The Village Surviving Germany's Rural Exodus | Journal Reporters

Many small towns in Germany are grappling with a dwindling population as people move to bigger cities in search of work. DW reporter Juri Rescheto traveled to one village outside Berlin where the population is even growing and community life thrives. His mission: To find out what makes this village a success story.
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[@r.gullick329]

So noone is commenting about the fact, that the child is called Heinz-Wilhelm...? Nah, just joking, good to see that some people still give their children traditional german names.

[@Skyl3t0n]

Lul. He probably gets bullied in school

[@sharonneethling7778]

I live in SOUTH AFRICA but my great grandfather came from Germany, it is wonderful to see this village and how people come together and so so clean

[@thefirstsolution3675]

Same but northern germany

[@Gitabhakta78]

City life is suffocating.

[@ajrwilde14]

West Germans moving to East Germany? Interesting.

[@Despotic_Waffle]

Fast paced modern lifestyle can be constricting and stressful

[@ekomngwa3601]

Life in the village is the best. I have a good experience living with my grand mom in the village for 7years. We eat natural foods and breath fresh air free from pollutants. I love living in the village.

[@BlackJesus8463]

Stop saying village.

[@pyellard3013]

For kids and older... Country village life can be great... Teenagers however, ate often bored.. At thste age one craves new excitements and new contacts...

[@mitonaarea5856]

@@pyellard3013 no It's not. Teenagers have been brainwashed with instant gratification. Raise kids without cell phones, video games and social media and they will grow like normal people and appreciate normal life, real life.

[@ollievw3450]

It will be interesting to see how corona and remote working will affect this trend. In the UK and NL people have started to move to rural areas in order to have a better quality of life.

[@bz2unow]

Germany for ETHNIC GERMANS. Great story that can inspire other Germans and use their inventiveness to bring business and villages back to life and have large families!

[@xcx23cwea65]

You must understand that politicians in almost every country are part of the G20 (UN) and one of the goals is to get it's citizens to leave and abandon their lands and move to the cities which is a copy of the village, thus surrendering all rights to their (freedom) lands. ITS ALL G20 (UN) AGENDA BY 2030 and beyond.

[@KayDejaVu]

bx2unow. The villages are losing residents. Did you miss that? What large families? Women ain't having kids!

[@isrberlinerin4063]

I grew up in a little country town in former East Germany under communism , but now its all different and i wish i could live there again being free !

[@niccolehoody7317]

There nothing wrong with the country .farmers if it wasn't for them the city wouldn't have food. Hands up to yall . Thank you for putting food on my table 😃🖒💟👍

[@daudmajeed2607]

lovely village

[@kamalpreetsingh1686]

I don't know why I always liked Germany from my early childhood.....

[@Frobbl]

This is the way life is supposed to be like. Healthy families, homogenous society in which people share the same values, speak the same language and understand really well with each other. You can feel it when you see this footage. You can feel that this is the right way to live like. Living in a big city where you see hundreds of faces on the streets every day that you have never seen before and will never see again. Being surrounded by strangers that speak different languages, look different and live by completely different values? You know that that is against humans nature.

[@Frobbl]

@@mann8557 Luckily in rural towns life still is a lot like this, but it is slowly decreasing as young people move into the cities (they have to to find jobs). I hope we somehow stop this trend and will be able to keep rural town life alive. Urban big city life is not good for humans mental health because it simply is completely against our nature.

[@samaale7381]

@@Frobbl yet being homogeneous didn’t make them feel welcome. The locals don’t like other Germans from the west. How’s being homogeneous going to help them?

[@mitonaarea5856]

@@Frobbl I thought most of Germany's famous "mittelstadt" were in rural areas

[@MrDealsmart]

I hear an echo of a racist

[@Frobbl]

@@MrDealsmart Extremely ridiculous assumption. I love and respect all people and cultures and all people should have villages like this where they can live according to their cultural lifestyle and in peace. Stop inflating the use of the term "racist". You are downplaying real racism.

[@waxtv4154]

I want to go in Germany,,, it’s my lovely place,,,,, but i am a student so i Won't go.....

[@lopuyh]

Village communities are so nice.

[@jameskrug9938]

I don't get it! Here in America the media tells us that Germany has social medical. Why is anyone undergoing economic hardship due to pregnancy or any other medical related issue????????????????????

[@francishallare204]

Every country has this Not everyone wants to live in High Rise Manhattan Apartments

[@jameskrug9938]

@@francishallare204 I don't know anyone that lives in "High Rise Manhattan Apartments", secondly either your medical is covered or it isn't. Does it make a difference in Germany where you live, if your medical is covered????????????????????

[@acajudi100]

Respect is the name of the game. One race .. . human. Different ethnic groups.

[@firozmunshi1662]

I loved germany.i want to tour over but sorry to say that i dont have money to travel there...!

[@JustMeShaun1]

Whats the correct way to spell this town since they felt the need not to include it in the description.

[@dwnews]

The village is called Wallmow. /ph

[@ChooseU4ever]

DW News thank you

[@instavid3160]

Very informative video thanks for share with us. Im Also making villagers documentary.

[@annihilationHaven]

I would never want to live in Germany, the language is so harsh sounding, but such great people. I would want to live in a such a place, 20000 to 50000 people, monocultural society. That's the best.

[@danehart2783]

land and homes is all a human needs . . the grave cares for noting . if i was young i would move there and have a ton of kids on a farm .. they in turn have lots of land to move to if they like , it looks like heaven , my people moved from east Prussia IN 1886

[@MrSvenovitch]

The stupidity, selfishness and ignorance that ooze from your words (and that of most other people) are why I am an orthodox misanthrope.

[@sarc2473]

I basically belong to this village but reborn in India.

[@yudhistirapratama9734]

let it be just like this. If newcomers come, let them come naturally. No need to crowd this beautiful place with many people,and then they will come with the ideas of changing this beautiful place with "modern stuffs," I am worried that those psychopaths will sneak into this beautiful place and ruin everything. Children are happy going anywhere here, just like in my hometown in 70s n 80s. I am so happy to see the nice people that are shown in this videos. They are genuine..this place is so beautiful

[@johnmeaney6789]

Yudhistira Pratama JM

[@OstenPowers]

Is is not overall a nice community in east Germany south Brandenburg, I live In a village like that, and it sucks sometimes. I'm the lone wolf in the village with some other.

[@shanaasliean8089]

Emmm woww ..

[@georgschmidt494]

Nice village. They look all white and native Germans and looks like a great place to live. Most all the smaller towns are true Germans. lived in Berlin. Forget it . I would never love there again.

[@samaale7381]

They all look white and native yet don’t like each other. Didn’t you hear the report that the newcomers from West Germany don’t feel welcomed? Plus it’s not nice village, it’s a depressed rundown East German communist town

[@66suntzu]

the village is good with natural wine, cheese, milk, fresh fruit, innocent girls, never been touched. ..

[@munapati786]

Badhia

[@nayemhassan2999]

I was fascinated by the fact that I have lived a wonderful life.

[@janicemutuku3676]

I Like Germany alot id one day Like to visit the place but i Cant afford,am in Nairobi,Kenya.

[@MrSvenovitch]

stay there, I know a few Kenyan professionals in Western Europe who are extremely unhappy. And they're 'integrated'

[@MrDealsmart]

Stay where you are Janice ,you would be unwelcome for being coloured ....seen comments here !?All white ,all germany and it's cool that way !?It's Africans only who aren't racists Janice

[@vivekananda92]

we indians r worrying about our increasing population and they r worrying about their dwindling population.

[@mohdshariq5814]

Exodus from village to city not population dewling

[@rayt5520]

Why you will just export your ppl to every country in the world just like youve been doing for 70 years America is full of indians and chinese both no nothing about population responsibility .

[@MrSvenovitch]

we will all starve together soon in our dying biosphere

[@mitonaarea5856]

@@rayt5520 Chinese population will literally fall in half in the end of this century

[@acastrohowell]

No diversity!...nice

[@MrSvenovitch]

@@AlaskaErik before eurabia can prosper it will die from climate change through starvation.

[@AlaskaErik]

@@MrSvenovitch Anthropogenic climate change is the greatest hoax of our time. Climate change has been occurring since the beginning of the earth. The primary influence of it is the sun, not man.

[@frankiespencer758]

i wanna live there :) Anyone wants to invite me??

[@wandagonzalez5563]

Good Morning America....My Shelter?!!!#Good

[@jrl.030]

Digga wieso muss ich sowas gucken in englisch hahahahahah hilfe

[@strombregger]

I believe Americans don't know the force they hide behind living in America, but then again look at all the names they gave away for nothing. That is something that can never be redeemed. Germany is a wonderful name for a country and I'm glad it's still in the world.

[@jbhann]

strombregger ... _I believe Americans don't know the force they hide behind living in America, but then again look at all the names they give away for nothing._ Out of curiosity, what does that exactly mean?

[@terhgasabeha9552]

is it a poem.

[@aregst]

ginger...from german farms... aha! Very believable to be what you say it as if is

[@aregst]

rubbish... absolutely not informative. Waste of money and time

[@jamesrivis620]

Not a mask in sight !!!

[@jerrielindsey5939]

Made 8 years ago

[@paske2001]

oh futile hope.. :)

[@jacobdsusobhan5825]

I love German girls. If they like to connect