]

Mecklenburg-Voldemort. The state that shall not be named.

[@Wildcard71]

Sounds like full of murder.

[@tabeaha_da]

Underrated comment 😂

[@tini4518]

And Rheinland-Palpatine

[@lotemylife3006]

Der dessen Name nicht RICHTIG genannt werden darf! ...Waldemoort 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@D3__]

Drago Malefoy wäre stolz

[@6h483]

Weird, the quiz somehow forgot to put in Mallorca, it's a german state in the Mediterranean

[@holgawalda]

and wessex, sussex. west-sachsen und süd-sachsen

[@djvillan]

🤣

[@luvryyeo]

🗿

[@theawesomemepreussen]

Yes, and it put in Bayern even though they never signed the GG

[@Humpelstilzchen]

😊😊

[@melanielife769]

he's the only american who knows where the saarland is, i swear no one knows we even exsis

[@brockmildon7863]

I'm still sad saarland didn't qualify for the 1954 world cup! Also I'm american haha

[@Streunekater]

I'm German and I don't believe in the Saarland 😂🤪

[@Miximixos]

Tell your international friends about BIELEFELD, which also not exist. ;)

[@svenschirra6769]

Das Saarland ist das Bundesland von dem jahrzehntelang eure Kohle her kam.

[@seorsamaclately4294]

Salü Melanie, that's all he needs to know ;P

[@Fochest0r]

As someone from the black forest in Baden-Württemberg, I start taking this personally now :D

[@Micha-qv5uf]

It was his default guess whenever he didn't know xD

[@michaelkrohn3036]

funfact he know porsche audi mercedes but he dont know baden-württemberg where all this cars are build

[@BayerischeMeisterWerke]

​@@michaelkrohn3036 Audi's headquarters are in Ingolstadt nowadays though😅

[@melanielife769]

I just submitted a video on the state to him hoping he might react to it and learn some cool stuff

[@airyst_2219]

I I thought that too 😂

[@APCLZ]

Ryan throughout the Quiz: "Nett hier, aber waren Sie schon mal in Baden Württemberg?"

[@blackmounthare]

Underrated comment

[@WereDictionary]

Obviously yes and it sucked and he doesnt want to go there again.

[@SebastianGragnato]

Friend of mine was deployed in Kunduz saw this sticker on a patrol there thats viral marketing.

[@sylviav6900]

Not really. Otherwise, he would have known it from the start. 😜

[@Avi-rn6ei]

"Mecklenburg- Voldemord" my god i choked on that. Im no longer a Mecklenburger im now Voldemord! Beware the power of raging alcoholism!

[@storchnbein2733]

Voldemort does have a right-wing agenda

[@lohjutsulegend]

After that I was kinda expecting him to say Rhineland-Palpatine

[@andreas-franke]

If you go more south in germany the landscape goes higher, and if you go north the land is goning lower. So that's why Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) is in the north.

[@zorrothebug]

Thank you! was about to mention this. Deserves much more likes. Everybody just noting "lower does not mean north but less altitude" without giving context of the topographical layout of Germany.

[@AaAa-si7mo]

and its easy to remember because the south has the alps which are very high, and the north has flat coast lines right at sea level.

[@Frahamen]

Rule 1 in geography: lower and higher means less and more mountainous not north and south.

[@friendly-x8p]

In France low and high is often determined by a river I think

[@Frahamen]

@@friendly-x8p yeah it means high altitude and since water flows down the hill, higher up the river means closer to the source and down the river is closer to the mouth if the river. It really is the same thing.

[@friendly-x8p]

@ ok thanks I wasn't really sure what it meant

[@hermannschaefer4777]

Fun fact: Bavarian is a "High German" dialect for the same reason..

[@qwesx]

@@friendly-x8p Fun fact: even in that case Lower Saxony would be lower on the river Elbe.

[@Jan-lj6ej]

6:26 the Brandenburg gate is not near Berlin, it is right in the middle of it 😂

[@CycloneFox]

But Ryan's idea was good! :)

[@Jan-lj6ej]

@CycloneFox true, I didn't mean it in a bad way. I just found it funny 😅

[@3VILTW1N]

And why is that so?

[@aphextwin5712]

And as with street names, a ‘gate’ can carry the name of something this gate leads to.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@3VILTW1N You mean in the center of Berlin? Well, when the thing was built, in the 1790's, the city hasn't expand to the west. It was the western gate. At that time, Berlin had around 100.000 inhabitans. 150 years later, when Geater Berlin was formed, it had 4.4 million. And so you got your answer, why the gate is in the center of the today city...

[@TobiasRieperGER]

5:00 Lower it is, cause it's lower to sea level. Lower Saxony & Schleswig Holstein are ~5 - 10 meters over sea level. Leipzig in Saxony is ~85m over sea level. So Lower Saxony is lower than Saxony

[@pluckybug]

I am quite impressed by your knowledge of German states. Very good job!

[@Markus-ht2we]

Hey Ryan, I saw your comment about the map outline and how you jokingly called it Cyprus. Just a heads-up, that was actually Rügen, a beautiful island in northern Germany! Maybe you'd find it interesting to make a reaction video about Rügen. It's got fascinating history, charming seaside resorts, and those famous chalk cliffs in Jasmund National Park. I think your viewers would enjoy learning about this hidden gem. Keep up the great work!

[@SD-ed8is]

As a Rüganer I approve this message.

[@spezifisch4468]

Ive been to rügen more times than I can count (at least once a year) and I've seen a lot of Germany and I think it's the most beautiful place in Germany

[@fyrhunter_svk]

Brandenburg Gate is IN Berlin, actually. :D

[@PotsdamSenior]

Ours in Potsdam is much older, though! ☝️

[@wWvwvV]

Back in the days the gate was the crossing between Berlin and the town of Brandenburg. Both towns were next to each other.

[@roerd]

@@wWvwvV No. The town of Brandenburg (an der Havel) still exists and is not next to Berlin. The Brandenburger Tor was the city gate of Berlin at the road that lead to the town of Brandenburg, but it was not right next to it.

[@TartarusBln]

There is more than on Brandenburger Tor. FunFact the Brandenburger Tor in Berlin ist the Gate to the state of Brandenbur gut the Gate tin dirction of the City of Brandenburg an der Havel

[@PotsdamSenior]

​@@wWvwvVIt was at the road leading to Brandenburg. Both towns are 60 km apart! Same with Schlesisches Tor, Kottbusser Tor, Oranienburger Tor etc. In my Town there's the Brandenburger Tor, the Nauener Tor, and there used to be a Berliner Tor.

[@efi3825]

Oh yeah, film that again some time. I'd love to see how much you remember after a while.

[@daanwilmer]

The Brandenburg gate is not just "near" Berlin, it's about as centered as you can get. But at least it got you a correct answer, well done!

[@Triskele]

Yes, but Berlin was once much smaller than it is today. Back then, the Brandenburger Tor actually formed the border between Berlin and Brandenburg.

[@nik-roshansirak3398]

Mecklenburg-Voldemort. Von nun an, werde ich es nicht mehr anders nennen! 🤣🤣🤣

[@HappyLoki585]

The weather: raining Will be correct for 90 % 😂

[@fake6294]

With Nord RHEIN Westfalia and RHEIN Land Pfalz it would probably be easier if you had a map with that named river on it. The "RHEIN"

[@arthur_p_dent]

4:40 the "low" in "lower Saxony" refers to altitude, not lower on the map. "Lower" in the sense that the coast is "lower" than the mountains. It's the same reason why north German dialects are, somewhat counterintuitively, called "Low German".

[@MaryRaine929]

🎉 I thought it was quite impressive for a first try!👍 Maybe you could react to a video about the German states and what makes every one special and then do the quiz again. This kind of „memory-palace“ worked pretty well with you, remembering Schleswig-Holstein’s beaches! 😊

[@emiliajojo5703]

I think it's a cool concept,I would have enjoined a third round!

[@adalon378]

Not what I thought about your channel... I'm not expecting an expert channel about Germany, I'm expecting a channel about an American learning about Germany, and bringing the viewers along the ride. That's just a fun thing to do!! Personally I'm living in Germany now more permanently, but I don't even speak German yet, very long story... But I'm enjoying your videos a lot.

[@JaneSmith-rx6kx]

The VHS (Volkshochschule) close to where you are usually offer German for non- natives 🙂 welcome to our crazy corner of the world

[@nablamakabama488]

Lower in Germany is like lower in Egypt. The mountains are south, the sea is north and the rivers flow from high to low.

[@starstencahl8985]

3:41 That’s the english name for NRW, sometimes they differ from the german names. In the case of NRW, Thuringa or Bavaria it’s the english name, so english pronunciation. But for Bremen, SH or Meck-Pomm it’s the german word, so ideally german pronunciation

[@walkir2662]

Yep. No one actually says Nordrhein-Westfalen unless reading an official document. And even then, I would probably read "NRW".

[@MiaMerkur]

​@@walkir2662 and who is traveling by train shall know NDS for Niedersachsen.

[@3VILTW1N]

Smart ass comment: The official abbreviation is NW 😁

[@njordholm]

@@3VILTW1N I am intrigued to top that 😅 ISO-3166-2-Code list for all: BW = Baden-Württemberg; BY = Bayern; BE = Berlin; BB = Brandenburg; HB = Bremen; HH = Hamburg; HE = Hessen; MV = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; NI = Niedersachsen; NW = Nordrhein-Westfalen; RP = Rheinland-Pfalz; SL = Saarland; SN = Sachsen; ST = Sachsen-Anhalt; SH = Schleswig-Holstein; TH = Thüringen. Fun fact: Why HB and HH for Bremen and Hamburg? Because they were members of the Hanseatic League (a medieval commercial and defensive network). They still use this term as an expression of their independence. For Germany as whole country: ISO-3166-1 ALPHA-2: DE ALPHA-3: DEU ...while the IOC in contrast uses: GER

[@njordholm]

Verwendung der Abkürzung NRW bei Rechts- und Verwaltungsvorschriften RdErl. d. Ministeriums für Inneres und Justiz v. 17. 2. 1999 - V B 5/17 - 10.10 Die im allgemeinen Sprachgebrauch bisher übliche Abkürzung NRW für Nordrhein-Westfalen geht auf eine entsprechende Bitte des Ministerpräsidenten von 1983 zurück. Dabei wurde aber klargestellt, dass es bei der Abkürzung NW verbleibt, soweit Nordrhein-Westfalen in Rechts- und Verwaltungsvorschriften abgekürzt anzuführen ist. Die Landesregierung hat nun am 20. Oktober 1998 beschlossen, dass bei Rechts- und Verwaltungsvorschriften des Landes die Abkürzung NRW anstelle von NW aufzunehmen ist.

[@Jonas78232]

6:25 The Brandenburg Gate is actually IN Berlin.

[@PauxloE]

Many of the current state names are hyphenated, because they were composed of two former states or provinces merged together. → Schleswig-Holstein - derived from the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein (wo were formerly in personal union with Denmark, later conquered by Austria and Prussia and administered together, then annexed by Prussia). → Nordrhein-Westfalen - the northern part of the Rhine province, and the province of Westfalen. → Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - derived from various states named Mecklenburg, and the Prussian province Vorpommern. (Hinterpommern is nowadays part of Poland.) → Rheinland-Pfalz - the prussian Rhineland, together with parts of the duchy/electorate called "Pfalz". → Sachsen-Anhalt - the prussian provinces Sachsen (which was at some point conquered from the Duchy/Kingdom of Sachsen, neighboring to that) and Anhalt. → Baden-Württemberg - from the kingdom of Württemberg and the grand duchy of Baden (and a bunch of smaller states who didn't contribute to the name) Some of the non-hypenated states were also composed of multiple states, but often of several ones with similar names (like various "Hessen"), or smaller ones were left out from the naming. Other notes: → Brandenburg is both a state and a medium-sized city in this state (the city came first, the state (originally a "Markgrafschaft", a border land ruled by a margrave) later developed into Prussia, the largest of the pre-WWII states (though then later we again got the province of Brandenburg inside it). The "Brandenburger Tor" in Berlin is actually named after the city (because that was the gate where you left Berlin to go towards Brandenburg). → Niedersachsen didn't exist with this name before WWII, but was mostly the province Hannover of prussia (former kingdom of Hannover, was for a time in personal union with Britian). The name comes from the duchy of Sachsen from the 9th and 10th century, which was in this region. (Notably, the saxons which later with the angles formed the "anglosaxons" in Britain came from here.) Nieder = lower elevation compared to the more mountainous "Sachsen". → Bremen was a former Free City (not part of any of the monarchies in the empire). It became/stayed a separate state as part of the American occupation zone in the middle of the British zone in North Western Germany, so the US could have a port. It is often known as a "City state", but actually consists of two cities (Bremen and Bremerhaven), roughly 50 km apart. → 9:47 "by the black forest" - the black forest is actually in Baden-Würtemberg, near the south-west corner of Germany. The Rhine here forms the border towards France and Switzerland.

[@stefantegethoff5523]

The reason for the long and hyphenated names is, that when they made up the new states after WWII, old provinces or dukedoms or kingdoms were in some cases put together, to get away from having countless small territories ("Kleinstaaterei"). The northern part of the Rhineland + Westfalia were combined to make Northrhine-Westfalia (+Lippe actually, they were added a bit later). The southern part of the Rhineland was combined with the formerly Bavarian Pfalz/Palatinate, so you get Rhineland-Palatinate (as with Lippe, a former part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse is also included here, not reflected in the name)

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

There were 2 Hessian states...

[@haukesattler446]

Saxony: Mountains (Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Ore Mountains) Lower Saxony: Flatlands.

[@1Pogge1]

Harz

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@1Pogge1 Ja... Aber was ist schon der Harz... Heinrich Heine hat da was auf dem Gipfel in der Kneipe, ins Gästebuch geschrieben: "Viele Steine, saure Weine, Aussicht keine, Heinrich Heine..."

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

Lower Saxony is mostly lowlands which explains part of the name. It is also Old Saxony, because the state which calls itself Saxony since the 15th century consists of a couple of former Thuringian border provinces whose ruler once was then appointed to the office of Elector and Duke of Saxony.

[@metalmusicdiscord]

The key to memorizing stuff is not just memorizing the actual name or expression but also stuff around it, so that the synapses in your brain that are responsible for learning and memory form more and stronger connections between each other. That may include simple things such as shapes and sizes, but also geographical locations (there's a state that borders on the north sea, one that borders on the baltic sea, and one that borders on both (Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein respectively). If you know the course of the Rhine river through Germany (forms the border between France and Baden-Württemberg, then flows right through Rhineland-Palatinate and Northrhine-Westphalia) before it continues its path through the Netherlands), you can narrow down the location of the two states that have "Rhine" in their name. Similar to how you can tell where the state of Mississippi is situated if you know where the river of the same name can be found. If you just try to learn an arbitrary series of words, numbers, items etc. within a short time, your brain will only be able to remember around 6-8 of them at best... unless you know certain techniques that help you remember more (George A. Miller "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two"). But if you don't engage yourself further with these things they will be forgotten quickly.

[@EDELWEISS1860]

Danke für das Video ✌️🌍

[@wiebitte2741]

Wow you did get Schleswig-Holstein right, now that's really great man, I am from northern Germany and seeing You having this right makes me quite happy!

[@Herzschreiber]

Rhineland-Palatinate is not where you find the black forest. You will find it in Baden-Württemberg.

[@lucabeckr]

Btw Rhineland-Palatinate also has a Black Forest. It’s called the Schwarzwälder Hochwald. So it’s the Black Foresty High Forest 😅

[@Herzschreiber]

@@lucabeckr hahaha, okay! But I have my doubts about if they know Germersheim over there! 😂

[@Naoki_Kato]

As mnemonic Baden-WurttemBERG (Baden-Württemberg) has the word Berg at the end which means mountain, so you can try to remember Bavaria has many Mountains as well so it must be near to it, and for some reason many states with the name "Burg" = "Castle" are in the North (Hamburg, MecklenBURG-Vorpommern). (and no, they don't have the most castles in Germany - did it check it myself, even when the results are different on some sites).

[@MiaMerkur]

A lot of cities along the coastline have/ had castles to defend like pirates.

[@desperadox7565]

Hamburg is named after 1 castle, the Hammaburg. Many cities are and Hamburg is a city-state.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

But they have a castle for parliament...

[@Naoki_Kato]

Good to know thanks for the comments make sense :D

[@Psi-Storm]

Rhineland might have something to do with where the Rhine is flowing through. The Rhine is one of the natural borders between the German and the French people for millennia, so clicking an east German state might be a new low for someone that is watching German content so long. :)

[@aphextwin5712]

Outside of Russia, the largest rivers in Europe are the Rhine and the Danube. Knowing that the Rhine is generally relatively close to the Western border of Germany (or even forms it) gives some hints where states with the word Rhine in their name are.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

No, it was not! Only since Julius Cesar wrote this (which was total BS), this was a so called border.

[@BlauKraut-gg5iu]

Millennia? For most of history the Rhine wasn't really a border. Roughly and simplified, it was the border between the Roman Empire and the Germanic tribes for a while, long before France or Germany existed as nations. Before that, there were Celts on both sides. After the Roman Empire, both sides of the Rhine were Germanic until Alsacia fell to France.

[@olli3318]

few tricks: - Start with the easy ones, then go like this: - Rhine (ger. Rhein) is our west border, but it leaves us before reaching the ocean. > North Rhine is the second most norther state of our west border, the other Rhine state is right below it. - The altitude rises towards the south, so everything "lower" is in the north. - You can get from lower saxony to saxony, only by stopping (ger. anhalten) in Saxony-Anhalt before. - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has a "Burg" in the name, like 2 other states, just put it somewhere in the same region. - Baden-Württemberg has a "Berg" in the name, which means mountain. So it fills the south. - Now all that's left to recall is Hesse and Thuringia. In Thuringia there is an R for right. so its the right one (east) of those 2 states.

[@Nishna-Flambino]

A few days ago I tried US States Quiz on the same website ... first try was also only 46% 😀

[@SrH_-ri3fx]

2:18 A lot of states have "-" because the region includes several former territories. For example: Schleswig-Holstein consists of the regions Schleswig (what btw. once belong to Denmark, wich makes it easier to locate it, when you now german history) and Holstein. The same with Baden-Württemberg or Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

[@Moritz-2806]

Inofficial we have 17 Bundesländer(Malle)

[@wbrenne]

Lower Saxony is closer to sea level than regular Saxony, that's why it is lower in terms of elevation. The Black Forest is in Baden-Württemberg, not in Rhineland-Palatinate.

[@MetalWolv]

As a german it's really funny to watch your videos 😁

[@darkherobrine6331]

The "brandenburger gate" is in berlin, even almost in the middle

[@wildflower315]

I just knew Bavaria, Brandenburg (because of Bach's concertos) and Thuringia (because of Bach again). Fascinating to learn!

[@Gaston413]

4:56 "How is it lower?" (>Sea level) The Elbe river flows through Saxony and later separates Schleswig-Holstein from Lower Saxony until it flows into the sea. Hamburg is also in between and is divided by the Elbe. Following the course of the Elbe, Saxony is higher than Lower Saxony.

[@Stjurgeon]

Germany doesn't only have Mecklenburg-Voldemort, it also has Rhineland-Palpatine.

[@jambalaa4546]

Small detour to history. The saxons came from the rough area of Saxony. They went northwest. Saxony-Anhalt is named after the royal family that was founded there. Lower Saxony is closer to the sea and thereby flatter and lower in elevation. From there they went more north and arrived in Angeln (a part of Schleswig Holstein) and went further to arrive in England "Angel saxons". Also Brandenburg Gate isn't in Brandenburg but in the center of Berlin.

[@annjanovsky8054]

Good for you for having a go

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

The easiest way to remember this is with the beer brands. Baden-Würtemberg - Lasser Premium, Bavaria - Münchner Hofbräu, Berlin - Schultheiss, Brandenburg - Potsdamer Stange, Hamburg - Astra, Hessen - Veltins, Mecklenburg - Lübzer, NRW - DAP, Rheinland-Pfalz - Bitburger, Saarland - they drink wine, Saxony - Köstrizer, Sachsen-Anhalt - Hasseröder, Schleswig Holstein - Holsten, Thüringen - Hasseröder too.

[@mikakosu7479]

I've learned the 50 US states with that game. It actually is quite helpful for learning!

[@jessali_]

Landkreise (districts) next? There are 400 of them and they're on Seterra too 😁

[@Bassteria]

I'm here just to appreciate about how you pronounce my home state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 😎 Greetings from the north of Germany. Love your videos.

[@dionysiosvonhalikarnassos7792]

Actually, the logic of "short name, small state" is not too bad of a strategy. Most states with a long name (with a hyphen) are two former regions/counties/kingdoms etc. mushed together to form one state. So, usually, that means, they contain a bigger area. Then again, Saxony is not a very long word but (I think) the state is about the same size as Rhineland-Palatinate. Sooo, not infallible. But at least for the city-states that checks out😅 Also, good job to Ryan! Wasn't too bad of a first try, I think🎉

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Das war ne glatte 5... Aber es war auch der erste Versuch...

[@aphextwin5712]

It works for the city states and Saarland, ie, the four smallest states. And the top 9 (by area) states include five of the six hyphenated states.

[@dionysiosvonhalikarnassos7792]

@@melchiorvonsternberg844 Eben. Für ne Klausur würde man normalerweise ja auch vorher lernen und nicht während des Tests erst. Insofern gibt eine Benotung in diesem Falle einen falschen Eindruck, finde ich...

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@dionysiosvonhalikarnassos7792 Schon mal von einer Stehgreifaufgabe gehört? Und in Bayern, wird knallhart benotet!

[@dionysiosvonhalikarnassos7792]

@@melchiorvonsternberg844 Habe ich, aber besonders pädagogisch wertvoll und vor allem aussagekräftig finde ich diese Form der Abfrage nicht. Wie gesagt, man sollte erst Benoten (bzw. anhand von gegebenen Standards bewerten), wenn vorher ein Lernen stattgefunden hat. Alles andere ist irgendwie unfair, finde ich. In diesem Falle bin ich mir zum Beispiel recht sicher, dass ich bei einem spontanen Test über die Schweizer Kantone recht ähnlich abschneiden würde. Ich habe mich aber auch noch nie bewusst mit ihnen beschäftigt. Das einzige, was mir diese 5 also sagen würde, wäre, dass (wie ich ja eh schon weiß) noch mehr Beschäftigung mit dem Thema nötig ist. Aber über meine eigentlichen kognitiven Fähigkeiten wäre keine Aussage getroffen. Naja. Und ich weiß nicht, ob man die Benotungspraktiken in Bayern so unbedingt weiter in die Welt hinaustragen muss. Aber da können wir ja unterschiedlicher Meinung sein.

[@willihausch1484]

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is actually called Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania because ist is a fusion of the state of Mecklenburg and the rest german part of Pomerania. The rest of it is Poland today.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Hinter- Pommern...

[@DirkMetall]

Lower Saxony because it’s literally lower: flatland near the coast instead of mountains. Generally the „ lowlands““ are in the north near the coast, whereas the highlands are in the south

[@deganski]

Funny thing about the hyphons: After WW2 the allies erm.. helped... us forming those states. E.g. Rhineland-Palatinate are parts of the former rhineland combined with the palatinate. Baden-Württemberg is baden and also Württemberg put together. Schleswig-Holstein is put together from... you mightve guessed it by now: Schleswig and Holstein.

[@jurgenbaumann67]

Black Forest is NOT in the area you showed, which you figured out as Rhineland. Black Forest is in Baden-Wurttemberg.

[@ninjaXladyXjae]

Imagine how the AngleSaxons migrated from Saxony to britain. Saxony, Saxony Anhalt and Lower Saxony are the route they took. That's how I remember where those states are.

[@DRex_87]

Thanks for sharing this erxperience with us. You did a lot better than I would have expected of many fellow Germans. And don't mind screwing things up, we would not be any better on the US States.

[@SovermanandVioboy]

Baden-Württemberg is actually very easy to remember bcs it ends with "berg" what means mountain - so its the other state with the Alps.

[@aphextwin5712]

Let’s say ‘close to the Alps’ which would be synonymous with being in the southernmost parts of Germany. Baden-Württemberg gets close to the Allgäuer Alps and contains part of the Alpenvorland in its southeastern corner. It also contains Germany’s highest Mittelgebirge and is thus in second place when it comes to which state has the highest mountains. The actual name is based on a 411 m high mountain (though to me it feels more like hill) that once was the location of the original residence of the House of Württemberg.

[@hkmamba824]

Dude I was actually impressed when u got Schleswig Holstein

[@ArmandoBellagio]

Not too bad the second time. As an American you should remember Baden-Württemberg and Hesse (think Stuttgart, Frankfurt) because these were the 2 main states, besides Bavaria and Berlin, where US soldiers were stationed. Some are still there.

[@lf4114]

All states with "Rhine" in it to the left, remember the line of the three saxony's, the 2 BigAss-States in the south start both with the letters BA (Bavaria + Baden-W.) and the rest you already got pretty well ;-)

[@winterlinde5395]

Das hast du gut gemacht!👍

[@rhysodunloe2463]

4:54 Lower Saxony is lower because it's closer to the sea. All the Saxonies refer to a tribe that settled along the Elbe river. Yes, the same Saxons that also settled in England and became the Anglosaxons. That's why there are three of them in one line. The spring of the Elbe is South of the Polish-Czech border and from there the river flows through Northwestern Czech Republic (where the river is called Labe), across East and Northern Germany into the North Sea. It passes through Dresden, the capitol of Saxony, Magdeburg, the capitol of Saxony-Anhalt and Hamburg, the capitol of...well, Hamburg, because it's a city state. The river is also the border between Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony.

[@Survival_games_zocken]

here are the german names from north to south : Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Niedersachsen , Hamburg , Bremen , Brandenburg , Sachsen Anhalt , Berlin , Nordrhein-Westfahlen , Sachsen , Hessen , Thüringen , Rheinland-Pfalz , Bayern , Saarland , Baden- Württemberg

[@DaniWallaby]

You should make a video about trying to learn the capitals of each state, too. 😁

[@Shemuel.F]

Lower Saxony lies below Saxony on the Elbe river

[@dan438]

The lowlands in Germany are in the north. The south is really mountainous with the Alps and so forth.

[@auburnt_amaranth]

i come from Schleswig-Holstein, so I am glad you got ours right.

[@Attirbful]

Lower Saxony is lower than Saxony just like the “Nether“lands are lower than France or Germany. Low refers to the geographic silhouette, not the map. So, states bordering the sea are usually lower than mountainous inlands…

[@iamspencerx]

Hey Ryan, don't worry about getting some of them wrong! You stuck strictly to the German map like a pro. Who cares if some of the states were wrong? At least you didn’t start guessing regions in Belgium or Poland. Gold star for you!

[@A-N-N-E]

The „Brandenburger Tor“ is in Berlin at the old border. So in the Center now

[@ponym8289]

I'm curious, can you do this quiz again with all American states? I couldn't. 😂

[@CouldBeChara]

When i had to learn this in school i constantly mistook Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for Schleswig-Holstein and the other way around Same with the 3 saxonies

[@sayrocks11]

It's like playing Memory and you get the same card like 10 times 😂 and now please a Quiz about USA

[@melanielife769]

You could do a video series learning about each state individually so you can associate something with each. There must be like drone shot videos of the landscapes and famous cathedrals and whatnot.

[@anonymus390]

Maybe if he hasn't done the videos about our states by Jules yet, he should react to them! :D

[@TobiasRieperGER]

Thuringia is easy, it's the center of germany. If you take a line from north to south and east to west, the cross is there. And Thuringia is the forest state. In percent, they have the most area of wood, even the black forest is bigger. It's divided to so many areas and in percent to the states it is, it is less in percentage per state.

[@lilycev179]

As someone who lives in the Rhineland area in Baden-Württemberg, that hurt…🫠

[@mihafy5506]

Btw The Schwarzwald isn’t in Rhineland palatinate it’s in the southern one Baden Württemberg. And it has one of germanys biggest ski resorts ( i guess ) it’s at the feldberg. 👍

[@YouliuZz]

North-rhine westphalia and rhineland-pala.. whatever its called in english :D is easy when u know the River "Rhein /Rhine" one is obviously in the north and more west and the other below :)

[@Kurai1711]

the easy way to remember Thuringia ( Thüringen ). Look at Germany and think of a torso with the head, arms and legs chopped off , you will find Thuringia as its green heart, which it is known to be for^^

[@emiliajojo5703]

The same thing with American States would also help me and would be fun!!!😂❤

[@EmilBöttcher]

Lower Saxony is called low because the german word "nieder" which means lower can also be translated with flat. Northern Germany is well known for being flat.

[@mickypescatore9656]

It`s ok, Ryan. Even Germans have sometimes problems with that! But what I personally find funny is that as an American you don't immediately know where you Americans have been stationed in Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz, Baden-Württemberg, Hessen and Bayern), or that Americans created the federal state of "Baden-Württemberg" by putting Baden und Württemberg together to one state.

[@nilshoppenstedt6073]

Ne, die Zusammenlegung erfolgte nach einem Volksentscheid.

[@m.h.6470]

Most of the states with hyphens have them, because they were traditionally separate regions, that were combined to form a bigger region. Germany used to be a conglomeration of hundreds of regions that slowly where combined into bigger regions. But most of these regions maintain their difference to this date, with rivalries even between neighboring cities (like Düsseldorf and Cologne)

[@damianborowczyk2046]

Lower refers to lowland, not map position ;) Lower usually means also "down the river", so around the river mouth. Like the Nile and ancient Lower Egipt and Upper Egipt. Lower Egipt was to the north.

[@Aaron94146]

It's "Lower" because the altitude is lower in the north as the mountains are in the south and the sea in the north. Lower saxony is at a lower altitude compared to saxony.

[@Midnight.Creepypastas]

I don’t even know all of them myself! 😂😂

[@jacki_00]

Can you maybe link these quizes? It would be fun for us to also try ☺

[@zaubera]

Funny how I didn’t know where LOWER SAXONY was until I realized it was Niedersachsen and then everything made sense. Also, ‚paltinate‘ is a terrible word, why we English speakers can’t just keep it to the short and sweet Pfalz, I don’t understand…and as for the longer names: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Nordrhein Westphalia and Baden Württemberg…. Try: meck-pom, NRW and Ba-wü. Also, maybe look up the German alphabet to help with pronunciation. Especially the vowels! Good job guessing though! I learned the states when my kids were in grade school as college German did not teach geography!😂

[@SiqueScarface]

All three states with Saxony in the name are related by name only (and some feudal shenanigans). The original Saxony is Lower Saxony. In the early Middle Ages, this was the territory of the Duke of Saxony, of one the most powerful families in the Holy Roman Empire, the House of Welf. When one of the Dukes, Henry the Lion, got in conflict with the Emperor, hailing from the other really powerful family of House Staufer around the Duke of Suabia, he finally lost, and his duchy got split up. A new aristocratic family, the House of Ascania, got the privileges of the Duke of Saxony in the Empire, and because in the feudal system, every title is bound to a piece of land, a territory was carved up in connection to those privileges around the town of Wittenberg (yes, that Wittenberg). When the last Ascanian heir to the title of Duke of Saxony died, the Margrave of Meissen of House Wettin got awarded the territory of Wittenberg, and because the Duke of Saxony was also one of the Electors of the next King of the Holy Roman Empire, the Margrave of Meissen became the Duke Elector of Saxony, moving the name "Saxony" up the Elbe river into today's State of Saxony. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Holy Roman Empire ended, and the former secular Electors became Kings in their own territories, turning the Duke Elector of Saxony into the King of Saxony. But as Saxony sided with Napoleon, it finally was one the losing parties in the Napoleonic Wars, while Prussia was one of the winners, and to drive the point home, the Kingdom of Saxony lost the Wittenberg territory to Prussia, which called it "Province Saxony" to further humilate the King of Saxony. And here you have it: Middle Age Saxony (House of Welf) becoming Lower Saxony, Margraviate of Meissen (House of Wettin) becoming Saxony, and Province Saxony together with the former Principalities of Anhalt (both House of Ascania) and the Archdiocese of Magdeburg turning into Saxony-Anhalt.

[@BeyondMainstreamNetwork]

You should remember the two B&Bs like Brandenburg with Berlin in it and Baden-Würtemberg next to Bavaria xD it's just a couple of B's

[@beckysam3913]

once you get idea about the german states, you can look up where king charles, his mother the queen elisabeth lineage comes from germany and the father of king charles , who is prince phillip, has also german royal family roots. basically and very much simplified, his mother, queen elisabeth grandfather side comes from huge royal lineage from thuringia, sachsen, coburg, gotha (east german places, regions), queen elisabeth grandmother is a german born princes victoria from sachsen-coburg-saalfeld, (places in east germany) and that lineage was also ruling in the house of hannover lineage, that is in central germany, and she married a british royal. queen elisabeth has also roots in southwest germany , the royal würtemberg lineage (southwest germany), her husband prince phillip lineage comes from hessen, battenberg which is translated to mountbatten, thats where his mother was born come from, and his dad comes from schleswig holstein, near denmark and throughout history denmark had ruled from time to time over schleswig holstein as well and danish and german royal families are linked tightly too. and they then added windsor to their name once living now in england and not germany anymore. once the ancient british family had nearly died out in the past, they married into the german royal lineages over long period of time and thats the germanic royal root in britain. thats why the children of prince william still have germanic royal names, to honor the germanic ancestry and their relatives of the past, like george, luis and charlotte. with prince william, they cut officially their germanic surname out of the british register, the mountbatten or battenberg , they do not use mountbatten anymore, which is actually germanic and a place located in hessen, they have battenberg royal lineage, where prince williams grandfather's mother was born. and this was just an overly simplyfied overview, its way more interesting and complicated because there were other many marriages , offsprings who crossed pathes and had marriages to other royal houses, and some generation later their offspring married each other and formed political unions between royals throughout european countries and monarchy. oh and yes, they were mostly some degree cousins too, lol.

[@JDCarnin]

I tried the version for the US and got 35% in 7 minutes. If I ever try to travel to the US, they should reject me at the border xD Btw just for fun: the german version was 100% in 14 seconds.

[@UliFandoms]

Hi from Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg (South-West Germany)👋👋

[@birgitschuster3361]

Where do you find tests like this? I'd like to do one about American States as a German and see how I would do. Of course, I know where Califonia is or Texas or Florida. But Wisconsin, Dakota, Iowa? Could be interesting.

[@dDDennisBerlin]

Damn Porsche, Mercedes, Bosch, etc come from Baden Württemberg. You should react more delicated to the land of swabian 😂😂 ☝️ loved your struggle, good job