The STATES Of Germany Explained

Explaining the states, or bundeslands of germany, including city states, free states and the whole east & west german states thing
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[@javierporrata356]

"who calls a potato an earth apple?!" France: *looks away nervously*

[@peterg.8941]

Austria 😅

[@acar3883]

And that’s on pomme de terre 😌

[@mikezum7918]

In dutch its Aardappel witch litterly means earth appel :P

[@danki-duck]

@@mikezum7918 ja, dat klopt 😂

[@UglyKidJoe71]

In Afrikaans it is an 'Aardappel' - an earth apple 😅I think it is the same in Dutch

[@raileon]

How to make a video go viral in Germany: Be a native English speaker and make a video about Germany. Done!

[@friedolin705]

Leon Krug So true :D

[@marcexner1631]

Just watching this to hear you slaughter the pronunciation of Schleswig Holstein.

[@demonstructie]

*IF* the gema gestapo doesn't block access to it

[@ko.sio.]

this is viral?

[@ljuben5738]

What a load of crap.

[@erwinruff01]

U forgot Mallorca is the inofficial 17th Bundesland ;)

[@tobeytransport2802]

erwinruff01 what?

[@south.0465]

bruder muss los

[@noaoah3662]

Ha

[@kael2295]

Austria is Nr. 17

[@bananegrau5642]

@@tobeytransport2802 Mallorca is full of german tourists

[@thechadeuropeanfederalist893]

Kennst du das Verdauungsdreieck? Essen - Darmstadt - Pforzheim

[@peterg.8941]

Höhöhö

[@swag_8884]

I dont speak german so Ja?

[@genoobtlp4424]

@@swag_8884 Literal translation: Eating - intestine city - (slightly misread as Furzheim) fart home... the digestion triangle

[@genoobtlp4424]

@@buvvins6687 Yes, but essen means to eat and das Essen means food, so while the name comes from somewhere else, the untraines eye will mistake it to mean food (and therefore, it is justified to misinterpret the name that way in my eyes). And I took some liberty because eating, intestine, farting made more sense to me at time of translation than food-intestine-farting (though I changed my opinion now)

[@genoobtlp4424]

@@buvvins6687 TIL, I'd have pointed to Esse (fire place) due to the similarity and the fact that much of the steel production ended up being around there

[@nocim1]

I would disagree with you on the "todays germany culture comes from bavaria" thing. as far as i know it is only the view of americans, that the bavarian culture is like the "german culture" because bavaria was the american military sector after ww2 and they only knew about it.

[@KiraFriede]

Yes, it's like saying the american culture comes from Texas

[@MoreImbaThanYou]

As far as I am concerned, I concider Austria more to be part of germany than Bavaria.

[@tatonipalus]

I agree. This was the most annoying thing in the entire clip ... saying that the German culture comes from Bavaria. Bavarian culture has more in common with the Austrian culture. If you learn even the basic things about Germany you will see that most of the German culture comes from the North. And if we talk about culture then maybe Thuringia, although small and ignored by some is maybe one of the most important land. That is because of the city of Weimar which, when it comes to German classic, is definitely the cultural capital of Germany :) This small town was the city were people like Goethe, Schiller and Nietzsche lived and created. Weimar also hosted for some years people like Arthur Schopenhauer, Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, Thomas Mann etc.

[@MMadesen]

Dani Ghibu No Austria is a part of Germany as all german states are, and german culture doesnt come from the south nor the north it comes from all german states, if you say it comes from prussia, you are denying mozart, beethoven, the wiener classic, you deny the habsburger the wittelsbacher and all other german things that dint come from prussia, and thats the thing, there is not THE german culture or language, every german country has its own. But many stereotypes come from Bavaria as it is the biggest by area and is favored by many tourists exspecially asian and american. So these people think of weißwurscht, lederhosn und dirndl, brezn, and mountains and lakes.

[@MMadesen]

MoreImbaThanYou Why because you think they speak high german, as a BRD german you may only know the austrian high german, but they normally speak dialect exept for Vienna, so understanding people there is sometimes even hard for bavarians, as Tyrol or Kärnten have totaly different languages than upper austrians who are of bavarian descent

[@lucadonzelli2711]

I love how every time I hear "second channel" I remember I have no idea what is your main channel about

[@lokasch3872]

Minecraft

[@raileon]

same

[@Nosirt]

I actually looked at it, he almost has a million Subs and plays (religiously) Minecraft. This must be the biggest demographic shift between 1st and 2nd channels.

[@kingsledge]

I actually started with his minecraft/main channel, but now watch 2cat more

[@topicvideosguy]

He's a Minecraft KZbinr that isn't cringy end my suffering please

[@jba.9385]

in most parts of germany,culture isn´t influenced by bavaria at all. It´s a mainly American stereotype because it was theyr military sector after ww2.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Yup, in fact, it's rather the opposite and most germans are pretty annoyed with the bavarian stereotype.

[@Ateblade_]

There's another thing about Bremen. Because Bremerhaven is not completely Bremerhaven, the real harbour is a part of the City Bremen. So the State Bremen is made of Bremen and Bremerhaven, but the city Bremen has an exclave in Bremerhaven ^^

[@fjellyo3261]

Ateblade true dat! And funny dat!

[@Yotanido]

Yeah, the whole Bremen/Bremerhaven situation is pretty weird.

[@diefibo6905]

Also the city name means sth. like „Bremen’s harbor“ in English.

[@luigi-fan554]

The difference in language in various parts of Germany is very significant, I often quarrel with friends from other regions about which term is the better or "more correct" one :D

[@BarHonigfeld]

I respect almost all language oddities. Except "Viertel 11" and similar. That's just plain stupid.

[@MichaelBGernert]

Bär Honigfeld It's efficient, logical and you get used to it. "Halb elf", "Viertel elf", "Dreiviertel elf".

[@BarHonigfeld]

No, it is not. "viertel elf" and "dreiviertel elf" could just as well be exchanged. It is deeply arbitrary.

[@MichaelBGernert]

It's not arbitrary at all. Just try it yourself and you'll see.

[@BarHonigfeld]

It is. "Viertel 11" could logically mean two things: "There is a quarter hour left till 11" or "Of the hour leading up to 11 a quarter hour has passed". The only reason one of those interpretations is correct and the other is not is convention. It is a problem not present in "halb 11" as those two states are identical there.

[@NuEM78]

The reason why people from Hanover or northern Germany in general supposedly speak the "best" German is because historically they didn't speak German at all. Instead they spoke Saxon, (also called Low German) and had to learn to speak German like a foreign language. So they learned to speak it exactly as it was written, resulting in a pronunciation very close to the written form. Nowadays almost everyone in northern Germany speaks Standard German, and the number of people who still know to speak Saxon has decreased, but it is still actively spoken by some, especially in rural areas, and some younger people have begun to pick it up again, too.

[@freekmulder3662]

In the eastern regions of the Netherlands they speak a low Saxon too. Most Dutch can understand German speakers and vica versa. Sadly the standard Dutch became so common that most dialects were close to extinction but they are starting to grow again. Even the Low Frankish speaking Dutch parts are picking up their dialects again.

[@NuEM78]

Freek Mulder That is nice to hear.

[@faultier1158]

The standard German was first implemented in Hannover a few 100 years ago. There is even some old dialect from Hannover left in standard German: the word ending "-ig" is pronounced as "-ich". Most people don't even know that this 'rule' exists, so they just pronounce it like they feel it should be - which often depends on regional accents.

[@queenlexy7446]

Also Martin Lutter translated the bible in the region of southern lower saxony/ saxony anhalt. He wrote it in his mother tongue which is the "Hochdeutsch/high German" we know today and because the bible was brought to every part in Germany he is the reason why every region writes Hochdeutsch but speaks his dialect.

[@arnekrug939]

@@faultier1158 Here in Schleswig-Holstein we also sometimes pronounce the "-ig" ending like an "ich". It mostly depends on the context (formal or not) and the lazyness of the speaker. And the "ä" is sometimes pronounced like a long "e".

[@marcexner1631]

The city of Essen has nothing to do with eating, "Essen" in this case is the plural of "Esse", a forge in a smithy.

[@5mincer]

hamburger essen.

[@inscept8485]

Not even that, at least according to Wikipedia. They say that the name evolved from Astnithi, Astnide, Astnidum, Astanidum, Asbidi, Asnid, Assinde, Asnida, Assindia, Essendia, Esnede, Essende, Essend to finally Essen.

[@Shookieofminecraftia]

The etymology is relatively uncertain, but “Essen” likely evolved from a Celtic or Roman place name

[@Siegbert85]

I bet it's safe to say that town names generally aren't simply the plural form of some common word.

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

Baden = bathing, according to google translate.

[@SWCaptainREX]

Bavaria is not where German culture comes from every region has their own cultures. To take the example of North Rhine-Westphalia, you have rheinish, westphalian and lippe-culture as the overarching cultures. Inside of these, you have different sub-cultures again, which also often split up into different sub-cultures. Same goes of course for Bavaria, where you have the Franks, Swabians and what not. And these cultures can actually be split because of borders, like Westphalian (North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony) and Swabian culture (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg).

[@Siegbert85]

He was referring to the popular image of Germany in foreign media. That's indeed been heavily influenced by Bavarian culture.

[@noobster4779]

Henning85 he also said die that the prussians and austrians have less culture and were militaristic. He then sid that Bavaria instead focused on culture and science compared to them and developed german culture (which is absolute bullshit, especially the science part....)

[@Siegbert85]

Yeah, that's bs. Especially Austria is well known for its high culture. Bavaria not so much... it has a more provincial charme which is what the Americans liked about it.

[@jardon8636]

the americans ruled or occupied for a brief period bayern-southern germany including bavaria- that is their kitsch and sterotype of being german, the UK and france occupied different areas around hannover,colgne,north rhein westafalia etc, each region in germany is totally different too the other...

[@eragonshurtugal4239]

and also well know for not being that focused at there military

[@Brotyx]

I’m a German and I actually know everything about our states, but I just like how you explain things so I’m watching it anyway

[@alohasua1]

Baden-Württemberg IS a combination out of the two old states Baden and Württemberg, the weird thing with the three states only existed for a short time, because of the different occupation zones.

[@Shiva96DJ]

I might be a little late to the party, but this is not entirely correct. Yes, historically there were two states Baden and Württemberg, but from 1850 to 1945 there were also the Hohenzollerschen Lande, a Prussian enclave, between them. So for more than a century before the foundation of Baden-Württemberg, there were actually three states on the area of the modern state.

[@davidk3223]

Grosherzogtum von Baden wenn ich das schon seh. Grüße aus Württemberg. Peace✌️

[@brokkrep]

The historic land of Hohenzollern, which was an exclave of Prussia, was the third state.

[@gamerdrache6076]

@@davidk3223 baden>würtenberg

[@234zuscoutjango9]

@@gamerdrache6076 über Württemberg lacht die Sonne, über Baden die ganze Welt

[@AndyFeelin]

There's nothing "weird" in Sorbian slavic language being spoken in Germany - it's widely accepted that most of Brandenburg, Saxony and Western Pomerania was populated by Slavic-speaking people which gradually switched to German and mixed with Germans losing their Slavic identity. Sorbian people are just those who still identify themselves as Slavs, although the use of their language is declining very fast. However you might also know that names of Berlin, Leipzig and quite a few smaller towns like Teterow, Mirow, Görlitz, Schkeuditz most likely are Slavic in origin and some of them (names) even do make real sense in modern Slavic languages.

[@levoGAMES]

I'd be more precise and say West-Slavic, just to make clear that the tribes where indeed closer to Germany than to the greater Slavic area (by territory AND of course culture).

[@BiaZarr]

You know, it's actually quite funny, that there are people who say "Germany was never multicultural" and then the name of our Capital is just taken from a slavic language.

[@walterross9057]

Germans and West Slavs were very similar in many aspects. Medieval Arab visitors couldn't keep them apart. Also Germanic and Celtic people. It wasn't like Germans vs Turks or Arabs.

[@AndyFeelin]

Well, in 14th century the language and ethnicity didn't matter that much. Catholics had one common language - Latin, and if you speak Latin and you are Catholic, no one gives a damn if you are Polish, German, Irish as long as you accept the power of Bohemian Crown.

[@AndyFeelin]

No, sure. My point was that in Middle Centuries people cared less about ethnicity and it was common thing to have people of various language groups to be part of the same kingdom / duchy / county / whatever. Take Switzerland as an example.

[@axon2405]

bout the white sausage, thing is you almost have to eat it with sweet mustard, and don't know if you know this, but you don't actually eat the peel.

[@SilverFoxGPC]

Quote from a hungry US American friend: "This is so chewy!" - Me: "You really couldn't wait for me to give you the crash course, could you?"

[@Shookieofminecraftia]

Mad truth ^^^^

[@tarananajaika]

It depends on the quality or kind of skin. And on your personal likings (my dad eats all the peeled of skin I would have given our dog because he likes the taste). There are white sausages called "Wollwurst" (wool sausage) and they are common in Munich and surroundings. You definitely eat this skin/peel from these sausages. The sweet mustard is obligatory!

[@cirion14876]

Well... since a "Wollwurst" doesn't have a skin/peel at all it's kinda hard to eat that. Also, "Weißwurst" (literally "white sausage") is a very specific kind of sausage and does not refer to any other sausages of the same color. Their skin is invariably pig's small intestine and regardless of quality you only eat the skin if you're a culinary masochist.

[@axon2405]

Jan Gretza ha, wos wuisd song?

[@syifone8843]

It's quite amazing how you can see the difference between east and west Berlin by the colour of their street lamps on ariel photos.

[@freekmulder3662]

Well the communist/kapitalist breakup is litteraly the same

[@TobiWobi7]

actually you cant see it any more that clear! Its old footage

[@thebilesan]

I don't want to be that guy, but Cuba never gave that island to East Germany, they have just renamed it after some german communist. It was media's and common misunderstanding that led to that theory and assumption. Also I'm fun at parties, call me...

[@awildroappears9830]

They Called it "Ernst Thälmann" and also they called a Beach on this Island "Strand 'Deutsche Demokratische Republik'" (beach german democratic republic). (Neues Deutschland 1972-06-20 page 2)

[@moden321]

The city of Eating (Essen) also is next to the city of There-Mouth (Dortmund).

[@dreisaum9916]

And the city of kingscastle (königsberg) was founded by There-mouther businessmen :D

[@damianskiii4728]

Martin H Just say the names of the city in german, they dont have a translation.

[@nathanherrold2806]

Martin H do they have a city of drinking? (Trinken)

[@cuongpham6218]

Or the holy name of a city Darmstadt, which literally means "intestine-city"? lol

[@heymikeyh9577]

KomradeAyy-Too true-I have a friend who lived in Leichlingen: Leich (corpse) + ling (diminutive) + en (plural ending) = “Dead Babies,” right?

[@stygn]

Regarding the "earth apple", it's possibly inspired by France where it's called "pomme de terre", literally apple of the earth, or earth apple. We use it in Norway too, we call it jord epple (often abbreviated to jorple), but we also use potato (or potet in Norwegian). Weirdly, in Norwegian we call fries / chips "pommes frites", which literally means fried apples, but the pommes part is from pommes de terre. It's also a French/Belgian cuisine, discovered by the Americans who stayed there during the WW1, adopting the name "French fries". Well.. That was a whole lot of useless fact, but I kinda feel like the people who watch you like stuff like that xD

[@TheOzelot11]

stygn "Pommes Frites" is also used in Germany. But mostly people will just use "Pommes". And usually the French origin of the word is completely lost to German accent.

[@0799qwertzuiop]

The name "earth apple" could just come from people not knowing what it is and just calling it an apple. There are other fruits/vegetables that have a name with apple in it. e.g Apfelsine which means China apple and is an Orange.

[@Jozo321]

In dutch it's called 'aardappel', but I live in the Netherlands (Venlo) on the border with Germany (NordRhein Westfalen) and in our dialect we call it 'petat'. The west of the Netherlands commonly uses the word 'patat' for 'pommes frites' while in my dialect we just say 'friet'. I know...confusing.

[@Kordanor]

Around cologne you (well, some people) also kinda say "Erdäpfel", just that they abbreviate it to "Erpel"

[@terioze9]

But the word 'terre' in French means both 'earth', 'land' and 'soil' (while the French word 'sol' doesn't mean 'soil' in English, but 'ground'). When we say 'pomme de terre', we think about the soil, not the earth :) In French, England = Angleterre (land of the Angles, in reference to that Germanic tribe that invaded Britain with the Saxons).

[@ananas3375]

Bavaria is NOT basically Austria. Austria is basically Bavaria.

[@pabloswagboy3381]

Ananas Please don't start to argue about that. Let's just hate the Prussians. Scheiß Saupreißn.

[@Aetohatir]

Austria is a lot less well off than Bavaria.

[@d_bennji]

true

[@hansmeyer7225]

That's a historical fact!

[@everybodyisunpleasentinthe938]

Freaking prussia had to have war with Austria. If this war didnt happen. There would be "the united states of germany".

[@neverluckym8728]

Earth Apple from french: pomme-de-terre.

[@maltwhiskey1424]

or Dutch : Aardappel

[@koloblicin]

or in true bavarian: erdöpfi

[@nikolasarapov6984]

Berlin is 3.6 million and Hamburg is 1.8 million, no no big difference

[@miguelangelsosarodriguez4700]

Само Левски! .I think he means that tge largest city in Germany isn't 5:Times larger than the second one like it's happens in the United kingdom and France

[@guppy719]

The Metro Populations are a lot closer in size.

[@angryyordle4640]

bavarians and austrians are weird... especially if you, like me, come from northern germany

[@werbekball8624]

Joshua El-Samalouti what about Baden Württemberg? Doch you count it as Bavaria or just neglect its existence?

[@BiaZarr]

Werbekball Baden-Württemberg is weird, too, but for different reasons. Like, I'd argue that some parts of it don't even speak actual German. Also BW is the only Bundesland that has a green Ministerpresident.

[@Elazul.Lapislazuli]

BaWü also has not that strong cultural connection to them as (southern) Bavaria and Austria have with each other, even when there is some transition in the borderareas.

[@angryyordle4640]

they're a little weird, but not as weird as bavarians and austrians :)

[@elli7543]

I come From Franconia and Bavarians Are Very Weird People

[@luigi-fan554]

Besides the Erdapfel term in Bavaria and Austria there is also another slightly different name for potato. In some parts of south-western Germany they call them "Grundbirne" which translates to ground-pear :D

[@ibx2cat]

haha, even better!

[@yoshiiinblack]

My family is from Burgenland, which is in the east of Austria and they call them "Grumpl", which aso comes from "Grundbirne".

[@luigi-fan554]

yoshiiinblack Interesting, I thought all people east of Tyrol would say Erdapfel. I am from Vorarlberg and we say "Grompierrö", also another slightly different term originating from Grundbirne.

[@12tanuha21]

In Palatinate it is Grumbeer, which come also from Grundbirne.

[@jrgptr935]

Grumbier (Saarland). Aber auch schon Gromber gehört.

[@Nabium]

I'm a hamburger! I wish I was from Hamburg, I would go around saying that all the time.

[@ingwerschorle_]

Some politician once said "I'm a Berliner", which is kinda the same thing, as a Berliner is a bun with marmalade in the middle (very approximated)

[@Nabium]

@@ingwerschorle_ Did you just call Kennedy "some politician"? :P Yeah, I know about that, it was kind of why I made the joke, I was referencing the comment Kennedy made. But just so you know, that's an urban legend, what JFK said was not a mistake at all and "Ich bin ein Berliner" is a correct way to say you're from Berlin.

[@ingwerschorle_]

@@Nabium sorry, I really didn't know who it was :D also I do consider Hamburger the better way of saying you're from Hamburg (even after living there for quite some time)

[@Brownie69571]

@@ingwerschorle_ you know there is a little bit of arguinig about the name because some a calling them Berliner other people call the Krapfen, they are called Pfannenkuchen in Berlin etc. many words for one dish and Pfannen kuchen is also another dish in like Hamburg

[@ingwerschorle_]

@@Brownie69571 a little bit? It's a german civil war! As far as I know, what you say mostly depends on geographical location, east of berlin it's Pfannkuchen/Pfannekuchen, in the north it's Berliner and Krapfen in the south

[@glynwelshkarelian3489]

I will probably come back and watch from where I stopped today, the information seems sound and valuable, but right now I am simply too distracted by how many words you manage between breaths, and how long you can talk without breathing!

[@chlorophyllphile]

We use 'earthapple' in the Netherlands as well

[@Mohammed8778]

its pomme de terre in france too. But you should maybe look into the words for "bun" around germany. i think your p oint might be getting even clearer with that example

[@Kameliius]

Predator Pinsir We in Austria too

[@iskandarmoscht9061]

same in swiss german :)

[@wave1090]

Apple used to mean fruit in the past. So earthapple was just earthfruit, which makes sense since it grows under ground

[@tupG]

"Grumbeere" - ground pear - is another regional word for potatoes. And then we have "Tüften" in parts of Eastern Germany. I'm sure there are even more that I can't think of at the moment.

[@HKhandelwal]

Hamburg - "It's a very famous pork city".

[@terryking1274]

Does that mean it's free of Muslims? Lol.

[@lutzsauer4779]

Watch it in 0,75x because he's just talking way too fast.

[@onetrain7336]

I find it amazing how you can make a long video about something random about geography yet still make it interesting so that I watch the entire video

[@andreadanielle71]

Great Video, thanks for sharing! My sister and I are Americans living in Germany, we love it here!! Keep up the great work!

[@TehFrasssaa]

People from Bad Wildbad are missing out on a golden opportunity if they don't say their town name in the same way as James Bond introduces himself.

[@ibx2cat]

haha, perfect!

[@pteppig]

Yes, there are a lot of bad cities there

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

I am from Bad. Wildbad.

[@mc.adamia3692]

Bad Wildbad is 10 min away from my place

[@xkomachionozuka3010]

it's like 20km from me or so

[@rolandsieker2286]

The Cuban island was *not* given to the GDR, it was just *named* Thälmann Island, or Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann. Everybody at the time only talked about the island being renamed, not changing hands.

[@gamerdrache6076]

And the ddr gave him a teddy real story and the isle think was symbolic so germany got scammed a teddy

[@amonlord553]

loved the video! I'm impressed by your knowledge about Germany and especially about my hometown Hamburg!! thanks for the awesome videos keep it up!

[@EricAndThe]

Hey, loved the video, as always. Maybe you could do a video on Monaco, since it often seems to be forgotten when people talk about European city states. I just think it is an interesting country with all the glamour and small size and racing and being on the French riviera.

[@kacee3472]

Well now if I ever visit Germany I'm going to have to try white sausage just because you said not to...

[@ibx2cat]

your loss!

[@yoshiiinblack]

If you do, try it with sweet mustard and don't eat the skin. You have to peel it.

[@Siegbert85]

Yeah, you really need to peel it. That's how it's supposed to be eaten.

[@euledereulen]

yeah this guy probably doesnt know how to eat it properly. Peel it completely and disregard the skin. if you do it properly its coming off without any of the sausage stuck to it. Eat süßen senf (sweet mustard) with it. the brand for the mustard that i can recommend is händlmeyers. Guten Appetit

[@littlerave86]

Also eat it with Pretzels! That's the typical Bavarian breakfast: white sausage, sweet mustard, pretzels and weiss beer

[@Nabium]

When-ever I watch your videos, I love to go on google street view and have a look at the country you're looking at. But damn those German street view laws :(

[@MichaelBGernert]

Nabium Bing actually has a rotatable detailed tilted aerial view for most German cities and you do get Google Street View in larger cities as shown in the video. We capitalise privacy-because it's a noun. ;-)

[@Nabium]

The street view in German cities is full of censored houses. You don't really get the same experience I admire the dedication to privacy - it's probably a better choice, for all I know - but it still disrupts my fascination in spending hours street view and have a look at other countries. In my country privacy is more concerned with what goes on inside the walls of a home. What happens outside of it, is more considered the public sphere. I'm worried if one gets too sensitive on these issues, one might just end up as a hysterical little pussy. But I'm not sure. Might be you've made a better choice, for all I know. I have no idea. Just, seems a little worrying, I'd be worried if it was my country, at least.

[@backpfeifengesicht8415]

We made Google censor our house as well... actually almost everyone I know has.

[@attk177]

Its interesting having all this explained to me by a foreigner. gives you a whole nother perspective on some things i have never thought about before, because they just seemed so common

[@erinmartin7164]

This was a super interesting and informative video. I'm wondering how you managed to do it all in one breath??!! I had to rewind so many times because you talked so fast!! 😊😁

[@jlkanne8330]

I'm from the Saarland. Saarland actually WAS independent til 1957 and then rejoined Germany. Back then it was a rich region. If they kept independency back then we might still be a rich small country today like Luxemburg. However, today the Saarland is one of the poorest states in Germany.

[@abadyr_]

that is mostly because coal is not used anymore.

[@walterross9057]

It was a colony occupied by France.

[@jlkanne8330]

thibault caron yes but Luxemburg also developed its prosperity through coal and is still rich today.

[@jlkanne8330]

Walter Ross no it was not a french colony. It was a country with own constitution, currency, flag, anthem, olympic team and an own football team which played Germany at the qualification for the worldcup 1954 (and luckily lost which made the "Miracle of Bern" possible). If the Saarland won there they would have played at the World cup instead of Germany and we would only have 3 stars on our jersey now. ^^

[@LuDZioZJaD]

JLKanne that's dope. Didn't know that. I was convinced that west Germany was a one piece deal. So why on earth did they join Germany?

[@dreisaum9916]

I am german and i am fascinated of how well you know this country, the culture, fun facts and history.... props man. And btw, the thing you said with the influence of the neighbouring countries is only true to a certain extend. And i have never heard of dutch influence in germany. Its just frisian what you mean i guess. And you could turn things around too, cause in the eastern french region you have clear german influence, the cities are german built, just like in west poland. and you have german influence in southern denmark too... But i am really amazed of how interested you are in geography man. Keep it up :D

[@BiaZarr]

There is a certain Dutch influence, in a way that the culture at the coast is somewhat similar, and the lower German language (plattdüütsch, not the Frisian Languages) share a stunning similarity with the Dutch language, like, if you're able to understand platt, you will be able to understand Dutch quite good, too. But yea, it's just that's inevitable that neighbouring cultures will influence each other :D

[@gaajeshoek215]

I think there is a little dutch influence on the border of germany. for example I live near Nijmegen (NL) and Kleve and Kranenburg (GER) are really close by. A lot of people go to germany to do some shopping. and in those cities a lot of germans understand some dutch because a lot of dutch people also live there. i think that´s just how it works at the borders of countries. Fun fact a lot of germans couldn´t ride a bike untill 1945 when they discovered a bike was faster than running.

[@swanpride]

There is certainly influence...most notable in the food.

[@freekmulder3662]

Well I girl from Munster I know told me that the differences between Munster and Utrecht (random Dutch city) smaller than the differences between some German regions. But I don't know, I love Germans anyway

[@Jonathan-kraai]

while learning dutch i found many things adapted from the dutch language. E.g. in germany we say something like 'ai ai ai' when we show very small kids how to pet an animal - where the actual dutch word for stroking (streicheln) is 'aaien'. Or there are many lakes called 'meer' in northern germany. I found out the basic of dutch, fries, gronings, platt and also parts of german is the language they spoke in the Hanse - which was from 12th to 17th century the most powerful trade association in the world.

[@Robidu1973]

You should also look up "Amt Neuhaus" - it had been eight distinct communities that decided to realign from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to Lower Saxony on October 1st, 1993. They also formed a new community now called Amt Neuhaus shortly thereafter as a consequence of a regional reform. Today Amt Nehaus belongs to the county of Lüneburg.

[@Icke2070]

the clue with the Ernst Thälmann-Island is, that the gift wasn't really the island itself, it was the renaming of it (Ernst Thälmann-Insel)

[@dantio3195]

Love this video. Im from Germany and I didnt know that Baden_Würtemberg was supposed to be 3 states up until now. Even in a vid about my home country I learn something new :D thanks for being so awesome

[@kaiser_wilhelm_5364]

Danti o bisschen in Geschichte aufpassen und du hättest es gewusst ;)

[@pw3075]

Danti o Wie kann man das nicht wissen?

[@ooldmka]

7-8klasse bruh

[@kaiser_wilhelm_5364]

Enno Das kommt eigentlich bei der Nachkriegszeit allgemein.

[@kaiser_wilhelm_5364]

Enno Nachkriegszeit wird nicht unterrichtet?

[@SoraGamer97]

I'm from Baden Württemberg

[@fa5382]

I au :)

[@xwunda]

I am from Youngsville!

[@psykoni7474]

Me too

[@5mincer]

saaame

[@Arnung]

Bremerhaven :D

[@TobiWobi7]

you seem very educated and even enthusiastic about the facts you presented! despite the fact that its a very dry topic to talk about for almost half an hour it was a pleasure listening to your explanations! :)

[@derunwichtigekanal6697]

Keep making geography vids, they're very educational. Greetings from weird little Bremen :)

[@Kameliius]

Could you please make the same with Austrias states?

[@dreisaum9916]

how about austria joins germany and we have another state? =P just kidding, but i wouldn't mind, if austria would join germany and vienna would be the new capital, just because its in very good shape.... and i find it way more beautiful then berlin...

[@luigi-fan554]

After WWII Austria had to make an agreement with the allies that they would never unify with Germany again, so I'm sorry to overrule your plan :P

[@luigi-fan554]

Lictus My comment was a respond to David Feuer :D I'm also Austrian and would really like to see a video like this about my home country.

[@TSVFortuna1895]

I am from Wuppertal :))) The City with the magic trains (Schwebebahn) I LOVE WUPPERTAL!

[@wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus]

Wuppertal is indeed beautiful.

[@bananegrau5642]

Die vorm aussterben bedrohte stadt die kurz vorm bankrott steht

[@104spun]

Having "Bad" in front of a city name doesn't actually have anything to do with the historic duchy of Baden, but with the fact that this certain place is a nationally certified spa retreat sort of thing. "Bad" literally means bath and in case of Bad Wildbad, it would mean that the place was originally called "Wildbad" and then was recognised as a retreat place, making it Bad Wildbad.

[@tobx-yt]

fun fact to Mönchengladbach the city where i live (it´s in NRW and have 250k inhabitans) until some years here was a british military base and this base was like a small british town in germany...my grandma worked there it was really cool and a strong conection between the germans and British who lived there :D but now sadly it´s closed...

[@jul1an68]

Dudeee... It is so hard to not loose it while listening to you as you are so hectical even though your words make sense. You keep jumping from one point to another and shove three more sentences into a sentence you just started before getting to the point

[@davigurgel2040]

"Bad wildbad" must be a very bad city

[@SimonS44]

Davi Gurgel Bad actually means spa.

[@schnick2596]

Haha actually bad Wildbad is extremely beautiful und really good for downhill biking

[@hansmaier8341]

basically means "Bath Wildbath" . sounds weird :D

[@davigurgel2040]

hans maier oh, it makes a lot more sense now. Thank you

[@nichtclark4037]

Schnick Yeah! :D

[@lpasch1]

that was so great to watch. Now can you make 16 more videos, about each individual state please.

[@ParnellTheChef]

Very nice video! It was very interesting to hear about the regional languages: I have heard that native speakers of German notice differences in pronunciation and vocabulary every few miles (not sure if that is true). And I will take your advice on the white sausage, haha.

[@Arcaryon]

White saucage goes with sweet mustard and is usually peeled before eating. It is NOT recommended to eat the skin which I suspect is what happened ;)

[@LWesem]

Haha - I love seeing a video about Germany, where you very clearyl showed the place I live (Boxhagener Platz in Berlin Friedrichshain (east)). However, you got one thing wrong: Berlin is by far the biggest city (3.5 mil / Hamburg 1.8 mil). And from my perspective, your view on Germany is weird ;) but that is probably because I am German and although i have lived in various other countries, I still know way more about German history and geography than most (also because I did study history and have an interest in both topics...). Overall, I really like your videos and although they might not always be 100% right, you learn a lot of weird fun facts! (I still can't get over the border thing in the Bodensee...)

[@Teddini]

Ohh beim Boxhagener Platz war damals das Hotel in dem ich war als ich das erste mal in Berlin war. :D Nächste Woche komm ich wieder.. nach 5 Jahren. :)

[@jameswalter8329]

Oh wow that is great and Hello gorgeous how are you doing and i hope you are enjoying yourself on here?

[@antonievandermeer34]

Potato in dutch is also translated earth apple (aardappel)

[@faultier1158]

same for French: pomme de terre = apple of the/from the earth

[@KFrancisPower]

Also in the southwest of germany

[@GambitLP]

and austria. i saw it on a menu in a restaurant.

[@mishagelenava2962]

Fun fact, in Germany university students normally get semester tickets to use in local public transport. They have to pay for it, but it's quite a deal. I was studying in Bonn University and we got semester ticket for the whole NRW. My friends study in Munich and they get semester tickets for only Munich area. That's one way to see how NRW is so connected and people move around the cities inside the area. I love Munich though. Bavaria as a whole is vast and I have not seen most of it, but the city of Munich is beautiful and I think quite comfortable to live.

[@matzeberlin555]

Small additional information: Not only Bremen has an exclave (Bremerhaven), but also Hamburg: The island of Neuwerk with Scharhörn and Nigehörn is surrounded by water and Lower Saxony, but belongs to the federal state of Hamburg. Population: 30

[@hyttenrunen]

The City of Essen isn't called Essen because it means "Food" or "Eating". Essen is an extremely heavy industrial city, and the word "Esse" is german for "Chimney" and "Essen" is the plural of that word. So it is named after the Chimneys that you could see from a very large distance.

[@IamTheHolypumpkin]

Before even watching the video the best state is Hesse because I'm from Hesse. We've "Ebbelwoi" a special wine made out of apples instead of grapes. The best Alcoholic beverage of the world

[@ibx2cat]

I tried ebbelwoi - it tastes exactly like cider to me, just a little worse haha

[@Agomacule]

This is true

[@Teddini]

ibx2cat WORSE?! FIGHT ME! 😂😡

[@salam-peace5519]

I grew up near Bremerhaven in a small village that belonged to Niedersachsen, but as Bremerhaven was the nearest bigger city we often went there and technically crossed a federal state border everytime. Bremerhaven and Bremen are both nice cities, I recommend visiting them if you visit Germany.

[@konradbrakhage8244]

Note on the dialect thing: kartoffel is the "german" name for potato and the words for it in some dialects are something like erdeppel which is kinda like the literal translation of the French "word" pomme de terre

[@N4rg0n]

Well earth-apple is not a german or bavarian concept. I think the Idea to call them that comes from the french word "Pomme de terre" apple of the earth.

[@JakobFischer60]

Actually we used to call them Earth pears in Swabia.

[@12tanuha21]

not Ground Pears?

[@JakobFischer60]

No, we used "Äbiera" in Tauberfranken, which actually is not Swabia. "Grumbiera" said my grandmother, but she was from german ukraine, originally emigrated from Baden or Palatinate.

[@701983]

Vorarlberg (Austria, near Swabia): "Grumpra", "Grumpara", but also "Bodebiera".

[@justa95er]

if youd go to Munich advice me! you can stay at my place and we can explore the city on bikes!

[@yoshiiinblack]

PM me then, because I live in Munich as well. XD

[@justa95er]

Oh let's do a city tour together then

[@ibx2cat]

what a beautiful finding :P

[@alanhowitzer]

Interesting presentation. Thank you.

[@xXHollowkillerXx]

Don't know if it was mentioned before but about the Baden-Baden and Bad Wildbad thing: Bad is not always Bad :D The Baden in Baden-Württemberg, like Baden-Baden, is derived from the name of the local nobility. The House Baden were the Fürsten (which I think should be the equivalent of a duke?) which owned that region. The two Bads in Bad Wildbad probably could be translated to the english bath. The first Bad is some kind of title of the city which is gifted to Kurorte. Kurorte are spa towns (wikipedia told me that that should be english translation). These cities are known for either medicinal springs, or hot springs etc. Kur therefore refers to a treatment in a health resort (sry native english speakers I have to say that we Germans have the nicer name for that ;) ). The second bad in Bad Wildbad means the same as the first but is part of the name of the city. Wildbad is the name and Bad (Wildbad) is the title.

[@locky7347]

What neighbouring country do you think Germany should invade next? Leave your opinions below!

[@FlorianWendelborn]

Russia

[@thesuomi8550]

Make a vid about Finland pls ^_^

[@littii]

Actually before France and the USA occupied the Area of Baden-Württemberg there were Baden, Württemberg (sometimes mentoined as Schwaben) and Hohenzollern. The funny thing about it is that those states (especially Baden and Württemberg) hated each other for a long time and beeing united caused some issues. For example in my county or "Kreis" (Bodenseekreis) there are three seperate numberplates you can choose from (everywhere else in germany there is one per county) because of some people not willing to identify as there former entity. There also is a city (Villingen-Schwenningen) which consists of two cities that had been on the two sides (Baden and Württemberg). One more thing: here in Baden-Württemberg you also call Potatoes "Erdäpfel" (Earthapples). But all in all great video!

[@troelspeterroland6998]

Did you know that the islands of Scharhörn and Neuwerk in the Wadden Sea are part of Hamburg because the city was planning a new external harbour somewhat like the situation with Bremen and Bremerhaven? Although they eventually gave up the plans, the islands are still part of Hamburg.

[@l3quack]

Good vid, but plese try to be big more structured. So much jumping and it may not be your "fault", but bit hectic, but it was ok:)

[@mrknowledge5720]

Although the German states are however artificially made, there are still "conflicts", I don't know how to call it properly. For example Baden-Württemberg, people from Baden and Württemberg still mock each other and lay emphasis on their region. Another thing is that old borders still exist. For example the city of Villingen-Schwenningen. In terms of football, Villingen is located in the South Baden Football Association and Schwenningen in the Württemberg Football Association, so they hardly ever play against each other.

[@bananegrau5642]

Dann kommt der Waldshuter

[@markusass]

The white horse of the Saxons -- found throughout southern England carved out of chalk on hillsides, normally, and found on some shires flags.

[@HemlockRidge]

"BAD" in English is "bath". There a a lot of mineral springs around the Schwarzwald (Black Forest). They are big resort areas.

[@RolandTschiah]

white sausage is so good with sweet mustard !

[@pummysworld369]

Mit den vier Vitaminen B,A,S und F!

[@littleblackbird2010]

I am an Hamburger :) You can call me a Hamburger ^^

[@fjellyo3261]

littleblackbird2010 I am a Berliner^^

[@conordoonan8669]

I’m a Madchen. (Ignore my ignorant American spelling)

[@littleblackbird2010]

Thats okay, please excuse my harsh and agressive german spelling! :)

[@PPandaPete]

I'm a Hamburger eating a Hamburger. A Berliner eating a Berliner. At least in words, cannibalism is allowed. Barbaric

[@pteppig]

Thats as barbararic as as a barber eating rhabarber

[@Khalidazizphoto]

you have towns called Bad (bath) all over Germany. It just says that it is a spa town with mineral springs or just has mineral springs

[@KiraFriede]

Bad Wildbad is a pretty small city. And city names starting with "Bad" isn't uncommon. It just means "bath" and usually signifies that there are wells in the city and usually many spa places.

[@ahyub3692]

Do Brazil next

[@Sebi_ad_portas]

Well is Bavaria ausrtian or is Austria bavarian?

[@Fabs4947]

sebi_ad_portas Both LUL

[@oryxantilope591]

Both countries originate from an older bavaria, so technically austria is bavarian. Also the north of bavaria is not culturally bavarian, but franconian.

[@Sebi_ad_portas]

Yeah, my question was just meant rhetorical. I know quite a lot about Bavaria and it´s history since i´m bavarian myself and studying history right now and Bavaria once owned many parts of Austria till the 19th century.

[@oryxantilope591]

nice but atleast if someone is actually interested, he now knows I guess

[@xenialafleur]

Frankenmuth, Michigan is called "Little Bavaria". They are very proud of their Bavarian heritage. The downtown area has Bavarian style buildings. They have a glockenspiel that shows the Piped Piper of Hamlin and host an Oktoberfest every year.

[@flippha]

a few things to add: The Saarland was thought to become a part of Rheinland-Pfalz. But it was to small to become a Regierungsbezirk (Region) of it's own so it had to stay a Bundesland of its own. The State of Nordrhein-Westfalen is made by joining Westfalen to the norther part of the former Rheinprovinz (Rhine Province) of Prussia. Thus strengthening the interconnectedness of the Ruhr Area so the British were able to save some money. There is a bit of Niedersachsen north of the Elbe river, which belonged to the GDR. So not only Berlin became larger after Reunification, but Niedersachsen, too.

[@maltwhiskey1424]

Think you got the Earth Apple thingy mixed up .. in Bavaria and Austria they have Kartoffelknödel .. roughly made out of potato flour and regional ingredients. Where as of French and Dutch spoken regions (so to the north-west regions) they use Pommes-des-Terres or Aardappel.

[@maxheerschop]

Can you pls make a video about the Dutch provinces and can make clear when someone's from Holland or from the Netherlands I'm from Zwolle, the capital of Overijssel and whenever I'm in a other country they say, oh that guy from Holland and then I'm triggered

[@Foyoon]

you've probably already seen the cgpgrey video about that thats where I learned the difference :D greetings from germany

[@Nosirt]

I think it doesn’t really matter. It’s like when people say Britain, UK, and England. Or USA, US, or just America. Like you can be from Netherlands or Holland but when people say that, they are really using it interchangeably. No one gets angry when Germany is allied Almania by French, because we understand that’s their name for Germany. I think same is for Netherlands, when people say Holland, they are just using language other than the native Dutch. If some language calls you Hollish or Netherlander, that’s the name for you as you call yourself Dutch. So the whole name difference is not that important. It’s just what people call you and they are right to do so, it doesn’t mean it’s wrong. I can call Laos with S even if the natives call it Lao, because we speak different language, essentially.

[@hoihoi1312]

Nizte Nitze I'm pretty sure l'Allemagne is French for Germany, but Almania might be a French dialect (or from a different language altogether)

[@maxheerschop]

Nizte Nitze it's not about pronounciation it's about making clear the difference of the 2 Holland's an the other 10 where the other half of the country live

[@PPandaPete]

Allemange is french for the tribe of the Allemannen. Finland calls us Germans Saksa after Saxons. I can partly understand your frustration, but it's not that of a big deal either... Holländer! (of course its a joke)

[@DevilDaz17]

What is wrong with you? White Bavarian sausages are the best! I just ate them today! And that's coming from a German from Frankfurt, which is considered to have the best sausage.

[@Agomacule]

He probably ate the peel

[@Siegbert85]

I think so too.

[@julians.4214]

A white sausage eaten in a region north of the Danube river? The world will go down in fierce and fire!

[@steffen_of_frisia6789]

Tolles Video! :)

[@joshkloomie1752]

Probably already mentioned somewhere in the comments, but couldn't find it, so I thought I'd post it: the Bad in front of city names does not have anything to do with Baden-Württemberg. Bad is an official "title" for german cities, like Doctor or Sir is for people. They are allowed to call themselves "bad", because they are health resorts and need exceptional water and air quality to be allowed to put Bad in front of their names and if they dont make sure it stays that way, the title could be taken away from them. In this case this "Bad" doesn't translate to "bath" but more to something like "spa". There is only 1 town in Germany that would be allowed to carry that tile but doesn't: Aachen. They don't use the title because they are first in every list when ordered alphabetically.

[@KeehseLP]

germany has actually 17 states

[@food7479]

Mallorca ?

[@KeehseLP]

yes

[@eragonshurtugal4239]

and one colony called greece

[@T0ghar]

You could make a joke that Greece is the federally owned land he was looking for.

[@neddersass8439]

Eragon Shur'tugal We don't want poor Greece. But we want Malleeeeeeee!

[@Rakonax]

white sausage is great, and i am not even bavarian

[@ChiefderWahrheit]

Just one small fact from a local in Cottbus (Niederlausitz; South of Brandenburg), because for me it sounded like you meant nearly everyone hear speaks sorbian: Sorbian is not often spoken here, it is only spoken by a special minority (under 1% in Brandenburg) and that mostly in the family, but still the street-signs are written both in german and in sorbian. Funnily, this region is nearly dialect-free. We nearly speak perfect Hochdeutsch (high German/standard German). I grew up here and in my 22 years I never heard someone speaking sorbian in the public. ^^

[@Baccatube79]

You DON'T speak dialect free, although you might flatter yourselves that. Brandenburg is distinctly recognizable as a regional variety of German.

[@lucasluger7947]

Nice video! I felt weird seeing my hometown on screen and not being able to zoom in, you know because of Google Maps. Well, it were 7 East German States (Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia) that joined the 9 West German States in 1990. I guess the “french word” you were looking for is Hohenzollern? That’s a noble German family’s name, if not THE noble family in Germany, they “gave” us all the three emperors we had during the German Empire from 1871 to 1918. The odd thing here is the year 1899 (at least I guess) also known as the three-emperor’s-year.

[@MTGA6]

Greetings from Hamburg Deutschland🇩🇪

[@sonicjhiq]

Earth apple? what a unique language.

[@eid8fkebe7f27ejdjdjduyhsvqhwu2]

Jacob cakob It's the same in french.

[@sonicjhiq]

Dewey Dezimal I saw other comments about that

[@wwp82]

Jacob cakob in Dutch: aardappel :)

[@rateeightx]

Jacob cakob The Real Question Is Who WOULDN'T Call It An Earth Apple? I Do.

[@sonicjhiq]

rate eightx yeah who wouldn't

[@alexanderzieschang2664]

He just zoomed into the village where I live in minute 14:00, like how probable was that??! (My personal favourite part XD, so cool!)

[@velvet3496]

Northrhine-Westphalia is actually made up of three states Northrine (Nordrhein), with the white river on green background, Westphalia(Wesphalen) with the Westphalia horse on red background and tiny Westphalia-Lip(Westphalen-Lippe) with the rose on the bottom.

[@SirisLayer]

White sausage is amazing. Fight me.

[@torillatavataan6862]

SiriWesen White sausage is shit!

[@dipi71]

I like Weißwurst (white sausage) with süßen Senf (sweet mustard) and a big, salty brezel. Mmmmm…

[@FriendlyDiamond]

@@torillatavataan6862 you are shit

[@Lukastification]

Why? Why do you jump from one theme to another and then back again? It is confusing in all your vids. Have you ever made a scenario?

[@thomasjensen9976]

Lukas Tucek second channel, don’t care

[@DSP16569]

Essen has his name from a ecclesiastical principality (Essen Abbey) founded approx 845AD. Also some other areas or cities have their name from (royal) family names. The Royal Family "Berg" ruled a long time the area in the east of cologne today called the Bergische Land (county of the Berg's - literaly translated Mountain county). Carl Leverkus founded int the middle of 19th century a chemical company near Wiesdorf at Rhine. Leverkus also builds a workers housing estate for his company workers near the company and called it Leverkusen. 1930 the name was then given to the City (The Chemical company still exists and is known as Bayer AG ;-)

[@rGunti]

Swiss guy living in North-Rhein Westphalia for almost 4 years now. Yes the Rhein-Ruhr region is basically one big city (especially for someone like me where citys have normally