The rude fountains of Miltenberg

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@eisikater1584 4 ай бұрын

3:16 I can't help but admire the way you put in translations of important German words and your respectfulness towards the differences between British and American English.

@williamrees6662 4 ай бұрын

When I was a seminarian in the Catholic Church, I was sent to Rome to pursue my studies in theology and philosophy. Our church, St John of the Latin Gate, has a similar depiction of a very large horse's ar*e over the place in the sanctuary where the priest would have stood to say Mass in the days of the Tridentine Rite. He painted it there precisely because he hadn't been paid.

@MHParkison 4 ай бұрын

Andrew, I always appreciate it when you get out and about (by public transport, no less!) in Franconia and Hesse. The research and attention you put into the work is evident in every one. Thanks and keep them coming!

@fmhummel 4 ай бұрын

What a respectable tourist information office! Usually these places and tour guides are spreading these kinds of stories.

@___________________________._ 4 ай бұрын

I am from there. Thank you for making a video about my small little Region. ☺️👍

@RiggenbachDE 2 ай бұрын

I grew up in the district (Landkreis) of Miltenberg, and I always understood that the nickname "Staffelbrunzer" referred to the frequent inundations which used to affect especially the westerly part of Miltenberg (called "Schwarzviertel" = "the black quarter"). In the past, people did not have toilets in their houses, but rather a latrine in a wooden shack in the backyard or garden behind the house. But in times of high water level of the river, usually in spring when the snow was melting, the backyard or garden would be flooded, so that the latrine was not accessible. The cellar would usually be flooded also, but the ground floor was designed to be high enough to remain dry, with some steps leading up to the front door of the house. So, the inhabitants would usually relieve themselves down from the stairs to the street (which in those cases was flooded anyway). The townsfolk of Miltenberg might have drawn their inspiration for their "Staffelbrunzer"-Fountain from the famous "Manneken Pis" of Brussels (Belgium). Will triplicating that one make Miltenberg three times mores famous than Brussels is? - Between Aschaffenburg and Miltenberg there is another town, which also used to be affected by floodings. The inhabitants of that town are mocked by those of neighbouring towns as "Schlackschisser" or "Schlagschisser" (no official spelling rules available for dialect expressions). They also could not use their latrines during floodings, and they would have to shit down onto the street by sitting on their window-sills, trying to hide in a makeshift manner behind the half-closed window-shutters ("Fensterschlag" = "Fensterladen"). Floodings of the river Main are no longer as harmful as they used to be, because the river bed has been excavated to allow for traffic of bigger riverboats, and the towns Würzburg, Miltenberg and Wörth have been equipped with flood barriers.

@divaloulou 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this charming video! A special thanks for the note on accessibility. It warms my heart.

@BlueWaterLady 4 ай бұрын

I think you could do an entire series just on the fountains and statues in various towns throughout Germany. I have always found them very entertaining and some of them quite eye-opening. The 9 m tall statue at lake Constance also known as Bodensee is quite striking. I believe it is titled Imperia. In Karlsruhe there is an Indian head statue- Indianerbrunner in Werderplatz which also has an interesting history. I believe it is connected to wild Bill Cody and his wild West show performing somewhere in that area. I have bicycle throughout Germany and found statues and fountains quite entertaining.

@NoZoDE 2 ай бұрын

I just love that basically every town has rivalry with something. Miltenberg Großheubach (as you mentioned) but also thigns like Reistenhausen-Fechenbach, both are grown together towns which were unified as Collenberg in the 70s. To this day there are rivalrys as to which part of the town is better. I for myself can say that Reistenhausen is obviously the best.

@gscott5062 4 ай бұрын

Nice video! Speaking of the orientation of statues, I'm also reminded of the Cat House in Riga, Latvia.

@Herzschreiber 4 ай бұрын

You're getting closer and closer...... :) (I'm currently living in Klingenberg) Great video again!

@stevebartley628 4 ай бұрын

I had to fix a broken bicycle spoke at that fountain

@Inkyminkyzizwoz 4 ай бұрын

The bit about the rivalry with that other village reminds me of how the clock tower on Chester Town Hall only has faces on three sides, with the fourth being the one that faces Wales

@paolagrando5079 4 ай бұрын

Artists have been giving themselves a licence to add or change stuff that they wanted. I like it, it makes the pieces more interesting. Shame that we won't know the majority of them and their reasons.

@MrGreatplum 4 ай бұрын

This is fascinating, thank you for showing us this fountain and its story

@DoubleACbg 4 ай бұрын

The stylized “M” on the plaque and in the coat-of-arms made me think of the “golden arcs” of McDowell’s, the McDonald’s takeoff featured in the film Coming To America, starring Eddie Murphy.

@LucaPasini2 4 ай бұрын

This story reminds me of the famous Rivers fountain located in the middle of Navona Square in Rome. It's said that one of the four portrayed men representing important rivers has a hand obstructing his field of view not to see the church in front of him. The reason would be that the fountain's author, Bernini, was a huge rival of the church's architect, Borromini. They were the two most important architects and sculptors in the whole of Europe at the time.

@ralfjansen9118 4 ай бұрын

Actually the fountain is older than the present church, so it is a nice story but factually impossible. The river deity represents the Nile river in Africa, and he covers his face because his origin was, then, unknown.

@michaelcolin9887 4 ай бұрын

The one thing you missed, is that "zum Riesen" in Miltenberg is the oldest still existing pub in Germany.

@ArfurFaulkesHake 4 ай бұрын

Hey Rewboss; i've seen a lot of posters for the "Junge Kunst für Hanau" project ("young art for Hanau" for the non-german speakers) in Berlin recently. So now i was wondering if we might get treated to a video regarding the subject. thanks, for yer work and greetings from Berlin

@sdrtcacgnrjrc 4 ай бұрын

So showing the bum was more offensive than showing the willie?

@petesmart1983 4 ай бұрын

In those days yes, even in ancient cultures but now it opposite

@paolagrando5079 4 ай бұрын

I think it was more about showing the back.

@Emilia333g 3 күн бұрын

Miltenberg mentioned

@bi0530 3 ай бұрын

The "ass angel" myth sounds like it was made up by a native English speaker? In English, this can be understood as a play on words sounding similar to "archangel". In German, that would not work so well (Erzengel vs. Arschengel).

@abgekippt 4 ай бұрын

Not the first arse video on this channel. This channel is still developing into an expert channel about arses 😉

@jobossa7749 4 ай бұрын

much love from miltenberg

@HalfEye79 4 ай бұрын

What I find fascinating is, that there is a german town, which isn't very big but is widely known in the world. Perhaps not because of the town, but because of its saga. Its sometimes is even seen as a fairy tale. Its the "Pied Piper of Hamlin". ("Rattenfänger von Hameln")

@marge2548 4 ай бұрын

Oh, it's quite beautiful, too. It's more representative of a bit more northern German architecture, but with a lot of timbered houses, too.

@ornleifs 4 ай бұрын

Been there once and absolutely loved it. One of the most Getmütlich villages in Germany.

@th60of 4 ай бұрын

Expecting a snigger after "behind it". But of course, you're above that.🙂

@MatthieuDeW 4 ай бұрын

Rather than to break the monotony perhaps it was yet another example of historical trolling/memery? After all we have statues performing autofellatio, doodles portraying knights fighting snails and fencing manuals describing how to rightly end your opponent by unscrewing and tossing a pommel...

@HappyBeezerStudios 4 ай бұрын

And don't get me on the amount of killer rabbits. People think it was a prude time. Far from it, they just were a bit more subtle about it.

@senorspaghett6129 9 күн бұрын

How cool thats right were i live!

@korthosen949 5 күн бұрын

Noch gibt es viele Bunkeranlagen am Main entlang verfallen halt jedes mal mehr, weiß nicht ob das nicht evtl auch mal ein Thema wäre bevor die die es aktuell noch gibt nicht mehr betretbar sind. Von denen in den Wäldern rund um den Main mal abgesehen, dann wären es noch viel mehr.

@stefan25769 4 ай бұрын

Jesus, these sex bots are a real plague

@rewboss 4 ай бұрын

I'm currently getting five sex bot posts on every upload. I've just removed them on this upload, but they really are an absolute plague.

@HappyBeezerStudios 4 ай бұрын

@@rewboss keep going, those bots are annoying. And threat them as a sign of success. Your channel is big enough that it caught their attention.

@gargoyle7863 4 ай бұрын

@@rewboss A plague, really? I think they are quite polite but could use a little tutoring how to dress properly.

@baritonfelix 4 ай бұрын

While the fountain may be in the precise spot where it was originally erected, I am sure it has been disassembled and restored more than once, maybe even taken to a safe place during the war. So I'm not entirely sure that the arse-angel is pointing where the artist intended.