Germany's Most Famous Pirate 

also wenn man sowas krasses wie störtebecker abzieht, dann ja

Absolut

Definitiv würde auf jedenfall das Interesse in den Rechtstaat in der generellen Bevölkerung drastisch steigern.... oder einen bekloppte Tittok trend auslösen bei dem Leute straftaten begehen um irgendwelche bekloppten Challenges vor Gericht abzuziehen. Es könnt in jede Richtung gehen.

I must say that I am very disappointed that the Hamburg authorities did not honor the deal. I don’t think we learned about THAT part in school.

Die letzte Wette gegen das Verfassungsgericht hat 60 Milliarden Einsatz gekostet,ich denke nein

sure, i'll incorporate this into my belief system

The Ampel tried to make themselves a huge joke, but nobody's laughing about it...

@@erloriel And there is the one who can´t even leave a funny video alone without politics. Typical

Its an inception moment since this statement itself is a joke from a german about germans not making jokes.

There always is one

Thank you so much. We love hearing this, especially since the long form videos are a lot of fun to shoot. We will definitely continue with the long form. Really appreciate the nice comment!

@@calvinandhabs Really appreciate the reply and glad to hear that you guys enjoy the longform too! Y'all are so sweet!

​@@calvinandhabsalways remember that the algorithm steers people towards categories of content, so it can be a while before it realizes it should recommend longer content as much as shorter content, so it's not a reflection of your enjoyable skill!

@@calvinandhabsI personally love them - it’s too bad four or five minutes is now considered long form (I’m old lol). You guys are hilarious and I always look forward to your posts!

@@calvinandhabs I'll often see the short versions first because of the algorithms, but I also very much love the longer stuff. Otherwise I would miss the funny play on words you did there!

Hamburg? Pull the other one lol

Well, it's the most southern German city and the biggest, too. So that does make it quite good.

​@@tehweh8202true. Everything south of the Elbe is northern Italy afterall.

​@@Esablaka;-)

​@@tehweh8202Are you serious?

I always found it interesting how northern germans all seems to find this story so facinating and dear to them as northerners. I mean english dont go on about robin hood like this

@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 The reason is simple: Northern Germany is extremely underrepresented both nationally and internationally, especially culturally. Even though Hamburg is the 2nd biggest city in the country, it's nowhere near as well known as Berlin, Munich or even Frankfurt. Outside of Germany, everything you hear about "Germany" is almost always from the south or Berlin... That's why we cherish the little bit of representation and acknowledgement we get so much.

@@nolram yeah you could be right now that i think of it!

@@nolrambeen to all cities you mentioned, except for Hamburg😅 Even smaller ones like Münster, Bremen and Lübeck I’ve visited, but never Hamburg.. that must change☺️

@@5Fem5Fem Oh wow! That's really quite tragic, because Hamburg is honestly one of the most special and coolest cities in Germany and Europe as a whole. Another place I recommend checking out, which is pretty secret but absolutely amazing, is the area of Angeln, especially the small city of Kappeln and the fishing town of Maasholm.

I was waiting for this, too! Cutest Battleship name ever.

Not just a cow, a COLORFUL cow. So adorable!

@@slwrabbits The bright colors were to scare off all the pirates. Duh.

The ship was called "Bunte Ko". "Bunt" in this context means "fur with more than one colour" and can mean black and white. The accurate translation would be "pied cow". And there's no need to translate the name into German before translating it to English.

@@BlommaBaumbart I haven't "translated" the name, I read about the legend in contemporary high German. There is also no need to look up how the name was written centuries ago. Thanks for helping out with the proper English term "pied cow", that actually was the kind of cow that I was thinking of, too, I didn't think they referred to a rainbow colored one ;-). But the fact that the name refers to an existing kind of cow doesn't make it any less hilarious as a name for a war ship.

Another time

Maybe we can end that segment on why the German Empire flag looks like it does. Because, seriously, there need to be more people that know.

@@calvinandhabs Please don’t wait too long! After all, how can you appreciate anything about Germans and Germany without having a deep understanding of the inner workings of the Hanseatic League!?

@@Finsternis.. I agree. It's a great flag, and it didn't originate in those years we don't like to talk about.

@@TimoHHH Well, the German Empire was before THAT time.... But something about the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany would of course also be interesting.

Do you happen to know and enjoy the videos of a certain "Perun"? Because they might JUST be the thing for you.

@@doctordinosaur3080 So accurate🤭

No way that happened, that would mean Netflix is just a liar and all of their content of gender swapping famous people is nonsense, They taught me every single woman in history was just a slave to her sexist husband and they could never use their girl boss power they had inside them all along to do anything in history because of men!

While that definitely was a contributing factor, it wasn't the main factor for the decline of the Hanseatic League. What drove them into irrelevancy was the same thing that did so to the knights: der Landfrieden (the Peace of the Land). The main reason trade by sea became so popular before ships could reliably cross the ocean was the fact that going by land was fairly dangerous in the HRE. With all the bandit groups everywhere, your chances of arriving at a far away place completely unharmed and with all your goods was quite low. That's why it wasn't a particularly great option for traders and why knights were as valuable and respected as they were, since they protected the people from those bandits - though of course they couldn't be everywhere and protect everyone. Once the HRE was populated enough and there was enough of a military presence everywhere bandits had less and less success until being a member of a bandit group was not a sustainable prospect anymore. The last few big groups were defeated and the Peace of the Land was declared. Knights didn't have much of purpose now and slowly but surely declined until the events revolving around Götz von Berlichingen brought an end to knighthood in the HRE. On top of that, trading by land had become much safer and as such a much more feasible option, additionally aided by the rise of the Fuggers who followed in the example of the Machiavellis and established banks, allowing people to travel safely without any major risks of being robbed since there was no need to carry your money around anymore. This brought wealth to many cities that couldn't even be reached by the Hanseatic League. By the time trade across the oceans was feasible, the Hanseatic League had become so irrelevant that they stood no chance of competing with the French, Spanish, English and Portuguese and so they continued to fall into obscurity. Fun fact about the Fuggers: they quickly rose into nobility after establishing their banking empire and members of the family even held very high ranking positions. Also, branches of the family exist to this day and they continue to reside in their families castles.

Thank you for this insightful comment. A bit long but I truly enjoyed reading it.😊 learned something new

@@firekeeper1870 to my knowledge the hanseatic leagues decline was based on the transition of trade from the baltic sea to the northern sea, where dutch and english merchants rose to wealth because of their cloth manufacturers and trade within the baltic sea (fish, beer, crops etc.) wasnt as profitable anymore; so as anything in history there is never just one factor for change

@@firekeeper1870you must be German, for you forgot to mention a specific seafaring nation that did quite well in the Ostsee region from the 16th century onwards. You must surely know

Thank you, Markus!

@@calvinandhabsdo you know this man on a personal level? If not its firstname AND lastname, mister!

​@@kgdahbf909 Yeah, I also find it kinda rude that they used the informal "you" instead of the formal German "You"!

@@der.Schtefan I like your comment,you can say you to me.

It's a white gate, not a white castle. I checked my coffee mug with Hamburg's sigil on it before writing this comment.

@@a2falcone I see why sonebody would think that, but the constitution of the city of hamburg describes it's sigil as "a red shield with the white, three towered castle and a closed gate."

@@a2falcone From the constitution of the Freie and Hansestadt Hamburg: Artikel 5 [Landesfarben, -wappen, -flagge] (1) Die Landesfarben sind weiß-rot. (2) Das Landeswappen zeigt auf rotem Schild die weiße dreitürmige Burg mit geschlossenem Tor. (3) Die Landesflagge trägt die weiße Burg des Landeswappens auf rotem Grund. So it's a castle *with* a gate.

Also the (original, not the eagle one) banner of the (Holy) Roman Empire which showed a silver cross on a red background and the Reichsrennfahne which showed red swords on black and silver background popularised these colors among different regions/cities

In which universe did the hanseatic league still exist in 1871? Most of North Germany heraldy had some red-white elements because of the Hansa, yes, hence why the flag of the Norddeutscher Bund (the black-white-red) incorporated it. The flag was then also used for the "unified" Empire too, but still the Hanse hadn't been around for over 200 years. Hannover, Saxony, Bavaria, even Württemberg and Hesse had become far more relevant states than the Hanse at that point.

Would an English name equivalent be something like "Mugguzzler", then?

​@@The_Empty_Shadow more like "drink quickly cup" 😐

Would Plattdeutsch in Germany be similar to Geordie in the UK? Where it's technically English but supposedly most folks who speak English cannot understand it well?

​@thenovicenovelist nope, it is its own language, not a dialect. More like Dutch and German.

I live in a village in Lower Saxony (not on the coast) and there are still old people here who speak it among themselves. It's kind of fascinating to hear people actually use it these days.

@@thenovicenovelist What is now called Low German used to be called "Saxon" by native speakers. That's the same Saxon as in Anglo-Saxon, so it's essentially the language from which English split off. Sound wise think of it as a form of medieval Dutch or if you're not familiar with that, thinking of it as medieval Geordie is actually not the very worst idea. So no, it's no more "German" in the modern sense of the word than English or Dutch are.

My parents were from the North so they could speak Plattdütsch (and used to do that when visiting relatives up North), I can only understand (back when Ohnsorg Theater was on national TV) but not speak it.

Hello you look so beautiful and your smile is so amazing 😊

Hello you look so beautiful and your smile is so amazing 😊

It is but it has shit weather

There's no bad weather, only bad clothing @@leza4453

​@@leza4453haha beat me. I wanted to comment, only when it's sunny.

​@@leza4453There is no bad weather, only bad clothing.

@@leza4453 shit weather is an intergral part of the northern German identity

I'd still consider the SMS Emden to be more successful. It even delayed the arrival of some ANZAC forces and managed to sink a Russian cruiser by infiltrating a British held port.

@@shrouddreamer True, but the Emden was also an actual warship, purpose built to fight other warships. The Seeadler accomplished almost as much while being just a merchant ship with some guns strapped to it. And again, a sailing ship no less, firmly in the age of steam. That, and von Luckner played his role as "gentleman pirate" with incredible aplomb.

It is indeed a very beautiful city but the weather kinda ruins it.

I want to disagree- but I can’t think of a more beautiful city in Germany. At least big cities. So I guess I kinda agree 😁

Ja Ihr hört richtig!

Heute ist Discozeit!@@stefaniejanssen8026

Noooooooo, everybody agrees on that!

Does that means the Hanseatic League is the league of leagues?

@@slwrabbits Probably, yeah. In German, the hanseatic league is called "die Hanse", which would mean "the guild".

That is korrekt. ☺️

There is actually a movie made called "12 meter ohne kopf". Not great, but kinda funny. 👍😊

Thank you for backing us up, Gabriel

Hello you look so beautiful and your smile is so amazing 😊

Yes, we "stolpern übern spitzen Stein" in Hamburg 😂😂

Hello