So what do you think? Should I do a series of videos about German History? All the way from the Germanic Tribes during the Roman Empire, until Modern Germany?
Fun fact: Bismarck didn't really care about unifying Germany, at least not simply for the sake of unifying Germany. He wanted Prussia to be strong, and since it looked like Germany was going to be united at some point anyway in one way or another, he preferred to control the circumstances in which it happened to ensure Prussia remains the dominant power in Germany, and to keep it as a monarchy. Modern day Germany being a republic and Prussia not existing is already enough to make Bismarck spin in his grave. He couldn't care less at this point if it broke apart or not.
Ich wohne relativ weit südlich des Aldiäquators und fühle mich jetzt angegriffen. Wieso "Aldi Süd" und einfach nur "Aldi"? Willst du implizieren Aldi Nord sei der wahre Aldi. Na dann schau dir mal das Logo von (ausländischen Niederlassungen wie) Hofer und anderen an und sag mir mal ob es meistens eher nach Aldi Süd oder Nord aussieht. 😤
11:45 "There are almost no Cultural differences between the Bundesländer" Oh that's how we Germans would say "There are no cultural differences between Amercans and Britains"
@@dinolino3313 es gibt schon unterschiede in traditionen und sprache und auch manche clichés stimmen aber es ist jetzt nicht so stark mehr wie es vllt noch zur zeiten des heiligen römischen reiches war
Fun fact: Saarland was independant briefly after WW2. They even participated in the Olympic games and won a single gold medal as the independant nation of "La Sarre"
@@CodPlayerNo77 While I don't say that it balances out you have to take into consideration that Berlin has also the role of capital city which adds to their spending. So I don't think it's bad if Berlin gets compensated a little with federal money. But yeah, the spending has been too high.
I read a great book about it recently! It's called "The shortest history of Germany" by James Hawes. I highly recommend it if you like German history! I might use it as reference for the videos I make on it.
@@sehabel make germany HRE again 🤣 live there too there is too much on the federal Level and too less on the county Level even with general federalisation compared to France.
Just to clear up the confusion at 12:57: "Hochdeutsch"/"Standarddeutsch" = Standard German (NOT High German, that's always just a bad literal translation) "Niederdeutsch", "Plattdeutsch" (Low German) are a group of dialects spoken in the North. "Oberdeutsch" (Upper German, part of the High German dialects) are dialects spoken in the South. High and Low or Upper and Lower don't refer to North and South but rather to the altitude of the areas. (cf. the Low Countries Netherlands and Belgium or Niederländisch/Niederdeutsch).
I would say that ,,Plattdeutsch" is the dialect of each region of germany. We here in the Saarland call ,,our language" Plattdeutsch too, even if we aren't in the north.
Hochdeutsch or high German is not the same as standard German. Standard German is based on the high German dialects (combining the southern German Oberdeutschen Dialekte and the middle German Mitteldeutschen Dialekte) and therefor often just called Hochdeutsch. Plattdeutsch or Niederdeutsch is the supergroup for all lowland German dialects and is actually classified as its own language, however is going extinct as people in the North adapted too much of the middle and southern dialects.
The meaning of Hochdeutsch nowadays is Standarddeutsch. "Plattdütsch" or just "Platt" is weird. It's something between a dialect and a whole language near Dutch, English and the Scandinavian languages. Don't look at Plattdeutsch as the opposite of Hochdeutsch, look at it as the Lingua Franca of Northern Europe, that everybody KIND OF understands (because of its ipact on English) but nobody speaks ; -) "Wat" (what) and "Dat" (that) instead of "was" und "das" are the main differeces between Northern and Southern German. Also "...st..." is pronounced "...st...." in the north, while it's pronouced "...sht..." in the South of Germany
So there's Low German/Low Saxon (Niederdeutsch/Niedersächsisch, also called Platt or Plattdeutsch) which is a seperate language from German (High German of which Standard German ist a variety). But there are also central German dialects that are often called Platt or Plattdeutsch but which don't belong to Niederdeutsch. Central German varieties, just like varieties from the south, participated in the high german consonant shift but to varying degrees (thus in Colognian German you say Pääd "horse" but also Peffer "pepper" while in Holstein Low German these are Peerd and Peper). A few more examples to ilustrate this: Standard German - Colognian German - Low German - English: Rippe - Repp - Ribb - rib reiben - rieve - wrieven - to rub Dorf - Dörp - Dörp - village Kupfer - Koffer/Kuffer - Kopper - copper Pfad - Patt - Padd - path tragen - drage - dregen (also rare dragen) - to carry Tag - Daach - Dach - day Dach - Daach - Dack - roof Sterz - Stätz - Steert (also Stiert) - tail erzählen - verzälle - vertellen - to tell Zeit - Zick - Tiet - time reißen - rieße - wrieten - to tear suchen - sööke - söken (also seuken) - to search schlafen - schlaafe - slapen/slopen - sleep
Ich sehe diese Karte öfter, dass plötzlich Baden-Württemberg was fehlt und Bayern größer ist. Keine Ahnung wo die herkommt, wundert mich immer wieder, aber Zufall wird's nicht sein
Tbh i have heard more extremely hateful stereotypes against basically anyone. The East is too unreligious, the Bavarians are primitive peasents, the Saarländer have to much incest, Saxon sounds horrific all such bullshit that disunites our country.
@@pomeranianproductions647 My Grandma once flipped out when she heard heard her daughter, my aunt, dated a guy from the neighboring village... the fucking neighboring village. And the funny thing is, she herself wasn't even from anywhere near that general area.
And for the others this becomes annoying sometimes, as I don‘t like to hear a stereotype that has nothing to do with my own region, we are not all bavarians 🤣
"Cultural differences in Germany aren't that big" Bruh when I (living in Cologne) visited my friend in Berlin last week we fought about how to say the time. Not even mentioning the Berliner/Pfannkuchen/Krapfen debate.
Und wir Mecklenburger können mit eurem Karneval und dem sogannten Bier (Kölsch) leider gar nix anfangen... Aber wir mögen die Rheinländer trotzdem, die sind halt viel gemütlicher als wir.
The different types of potato salad alone are proof of this and often a reason for argument. Everyone claims that their potato salad is the only true and correct one. :-P
@@zyanego3170 sorry you are wrong. These two names for the city where both used for the city, because germans and poles lived in this area togther (sometimes more, sometimes less peacefull) Today you should call it gdansk, if you are not refering to a historical context. :)
Welcome to Schleswig Holstein, Where up is down, down is up, Northsea is to the west and the Eastsea (Balticsea) is... wait... IT IS IN IT´s CORRECT PLACE?! CHANGE THE NAAAME
@@Drache191200 Also interesting maybe is, the the Bavarians say, they would go down to us, because of down from the hills. If we got to Bavaria, we wolud say, we go down to them, because of seeing it down from north to south... By the way - I'm just a neighbour of S-H, living in M-V. Still wandering, why a northern german state would include Brandenburg and NRW...
Ultimate Bruh-Moment as a German: I was standing next to two dudes in Berlin and was wondering what language they speak. Needed like 10min to realise 'fml this is the Bavarian accent'..... wellp I'm sorry but I can't understand anyone from the south...
I'm not a native German speaker, but the Bavarian accent almost sounds like a different language to me... and Swiss German does sound like a separate language.
I am from Baden-Württemberg, and I think we would do pretty well. It's funny because many of us already think we should be independent, but the other Bundesländer would never accept that :D
@@IAmGlutton4Life Not really. There were the kingdom of Württemberg, the grand duchy of Baden and the territories of the Hohenzollern. Baden-Württemberg as it is today was founded in 1952, but the people from Baden were forced to do that, even though they voted against it. By now most people don't want to split BW again, but the conflict is still apparent today.
@@benni_thien Let's cooperate XD How does the "south german alliance" sound? I think Austria would like that too, we could build a new middle european superpower.
Plattdeutsch is basically not spoken anywhere except in a few northern regions. In the south they have their own dialects and even those (for example Austro-Bavarian and Swabian) are all still classified as High German, though they are a group that is not classified as Standard German
@@davidbilgic3108 No. In Hannover they speak Standard German. "High German" is just a confusing translation of "Hochdeutsch", which means Standard German. Oberdeutsch (Upper German), which is spoken in the south, is called High German as well in English. That's the confusion.
@@randomdude2026 All I know is that you can have two or more sentences made up of 100% low german words that's also 100% valid Norwegian (although the pronunciation or spelling might differ a little bit) due to the Hansea trade.
The "Plattdeutsch" is spoken in the lower countries, the "Hochdeutsch" was developed in the southern, higer reagions. The naming is based on the topography.
Fun fact: Saarland was independant briefly after WW2. They even participated in the Olympic games and won a single gold medal as the independant nation of "La Sarre"
13:03 I guess you are talking about the local "minority" of sorbs in Lusatia? They're a really interesting bunch of people. :) They have their own kind of religion with their own habits, clothes and even their own language! During my entire childhood I lived in Lusatia. So if you are interested about the sorbs and their history, I could tell you a thing or two about them! :)
Absurd. After the population movements at the end of WW2 Germany is more united than ever before. Regionalism is becoming a thing of the past, only sustained by the old people who still speak with strong accents.
Im not old but im for regionalism, since it gives more opportunities and would help the economy. Smaller independent countries are leaving more freedoms to the people like the German speaking countries Switzerland, Austria or Liechtenstein show
I am German, and the German States have all very different cultures actually. Also the States hate each other in a friendly way, so I think it would have some conflicts maybe
3:25 fun fact : Saarland is often used in German media as a reference size for areas for example " the oil polluted an area 4 times as big as the Saarland"...
I kim aus Bayern und es gibt ned grod Hoch Deitsch und Platt-Deitsch sondern a sowos des nennt si Dialekt, wia zum beispui Boarisch, wia des wos I grod gschrimm hob.
There is a lot of difference in language and culture beyond Germany: The catholic south and the middle east is far more conservative than the north. In the south the Christ child comes at Christmas, in the north the Santa Claus. The austro-bavarian language (which is spoken in the south east of bavaria and nearly whole austria) differs more from standard german than norwegian from danish. It has a lot of grammatical perculiarities and even whole letters (like the standard german "ü") don't even exist.
@@SuperLuigi315 Kommt natürlich wieder drauf an, in welcher Region du bist. In meiner Gegend sagt man Übahapts und nicht Ibahapts, oder auch Übafahrn und nicht Ibafahrn, oder Übrigns und nicht Ibrigns. Und das ist meines Wissens im größeren Teil Oberbayerns so. Es gibt sicher Gegenden, wo ü wie i ausgesprochen wird. Das ü ist auch sicherlich seltener anzutreffen, als in anderen Dialekten oder im Hochdeutschen, aber das Boarisch generell kein ü hat, ist falsch.
I was close to come and hit you when you said Bremen could join Lower Saxony, but when you said you think there are no cultural differences I knew you just had no idea… still left a like
Naja, es ist halt ziemlich unsinnig, dass Bremen ein eigenes Parlament hat (bzw. Bürgerschaft oder wie nennt ihr das?). Bremen sollte Teil Niedersachsens werden und der Kampf um den Status als Hauptstadt wird ausgetragen durch Hin- und Rückspiel zwischen dem SV Werner Bremen und Hannover 96. Als Herausforderer wird Bremen zuerst das Heimspiel haben. Ole Werder macht das schon. ;) Grüße aus Kiel :)
@@jannikmeissner Im Sinne eines "schlanken Staates" werden keine Extrawürste mehr verteilt ;) Wir können auch Niedersachsen, fcking Hamburg, Schleswigholstein und von mir aus auch MV zum Bundesland "Norddeutschland" zusammenfassen. Also tragen SV Werder, HSV / FC St. Pauli als Union (lol), KSV Holstein, Hannover 96 und Hansa Rohrstock die Norddeutsche Meisterschaft unter sich aus und wer in dieser Miniliga letzter wird, muss neue Hauptstadt werden und der Korruption Herr werden. Deal? :D
Just a minor correction: Nearly everyone in Germany speaks Hochdeutsch/high German. Only with their own dialect. Low-German is only spoken sometimes in the northern regions
High German is spoken in the south and “flat” German is spoken in the north. The standard German dialect is high German (as in transcending all States). The regional dialects are also split in roughly two (yes), but flat German is spoken in the north due to its flat land and low elevation. Confusingly high German is also the dialect of south Germany because of its high elevation and mountains. Btw high German and high German are two separate dialects. Still cool video.
Just to point it out - there are huge differences in culture between the states. I would compare it to US. You would agree that California, Utah and NY differ, would you?
for a cultural difference, i can tell you one. the rhineland and saarland regions are very french compared to the rest of germany, as a result of that region going back and forth for millenia
well, every state is a 'Bundesland' (= federal state) which includes the 'Stadtstaaten'. With the term 'Flächenland' you specifically exclude Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg
Very well done, this video must‘ve really been a lot of work with all that hand drawing, I wonder how long it took you to produce this. You deserve way more attention.
A possible split that would sort of make sense would be a "Greater Prussia" federal republic of Northern Germany, a Rhineland state and Bavaria independent because it (roughly of course) corresponds to the main cultural areas in Germany, but i don't see this happen anytime soon.
Baden-Württemberg is seperated in two. Baden and Württemberg (and Hohenzollern but I wont count that since its very small). The people in Baden dont like the Swabians (Württemberg). In the national anthem of Baden people often dont sing "Frisch auf frisch auf" (fresh on fresh on) but rather sing "Der Schwab muss raus!" (The Swabian has to Go!). So its possible that Baden Württemberg could Break into two.
13:04 this not really independence movment is from a eth ic german slavic minority. They are since long part of Germany and speaks German but they are ethnic slavic but they are not polnish of Czech. They are part of Germany even if they have a slavic culture. This are maybe arround 20.000 of them lifing in this area
Nice Video just one thing low German is mostly spoken in Northern Germany. Its "low" because it is flatter. Baden Württemberg and Bavaria would be great together I come from Ba-Wü and the dialects and the mindset of these two states are very near to each other. So work, hard get paid and save some money. (WE SAY: Schaffa Schaffa Hàusle baue = Work Work build a house) So I'm sorry for my bad English but im just good in understanding and not writing.
10:44 I am from Germany and what I can say about that is that there are hugh cultural differences in both northern and southern Germany. Look, I am from Hamburg and we Hamburger and Schleswig-Holsteiner are more like high german-speaking danish people than like westfalians, westfalians themselves are very different to the east germans who’re more like poles. In southern Germany, Bavarians are often called „northern Austrians“ because they’re so similar. Badener and Saarländer are very equal to the Elsass-french-people. Saxons are pretty much their own kind of weird people. Then there is the difference between the accents. Let’s translate the sentence „Hello, my little boy, how are you?“ into the Hamburg accent and then into the „accent“ they speak in Lower Saxony. A Hamburger would say: „Moin, meen lütten Jung, wie gaddat dir?“ A Niedersachse would say: „Hallo, mein kleiner Junge, wie geht es dir?“ You got this? And, well, in the south it’s even more extreme than in the north and, again, the people of Cologne, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt have the weirdest accents.
I would like to see an in deep explanation of the heiliges römisches Reich in Germany. It still get's me confused and I'd like to get more information. A few notes: - You forgot Bremerhaven a couple of times in the maps. It's a part of Bremen as you mentioned later. - There's a bigger difference in language that you might assume. As you mentioned there's plattdeutsch in the north (which differs in between states and even from one village to the next in terms of pronunciation and grammar), hochdeutsch as the main language - and Frisian in Schleswig-Holstein. But one might also mention Bayrisch in Bayern, Danish in Schleswig-Holstein, Sorbisch in Saxony and Brandenburg, and one of the smallest groups called "Saterländisch" (Saterland Frisian) in Lower-Saxony (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saterland_Frisian). Probably still no reason for independence. - Those independent movements in Saxony and Brandenburg you mentioned at 13:05 actually have to do with language. It's an area where a slavic minority called Sorbs are living. They do have a very distinct culture. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbs) Interesting video, thanks!
