What Happened to the Old German Flag?

Today, German football fans proudly daub their cheeks black, red and gold, though back in the days of the Old German Empire, the tricolour was one of black, white and red. So why did the flag change from the one to the other, and what's the origin of both of these flags?
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[@PravaRusija]

Insulted the French, the Dutch and the Germans in the first minute... Well done!

[@seven9766]

always make sure to insult everybody equally right from the start.

[@mira460]

@@vincent5880 Idiot!

[@kurhardtweilvorker9647]

Ты хто, сербский нацбол ?

[@rey-me2no]

@@vincent5880 you sir are an idiot.

[@Sara-vs1vb]

@@vincent5880 it was a joke (i'm belgian )

[@civishamburgum1234]

Dutch are of course swamp germans, because germany is not all mountain.

[@processinginformation]

The only mountainous region in Germany is literally just Bayern (Bavaria), which is also the least german part of Germany.

[@ADogNamedStay]

@@processinginformation that's because they're mountain people.

[@memoofjacoboarbenzjuanarev9724]

@@processinginformation Do they have beer halls there?

[@callummason6589]

What does that make the english? Island germans?

[@Dita000]

@Dr ROLFCOPTER! How about former German African colonies?

[@RedKrasnoye]

I like how the german flag just, comes and goes trough the history

[@abdmzn]

@@tonydarocha1299 why would anyone care what backwards Gothic tribes have to say about modern Germany?

[@schmittiTV]

@@tonydarocha1299 communism wasnt created in germany

[@josephnigel8811]

@@schmittiTV Marx is German. Ergo Communism is German. Ergo "Germany invented(or discovered) Communism"

[@jacoblara4820]

It’s like “ y’all need me again “

[@dajo1373]

@@tonydarocha1299 The modern Germans have nothing to do with the goths.

[@benitospagetthilini6155]

As a German myself, it’s quite a nice design we have and I like how you insulted the French, the Dutch and the Germans in the first few minutes.

[@Souru_TV]

Same

[@henkschrader4513]

Nah as a dutch person i find it a good question bc we have the same culture and blood and language is almost the same... we should reunite once again🙂

[@bruh-th5ft]

@@henkschrader4513 why not form the roman empire again if so

[@henkschrader4513]

@@bruh-th5ft bc the countries that were in the roman empire didn't have the same blood, culture and language 😂

[@orvehagheim1647]

personaly i like your old flag beter, both of them shows germany so i think both shuld be acsepted as offisial german flags. but that is only my opinion, it is your home so i am not going to say what flag is best for your cuntry. even tho we nowegians are literly bulding your roads.

[@thegoatjesus6133]

In Germany we use the term "Bergdeutsche" = mountain germans for the Austrians and Swiss.

[@kingpin7666]

I never knew this

[@Datenkralle]

I never heared about this before, but im not south german. I know the word "Schluchtenscheisser" - "ravine shitter". Austrians used this word too.

[@derdominik9980]

Everything south of the Elbe is northernitaly or bavaria we say in northern Germany. Yes Bremen, you are Bavarian.

[@adamolis]

@@Datenkralle I'm Austrian and I've never heard about "Schluchtenscheisser" before

[@Datenkralle]

@@adamolis I think it is different from region to region.

[@Jixxor]

Hm we Germans call Austrians "Mountain Germans", so if we are Mountain Dutch would this mean that Austrians are "Mountain Mountain Dutch"?

[@mrjwvd]

yes

[@je-freenorman7787]

Do you know what Ger, or man mean? What about Au, or Ian? Those are all words that form new words. They are Aryan Words. You need to know those to understand

[@je-freenorman7787]

The Dutch comes from Dutchy, which was land ruled by a Duke or a Dutchess

[@ibnu9969]

@@je-freenorman7787 your argument does make sense, but sorry you're wrong

[@je-freenorman7787]

@@ibnu9969 No I am not. I am sure. You believe other things than the truth. You are wrong, I am right.

[@johndickson76]

I like how the guy doesn’t start again when he makes a mistake.

[@engien460]

If you think about this in context of how we use words in daily language ....hi dont make realy so much mistake as highligjthowpeople useinterchangably wording history to confuse you I daily passing messages even in TV this days ....inUk for 15 years I hear Estern Europeans(some even spell is with small letters!) Inspead Polish nationals ...what was residue of BRITS RETORIC TOWARDS SLAVIC BATIONS DURING POST WAR...for reason more related to genealogy charts than "super powers" ....and ones again ..ALL BECEAUSE IN 1540 SOMEBODY BECOME BREATHLY A KING OF POLAND AND NOT EVEN STEP TO BOUNDRIES OF KINGDOM .....YESS KINGDOM ......AND UNTIL TODAY THEY REAPETING PHRASES ....POLISH DYNASTIES DECLINE ...... THEY DONT DISAPIER....YESS HAVE NO CASSELS BCS PEOPLE LIKE CHURCHIL WITH UNADUCATED REGENTS MAKE DIVITIONS ON MAPS WITHOUT HISTORIC REASONS OR CONSIDERATIONS FOR THIS WHO FIGJT ON ALL COUNTRUES ON WORLD MAPS.......YOUR EMPIRES DONT GO SO FAR THAN STEPS OF POLISH SOLDIERS......WHY IN UK SCHOOLSTHEY DONT TEACH THAT HA BUT FORCE CHRISTIAN KIDS PAINTAND RECITE SHAHADA!!!!! speaking from experience . Untainted history ....this is what you not found in englush schools .

[@a.e.1965]

@@engien460 unfortunately I didn't read the whole thing but I read the first 4 lines, XD lmao that was funny...yeah...I just wanted to say that, alright goodbye

[@ChristianTonnies]

@@engien460 wtf are you on about , sort your spelling out for one .

[@GlizzyGoblin757]

@@engien460 oh sweet a schizo!

[@privateprivate6487]

Is it just me or is it much more entertaining when youtubers don't edit out their mistakes :D

[@crafterrium8724]

just you

[@Eazyrun]

No, I found it very authentic. I want more mistakes in videos :3

[@thetrickster9885]

Its just you. We don't want mistakes in a history videos. It would cause some umm *cough* ARGUMENTS

[@crafterrium8724]

@@thetrickster9885 yeah he could've said usa joined the germans and that would've probably caused a lot of arguments

[@thetrickster9885]

@@crafterrium8724 yes

[@theaninova]

Uhh, your pronunciation of "Bundesrepublik" was probably the best I've heard so far on KZbin from a non-native speaker.

[@g.waldmeister1851]

I thought his pronunciation was all together very good.

[@Marco-bf4uu]

@@g.waldmeister1851 Des Lützower Freikorps war schrecklich

[@antoniotraub6183]

I mean he IS Dutch

[@bernd_das_brot6911]

He’s dutch and we learn german in school

[@takablepigon9686]

@@bernd_das_brot6911 that makes sense, but he also pronunciated French pretty good.

[@germany8804]

The old flag is my dad and he died and i became the flag thats how

[@paul8158]

He didn't die, that's the curiosity, it is mere a kind of deep sleep, waiting to be used again when the sons flag will vanish from use. Which it will on occasion, because it represents today something the people believe to be a state, but which is merely a fragmentary state-like object, as it was invented to be by the Allies, commercially exploiting what is left of the German Reich of 1871. Which is constituted today, that's the hidden flaw, as a commercial company following tradelaw (Handelsrecht), while the Reich of 1871 is totally out of any activity. All it's predecessors were fragmentary state-like objects, because none of them, the Weimar Rep., Nazi Germany, the occupationzones after the war, GDR and FRG, as well as the reunited FRG after the reunification, have ever had a full constitution, voted for by the people, only some shady basic law (Grundgesetz), by this lacking the qualitiy of a full rightfully successor of the German Reich from 1871. By this a non-nation in essence, it is a shame and a flaw waiting to be corrected...likely out of tremendous pain, because all forces within and without Germany try very hard to keep this correction down, because all profit commercially from the FRG in one way or the other.

[@paul8158]

That is why Germany pays for all and everything, that is why the people are taxed up to the tits, that is why poverty is rising throughout Germany, why the EU was invented and so on... not as a peace project, but as a power project sucking out the lifeblood of the german people, after and in retaliation of the mess of the 20th century.

[@user-hi9cu1xp5o]

@@mel_uwu8154 I've found a Countryhumans fan.

[@mel_uwu8154]

@@user-hi9cu1xp5o you did! :D

[@seanxedrickpedrigal2965]

and you flag

[@marc_zdb]

I am from Germany and I think your pronunciation is very good. Not just for a (probably) not native speaker. You sound like a real German! It's quite impressive how you literally always used the correct sound for the "ch". From my experience it is quiet difficult for people didn't grew up with the language.

[@Hrng270]

He loves german and Germany , why its the pronunciación is good.

[@mr.thiemo1406]

Er ist Niederländisch, dutch and german are extremely similar being a combination of old English and German

[@cerebrummaximus3762]

He's Dutch

[@Willensimperium]

01:37 As a German, I still know the first time I saw this flag as a teenager over ten years ago, I was so amazed. They should've made a version out of this as a national flag already during the Weimar Republic, the famous symbol of the German oak, red-black-red, one of the coolest flags ever.

[@john48132]

Germany is great!

[@bananarama6984]

Definitly cooler than our todays flag. But I think in terms of style the Prussian flag is still number 1

[@je-freenorman7787]

I can tell you that Flags are used for slaves and servants. Its a Marginalized language called Heraldry. One we may read, writ(e) and Not Speak. Its esoteric which also means, not everyone needs to know what it all means. Its for High Nobles only.

[@GlizzyGoblin757]

@@je-freenorman7787 Your trying to sound deep but you just sound retarded

[@drsnova7313]

One note: The emblem (the "Bundesadler" / federal eagle) didn't disappear with reunification. It was never part of Germany's flag, except if the flag denoted a government institution, which is still the case. The flag of the Federal Republic has not changed since 1949.

[@peterg.8941]

Yes, your are right 👍

[@nichderjeniche]

And west and east germany shared the same flag after division until 1959! Only after that east germany added their hammer and circle. He should make a new accurate video.

[@peterg.8941]

@@nichderjeniche "...west and germany shared the same flag..." . Are you sure?

[@nichderjeniche]

@@peterg.8941 100% sure There's no english wikipedia version of it, but you can copy it in google translator: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagge_der_Deutschen_Demokratischen_Republik

[@peterg.8941]

@@nichderjeniche Dein Satz ergibt dennoch keinen Sinn. Übersetzt heißt es nämlich: "West und Deutschland teilten sich die selbe Flagge". 😉

[@nacholibre4516]

😂The Dutch are definitely swamp Germans.

[@historywithhilbert146]

nacho libre Noted 😉

[@sleepynick_]

We are not

[@beurteilung713]

@@sleepynick_ Yes you fucking are. Dutch people are literally Germans, the only reason they are not part of Germany is because of some filthy Spanish Catholics. Austrians are German, most Swiss are German, a lot of Danish people are German, etc.

[@lyca0n535]

@@beurteilung713 Are the French German ???

[@hazzmati]

@@beurteilung713 you're confusing german with germanic

[@hanneshartmann3671]

There is one mistake regarding the unification. Actually the flag did not change 1989. The FRG used the plain Black Red Gold flag as a national flag since its founding in 1949. The flag with the Federal-Eagle was and still is the "Bundesdienstflagge" (Federal Service Flag) which is used by certain federal organisations.

[@fintonmainz7845]

It changed for the DDR

[@Sc4v3r]

@@fintonmainz7845 We talk about the FRG (Federal Republic of Germany oder auch Bundesrepublik Deutschland). The DDR has nothing to do with it.

[@shimanopetermann9068]

Just a little correction here. The confederation formed after the Congress of Vienna in 1815 was the German Confederation, not the North German Confederation. The North German Confederation was the Nation-state established by Prussia in 1867 which eventually evolved into the German Empire in 1871.

[@Hillers62]

Right!!!

[@user-xz4gh8vu2x]

Nobody: My brain at the 4 am: *WhAt HaPpEnEd tO tHe oLd GeRmAn fLaG*

[@zynel413]

Why is "Nobody: " still a template?

[@user-xz4gh8vu2x]

Darknecro q , idk, just pretty funny memes

[@birisuandrei2866]

I got an improvement to make : Was Happeneden to Sie olde German flage???

[@Innengelaender]

@@birisuandrei2866 Gesundheit

[@birisuandrei2866]

@@Innengelaender was Sie hell is wrong mit du! I did nicht sneeze!

[@lucber75]

Small mistake, the german confederation was founded in 1816. The north german confederation only became a thing later

[@williamcooke5627]

Yes The North German Confederation followed the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.

[@konradbrakhage8244]

And the reunificanion happened in 1990 not 1989.

[@seanstults1271]

Aggressive Tubesock According to your KZbin name... I’m not sure if I should take this seriously

[@Hendricus56]

@Aggressive Tubesock it is not, that critic shows, that you don't like something. In this case these are corrections, because he made some mistakes in his video. These of course mainly are recognised by German students, who didn't sleep during history classes

[@konradbrakhage8244]

@@Hendricus56 haha right, actually I'd guess it to be one of the most common mistakes a German student can encounter during history class. Thus for a few moments during that video I was even thinking about him being german😂

[@anardistformerlynigel5250]

Flags are an interesting way to learn about history. Heraldry is also very interesting and is, I suppose, the precursor to flags as we see them today.

[@AJGeeTV]

Thanks for this informative video. The slip-ups made it more likeable. I'm a Brit living in Germany, and to be honest, I didn't know the history of the flag. Thanks again and keep up the great work.

[@williamstephens9945]

Speaking Dutch is like speaking German whilst eating a hot potato.

[@hansdiese3139]

@@thunderbolt_blitz nah man in northern germany we had a language called "platt deutsch" which means like "flat german" and it's pretty similar to one another (check out the 30yr war) germany is so diverse beacause it's in the middle of europe even as a german it's hard to keep on. #thestruggleisreal

[@Silverstone_Myth]

And its almost incomprehensible when drunk....Atleast for me anyways😂

[@psychoaiko666]

Nope, Dutch is drunk German with keelkanker

[@bobthedestroyer1751]

Speaking German is like speaking Dutch whilst eating a hot potato.

[@wohlhabendermanager]

@Robert O. No. Danish is norwegian spoken with a hot potato in your mouth. You douche.

[@checkmatefurries286]

As for the question at the start: there are lots of land in Germany that isn’t mountain...but the Netherlands is literally that scene from Monty python with the Swamp Castle verbatim

[@historywithhilbert146]

That’s a fair point actually

[@budakbaongsiah]

So how many castles in the Netherlands that got sunk?

[@franciswhite4032]

Only "above the rivers" is the Netherlands "swampland".

[@cattraknoff]

@@budakbaongsiah They had thousands of years to saturate the swamps with castles so that eventually they would stay up. Of course all surviving castles are those which stayed up.

[@budakbaongsiah]

@@cattraknoff So no instances where a castle was burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp?

[@solared]

it's charming how you leave the happy little accidents in the video.

[@gandalf_thegrey]

We don't make mistakes here

[@Fattipotato79]

There are no accidents

[@joebama6825]

Hey, it’s me, Will Smith from Team Cherry. We have unanimously decided as a board that you are officially getting times that are not intended for casual players. We don’t want people thinking they shouldn’t play our game due to your stupidly insane skills at this game, and as a result we are purposely tweaking your RNG numbers to be unfavourable. Sorry for the inconvenience, it had to be done

[@Anvilshock]

It's certainly much more pleasant to listen to (and to watch, where applicable) than having to endure some sad excuse of a Max Headroom parody where the speaker couldn't string together more than three coherent words in a row without nauseating jump cuts if their life depended on it.

[@henrikrolfsen584]

The land of my grandparents, now lies deep within Polish territory. The village of Bad Warmbrunn, near Hirschberg, of Lower Silesia: It's name, now in Polish: "Jelenia Gora".

[@B727X]

It’s not deep it’s pretty damn close to the border

[@paul8158]

Its the land of your grandparents, we keep it that way.

[@samuelattas3864]

The Land of my grandparents lies deep within Russian terriotory. The cities of Uusikirkko and Kanneljärvi on the Karelian isthmus...

[@AlexVictorianus]

1:20 it was the German Confederation in 1815! The North German Confederation followed after the Austro-Prussian war in 1866

[@rainerwahnsinn9585]

and he told it even correctly 8 month ago^^ kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXmuZ6RvqMyFmrc

[@coldworld289]

The Austro-Prussian war is also called "the german war". Prussian and the northern states against Austria and the southern states.

[@rainerwahnsinn9585]

@@coldworld289 Yes 1866 ,but 1815 was long before...because all german states were now united if ever attacked/declared war

[@bebo2629]

The flag also not changed after 1989 the Feder Republic of Germany uses the same flag since 1949. The flag with the eagle is teh "Bundesdienstflagge" which means that it is the flag of federal authorities but not the national flag.

[@AculAL]

From this day forward I will refer to the dutch only as 'swamp Germans'.

[@demonte6582]

@@captainbackflash is this the way mountain dutch see the world?

[@captainbackflash]

@@demonte6582 No, of course not!

[@simonh6371]

That's wrong, the Germans called Volksdeutsch i.e. ethnic Germans from the East ''Sumpfdeutsche'' i.e. swamp Germans. The Dutch were known as Kaesekopf (cheesehead).

[@demonte6582]

@@simonh6371 cheese head is a nice offence, but dutch people are even more annoyed, if u call them germans. Or try to call swiss people "schwaben" and enjoy!

[@DerAykac]

@@simonh6371 So i can call the dutch Käsköpp and Ossis are now Sumpfdeutsche? i like

[@joeyfreitas1942]

I love how creative these flags are though. 3 colours in straight lines.

[@tiagomonteiro161]

The Imperial German flag had an eagle with a black Cross and the black white red in the corner with the iron cross looks like it had two flags just the black white and red and the one i mentionned we want the empire back 😢 germans golden age now everything is garbage even the flag germany is now a shadow of itself

[@elschaetty]

@@tiagomonteiro161 are you even German?

[@TheJojo01902]

Fascinating and very informative. Thank you!

[@bigquazz7547]

German History in a nutshell: “Ok so how many parts are we in this time”

[@TheSorrel]

Basically. Back in the day, I was totally confused because "Did Germany used to be seperated in 30 states or 300 states?" The Answer is: Both is true at different points in time.

[@nanigov4725]

and Chinese*

[@giuliano.h]

@@nanigov4725 China is Chinas worst enemy

[@istvansipos9940]

you mean, how many parts are we in zis / dis / (sometimes) tis time :- ) Feel free to watch "What are you sinking about?" if you don't know what I mean.

[@dustinmajo9897]

@@istvansipos9940 We are sinking! We are sinking!! Zis is ze german coastgurd, what do you zink abut?

[@repomandan07]

Using a Russian composer when talking about Germany. Troll level 9000

[@pride2184]

I thought it was the death boi who was German. Playing in the background

[@mart4144]

@@pride2184 It was from Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky.

[@jenaogirl]

Right? So many German composers... why?

[@mart4144]

@@jenaogirl I mean, music is music. Tho the waltz of the flowers is a bit overused, its still a good piece. I personally don't care where the composer is from.

[@douggieharrison6913]

@@jenaogirl probably just picked a song without putting much thought into who composed it. I would never have considered the nationality had I not seen this comment hehe

[@DoorTechnicianRick]

Other countries : "Belgium copied the German flag" Meanwhile Belgian flag which has been in existence since 1830...

[@DoorTechnicianRick]

@B ?

[@palastofhistory4026]

@B belgium was part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands yes but the Belgiums revolted and after a short war belgium became independent

[@whippin1335]

Germans had the flag and colours first lol

[@DoorTechnicianRick]

@@whippin1335 not really, the German flag as it is now was created in 1848 and was changed again in 1866.

[@whippin1335]

@@DoorTechnicianRick If Belgium had the flag first, Germany perfected it ;)

[@lemagnificent7553]

You're the first youtuber I've seen who doesn't cut out his mistakes and just goes with them. It's so unique I feel like we're genuinely having a convo

[@fintonmainz7845]

Unfortunately many of the "facts" in the video are simply wrong. He should take down the video. It serves no purpose.

[@Rojk]

@@fintonmainz7845 Please enlighten us

[@joey_ramone_96]

@@fintonmainz7845 imagine making a comment saying something is wrong, but not what is wrong, you should take down your comment, it serves no purpose

[@Idontknow46262]

@@fintonmainz7845 fuck no. Still interesting

[@haglasu1468]

@@joey_ramone_96 There’s a long comment where everything is explained. If you saw its length, you knew why this lad isn’t willing to list everything up again.

[@turbobus4983]

Pfft Germans don't even have real mountains except for southern Bavaria. The real question is: Are the Austrians mountain Germans, or are the Germans Austrians with sea access?

[@Bruno-gj4jj]

Pff Österreicher (Austrians) ...

[@garretphegley8796]

The Swiss have all the real mountains, and they actually speak "Highest Alemannic" or Mountain German for short.

[@theofficialdutchwayoflife]

Aren't Austrians just wannabe German?

[@turbobus4983]

@@theofficialdutchwayoflife Well, one of them definitely was...

[@Bruno-gj4jj]

AAAAANNSCHLUUUUSS

[@LibsZoggt]

1815 was the "Deutscher Bund". The North German Confederation was established after 1866 by Prussia.

[@maxkernfeld7928]

Der Deutsche Bund wurde *1815* gegründet...

[@Alex-jf8mw]

Max Kernfeld 👍🏻

[@KatinkaTeardrop]

1815, "after 1866" is correct, it was 1867.

[@TheLocalLt]

Libs Hdger yep, Austria was still in control during the German Confederation, which used yellow in the flag which this guy totally skipped over

[@mdasifrezwanshishir742]

Sheldon Cooper would be so happy to see this channel's works

[@Sagittariuz912]

Thank you for explaining something to me, my teachers should have taught me in school. Greeting from Germany.

[@TheCatpirate]

I prefer the look of the Imperial flag TBH. Makes it easier to differentiate it from Belgium, and it just looks cool.

[@beurteilung713]

Personally i completely disagree. The Black-red-gold flag looks MUCH MORE appealing and pleasing to the eye. The Imperial German flag looks uninspiring, old fashion, and washed out. Just a re-fashioned Prussian flag. Not all of Germany is Prussia, and in fact, Prussia barely even exists anymore. Most of it was annexed and ethnically cleansed. Non-prussian Germany has richer and deeper history than Prussia could have ever though of having.

[@hankcyrus9776]

Prefer a flag of prussia with a red bar in the middle of it.

[@kaderpdi1982]

@@beurteilung713 but prussians are german or did yoi mean the old prussians

[@Festucius]

@@kaderpdi1982 As stated, Prussians (not Old Prussians) were German, but most of the Germans at any single point in time were not Prussian.

[@AholeAtheist]

Not an issue. Belgium is rightful Dutch clay.

[@Chopperdragon39]

it's not yellow, it's gold. i have to always mention this to whoever gets it wrong. I'm being held at gunpoint, help

[@sweiland75]

It's an ironic statement coming from an Englishman.

[@Chopperdragon39]

@@sweiland75 Humor? what's that. I'm German. I do not understand.

[@masonajmufasamurphy2496]

@@sweiland75 yellow is not on single one of the UK flags

[@milkncookie]

Pretty sure you're wrong. My eyes do not deceive me.

[@rahowherox1177]

Gold is yellow.

[@johnstonewall917]

At an exhibition I visited in Greifswadl many years ago attributed the origin of the present colours to the University of Jena where the students wore black blazers with red piping and brass buttons.

[@AAKlavier]

Of all German composers to be used for the video, the video uses the Russian composer, Tchaikovsky, but for some reason, it actually works. Great video, I learned a lot!

[@thibovanmessem7608]

The Dutch are swap germans, germans are germans and mountain germans are swis and austrians

[@user-to5fs3nw3q]

But dude, we are here politcorrected people. Not swamp, more be like "low lands"

[@bodhisnody5692]

Nah germans are wannabe dutch and swiss and austrians are wannabe germans

[@demonte6582]

ich zermalm auf der alm einen halm.

[@masonajmufasamurphy2496]

@@bodhisnody5692 erika

[@boob72]

and what are the Bavarians then?

[@kerudim1911]

i once heard that our german flag got a qoute with it. It goes like: In our darkest hour we buy with blood a golden future.

[@PrinceRagus]

Out of the night, through the fight, into the light!

[@ermia4886]

Ha

[@Saint-Sadistic666]

Genius

[@kreigwolf6809]

I've heard and used "From Darkness, Through Blood, Into the Light" but I Love the other examples

[@ousiavazia]

this is scary af

[@Andrecio64]

the black red yellow flag: I ALLWAYS COME BACK

[@SomeBody08150]

To answer the beginning question, as Germans already dwell to Large parts in swamps, Neither.

[@riograndedosulball248]

I can only imagine Bayern, Austria and Switzerland sitting in their mountains, putting a smug face to those poor swamp dwellers down there

[@Mr_Fancypants]

They had one with a swastika but it fell out of fashion for some reason.

[@speedweed4953]

Yes. But why?

[@YaldaDaKo]

@Cryptic Virtuoso aryan race exist. Iran literally means land of aryans in persian and it has nothing to do with its meaning in sanskrit. Since 2500 years (or more) Iran was called Iran by iranians. But germans are not aryan for sure. I can't stop laughing everytime some blond guy claims " ich bin arisch" 🤣🤣

[@Holloaway]

Aryans were originally Indo Germans - one of the first humans ever with brown eyes and hair, originating from Central Europe. Hitler believed the Aryans were nordic - with blue-eyes, white skin and blonde hair.

[@barfuss2007]

Flag-Design by Adolf Hitler himself, he copied the japanese flag with turned colors and put the swastika in the middle, ready. And fascism was copied from Mussolinis Italy. The only thing he didn´t copie was his own shit.

[@1738Creations]

Lefty mentalists of cancel culture!

[@Crick1952]

Dutch: Swamp Germans Austrians: Mountain Germans Swiss: Mountain Dutch

[@sephikong8323]

*Swiss : Bank Germans

[@darthplagueis13]

Swiss: Mountain Europeans with a throat disease

[@charlotteritchie9969]

Swiss are Mountain Belgians bc they cant choose whether to be French or Germanic

[@dasemmiyogurt6288]

@@charlotteritchie9969 We are definitely more german. Belgium is more parted than us.

[@donquesewilliamswilliams3497]

GameB Awesome Bayonetting babies is not honorable

[@philippedefechereux7896]

Excellent and thorough history. I learned a lot!

[@MrEssex105]

3:08 it's not the Emperial German eagle but the Royal eagle of the Kingdom of Prussia.

[@quellfeuer8678]

both upper Frisians

[@paulvonhindenburg367]

Fryslân boppe

[@kmit9191]

*angry alpine noises*

[@paulvonhindenburg367]

Nah

[@Nordisk11]

@@Reichsritter No it isn't, it's still alive with roughly half a million speakers.

[@dutchgoat432]

Frisian is fucking kut Amsterdam

[@autismosprime540]

I always thought that Germany’s flag was a result of Belgium being salty about both world wars

[@bryanellis3125]

Hahaha

[@PingkPanther]

Oh scheiße, zey found out!

[@joelschittenhelm5571]

No, the Germans wanted to troll Belgium and turned their flag but the other countries didnt understand it and thought it was the German flag

[@kalamarmaximis149]

@IM BALD after it raped the congo

[@charlieryan1736]

Thanks for making this informative and interesting video

[@edpowell5754]

It was interesting. Thank You for putting this video together.

[@Jokkkkke]

My scottish mates actually call us swamp people so I guess that settles it

[@natheniel]

London is really a swamp tho

[@blackmoon2128]

After you said the french ruins everything for everyone: 'I see you are a man of culture as well'.

[@christoph7510]

I think to less got that, if you joked about culture/civilization.

[@rapho435]

🇨🇵🗑️

[@emusaurus]

Welcome to this weeks episode of Fun with Flags

[@DannyDeathclaw]

Thanks for the Video, Sheldon Cooper is very proud of you!

[@je-freenorman7787]

Pride is dangerous

[@Mr_Lo_]

4:54 The flag on the right is wrong. It should have a KZbin Play button in the middle.

[@joshmayetballoon3103]

No its gonna be demontized symbol

[@mikeromney4712]

@@joshmayetballoon3103 At least we have the "minimize-fullscreen-button" in the verry lower right corner.....:)

[@helmikiller666]

Hahah

[@Mr_Lo_]

@@mikeromney4712 now we need a video that's 88 minutes long B)

[@SenorTucano]

👏

[@JonatasAdoM]

I'll never forget what I read in BF1: "We can't let the discount Germans win"

[@aninditapaul9291]

WHERE? WHEN?

[@kcarcnohterc3134]

iS tHaT gIgGuK?

[@beelzeboo]

Lol when the hell did they say that in Battlefield 1? 😂

[@adamhastie8439]

The new ones are the discount germans sorry if your german i do not care

[@adamhastie8439]

@Stormi Storm I apologise please don't shout at me in probably german

[@THuang-lt1ob]

Beautifully put together. All clicked at the end.

[@SirDavothe2]

I like how he leaves his mistakes in, it makes me feel better about myself

[@mph8759]

As an Austrian I don’t understand the “Mountain” reference for Germans

[@psychovoice3827]

Maybe because Austria was part of Germany as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Germany,Durch,North Italy,Czech was one country.

[@YenLoWangx]

"Hill" germans would be more appropriate for us. Compared to them Austrians are "Space-Germans"

[@Captain-Axeman]

Can you guys please stop starting world wars? Please, I don't want another one.

[@trafalgarlaw7109]

@@Captain-Axeman Guten Tag, Anschluss gefällig ?

[@je-freenorman7787]

Try learning what Teutonic means too? Use the etymology dictionary for words like Ger and German too.

[@moenchii]

"... in Jena, which is in the south of Germany." Oof! As a Thuringian, that hurt!

[@florianstumpf4349]

Als euer Nachbar (Hesse) der Familie in Thüringen hat, sehe ich das ganz genauso. 🙈

[@Oliver0511]

Ja, Triebes hier 🙋‍♂️

[@HeliouHyios]

In der Tat....jetzt glaube alle, wir tragen hier diese albernen Lederhosen^^ Grüße aus Jena^^

[@SebAnders]

Oh, I know! You're not even in Bavaria!

[@MrKatze123]

As someone who lives in Jena, this hurts even more.

[@u.z.9383]

Indeed an interesting video. Maybe you can check some details: The first appearance of the combination black red and gold gold was on the black/coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire. Black eagle on a golden background plus some red details. In 1815 the German Federation was founded, not the north German. The Republic of Weimar still carried the name German empire. East and west Germany shared the same flag until 1969 I think. The GDR then put her coat of arms on the flag, the FRG kept the tricolor.

[@stevekluth9060]

You didn't specifically mention it, but the Nazi flag having the same black-white-red colors as the German Empire flag was something I didn't know before. Thanks for showing them side-by-side for people to notice.

[@MrBigCookieCrumble]

Definitively Swamp Germans, it just sounds more funny, besides we already have Mountain Germans! They're called Austrians - or, Australians if you're American.

[@billyteflon1322]

Austrian, Australian, Potato, Podildo.

[@Kiba_22]

No the Mountain Germans are the Bavarians and there Lederhosens 👖

[@billyteflon1322]

@@Kiba_22 and their Bayerisch...

[@Kiba_22]

@Hautzarte Verwöhnung Didn't know it was actually Austrian. I don't think it is Germany trying to steal it rather Bavaria adopting it so they seem less Prussian.

[@MrBigCookieCrumble]

@Hautzarte Verwöhnung while i know its more of a austrian thing, when we in schweden think of germans we think of lederhosen for some reason.

[@gnillek9430]

"Aus der Schwärze der Knechtschaft durch blutige Schlachten ans goldene Licht der Freiheit." "From the blackness of bondage through bloody battles to the golden light of freedom."

[@svnm4b784]

Ok das ist cool hahaa aber hab ich noch nie zuvor gehört

[@paulkriegeskotte1571]

Wenn man zu schlecht in English ist und man den Satz einfach in Google übersetzer Eingibt (nicht böse gemeint)

[@gnillek9430]

@@paulkriegeskotte1571 Dann übersetz doch mal korrekt :)

[@flasher8695]

Hahaha "Licht der Freiheit" der war gut

[@carmansi8623]

@@flasher8695 Kannst gerne dieses böse und unfreie Land verlassen. So viel Freiheit wurde dir dann doch gelassen ;)

[@OmarDelawar]

This was super interesting!! MORE FLAG VIDEOS PLEASE!!

[@t0mn8r35]

I grew up and went to school in Germany and I did not know all of this information about the German flag. Thank you very much! Very interesting.

[@CountArtha]

The black-red-gold republican flag actually _is_ "the old flag." It was created in 1848.

[@wernerhahn141]

True, and it was forbidden to show it at the time! Democrats (at the time called 'Demagogen') were not welcome in the time of feudalism.

[@cehaem2]

@@wernerhahn141 Feudalism had already ended some 40-50 years earlier.

[@g.waldmeister1851]

@@wernerhahn141, I think it's funny that back those fighting for democracy, liberty and rule of lawe also were nationalists. How times have changed.

[@arctix4518]

@@g.waldmeister1851 Yeah, because at the time there was of course no german nation. To found a new nation, you obviously have to be a nationalist. Modern nationalism is more like chauvinism and has nothing to do with classic nationalism. Shortly, there are two types of nationalism. Nationalism without a nation and nationalism (chauvinism) within a nation.

[@untruelie2640]

Sorry, but there are some huge mistakes in the video. The entity founded in 1816 was the German Confederation, and it didn't have a flag, only a coat of arms. (Which was similar to the old imperial coat of arms since the Confederation ("Deutscher Bund" in German) was some kind of replacement to the HRE). In 1848, the Confederation was disbanded in the wake of the March Revolution. The St. Paul's church assembly in Frankfurt then chose the Black-red-Gold flag as the symbol of the new german nation state it tried to establish. After the revolution had been crushed, the German Confederation was re-established in 1850. It was dissolved for good in 1866, when it's members turned on each other in the Austro-Prussian war. The Prussians THEN founded the North German Confederation ("Norddeutscher Bund") in 1866/67 to assure their dominance over the smaller northern states. Thre NGC then adopted the Black-White-Red flag. After the southern states (except for Austria, who's alienation to the german unification process had been the whole point of Prussias scheming) joined the NGC in 1871, it was transformed into the German Enpire, which kept the Black-White-Red flag. After that point, Black-Red-Gold was associated with liberalism and republicanism, while Black-White-Red was associated with conservatism and monarchism. No wonder that the Weimar Republic adopted Black-Red-Gold as it's flag in 1918/19 - and no wonder that the Nazis brought Black-White-Red back in 1933, keeping the old Imperial Flag for a few years to appease their conservative allies. The two new german states founded in 1949 adopted (no surprise) Black-Red-Gold, because they saw themselves as part of the democratic tradition - although the GDR was democratic only in name.

[@pierre976]

I thought so. Thank you. I unsubscribed to that channel.

[@christopherstein2024]

He kind of just skipped over what happened in the revolution.

[@wobblybobengland]

@@pierre976 Yes, that is a very poor video

[@UwePieper]

And most importantly the flag of the BRD did never featured the eagle. There was no flag change in 1989. The Grundgesetz (German constitution) from 1949 states „Die Bundesflagge ist schwarz-rot-gold.“ which translates to „The federal flag is black-red-gold.“ The german flag with the eagle is only a symbol auf government institutions and it‘s still in use.

[@Peanut-rs1mw]

Woah 200th like

[@Herfinnur]

Those old illustrations are beautiful, do you have some info on them, or links?

[@revmo37]

Great explanation ! Thank you

[@ez45]

Correction: The Bundesrepublik always used the plain black, red and gold banner. The flag with the emblem you showed is and always has been reserved for governmental institutions and is called the "Bundesdienstflagge" (federal services flag). The escutcheon there also differs from the German coat of arms. You see German flags with the coat of arms for sale to private people, and that is not an official symbol, hence tolerated; it does look similar to the Bundesdienstflagge though, which is not to be flown by private entities.

[@suryia6706]

"Fun with Flags" Sheldon would be pleased

[@MonsieurSquidward]

Most of them what he talking is shit. Bavarian flag is Blue and White, and not yellow and black.

[@pwnmeisterage]

Most of what's on TV shows is shit. So no real surprise.

[@FlagAnthem]

It sucked

[@buci7290]

@@FlagAnthem bazinga

[@entonduck]

@@FlagAnthem bazinga

[@sushimayo9179]

I dont understand how lots of people seems to be triggered when he say "black red and yellow", while he also say "black red and gold" afterwards

[@rahowherox1177]

Esp when gold is yellow anyways...

[@Vilo_le_Loup]

If I heard that correctly, you said something about "Jena" in the video. However, the city of "Jena" is not in the south. ;-)

[@jaojao1768]

1:20 actually it was just the German Confederation. The North German Confederation was created much later by Bismarck

[@thebrocialist8300]

Whenever a government changes the national flag/symbols with those of the dominant political party, you know you’re dealing with some serious hombres.

[@israfiltayfur3238]

Hi Hilbert, dein Video hat mir sehr gefallen! Sehr sympathisch! Bei den deutschen Wörtern hast darauf Wert gelegt es deutsch auszusprechen! Fand ich sehr gut 👍! Das macht es Hochwertig! Grüße aus Stuttgart!

[@megapangolin1093]

Great video, can you do an analysis of all the countries in the world that share a flag with another country, and why? Thank you.

[@Merciless12]

Germans get mad when u say "yellow" instead of "gold", I am german, I know that feeling, I once said "yellow" instead of "gold" (I mean the currect german flag)

[@DerEchteBabo]

Yeah happened to mee to as a kid. Also, calling it mustard can get you in legal trouble haha

[@kaiceecrane3884]

@@DerEchteBabo wait, seriously

[@DerEchteBabo]

@@kaiceecrane3884 i just looked it up, I was wrong, a Neonazi called it that and got fined for around 2000€ by a court and even more in the next instance but our "supreme" court ruled in the end that it's covered by free speech

[@danielbishop1863]

@@kaiceecrane3884 : Back in the 1920's, "black-red-mustard" was an insult used by Germans of various political stripes who saw the Weimar Republic and its flag as illegitimate.

[@kaiceecrane3884]

@@danielbishop1863 ahh, I see. That makes senses. Is that still true, that people call the color mustard for that purpose, because it does actually look like a mustard color

[@popoffpeppar]

The old flag is the Yemen Flag but upside down Yemen flag: 🇾🇪

[@papachicken8990]

facts

[@tyrstone3539]

Any arab flag :D

[@Jack-ce1vn]

Almost but not quite

[@imcloud305]

🇦🇪🇮🇶🇸🇾🇾🇪🇪🇬 The German flag still exist BUT in different forms

[@lets_wrapitup]

@Elias Ziad exactly

[@matthewhodgson7388]

I always love the classical music in the videos

[@vickenkodjaian5265]

Germany is such a beautiful looking country that it sure deserves a pretty looking flag. So today's flag of Germany is perfect.

[@tiagomonteiro161]

No it's ugly we want the empire back with the beautiful eagle and the Red white black 1971-1918 Germany is now a shadow of itself

[@NPirc]

@@tiagomonteiro161fucking what

[@logik4264]

@@tiagomonteiro161 you mean 1871*

[@randomdude2026]

@@tiagomonteiro161 Who is we? Most Germans like their Black Red and Gold Flag

[@StrawHalo]

The best is the swatika

[@DeadShoes]

I love the meaning of the colours on the flag of my country. Through the darkness of servitude, Through the blood of battles, Into the golden light of freedom.

[@Lotnik102]

One veteran in my country interpret it in diffrent way. Black - color of their hearts Red - Blood of victims they killed during WW II Yellow - Gold they stolen during WW II

[@thesh8565]

Lotnik Red is good

[@rewjik7998]

Thats not the meaning of the german flag tho. The idea that the german flag originated from the lützowerian freecorps is a widely spread myth. In actuallity the colors black, red, and gold, were strongly asociated with germany in the 19th cenutry due to the fact that these were the colors used by the HRE. And back then the HRE was something like a pseudo german empire and has been for centuries. We remember that in the 15th century italy has left the HRE, making it only consist of german states. So the black, red, and gold flag of germany is simply the flag of the HRE made into a tricolor.

[@mtlicq]

@@rewjik7998 Belgium has the same colours

[@mtlicq]

The richness of the earth/soil/forest/coal energy source, black; The vitality of its people, work energy and self-discipline, and the blood of Jesus the grace that overcomes and saves, red; Prosperity, productive economic engine and undeniable good results at rebuilding, plus the results of contributions to technology, chemistry, physics, philosophy, mathematics, music, etc, gold.

[@lolloblue9646]

The empire's flag is far easier on the eye, providing a nice contrast between adjacent bands. The modern flag is a punch to the eye by comparison, with the red not providing enough contrast with neither the black or the gold. Quick example how contrast can make or break a flag. Imagine the Italian or French tricolours, with the red as the middle and the white as the right. Or the British Union Flag with any two colours swapped. White is a great buffer colour in flags, it lets you switch to anything right after.

[@moritzreinhard2504]

In Germany, we believe aesthetics to be secondary.

[@lucaslourenco8918]

Maybe if yellow was in the middle, like a horizontal countwrpart to Belgium...

[@moritzreinhard2504]

The "modern" flag was chosen due to its symbolic character.

[@MrCmon113]

The more aggressive, the better the flag. Uganda did it right.

[@StrawberryLegacy]

Don't sound so smart, it's largely a matter of taste. I'm an artist and I prefer the black/red/gold. It's harmonious.

[@createmistakes]

Mate did you just do one recording of the script? You clearly noticed that you were fluffing your lines so why didn’t you just record the bungled lines again. Am only pointing this out because it made the video hard to follow in places.

[@deanobeany]

Me after the first 10 seconds "Oh he didn't mean THAT flag... I know why they stopped using THAT flag"

[@Aleander1988]

Wow, as a German speaker I must say your pronunciation is top!

[@yuutonn5979]

yeah stuff like bremen was on point

[@keltenkaisertheproud4820]

Bundesrepublik was also really good

[@ginko1548]

I agree. it wasnt perfect but still very impressing.👍

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

He dutch-frisian 🤗

[@RadioWerwolf]

0:43 "french came and did what they always do and ruined everything for everyone" That was the most fun part of the video. ROFL!

[@louismart]

Levent SALT This not fun but simply stupid

[@billyma6]

Levent SALT weil es ist richtig haha

[@RadioWerwolf]

@@billyma6 ja, ich weiß...

[@philippeplouchart8156]

Stupid and unnecessary remarque.

[@Tosse901]

look at the salty french :D It's a joke, get over it.

[@Alecin_]

Jena is a nice City.. I studied there once...

[@wobblybobengland]

The German national football team (not referred to in Germany as die Mannschaft) play in Prussian white and black, but where does that green in the away kit come from? Also I think that the gold is there to include Baden?

[@ericcarlson3746]

Maybe the Saxons!

[@jyro_447]

1:51 liked the pronounciation of the "Hambach-Festival" right there The "ch" is not easy to pronounce for most english speaking people. Loved the video btw, greetings from germany

[@christopherstein2024]

Yeah that was pretty nice. Could have used a little bit more Ḥ̶̗̝̌̊͜ͅṘ̵̹̉K̴͔̳̠̒̾͝G̸̗̠̓͂͊͛R̴̦̜̥̋̋́͊͠ though.

[@tibormalinsky8751]

After reading other comments, he’s dutch

[@SharkJ002]

Pronunciation* mate, the verb is pronounce though

[@jyro_447]

@@SharkJ002 thanks man, didn't know that

[@SharkJ002]

@@jyro_447 no problem!

[@lutzvonpeter9170]

Brilliant. As a German and lifelong history affecionado (spelling?), I am impressed. It is rare to find someone on here who speaks about history without factual errors, or at least very, very heavy simplifications and a slanted angle of view. Very well done, thank you.

[@haglasu1468]

To be honest, this video has errors at every corner.

[@westsenkovec]

Why did they remove that propeller from the flag?

[@JH-zs3bs]

One should always quote the old chancellor Bismarcks words on the whole flag issue : "Make it green-gold with a dancing couple on it, for all I care. Or use the flag of Mecklenburg-Strelitz."

[@comsubpac]

A lot of mistakes in this video. A couple of corrections: 0:38 as you can see in that picture the colors Black, Red and Gold were already used. The eagle is black, has a red beak and is displayed on gold. 0:51 the Lützow Freikorps was small and military insignificant. Even at its peak it had less than 3500 men and most of them didn't even wear that uniform. The unit did have many students that continued to wear the uniform when they returned to the universities also a couple of poets served in the unit. 1:17 That is really, really wrong. What you mean is the "Deutscher Bund". The "Norddeutscher Bund" was founded in 1866. The "Deutscher Bund" did include all German states including pars of Austria, most of Prussia and even Luxembourg. 1:30 No, only very few members of that fraternity were actually members of the Lützow Freikorps 1:48 That picture was colored years later. The only surviving flag (Abreschs „Ur-Fahne“) already shows the colors like they are arranged today. Several other flags were also used though. 2:20 They did try to form a unified German state at that pint though which already used the Black-Red-Gold flag but the flag failed when the Prussian King refused to accept the crown of the Empire. It was never officially dissolved but simply seized to exist when the big German states ignored it and helped the rulers of the smaller ones to return to power. 2:35 Not exactly. Those were the dominating states, but they were not the only German states. At least 30 more. 2:53 Really? As far as I know displaying the colors was even illegal in Austria. 3:09 That is not the imperial eagle (look at the crown!). It is the Prussian eagle. It originates from the imperial eagle because the Emperor allowed the Hochmeister of the Deutscher Orden to display the eagle in his shield. 3:35 Yes and No. They used it to create the flag of the Norddeutscher Bund in 1866 and kept it in 1871 when the south German states joined. 4:09 the Black-White-Red flag remained in use as the flag of the Merchant Navy and the Naval ensign (in several designs). The colors remained also as the war ensign, again in several designs. 4:11 No, not really. Both states were republics though. 4:52 Puppet government? The government was democratically elected by the German people. 5:31 That on the left is the Federal Service flag and only used by Federal agencies like the federal police, the Bundeswehr and federal ministries. The national flag was and is simply Black Red and Gold. 5:45 The reunification was 1990 and since the states of the DDR joined the federal republic the state and the symbols remained the same. Maybe you should pin this.

[@matthiaskellner9331]

4:11 a joke. You call it oligarchy.. Like Russia today.

[@peteschupp4545]

That’s few likes for so much knowledge

[@jakecole7447]

Kinda funny that i recognize a lot of these Photos from the 1800´s from my history class in school.

[@Anvilshock]

Would be even funnier if you recognised that ´ is an accent character, not an apostrophe.

[@Neknadeg]

Being born in this incredible country is one of the luckiest coincidents of my whole life.

[@user-nx8pe6pc3h]

I had a hard time comprehending the dialogue. The background music kept bringing up Caddie Shack in my head.