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  • @Kelsea-2002
    @Kelsea-2002 Год назад +683

    A big mistake in this video is; there are 3,200 registered types of bread in Germany and not 300.Then we wouldn't be better than the French!!! 🤣

    • @holgerlinke98
      @holgerlinke98 Год назад +54

      The video is pretty flawed in general

    • @-_James_-
      @-_James_- Год назад +38

      Technically speaking, stating there are over 300 types of bread isn't wrong.

    • @DSP16569
      @DSP16569 Год назад +16

      As I know >300 Main Types of Bread and with all variations of these main types >3000 types.

    • @wolfgangpreier9160
      @wolfgangpreier9160 Год назад +4

      And maybe 2000 more from Austria. 👍

    • @MrProthall
      @MrProthall Год назад +21

      @@-_James_- "In Germany, we have over 2 types of bread" is also correct but idiotic.

  • @feurigessiegelstuck233
    @feurigessiegelstuck233 Год назад +124

    Each german state has it's own flag alongside it's own coat of arms, as all the german states were eighter their own countries back in the days or can trace back their legacy to once sovereign entities. Same can be applied to not only states, but for counties, cities and even some small towns.

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 Год назад +12

      Cuz Germany identity hadn't existed yet until 1871.
      It used to be a piece of scraps.
      Each regions/states has their own flag just like anywhere else.
      So have we 🇫🇷🇩🇪

    • @feurigessiegelstuck233
      @feurigessiegelstuck233 Год назад +3

      @@christophermichaelclarence6003 indeed

    • @michaelburggraf2822
      @michaelburggraf2822 Год назад +6

      @@christophermichaelclarence6003 ... and let's not forget that during the reign of Charlemagne France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Germany were actually one country, the franconian empire.

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 Год назад +4

      @@michaelburggraf2822 Exactly. You got it right. You're referring the Frankish Empire of Charlemagne. The Funder if Europe
      The West of Frankia and East of Frankia
      🇨🇵🇩🇪🇱🇺🇧🇪🇳🇱🇦🇹

    • @Super-Godzilla99
      @Super-Godzilla99 Год назад

      even each city has his own flag.

  • @sangfroidian5451
    @sangfroidian5451 Год назад +97

    The Holy Roman Empire(HRE) is an epic study in itself, so for your purposes, best to gain only a general understanding as full clarity takes years.

    • @DullyDust
      @DullyDust Год назад +8

      Unless you listen to that one lady who think it's a conspiracy made up by Spanish inquisition xD

    • @habi0187
      @habi0187 Год назад +1

      @@DullyDust well the Holy Roman Empire started only about 500 years before the Spanish inquisition. So even the typical stupid American conspiracy theorist should see the problem!

    • @DullyDust
      @DullyDust Год назад +2

      @@habi0187 i so agree. It's a silly conspiracy, but it was popping for a bit because of how dumb it was x3

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 Год назад +1

      The Napoleonic War is better. Our French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte aka Master of Europe put an end to the Holy Roman Empire 🟦⬜🟥🇫🇷🦅😈

    • @feykro222
      @feykro222 Год назад +1

      I heard this in other youtube channel: "HRE wasn't holy, wasn't roman and wasn't empire"

  • @tosa2522
    @tosa2522 Год назад +178

    Don't worry about the use of the word Hail/Heil. In Germany, the term is still used as well. Hunters greet each other with "Weidmanns Heil!" and fishermen with "Petri Heil!", without any ulterior motives.

    • @RustyDust101
      @RustyDust101 Год назад +7

      It's also in its far older form. So don't worry about it.

    • @melchiorvonsternberg844
      @melchiorvonsternberg844 Год назад +1

      And some different uses, like at sea. "Hail for news", for example...

    • @tosa2522
      @tosa2522 Год назад +2

      @@melchiorvonsternberg844 Can you write there in German? I don't know the idiom.
      But I remembered the term "Seelenheil" (salvation), which has a very positive meaning.

    • @Garagantua
      @Garagantua Год назад +8

      But that's not in the form of "Heil {Name}" - that has certain.. associations you usually want to avoid.
      If Heidi ever does move to germany, she might want to change the name just to avoid any embarassing misunderstandings. Even more so because "Heidi" sounds like a name of someone who should know better.

    • @tosa2522
      @tosa2522 Год назад +9

      @@Garagantua Heil means to wish someone health and to remain free from harm.
      The combination of Heil + name burned since 1945. You don't say that and you don't even think that.
      When I hear the name Heidi, I always think of Heidi from the Alps and the melody from the theme song comes to my ears.
      "Heidi, Heidi, your world are the mountains
      Heidi, Heidi, for up here you are at home
      Dark fir trees, green meadow in the sunshine
      Heidi, Heidi you need to be happy"

  • @pascalf9602
    @pascalf9602 Год назад +25

    03:20 fun fact:
    If u have ever heard the quote" Quintilius Varus Give Me Back My Legions" - that was when roman legions tried to conquer (today's) Germany's territory. Varus's battle. They failed miserably. But yeah, you rarely hear about German history from thousands of years ago. All cuz of this crazy Austrian with the silly moustache..

    • @crabLT
      @crabLT Год назад +2

      They were betrayed and ambushed. Not beaten in a traditional field of battle.

    • @wolfgangpreier9160
      @wolfgangpreier9160 Год назад

      Who fought for the german Army in WWI…

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 Год назад +1

      @@wolfgangpreier9160 They were on their own. Not sure. Probably Austria . Since they both Deutsch with some differences
      We French were against them in WW1. We managed to take Alsace et la Lorraine back after losing the Franco Prussian War 1871.
      🇫🇷⚔️🇩🇪
      Ils ne passeront pas !

    • @pascalf9602
      @pascalf9602 Год назад

      @@crabLT that's true. Doesn't change anything about my statement tho :d

    • @pascalf9602
      @pascalf9602 Год назад

      @@wolfgangpreier9160 a crazy Austrian with a silly moustache, obviously.
      I wish the one solider who could've killed Hitler in WW1, would've done it

  • @habi0187
    @habi0187 Год назад +36

    Just for your info gummi bears have been invented by Hans Riegel in Bonn. That's why his company is called HARIBO in short form for his name and city he comes from.

    • @karllagerbier4688
      @karllagerbier4688 Год назад +1

      ...and the one's that give you diarrhea are the sugar-free kind.

    • @frosty6960
      @frosty6960 Год назад +1

      HARIBO gummystuff is just gold

  • @mysak_cz5219
    @mysak_cz5219 Год назад +5

    Past is there, because we should learn from it, not to be ashamed of.

  • @domramsey
    @domramsey Год назад +17

    I really enjoy how thoughtful and considered your reactions are.

    • @HailHeidi
      @HailHeidi  Год назад +1

      I appreciate that! Thank you so much!

    • @Steven91637
      @Steven91637 Год назад +1

      @@HailHeidi hi Heidi you are welcome to my Country Germany 🇩🇪 anytime. You are so beautiful inside out 😊

  • @michaelkuschnefsky362
    @michaelkuschnefsky362 Год назад +94

    Hello Heidi,
    As a German who was born in 1971, i.e. an almost old man, I can only say that as a German you are simply ambivalent about your country. That may not be the case with the younger generation, but I am a child of parents who lived through WWII. My father was a soldier in the Wehrmacht and fought from Poland to Holland and was captured by British soldiers. He was then completely ambivalent, he was completely broken by this war, both mentally and physically. Knowing you have served a regime that has brought so much suffering to the people is a shattering experience. He gave us this ambivalence. On the one hand I know that I am not responsible for the guilt of our parents and grandparents, but knowing that these war and humanity crimes were committed by Germans shatters my image of my homeland. On the one hand, I'm proud of a lot of good things that Germans have done in this world, whether it's the invention of the automobile, or in the areas of science and technology. I think this pride is also justified in a healthy way. But then, I also see the crimes of my country and it was Germans who brought it to light. Racism is everywhere in the world. But through Germany came what often only happens subliminally in many countries, sometimes even openly, but never that an entire country with real hatred was encouraged to harm people, as happened in my homeland. So it is perhaps understandable that many Germans have no real pride. I think the band Rammstein showed through the piece of music "Deutschland" how it is to be German. Ultimately, it's not about Germany or the Germans being a collectively bad people, but the history of Germany shows that all of this is in all of us. Both the good and the bad. If we understand that this is possible at any time and that also in other countries, we can learn through history. As a German, I am aware of our history and it is important that such crimes will never happen again in my country.

    • @wolflarsen1900
      @wolflarsen1900 Год назад +5

      this gets better. (also german). When everybody of ww2 is dead, nationalism and more german pride can come back again. And thats something very good. bring back german flags

    • @michaelkuschnefsky362
      @michaelkuschnefsky362 Год назад

      @@wolflarsen1900 National pride creates xenophobia, but also arrogance and thus dissociation from other cultures and is ultimately the germ cell for racism. I advocate balanced love for one's homeland, but not excessive pride, and I don't need a national flag for that. And if you look around, you'll find that wherever there is excessive pride, people tend to become xenophobic
      evaluate their culture more highly than other cultures and so people alienate themselves. You can't learn anything in such a culture.

    • @brozy5720
      @brozy5720 Год назад +11

      I agree with the statement of keeping the past in mind when going forward. What we have is a type of 'silent pride'. It is a more reserved way of thinking about our country. As Barby said, patriotism rears its head most prominently at football matches (although the national team didn't give us many reasons for it lately). Personally, I think we manage quite well without hooray patriotism and pride.

    • @jennyh4025
      @jennyh4025 Год назад +13

      I’m a little younger, my grandparents were not quite 14 when WW2 ended.
      And I think you found pretty good words for how I feel - in most parts.
      I would just use the „to be proud of“ a little bit differently. I have learned that you can only be proud of things you have done yourself. And that is the main reason, why I can’t be proud of being German - I had great luck in the lottery called life.

    • @tizioincognito5731
      @tizioincognito5731 Год назад +1

      Be proud to be german.
      In the WWII we were on the right side.

  • @uweinhamburg
    @uweinhamburg Год назад +24

    Yes, Gummibärs in Germany are different to the USA - no or hardly any artificial color or flavor additives (thank you European Union 😃) and a bit less sugar.

  • @stephanweinberger
    @stephanweinberger Год назад +14

    @2:00 he makes this mistake in every single one of his videos. "Lower" and "Upper" in country or province names are almost _never_ referring to geographical latitude, but usually _altitude_ (i.e. higher upriver or lower downriver).

  • @SuperDrAnders
    @SuperDrAnders Год назад +25

    If you happen to move to Germany or Denmark, either country is nearby each other (especially if you are in the north of Germany or south of Denmark). :)
    Also for my fellow neighbours in Germany, I do not believe that anyone apart from the most elder generations, actually harbor any form of resentment. Especially growing up in South Jutland, I have met so many German tourists, which have and probably will, always be my favourite

    • @melchiorvonsternberg844
      @melchiorvonsternberg844 Год назад

      Danmark... I have an old friend, who was married to a danish women. His words: Dude... In Denmark, it's so fucking cold... Well, we were born in the nice climate of southern- west Germany, with the mild Rheingraben weather...

    • @jeffafa3096
      @jeffafa3096 Год назад +4

      I believe the resentment part is true for (probably) every European country. In The Netherlands, we joke a lot about our neighbors to the east (Germany) and the south (Belgium), but we mostly really appreciate them...

    • @KayBeeLPKarsten
      @KayBeeLPKarsten Год назад

      What's there to resent about Denmark or any neighbour? We had a good laugh here when Trump asked if Denmark would sell Greenland and y'all basically replied "Yeah.. right....". It was hilariously funny of a request and more than justified to say no.
      Also like they said in the video, everybody in the EU are super awesome friends now. And France makes one sexy trophy wife to have in the spotlight hehe. Friendly banter is to be expected among tight friends. ;)
      We have a saying here: "Was sich liebt, das neckt sich." Basically those who are affectionate to each other will mock each other.

    • @23busta23
      @23busta23 Год назад +1

      Greetings from Sydslesvig, we also loves our fellow Neighbours in Denmark. i love meet the danish people on vacation. i had some good "from tusk till dawn" nights in denmark

    • @W3c16B
      @W3c16B Год назад

      The Danish climate is terrible.. trust me I live there 🥶

  • @andreasfischer6444
    @andreasfischer6444 Год назад +6

    The information given in this video is mostly correct with only little flaws, but I missed the mention of the overwhelming contribution of Germany to philosophy, science, engineering and music, especially in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th. If you visit Germany one time, you will find that the big cities have mostly been destroyed during WW2 and never really recovered while there are quite a few gorgeous little towns which are worth visiting to get an impression of the historical German architecture.

  • @ThomasKnip
    @ThomasKnip Год назад +73

    This video has a lot of small errors, but overall it is an enjoyable overview. 🙂

    • @Patrik6920
      @Patrik6920 Год назад +8

      ..for being made by US americans (California)...its well done...
      a bit annoying listen too just lol....

    • @Nikioko
      @Nikioko Год назад +12

      There are a whole lot of errors. Cuckoo clocks are not from Bavaria, and Cologne IS in the Rhineland... Speaking of which: Beethoven wasn't born in Belgium, which didn't even exist in those days, but in Bonn in the Archbishipric of Cologne. And, of course, Sauerbraten and Rouladen are not pork.

    • @Patrik6920
      @Patrik6920 Год назад +3

      @@Nikioko well..considering most of the time thay get everything wrong.... just glad he got the continent right lol..

    • @michaelburggraf2822
      @michaelburggraf2822 Год назад +5

      Heidi tried dipping he toe into geography and history of Germany and has got pretty much splashed by a tsunami of information it seems.

    • @Super-Godzilla99
      @Super-Godzilla99 Год назад

      as a basic information i think it is ok, just don`t take everything he says seriously it is a quick overview nothing more, too show his other us americans an quick look at germany today.

  • @kajbeuter9139
    @kajbeuter9139 Год назад +3

    Thank you for the explanation on "HailHeidi".
    My first reaction as a German was: "Ok, let's see what the channel content is ... be careful and check first"
    It's not really a no-go to use that name for a German but it triggers a careful mind.
    So after that explanation I'm completely fine with that name ... no need to think about changing it, from my perspective 🙂

  • @justus6632
    @justus6632 Год назад +4

    We still use the word "heil" sometimes. For example in the of hunters is "Waidmannsheil" and for fisherman it would be "Petri Heil". So its a very little used word nowadays but only the context would make it inappropriate. The english hail is its own case to be honest so nothing to worry about!

  • @Gandorhar
    @Gandorhar Год назад +2

    Just wanted to say, I am german but I have no problem with your channel name, probably because I grew up speaking english aswell as german (and in a very open familiy) so I know the diffrence, I think the main problem germans have with your name is the initials( HH) which because we teach about the bad shit we done most still relates to "Hail Hit........." but I think most people understand by now that its not meant in that kind of way anywhere anymore. Overall I gotta say I really enjoy your reaction not only about germany but about other countries aswell, I dont feel good to say it but its just one of the most common steriotypes that alot of us citizens, that they are pretty much unaware of the other continets, so its always great to see that you guys try to learn. (I know its kinda offencive to say that but I hope not to much). Keep on going please its needed, and not just for the US we all need to learn about on another so maybe at some point we can be truly one people.

  • @danieljackson4511
    @danieljackson4511 Год назад +2

    Thank you for this reaction!

  • @robert.manhattan9629
    @robert.manhattan9629 Год назад +2

    Nice video .. 😯😁👍🏼
    Hello from Germany 🇪🇺🇩🇪👋🏼

  • @HenryAusLuebeck
    @HenryAusLuebeck Год назад +3

    🇩🇪 Liebe Grüße aus Lübeck, Schleswig - Holstein 🇩🇪

  • @peterbondesson5481
    @peterbondesson5481 Год назад +9

    Yes Scandinavians next 🇧🇻🇸🇪🇩🇰👍

  • @BlackWater_49
    @BlackWater_49 Год назад +1

    16:40 Nope, _Mein Kampf_ is not illegal to buy or own in Germany but it wasn't available for a long time since the state of Bavaria held the copyright and refused to print any.
    The copyright has run out through so now you can find _Mein Kampf_ more regularly but usually it's the commented version.

  • @eagle1de227
    @eagle1de227 Год назад +3

    Also a good (although in a kind of ambiguous artwork) way to understand germany is the music video "Deutschland" from the group Rammstein

  • @dieterdodel835
    @dieterdodel835 Год назад +2

    This video is almost 6 years old. The population is now more than 84 million people.

    • @wolfgangpreier9160
      @wolfgangpreier9160 Год назад

      All from Syria. 🤣😂

    • @dieterdodel835
      @dieterdodel835 Год назад

      @@wolfgangpreier9160 let me guess: You are THE typically AfD voter....for sure.

    • @wolfgangpreier9160
      @wolfgangpreier9160 Год назад

      @@dieterdodel835 Ahh - Nope. I am a electrician in Austria and i am certainly not dumb. Maybe sometimes a bit derrisch, sometimes even a bit halsstarrig or angfressn. But never dumb.

  • @marcothiel895
    @marcothiel895 Год назад +3

    not only the federal states have their own flags, but also some towns and villages have their own coats of arms and flags

  • @SirHeinzbond
    @SirHeinzbond Год назад +16

    it's fun to watch, as german but as you said it gives you an idea what to look further... and about vergangenheitsbewältigung, we did our thing and learned from it the hard way... many others are not near to see even the bad of their country did once, twice or often...

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 Год назад +4

      That's sum up your country
      Es lebe Deutschland from Frankreich
      🇫🇷❤️🇩🇪

    • @SirHeinzbond
      @SirHeinzbond Год назад +1

      @@christophermichaelclarence6003 actually i live now in Switzerland, but was born in Germany...
      And yes it sums up Germany, a good starting point to get more, and fun Format...

  • @SlimPhonk
    @SlimPhonk 2 месяца назад +1

    3:25 First: Yes the „Bundesländer“ have their own Flags and Insignias
    Second: The German word for the mess is: „Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation“

  • @pinkerpunker1797
    @pinkerpunker1797 Год назад +3

    if you are ever coming to germany, make sure to visit Erfurt (City in Thurinigia). it has one of the oldest houses in germany and is in general a beautiful city. :) and also, it has one of the greatest bars in the world, the "Heartbeat" :D

  • @azathoththeblindidiotgod5279
    @azathoththeblindidiotgod5279 Год назад +2

    You can check out Geography now Greece for a taste of southern Europe.

  • @christophermichaelclarence6003
    @christophermichaelclarence6003 Год назад +1

    3:11 Otto Von Bismarck the leader of Prussians. Following the Franco Prussian War 1871. They eventually stormed our French Landmark which is "Château de Versailles" Palace of Versailles. As you can see in the picture.
    A Humiliation for French
    4:00-4:05 this is what I learned in school. We were taught a bit about Germans through WW1 and Cold War
    Ww
    The West and the East of Germany split in half cuz of the punishment following the event of WW2.
    The Entente Cordiale Alliance took the West 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷 and Russia 🇷🇺 took the East

  • @sheepsky
    @sheepsky Год назад +16

    Geography Now is great, you should definitely check out more!

  • @Otonosekai
    @Otonosekai 9 месяцев назад

    Another correction: There is a very long-lasting friendship between Germany and Japan. This started already in the 19th century when Japan opened its door to the western world forced by the Americans (Perry). And also between the second WW. Fachistic Italy, fachistic Germany and fachistic Japan had a very strong alliance. Till today the relationship between Japan and Germany is very strong. I live in Northrhine-Westfalia with the national capital Düsseldorf. In Düsseldorf you can fine the third-biggest settlemment of Japanese people in Europe (the biggest is in UK, the second-biggest is in Paris, France). Once a year on a special Saturday (around Mai / June of every year) the city of Düsseldorf and the Japanese community celebrates "Japan-Tag" ("One-day-of-Japan"). Hundred of thousands visitors appear on this special day, also foreigners all over the world to visit "Japan-Tag in Düsseldorf".
    Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland...loving greetings from Germany...😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

  • @michaelgrabner8977
    @michaelgrabner8977 Год назад +3

    The Holy Roman Empire lasted from the 9th century till 1806 destroyed by Napoleon Bonaparte.
    The Territory was from the North Sea shores and the Baltic Sea Shores (= from Begium till Poland) in the North down to Northern Italy till Rome (although Rome was part of the Papal state) in the South, And from West to East from Parts of Western France to Czech Rep which was former Bohemia + Moravia both part of the Holy Roman Empire from the get go.
    The German King got elected by an eletorial of 7 German noble men titeled "prince electors" = 3 catholic Archbishops, one of Trier, one of Cologne, one of Mainz + 4 German noble men with 4 different aristocratic ranks (=Margrave of Brandenburg, Duke of Saxony, Count Palatine of the Rhine + the King of Bohemia who was also a vassal of the German King ). Those prince electors also had official state duties = the 3 Archbishops were Chancellors, one for the German Lands, one for Burgundy(western France + parts of Begium), one for Northern Italy for the regions of the former Lombard Kingdom. The King of Bohemia was the German king´s Arch Cupbearer, the Count Palatine was the German king´s Arch Seneschal, the Duke of Saxony was the German king´s Arch Marschall, the Margrave of Brandenburg was the German king´s Arch Chamberlain....basically a political council.
    The elected German King got then announced "Emperor" by the Pope.
    The King´s/Emperor´s feud tenures became during time more and more autonomous which was the price for having an election system for the Kingship that means privileges which lead to more and more autonomy in exchange for a vote to become elected King.
    Therefore the Holy Roman Empire became very quickly a Union of many more than less independent German States reigned by the local nobility and only acting in unison in behest of the Emperor against enemies from outside but within the Empire was always violent rivalry amongst each other in form of different power factions fighting each other for a little piece of land or titel or what ever and the Emperor had to manage the power balance amongst those rivals but which includes himself as a rival as well.
    And the Nobles of the Austrian House of Habsburg managed to be elected German King/became Emperor for over 600 years in a row from the 14th century till the end in 1806.

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 Год назад +1

      Hehehe That's our French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte alright who banged around Europe throughout his Conquest.
      France and Germany used to be one Nation under the Reign of Emperor Charlemagne 🇫🇷🇩🇪 King of Franks
      (Frankish Empire)
      Battle of Iena 1805
      Battle of Austerlitz 1806

  • @tubekulose
    @tubekulose Год назад +1

    You don't know about the Holy Roman Empire? 😮
    It was probably the most powerful empire in the world for nearly a thousand years (until its dissolution in 1806).

  • @lbb101
    @lbb101 Год назад +1

    Berlin Tegel (TLX) is closed. We got a new disfunctional airport Berlin-Brandburg (BER) now... :)

  • @Lorentari
    @Lorentari Год назад +7

    Great... Now I have to figure out which two countries Germans can go to that I, a Dane, cannot without a visa (188 vs 190)
    EDIT: found one which is Japan

    • @n_other_1604
      @n_other_1604 Год назад +1

      I guess Pakistan is the other one.

  • @79Testarossi
    @79Testarossi Год назад +3

    Great reaction again 👍🏻 if you want geography now - austria 🇦🇹 greetings from Austria 👋

    • @wolfgangpreier9160
      @wolfgangpreier9160 Год назад

      That would take at least 5-7 sessions alone. I would rather recommend the Huns. Or the Magyars. Their history is far shorter.

  • @zapster252
    @zapster252 Год назад +4

    Some things are really hard to translate. For example, if you translate "Backpfeifengesicht" literally, you'd end up with "cheekwhistleface". 🤣Google translates it as "a face in need of a fist" by the way. The German language really knows a lot of such terms like e.g. "Purzelbaum" (Tumble tree) wich means somersault, "Schnapsidee" (booze idea) no further explanation needed on this one i think, "Ohrwurm" (earworm) a song or melody you can`t get out of your head, or "Kummerspeck" (grief bacon) the weight you get on your hips when you compensate sadness or anger by binge eating, and so on. Also, there are many funny idioms and we use them all the time.

    • @zapster252
      @zapster252 Год назад +3

      Oh I forgot to mention the most important word for you, Heidi: "Fernweh" which is the opposite of "Heimweh" (homesickness). So that would be best translated as "farsickness". And I think you also have a bad case of "Reiselust" (the desire to travel)😁

    • @scipioafricanus5871
      @scipioafricanus5871 Год назад +1

      "Backpfeifengesicht" => GOOGLE translate ==>> "a face in need of a fist" LMAO!

  • @bastiwen
    @bastiwen Год назад +1

    Oh nice! You should definitely watch more of these. My recommendations would be Switzerland and France

  • @nn_oogermany
    @nn_oogermany Год назад

    I also always wondered about your channel name. Thank you for clearing it up at 15:14

  • @anime_all_the_way6237
    @anime_all_the_way6237 Год назад +1

    These geography now videos are great, as a next one i would recommend the Netherlands it's interesting

  • @Nikioko
    @Nikioko Год назад +1

    3:02: To be correct, the first proto-German unified state, the North German Confederation, was founded in 1867. The southern German states joined later after the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, forming the German Empire.

  • @stigsletteng8404
    @stigsletteng8404 Год назад +4

    LOVE Geography Now! The way they almost "assault" you with knowledge. 🤪
    Ps! You know they have a film for each of the Nordics wright? Try looking into those.

  • @frontgamet.v1892
    @frontgamet.v1892 Год назад

    I find German history incredibly fascinating because the Germans and Germany were always there, but at the same time not and always different like a shapeshifter.
    Oversimplified:
    Rejects Roman annexation - Teutons defeat Rome, are often slapped in the face, but Rome generally fails to subdue them
    Create an empire that wasn't really an empire but somehow lived for 1000 years - very special and unique
    The Kingdom of Prussia gangsta! Before being defeated by one of history's greatest generals.
    defeat the French, unites into a new empire
    Get a colonial empire
    Fight Europe alone and almost won..
    Is treated badly
    Comeback as Villian, fights the whole world again and only lost because of own mistakes
    Gets divided again
    Reunites again and is not allowed to be strong again.
    Also a few German inventions:
    - Incandescent lamps (Heinrich Göbel 1854)
    - The Telephone (Johann Philip Reis 1859)
    - The dynamo and tram (Werner von Siemens 1866)
    - The 35 mm camera (Oskar Barnack 1925)
    - Nuclear fission and atomic bomb (Otto Hahn - emigrated to the Americans during Nazi Germany, of course.. Are they lucky that we exist - 1938)
    - The ship chart (Jürgen Dethloff and Helmut Gröttrub 1969)
    - Periodic Table (Julius Luther Meyer 1864)
    - Jeans (Levi Strauss 1873)
    - The recorder, player - with which the first films were possible (Emil Berliner 1887)
    - The Aspirin - Which all great athletes felt used to relieve pain, And which saved countless lives (Felix Hoffmann, Klausi Alder.. 1879)
    - Spark plug (Robert Bosch 1902)
    - Thermos flask (Reinhold Burger 1903)
    - the toothpaste (Ottomar Heinsius von Mayenburg)
    - The coffee filter (Melitta Bentz)
    - Cassette recorder (Fritz Pfleumer 1928)
    - Teabag (Adolf Rambold 1929)
    - The jet engines - Essential for all jets and rockets + First war rockets V1, V2 of the Nazis (Hans von Ohain 1929)
    - First rocket (general)
    - The helicopter (Heinrich Focke 1936)
    - The first car (Carl Benz - With honorary Schnauzer - 1886)
    - Calculator (Konrad Zuse 1941)
    - First 3D film (during the Nazi period)
    - Fanta (Yes the Fanta.. Also during the Nazi era)
    - The typewriter (Peter Mitterhofer - 1869)
    - NASA (actually the US buys thousands of German engineers to build NASA because they can't do it themselves)
    Well, as you saw, we changed world with our inventions many times. Where we would be today without the German thinkers art.
    Germany the land of poets and thinkers - that's how it is known.
    The problem is that many Germans are not proud of their country and blood, unfortunately also because they were brought up that way. Because if you say anything to that effect, you will be called a Nazi. The problem is that many people don't have the right deep historical knowledge that people need to understand the world and and that only Hitler himself and his party were Nazis. Almost no German was a Nazi during the Nazi era. Also, any historian will tell you that the Allies, primarily the USA, created Nazi Germany and WWII because of the unfair Versailles Treaty. Germans were so depressed that it is unimaginable for us. They were seen as evil around the world as they were blamed for everything in World War I. And when you have 3 kids at home, no job, money is worthless and no food and water you will follow anyone who fixes it. Because that's what the Nazis did in the beginning - they fixed everything and gave the Germans hope again. No German at the time could have known that Hitler was so crazy.
    It's not as easy as we always think. Even in the Wehrmacht, only a few liked the Nazis. They were German soldiers dying for the country. the general German soldier, like my grandfather, had nothing to do with the Nazis and the Holocaust. You must consider this one army fought against the rest of the world. And if we are honest: what kind of "peace" could the general German soldier expect? What could have they expect after all the Nazi crimes and everyone thought that all German were evil Nazis. What "Peace" could they expect. These soldiers fought for their lives and German people against a planet. If even many of Hitler's own generals like Rommel (legend) or Stauffenberg knew that he was not quite right in the head. Then the normal people knew that even more. Many were manipulated and could do nothing about it. The Nazis were a small parasite not the Germans. Calling all German soldiers Nazis is like calling all American soldiers democrats because they were in power.
    We should be prouder of ourselves, after all, Germany has repeatedly fought against the entire world, one time under a bad regime. We made this modern world possible and maintain a reputation for perfection and quality. The hard-working German with perfection in his blood! Or rather, we once had this reputation. Today there is no longer a country of poets and thinkers. We are still occupied by the USA. And people are manipulated and have no prospects. A dark age.

  • @MarcHollenbach
    @MarcHollenbach Год назад +1

    Great one! Guess this one should be played on 50% speed since the creators tried to put too much information into 15 minutes.
    That said, I would like you to see the last 5 minutes of this video again and afterwards react to the "Rammstein - Deutschland" video. (It's more or less a short movie of German history)

  • @marcoherrmann1820
    @marcoherrmann1820 Год назад +5

    Greetings from Germany

  • @donnathelightningbug
    @donnathelightningbug Год назад +5

    Geography Now! on the Netherlands would be a good one to react to, but I'm biased :)

  • @FrankenHerzEuropas
    @FrankenHerzEuropas Год назад

    I'm a historian. I have studied the Holy Roman Empire for the last 25 years. Still don't know everything about it... But great fun!

  • @alfredfrischholz6916
    @alfredfrischholz6916 4 дня назад

    I am a German and your RUclips Name is absoluty Ok. Ich bin ein Deutscher und dein RUclips Name ist echt in Ordnung. In Germany we use the word Hail really often, in very different Optitions and Situations. In Deutschland wird das Wort "Hail" oder/or "Heil" in verschiedenen Situationen und Gelegenheiten benutzt. 🙂

  • @erenaygun4157
    @erenaygun4157 Год назад

    18:55 Thank you so much gurl! 🖤🖤

  • @hw2508
    @hw2508 Год назад +1

    I think the Valhalla is a place most Germans would never mention when asked about notable spots. Many people would think of the old Germanic myth and not the place created later to remember some great Germans. People would name some castles, some big churches and cathedrals, some cities and places to visit. But not the Valhalla.

  • @carlbend413
    @carlbend413 Год назад

    hi Heidi,
    i am german and want to thank u for ur channel. nice, that u have found the 'history now' channel. great content. don't worry about ur channel name. i guess, the word in question is spelled with an 'e' instead an 'a' H&K -check translation 'hail' into german lol

  • @Ricky-bl8mq
    @Ricky-bl8mq Год назад

    Toooo much Informations 🤯 I love the guy! 😆

  • @nobodx
    @nobodx Год назад +1

    Just saying, moving to germany (or denmark) would allow you to move and live in most of the other eu-countries for up to 3 months at will

  • @riotcity44
    @riotcity44 Год назад +1

    The friendship between Germany and Turkey is special. Because of the crazy man in Ankara.

  • @DaxRaider
    @DaxRaider Год назад +1

    a few minor mistakes like its >3000 breads not >300 and its mehrdeutig so thats a spellingerror and stuff like that but overall nice video ^^
    also 95% of all warm meals you eat does not include bread i dont know where he got that from xD

  • @DullyDust
    @DullyDust Год назад +5

    If you haven't, watch the Danish one ^^
    Now I shall watch :D

  • @meisen1988
    @meisen1988 Год назад

    Charlemagne was a Franc, but the francs were a germanic tribe and up to this day there´s still regions in Germany that identify as "franconian"

  • @melvin7023
    @melvin7023 Год назад

    Rindfleischetikitierungsüberwachungsbeauftragungsgesetz
    I hear it for the first time 😂😂😂
    I understand it but i have never heard of this 😂
    Best wishes from Haltern am See (NRW) (Northrine-Westfalia) in Germany ✌️🌴🍺

  • @DJone4one
    @DJone4one Год назад

    and fun fact. we have over 25000 castles and palaces. But not all, what do you have seen in the other video was a castle. that was a church or cathedral.

  • @jochenlutz6524
    @jochenlutz6524 Год назад

    A problem was that after WWI Germany has been forced to pay intense war reparations to the involved foreign countries. Due to this people had to suffer hard and this had build a basis for the Nazis. But after WWII the allied forces learned and founded the Marshallplan which helped our economy to rise up very fast. The opposite happened in East-Germany where Russia sucked out almost everything out of East-Germany.

  • @KaraDasSyndikat
    @KaraDasSyndikat Год назад

    To say something about the topic of "Vergangenheitsbewältigung"
    In Germany we can't use the letters SS in the license plate of our cars (Example : Wes SS 123)
    Because "SS" was the abbreviation of the "Schutzstaffel" the Elite Nazi squadron of the Wehrmacht.

  • @RP-wg1wp
    @RP-wg1wp Год назад

    Loved this!
    Geography Now! Lebanon, next? Although it's before what happened in 2019 and 2020

  • @ugislipste5542
    @ugislipste5542 Год назад

    That little hi hi hi sound at begining simpley adorable

  • @mikoske
    @mikoske Год назад

    I had a taste of German bread in 2021 when I was visiting friends. Interesting video! I would vote for Finland, but will watch others as well! :D

  • @Nikioko
    @Nikioko Год назад +2

    The Holy Roman Empire is a story on its own. It wasn't a a single German state, it was a patchwork of German microstates, which all were occasionally at war with each other. There was an Emperor who was elected by the Electoral College, consisting of nine Prince Electors, but he didn't really have much power. The whole stuff was just a loose confederation.

  • @alexsge8844
    @alexsge8844 Год назад

    Good Job Heidi, i like your Videos 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇸

  • @thomasherreiner3583
    @thomasherreiner3583 Год назад +1

    Thanks Heidi - great video! Just a comment on how we use the terms "Ober..." (upper) und "Nieder..." (lower). They have nothing to do with north or south but with the altitude vs. sea level. So Oberbayern is higher than Niederbayern. In facts its simple - just look at the direction a river takes than you know about Ober or Nieder 🙂

  • @garyblackforest5185
    @garyblackforest5185 Год назад +1

    juhu, the Kuckuck clocks are from Black Forest in Baden(Würtemberg)...

  • @jensschroder8214
    @jensschroder8214 Год назад

    Germany has a lot of history although it is a young country. There used to be a patchwork epic of kings and principalities. Yes, even the Catholic Church was a principality in Germany. This was held together by the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation". One critic said: it is not holy, not Roman and not a unitary nation. At some point the whole thing fell apart and Austria Hungary formed a kingdom. The remaining German speakers united under Prussia. Then came the occupation of Napoleon, which increased the desire for a unified nation. Prussia was able to defeat the French and thus found the German Empire. The next war, WW1, backfired.
    The Kaiser ran away. The first democracy tried to pay the debts and regulate the chaos.
    Then a man with a mustache came and promised "we'll make Germany great again"
    WW2 followed and much destruction.
    After that the division. The western state was democratic, the eastern state was just called democratic.
    After 40 years the people in the east had had enough and demanded democracy from the state.
    Then came the unification of Germany in 1990.

  • @SvenScholz
    @SvenScholz Год назад

    They got the translation of "Vergangenheitsbewältigung" wrong. It's not guilt. Its "Responsibility". To not allow ignorance to let history repeat itself. Big difference.Meaning, there's awareness of the past. Not like in some parts of the US where schools aren't allowed to educate about the dark sides of the american past and even banning books about it.

  • @ChocoLater1
    @ChocoLater1 Год назад +1

    9:22 When he refers to Inglourious Basterds and you picked up on it.

  • @SlimPhonk
    @SlimPhonk 2 месяца назад +1

    Diese Kommentarsektion ist hiermit Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.🇩🇪

  • @ratyjoona
    @ratyjoona Год назад +2

    Check geography now Finland too :D

  • @stemill1569
    @stemill1569 Год назад

    when looking at the diverse countryside, the differences in cultures you have to remember Germany is for Americans just a small state.

  • @nicolasaubertin4949
    @nicolasaubertin4949 Год назад +1

    I agree on the fact that these videos help you 'make an idea' of what the country is ! I love how it shows how you can learn from other ways than school ;-)

  • @tranquilthoughts7233
    @tranquilthoughts7233 Год назад +1

    Yes, every Bundesland has it's own flag. But things go far deeper. Every city, every town, every small little village has its own coat of arms and many even have their own flag. For example: Frankfurt am Main, one of the largest cities in germany has a coat of arms that shows a white, gold crowned eagle with open wings on a red shield. The offical blazoning is: „Das Stadtwappen zeigt den weißen (silbernen), aufgerichteten, goldgekrönten und goldbewehrten Adler mit gespreizten Flügeln und Fängen, mit blauer Zunge und blauen Krallen auf dem roten Feld.“ (i'm not gonna translate that). The official reasoning is that the coat of arms goes back to the one-headed imperial eagle of the 13th century.
    On the other hand, the coat of arms of Hagau, a village of only 77 people (as of march 2017) shows a white pot on a shield of red, white and blue. I couldn't find the official blazoning for that coat of arms. But the village belongs to the town of Wolferstadt that of course has it's own coat of arms with the offical blazoning of „Unter silbernem Schildhaupt, darin ein durchgehender grüner Astbalken mit drei abhängenden grünen Blättern, in Rot ein schreitender silberner Wolf.“ And just for funsies, that coat of arms is not an ancient thing. It was granted in 1961.

  • @TheGamingCrow
    @TheGamingCrow Год назад

    16:00 I'm a german and I am not offended by the word "Hail" in your channels name at all. Hail is greeting, cheering and sometimes weather. The thing with us germans is that we kinda overdo things once in a while. Plus, most germans think their english is (by far) better than it actually is and they just misunderstand it, reading heil instead of hail. You shouldn't worry too much about it.

  • @pascalnitschke9222
    @pascalnitschke9222 Год назад +1

    In this video is a mistak the Kuckuckclock came from the blackforest in Baden-Württemberg and not from bavaria

  • @GerwinGeiger
    @GerwinGeiger Год назад

    Every substate has his own flag. I am from Bavaria and we got a flag in the colors of white and blue.

  • @jerrykonstigh1352
    @jerrykonstigh1352 Год назад +1

    Yes, they are differenti in Europa. Green beers in the states are made with strawberrytaste. In Europa the green ones are done with appeltaste. THERE U have the diffrenece. // :)

  • @Thomas-wx7uf
    @Thomas-wx7uf Год назад

    7:40 And you need to try "Mett Brötchen" which is raw pork on a bread roll topped with onion slices + salt/pepper ;) But please fresh from a butcher's shop :D For many americans it is kind of a"test of courage" because you all learn that raw pork make you sick ^^ which is correct if you eat it after 1 day max.

  • @JakobFischer60
    @JakobFischer60 9 месяцев назад

    Don't care about the "hail". There was a famous song from the german band Beatsteaks that was "Hail to the freaks" some years ago. So we should be used to the american "hail" and the difference to the german "heil".
    It was a great song, btw.

  • @Lee-gy6dl
    @Lee-gy6dl Год назад +2

    Yes the German states have different flags

  • @Edarax
    @Edarax Год назад

    Chanel that may interes you is Dream Prague. It's a american prespective on living in Prague Czechia.

  • @derpsycho1043
    @derpsycho1043 Год назад +1

    Another correction of the original Video is about the Amish. The language they speek is not Plattdeutsch, but Pennsylvania durch. Itself Being a mixture of south-western German dialects auch as Palatine and swabian. Although heavily influenced by english of course

  • @KayBeeLPKarsten
    @KayBeeLPKarsten Год назад +1

    YES, state flags are a thing here and we actually use them. People tend to care more about regional or local topics than federal ones. Also, patriotism is frowned upon here so people tend to identify with their state or city more than with the nation.
    Also there's a difference with gummy bears indeed. They contain a lot less sugar over here. When I was in Miami Beach in the 2010s I craved Haribo (being the German me) and I thought I'd get instant diabetes from a single gummy bear. Like woah the amounts of sugar in what you'd think is the same product. So vice versa, I imagine for people from overseas our Haribo would taste bland.

  • @liosscip
    @liosscip Год назад +2

    Don't forget, ww2 happend ~80yrs ago, which means the ppl alive are just about to die out. The past decades many of them where still alive which ofcourse is another level of "guilt"
    Also, ww2 is a big matter in germany. Most history lessons i got back then where rushed kind of quick, but ww2 was a subject for a whole year in school and they made sure u not only understand what happend, but also how it happend. We must visit the remains of a concentration camp, this was mandatory. Its another level if you stand infront of the remains of old brick ovens, used to burn murdered corpses while having a fotograph beside the installation, taken from the allies upon freeing the camp, which is just showing a gigantic corpsepile the nazis wheren't able to burn in time

  • @arnepietruszewski9255
    @arnepietruszewski9255 Год назад

    A well done Spanferkel just melts in your mouth, you dont have to chew. The best pork you can have.

  • @donnie1725
    @donnie1725 Год назад +1

    The one about Finland is really cool!

  • @dieterjohann6781
    @dieterjohann6781 Год назад

    this is for sure a highly concentrated history lesson

  • @bs5199
    @bs5199 Год назад +1

    How can you pronounce such a cute word like "Brötchen" like you're hitting a rock with a sledgehammer xD

  • @ersieesdoganschlangemann1084
    @ersieesdoganschlangemann1084 Год назад

    Heil Heidi. Greetings from Lower Saxony.

  • @ChrisTian-rm7zm
    @ChrisTian-rm7zm Год назад

    "Vergangenheitsbewältigung" has nothing to do with a constant feeling of guilt. Rather, it has to do with the responsibility to ensure that something like National Socialist Germany cannot happen again. In this respect, "Vergangenheitsbewältigung" is a very positive component of German identity.

  • @HerrHartchor
    @HerrHartchor Год назад +2

    I don´t really know about that tornado alley thing, i´ve never seen one or heard of in my life here in the western part of Germany. There might be some tornados somewhere, but i guess calling it a tornado alley is a bit exaggerated as far as i can tell. And of course there´s a zero missing in 300 types of bread, it´s over 3000.

    • @melchiorvonsternberg844
      @melchiorvonsternberg844 Год назад

      Das mit den Tornados, ist auch kein Vergleich mit den Dingern die in den USA rumturnen. Dazu kommt noch, dass wir für gewöhnlich unsere Hütten massiv aus Stein und Beton bauen und nicht wie die Amis aus Holz. Da bleibt es dann eher bei Schäden am Dach, Außenanlagen und Autos. Und solche Schäden, können auch leicht Hagelstürme anrichten, die bei uns gefühlt deutlich öfter vorkommen...

  • @Hausteschner
    @Hausteschner Год назад

    Kuckucksuhren don't belong to Bavaria but to Baden Württemberg (exactly black forest) in the south-western part of Germany.

  • @ge.h.1902
    @ge.h.1902 Год назад

    Hello together 😊
    Nice reaction Video.
    I have seen one more little mistake in this Video.
    Cuckoo clocks are not located in Bavaria.
    They are located in the black forest.
    Wish all a nice time

  • @beldin2987
    @beldin2987 Год назад +2

    Haha, he said exactly what i always think about that damned bavarian clichees, it just like if we would think every american would wear a stetson and a holster with guns, and of course rides a horse. Espacially as somebody from northern germany, where we already think that Bavaria is a totally different country, i'm so sick and tired of that.

  • @florianlasser2779
    @florianlasser2779 Год назад

    I love how at first he says Lower Saxony is geographically higher than Saxony but than says the more lower you go the higher you get so that’s why Lower Saxony is called Lower Saxony. Same goes for upper Bavaria und lower Bavaria and upper Austria and lower Austria in Austria

  • @PuNicAdbo
    @PuNicAdbo Год назад

    Greetings from a Hotelroom in Hamburg, Germany 🍔