4:33 That statue is of Arminius, Prince and Chieftain of the Cherusci tribe, who fought and defeated the Roman armies in the year 9 AD at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
@@YezaOutcast That's not right - his original germanic name is unknown, he's grown up in Rome and the romans called him Arminius, perhaps he was fightened against the armenian tribes as a colonel in the roman army in his youth. The german name "Hermann" was given to him in the late 19.century with the foundation of the new german Reich.
@@shahinreactsbecause they married their daughter over all these years to stay protected. i heared one refused to marry , but the was also the only who had fallen in the following war.
I like the way Germany looks so traditional and old (old not in a negative sense) but is actually an economic and technological powerhouse. 3rd largest economy in the world by GDP, world leader in many technological fields and research, 3rd largest exporter in the world (and it's behind China and USA, both of which are many times larger and have several times more people). Germany is a fantastic country and, politics aside, the people are extremely nice, too. They do actually have a wicked sense of humor. Nobody does satire better. The roughly 25.000 castles, mansions, palaces, ruins etc are a remnant of ancient German history. Modern Germany is actually a very young country but it emerged from hundreds of kingdoms, tribes, dukedoms and so on. And many of them had their own castle.
As I mentioned in one of your previous videos: unfortunately, we Germans often forget how privileged we actually are to be able to live in such a great country. But reactions like yours show us the right path again. Thanks for that. 12:01 No, Germans are not proud to be Germans, Germans are glad to be Germans. We put aside our pride after the bad times and realized that you can only be proud of what you have achieved yourself. Being born in Germany doesn't give you any pride, you're just lucky. 14:37 The castles date back to times long before Germany was a country. At that time there were many different kingdoms and duchies, all of which built their own castles and palaces as their residence. These were built on hills and mountains because they were safer and easier to defend.
Germany might be a beautiful country, but it's not a great one. I'm not sure what you mean by germans are privileged, because they're certainly not. Speak for yourself when it comes to not being proud to be germen. Too many germans feel guilty for something they didn't do, pathetic.
Very smart and I totally understand what you mean , thank you for clarification and also, I really appreciate that you are educating me with all the facts… this is so cool … best regards … and have a good day my friend ❤️🙏🙂
@@kidnebhagalandson7487 Thank you for your kind words, but there is nothing to be proud of if I didn't have a hand in it... My grandparents can be proud because they were the ones who rebuilt this country... I just had Lucky to be born here. .. there was a chance of *_1.2_* to *_100_*
As for castles: they might look poetic but keep in mind that these are military structures that are meant to control and project power into the surrounding areas, so they are placed for maximum defensibility with the lowest possible numbers of defenders. Neuschwanstein (the white castle right in the beginning) though is a late 19th century pleasure palace, built with electric lighting for it's "mythical grotto" and things like this, and has no defensive value whatsoever, and wouldn't have had any in the 1870s anyway. Burg Elz (has a caption) whole financed by tourism *is* still the home of the various lines of the House of Elz, presided by the current Count of Elz. Statues - oh boy, many are from the Imperial Era from 1871-1918, a lot of Germania's (the personification of Germany) often in the pose and habit of a Victoria (that's the Roman Goddess of Victory) and created to symbolize the victory of the united German States over Napoleon III's (Louis Bonaparte, to name his civil name without claiming his uncle's legacy) 2nd Empire in the Franco-Prussian War of1870/71. Then there are *a ton* of Bismarck statues (the chancellor to three Prussian kings who happened to be the first three - and last - German Emperors) but they romanticise the "Iron Chancellor" mostly as a late medieval knight, not as the diplomat and politician of the late 19th century. Then we have the round low tower with the Knights facing in all directions, that's on the site of "the Battle of the Nations" of 1813 against Napoleon I, the greatest battle fought in Europe until the Great War in 1914. There's more and more and more ^^. The Great Cathedral in Cologne is the greatest Cathedral north of the Alps and a masterpiece of the High Gothic style... and a building site for 800 years (though there was a loooooong, as in centuries, pause in the construction until it was finished in the 1840s) and still is because something so intricate such as this *needs constant maintenance* . Just touching on a couple of things essentially.^^ There are also a lot of things linked to the *Holy Roman Empire* (yes, "Germany" - or rather the German Lands - was one of the successor states in the "Translatio Imperii" of Rome) like the double headed eagle you noticed as the "German" eagle - it's not, it's the double headed Aquila (there is semiotics behind this but this would make this even longer) of the Holy Roman Empire, the German eagle is a single headed black eagle based on the Prussian one. Okay, I'll now stop, I'm a history teacher by training^^... Best regards Raoul G. R. Kunz
Woooow Raoul thank you so so much for educating me and this very precise history that you shared with us… this is definitely so interesting and entertaining to me… I could listen to this facts for hours and still enjoy it, again, thank you so much, Regards ❤️🙏🙂
4:34 that's Arminius or Hermann, the leader of the germanic tribes who defeated the romans in the year 9 n. Chr. 7:40 that's the monument of emporer "Barbarossa". 8:10 of course this is not Venice, because we are not in Italy. It's Hamburg, Germanys biggest harbour city. Hamburg has way more bridges than Venice. I believe it has the most bridges of any town in Europe, I read that somewhere.
With a total of 2,500 bridges, Hamburg is Europe's city with the most bridges and clearly overshadows Venice, which has around 400 bridges and therefore only occupies fifth place in the ranking. Vienna and Amsterdam follow in second and third place among the European cities with the most bridges.
I'm proud and lucky to be German. Sometimes we forget where our nation comes from. We have so much history. ❤ I need to do more vacation in Germany. I haven't seen it all.
4:30 That’s the statue of Arminius or Hermann who united the Germanic tribes against the Romans in 9 AD. The battle of the Teutoburg Forest led to one of the biggest if not the biggest defeat in history for the Roman Empire, stopping the Roman expansion along the Rhine river. So the “Hermannsdenkmal” is a symbol of German unity and nationalism.
It is a great chance for humanity that these wonderful places were not definitively wiped out by WW2... Travel! travel my friends, as much as you can! “Traveling makes you humble. We see better the tiny place we occupy in the world. " (Gustave Flaubert)
actually most of it got destoryed or heavly damaged in ww2 and just got restored but maybe only like 40% of how Germany actually looked like before ww2 and the bombings.. truly a fairy tale land
@@shahinreacts Many places were actually destroyed during WW2 but were rebuilt. But I totally agree, travel, see different places, experience different cultures and learn different languages. It will fundamentally change your life.
the castles were built on the top of hills because if an enemy came you could see them coming for a long time and gather all your people inside the big walls and also its easier to defend from above. not just a few of them are older than 1000 years when on modern german territory were hundreds or thousands of little territories hold by dukes, feudal lords etc
6:35 rooftops which are black, copperish or turquoise are mostly made of the same material: copper. The color of the roofs depends on the age. Copper was a very common building material for roofs because it was light in weight, easy to work with, shatterproof, and durable. Buildings with such roofs are younger than those with tiled roof shingles because the tools to process copper only became available later. Initially, copper is black or copper-colored, but over time the material weathers and takes on the typical turquoise-green patina.
Germany has so many castles and palaces (over 25,000 including ruins) because in the Middle Ages Germany was a patchwork of various small states, duchies, kingdoms... and many counts, princes and kings had castles and palaces built for them. Back then, there was always a war going on somewhere in Europe... also a reason for the many castles/fortresses
Germany has over 25000 castles, palaces and fortresses. The castles where build for different reasons. During the attacks of the huns there where build many to protect the peasants and as a kind of medieval police station where knights could let the huns pass by and ride armed in there backs to circle them with the knights of other castles. Then there where many build on top of hills near rivers to collect taxes from traders who uses the rivers as a water road. Then they became home of wealthy families who also rise to nobility. They where easy to defend and hard to conquer. That leads to a more stable realm. There is much much more to it but that is a peek to become a feeling for the reason behind the castles.
Hey, thanks for reaction. You probably need to watch a video about german history 😉 Actually as one nation Germany is a very young country just from 1871. Before that there were hundreds of small kingdoms and of course every royalty needs at least one castle. So, that's the reason why we have so many of them. Our history goes back until the neandertaler 🤯 Greetings from Berlin 😎
before napoleon: many states, very few countries after napoleon: few states, a lot of kingdoms. not even german get it right apparantly. AND that is not even the reason why there are so many castles.
at minute 6:27. this is the place where I live. It is built quite modernly, as you can see in the background. not everything in red. But there is an old town with buildings that are over 500 years old and the cathedral in the picture is so huge that you could turn pale. The construction of the cathedral began around 910 AD. If you stand close to him you might think he is only a few years old. The style of the cathedral is also unique in the world. I see him every day when I look out the window or walk out the door onto the street. It is so high that you can see it from everywhere in the city. also because he stands on the high rock. When you live here you forget over time how unique it is. If you want to see more details of the city there is a good video for that: th-cam.com/video/xxVFmnI_q_A/w-d-xo.htmlsi=FJLwUradLx_kVCN1
Many, many of the "old" buildings you see in the movie, are about 1000 years old and some much more. We have such a lot of history. There were so many changes in Kings, Lords, Emperior, wars, Knigths, ... You see a lot of buildings from the medival and older, it's incredible. And it's pure beauty.
There are large deposits of slate in southern regions of Germany. Therefore, in many cities near slate deposits, the roofs are covered with slate. In other regions, tiled roofs predominate. In northern Germany you often see roofs covered with reeds.
7:43 the sleeping Emperor Barbarossa It's a mystical place. Little children who have visited the Kyffhäuser Monument together with their parents claim again and again and completely independently of each other that the stature of Barbarossa waved to them.
Most of these castles were built in places that were easy to defend. If there's a hill, you would build a castle on it. If there is no hill, you're looking for an island in the lake or a river or something.
The statue is the Statue of Liberty for the Germans. It is called Hermann and symbolizes Arminius, who defeated the Romans in the Teutoburg Forest, granting freedom to the Germans from Roman invasion, also known as the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest under Varus. It represents the freedom of the Germans.
4:38 The statue of Hermann is dedicated to Arminius: Arminius was a Cheruscan prince who inflicted one of the most devastating defeats on the Romans in the year 9 AD in the Varus Battle with the destruction of three legions. 7:38 This is Emperor Frederick I, known as Barbarossa, from the Staufer dynasty, who was Duke of Swabia from 1147 to 1152 as Frederick III. Duke of Swabia, Roman-German King from 1152 to 1190 and Emperor of the Roman-German Empire from 1155 to 1190. According to legend, Emperor Friedrich I, known as Barbarossa, did not die, but was magically transported to a cave under the Kyffhäuser Mountains. There, together with his loyal followers, he sits asleep on a throne and waits for his return. There is a German ballad that sings of his return. The Title of the ballade (It's on the same yt channel): Der alte Barbarossa [German ballade][+English translation] 8:06 This is the warehouse district of Hamburg. Like Bremen, Lübeck and other northern German cities, Hamburg belonged to the Hanseatic League. A trading organisation that traded throughout Europe. Ships and freighters were loaded and unloaded by sea. Fish, coffee, spices, wool and other things were handled, stored and sold there. Today, the famous "Miniatur Wunderland" can be found there. One of the largest model railway attractions in the world. 8:15 The statue of the first German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen, from 1865 Count von Bismarck-Schönhausen, from 1871 Prince von Bismarck, from 1890 also Duke of Lauenburg, was a German politician and statesman. He introduced many things such as social insurance into German society. So that everyone has health insurance etc. He was also known as the iron chancellor. 10:46 This is the island of Heligoland. One of over 20 known islands in the North Sea and Baltic Sea region and part of Germany's high seas territory. In Germany there are also very old buildings and structures. For example: the Porta Nigra (Latin for "Black Gate"; formerly also Porta Martis and Roman Gate) is a former Roman city gate on Porta Nigra Square that was built from 170 AD and is a landmark of the city of Trier.
@@shahinreacts Please do a reaction about Hamburg's Miniatur Wunderland You will surely like it They have their own TH-cam channel and also have English videos and English subtitles. They also have their own website, which you can also find in English.
Germany has more than 3,000 towns / cities, some thousands of years old, the old parts of which are made for walking and not for cars like American settlements.
I would be very interested to know how you imagined my home before you saw this video? The impressions, advantages and disadvantages, stereotypes, etc. Greetings from Germany. ☺️🖐🏻👋🏻🖐🏻👋🏻
Many thanks for your reaction. But this is not only Germany, this is Europe. Go where ever you want and you find history. Those craftsmen have been travelling, houndred of years. They were really international for their time. You will find the earliest witnesses in Greece, then you go to Rome/ Italy, France and also Great Britain. We Germans are not alone with our history. But then dive deeper and beyond go to Africa, see what Babylon was like, the Egyptian Empire and all those other civilizations. One learned from the others, sometimes, sometimes not. Had to rediscover a lot of forgotten art. History is not only about one country, it is about what menkind achieved and what we have to learn from that.
Thank you so so much Marco for your very beautiful comment and educating me. yes indeed I totally agree with you, there’s so much hidden and undiscovered beauty in the world. ❤️🙏🙂
The main reason is simple. The roofs are made in first place from material a) locally available b) affordable E.g. in my hometown old houses have red roofs (clay tiles), while some public builindings (city hall, church) have black (dark grey) slate tiles. Those had to be transported from further away. Thus more expensive than the clay tiles which came (and still come) from a mile away.
Our modern buildings must not be used nearby the historical 's. It' s forbidden by law. Our history is kept alive. We have many skyscraper's and modern architecture on other places.
National pride is simply not popular these days. Almost every country has dirt on its hands. you can only be happy to live in a country that is doing reasonably well. and that is the case in Germany. So it's right you can be happy to live here in this peaceful and beautiful country.
its a common mistake to think if "mirroring" the video you wont hurt any laws cause its then "not the original". Thats 1998thinking. So...next..please...dont mirror it.
Next time show the other side of the medal The dirty ugly streets in the cities where people don't care anymore about cleaning or waste on the street, train stations smelling like urine everywhere, streets full of waste and trash e.g. Marxloh, Berlins homeless people, Parks crowded with people on drugs ... These places grow I made the experience that lots of people coming to Germany do not recognize that clean streets need to be held clean by everybody. And this is the job of the people who are there. Don't throw waste on the streets, out of train or car windows and and and. And teach this to the children. I see a lot of deficite in this case.
Strictly speaking, I'm a bit surprised, even irritated, at how little people in America know about Germany. the heart of Europe. Europe, that is also your ancestry, because who settled the new world? Europeans. It's crazy that you aren't taught what all the castles and palaces said, especially at the time of the principalities. Dude, that's history that you can still touch here, that went from here into the world. Letterpress, fairy tales, Brothers Grimm, etc. and you know nothing. I want to tell you something. Germany is history, fairy tales and mysticism and ancient. especially our cities. they are thousands of years old. Trier, for example, is over 2000 years old, from 17 BC, Cologne 19 BC, Bonn 20 BC. The oldest city in Germany is Worms 5000 before Chistus. The Celts left their mark on the city of Worms, making Worms the oldest city in Germany. At the beginning of the city's history, Worms was known by the Celtic names “Borbetomagus” and “Borbitumagus”. Due to the favorable flood-protected location on the banks of the Rhine, archaeologists were able to demonstrate a very high number of settlements right from the start. But it wasn't just the Celts who settled there. The Romans were also there. It is even assumed that a Roman fort was found in the Augustan period. Was lernt ihr bloß?
Hello Shahin, you have asked the right question in my opinion: What was the reason to built all these castles? I try to give you an answer. The humans wanted to bring down the magnetic field (energy) to the houses and other "consumers" from the hills and mountains to the valleys. Therefore it was necessary to build up civil engineering contructive works cecw which were able to lift it up/enhance the magnetic field with stones, wood, iron, etc.; You needed a higher building around the "consumers"(houses, churches etc mainly down in the valley. Therefore it was necessary to build a higher cecw to have a higher electrostatic field/tension. The higher a cecw, the higher was the tension. With a higher cecw you were able to absorb the magnetic field/electricity e.g. from a mountain to a valley. And in a valley you had e.g. the consumers (houses, railway system, factories, etc.). The so called Schuhmann frequency shows some basics of the resonance field our earth. The code of this field is the cruz. So with the cecw`s you were able to connect all humans with each other and of course with endless energy (resonance energy). Therefore the buildings look sometimes pretty similar like vegetables, humans, animals especially on the highest point. That all is depressed by our rulers. The dominant historiography is the historiography of the rulers. I hope, I was able to answer your question a little bit. Greetings from Bavaria
Oh my God, this is so so cool thank you so much for your complete and you’re very detailed oriented explanation I really enjoyed it. Sending endless love to the beautiful Germany and beautiful Bavaria. Love peace and unity. have a great day my friend ❤️🙂🙏
4:33 That statue is of Arminius, Prince and Chieftain of the Cherusci tribe, who fought and defeated the Roman armies in the year 9 AD at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
His german name was Herrmann, but the romans had trouble pronouncing it, so they called him Arminius. ^^
@@YezaOutcast That's not right - his original germanic name is unknown, he's grown up in Rome and the romans called him Arminius, perhaps he was fightened against the armenian tribes as a colonel in the roman army in his youth. The german name "Hermann" was given to him in the late 19.century with the foundation of the new german Reich.
Glad you like our country. You can really read the emotions on your face. Thousands of kisses and greetings across the ocean. Merry Christmas!🥰
This Video you are reacting to was really really well made, the music is epic combined with the pictures. Fits perfect to the landscape. :) ❤
Burg Eltz has a the noble family "Eltz"is living there for about 800 years know.
Wow … cool… thanks ❤️🙂
@@shahinreactsbecause they married their daughter over all these years to stay protected.
i heared one refused to marry , but the was also the only who had fallen in the following war.
I like the way Germany looks so traditional and old (old not in a negative sense) but is actually an economic and technological powerhouse. 3rd largest economy in the world by GDP, world leader in many technological fields and research, 3rd largest exporter in the world (and it's behind China and USA, both of which are many times larger and have several times more people).
Germany is a fantastic country and, politics aside, the people are extremely nice, too. They do actually have a wicked sense of humor. Nobody does satire better.
The roughly 25.000 castles, mansions, palaces, ruins etc are a remnant of ancient German history. Modern Germany is actually a very young country but it emerged from hundreds of kingdoms, tribes, dukedoms and so on. And many of them had their own castle.
I am German and so proud of my country
As I mentioned in one of your previous videos: unfortunately, we Germans often forget how privileged we actually are to be able to live in such a great country. But reactions like yours show us the right path again. Thanks for that.
12:01 No, Germans are not proud to be Germans, Germans are glad to be Germans. We put aside our pride after the bad times and realized that you can only be proud of what you have achieved yourself. Being born in Germany doesn't give you any pride, you're just lucky.
14:37 The castles date back to times long before Germany was a country. At that time there were many different kingdoms and duchies, all of which built their own castles and palaces as their residence. These were built on hills and mountains because they were safer and easier to defend.
Germany might be a beautiful country, but it's not a great one. I'm not sure what you mean by germans are privileged, because they're certainly not.
Speak for yourself when it comes to not being proud to be germen. Too many germans feel guilty for something they didn't do, pathetic.
Very smart and I totally understand what you mean , thank you for clarification and also, I really appreciate that you are educating me with all the facts… this is so cool … best regards … and have a good day my friend ❤️🙏🙂
I am proud to be German.
You should be very, very proud! The world loves Germany!
@@kidnebhagalandson7487 Thank you for your kind words, but there is nothing to be proud of if I didn't have a hand in it... My grandparents can be proud because they were the ones who rebuilt this country... I just had Lucky to be born here. .. there was a chance of *_1.2_* to *_100_*
You are saying it right: we should be proud of our legacy...unfortunately many German people don't appreciate this place
Wir bekommen auch seit Jarhzehnten Selbsthass eingetrichtert.
Keep on bro! Grossartig!😊😊😊 all da best from Berlin!
As for castles: they might look poetic but keep in mind that these are military structures that are meant to control and project power into the surrounding areas, so they are placed for maximum defensibility with the lowest possible numbers of defenders.
Neuschwanstein (the white castle right in the beginning) though is a late 19th century pleasure palace, built with electric lighting for it's "mythical grotto" and things like this, and has no defensive value whatsoever, and wouldn't have had any in the 1870s anyway.
Burg Elz (has a caption) whole financed by tourism *is* still the home of the various lines of the House of Elz, presided by the current Count of Elz.
Statues - oh boy, many are from the Imperial Era from 1871-1918, a lot of Germania's (the personification of Germany) often in the pose and habit of a Victoria (that's the Roman Goddess of Victory) and created to symbolize the victory of the united German States over Napoleon III's (Louis Bonaparte, to name his civil name without claiming his uncle's legacy) 2nd Empire in the Franco-Prussian War of1870/71.
Then there are *a ton* of Bismarck statues (the chancellor to three Prussian kings who happened to be the first three - and last - German Emperors) but they romanticise the "Iron Chancellor" mostly as a late medieval knight, not as the diplomat and politician of the late 19th century.
Then we have the round low tower with the Knights facing in all directions, that's on the site of "the Battle of the Nations" of 1813 against Napoleon I, the greatest battle fought in Europe until the Great War in 1914.
There's more and more and more ^^.
The Great Cathedral in Cologne is the greatest Cathedral north of the Alps and a masterpiece of the High Gothic style... and a building site for 800 years (though there was a loooooong, as in centuries, pause in the construction until it was finished in the 1840s) and still is because something so intricate such as this *needs constant maintenance* .
Just touching on a couple of things essentially.^^
There are also a lot of things linked to the *Holy Roman Empire* (yes, "Germany" - or rather the German Lands - was one of the successor states in the "Translatio Imperii" of Rome) like the double headed eagle you noticed as the "German" eagle - it's not, it's the double headed Aquila (there is semiotics behind this but this would make this even longer) of the Holy Roman Empire, the German eagle is a single headed black eagle based on the Prussian one.
Okay, I'll now stop, I'm a history teacher by training^^...
Best regards
Raoul G. R. Kunz
Woooow Raoul thank you so so much for educating me and this very precise history that you shared with us… this is definitely so interesting and entertaining to me… I could listen to this facts for hours and still enjoy it, again, thank you so much,
Regards ❤️🙏🙂
Found the wookie, lol
4:34 that's Arminius or Hermann, the leader of the germanic tribes who defeated the romans in the year 9 n. Chr. 7:40 that's the monument of emporer "Barbarossa". 8:10 of course this is not Venice, because we are not in Italy. It's Hamburg, Germanys biggest harbour city. Hamburg has way more bridges than Venice. I believe it has the most bridges of any town in Europe, I read that somewhere.
Thank you so much for educating me about this interesting facts… They are very entertaining yet so beautiful. 🙏❤️🙂
With a total of 2,500 bridges, Hamburg is Europe's city with the most bridges and clearly overshadows Venice, which has around 400 bridges and therefore only occupies fifth place in the ranking. Vienna and Amsterdam follow in second and third place among the European cities with the most bridges.
@@gabe8390 Amsterdam makes sense with all the canals, but I'm a bit suprised about Vienna to be honest.
I'm proud and lucky to be German. Sometimes we forget where our nation comes from. We have so much history. ❤ I need to do more vacation in Germany. I haven't seen it all.
4:30 That’s the statue of Arminius or Hermann who united the Germanic tribes against the Romans in 9 AD. The battle of the Teutoburg Forest led to one of the biggest if not the biggest defeat in history for the Roman Empire, stopping the Roman expansion along the Rhine river.
So the “Hermannsdenkmal” is a symbol of German unity and nationalism.
Very interesting thank you so much my friend❤️🙏🙂
@@shahinreactsThere is also a Netflix series about the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest which is called “Babarians”. It’s quite good actually 😄
It is a great chance for humanity that these wonderful places were not definitively wiped out by WW2...
Travel! travel my friends, as much as you can!
“Traveling makes you humble. We see better the tiny place we occupy in the world. " (Gustave Flaubert)
Yea indeed my friend ❤️🙏🙂
actually most of it got destoryed or heavly damaged in ww2 and just got restored but maybe only like 40% of how Germany actually looked like before ww2 and the bombings.. truly a fairy tale land
@@shahinreacts Many places were actually destroyed during WW2 but were rebuilt. But I totally agree, travel, see different places, experience different cultures and learn different languages. It will fundamentally change your life.
The Dom in Cologne is protected. No taller buildings are allowed in the vicinity. You can actually see it from the Autobahn from miles away.
the castles were built on the top of hills because if an enemy came you could see them coming for a long time and gather all your people inside the big walls and also its easier to defend from above. not just a few of them are older than 1000 years when on modern german territory were hundreds or thousands of little territories hold by dukes, feudal lords etc
Thank you so much for explanation❤️🙏🙂
Very smart to turn on the subtitles! So every location is named. 👍🏻
6:35 rooftops which are black, copperish or turquoise are mostly made of the same material: copper. The color of the roofs depends on the age. Copper was a very common building material for roofs because it was light in weight, easy to work with, shatterproof, and durable. Buildings with such roofs are younger than those with tiled roof shingles because the tools to process copper only became available later. Initially, copper is black or copper-colored, but over time the material weathers and takes on the typical turquoise-green patina.
Germany has so many castles and palaces (over 25,000 including ruins) because in the Middle Ages Germany was a patchwork of various small states, duchies, kingdoms... and many counts, princes and kings had castles and palaces built for them. Back then, there was always a war going on somewhere in Europe... also a reason for the many castles/fortresses
Germany has over 25000 castles, palaces and fortresses. The castles where build for different reasons. During the attacks of the huns there where build many to protect the peasants and as a kind of medieval police station where knights could let the huns pass by and ride armed in there backs to circle them with the knights of other castles. Then there where many build on top of hills near rivers to collect taxes from traders who uses the rivers as a water road. Then they became home of wealthy families who also rise to nobility. They where easy to defend and hard to conquer. That leads to a more stable realm. There is much much more to it but that is a peek to become a feeling for the reason behind the castles.
Oh my God, this is so cool and interesting. I didn’t know any of them and especially about the Huns as well, thank you so much for educating me ❤️🙏🙂
The color of the rooftops depends largely on what they're made of, what the resources of the area are
Very cool ❤️🙏🙂
Hey, thanks for reaction. You probably need to watch a video about german history 😉
Actually as one nation Germany is a very young country just from 1871. Before that there were hundreds of small kingdoms and of course every royalty needs at least one castle. So, that's the reason why we have so many of them. Our history goes back until the neandertaler 🤯
Greetings from Berlin 😎
before napoleon: many states, very few countries
after napoleon: few states, a lot of kingdoms.
not even german get it right apparantly. AND that is not even the reason why there are so many castles.
Definitely I will check it out…thank you so much for educating and informing me… these facts are so cool and interesting ❤️🙏🙂
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at minute 6:27. this is the place where I live. It is built quite modernly, as you can see in the background. not everything in red. But there is an old town with buildings that are over 500 years old and the cathedral in the picture is so huge that you could turn pale. The construction of the cathedral began around 910 AD. If you stand close to him you might think he is only a few years old. The style of the cathedral is also unique in the world. I see him every day when I look out the window or walk out the door onto the street. It is so high that you can see it from everywhere in the city. also because he stands on the high rock. When you live here you forget over time how unique it is.
If you want to see more details of the city there is a good video for that: th-cam.com/video/xxVFmnI_q_A/w-d-xo.htmlsi=FJLwUradLx_kVCN1
Many of the places shown here have to be seen in winter or Christmas time. Then they are much more beautiful.
Many, many of the "old" buildings you see in the movie, are about 1000 years old and some much more. We have such a lot of history. There were so many changes in Kings, Lords, Emperior, wars, Knigths, ... You see a lot of buildings from the medival and older, it's incredible. And it's pure beauty.
The most beautiful cathedral is Cologne Cathedral; it took 632 years to build
The German “Dickköpfigkeit” we build a cathedral no matter how long it takes. 😛
the colors of the rooftops and buildings in general is based on the materials found nearby xD
Clay, Sandstone, Slate etc.
There are large deposits of slate in southern regions of Germany. Therefore, in many cities near slate deposits, the roofs are covered with slate. In other regions, tiled roofs predominate. In northern Germany you often see roofs covered with reeds.
I live near the rhine river by Bingen. I have almost 50 castles near me within 40km in each direction
These great old buildings are the reasons why you can't see so less skycrapers in germany.
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7:43 the sleeping Emperor Barbarossa
It's a mystical place.
Little children who have visited the Kyffhäuser Monument together with their parents claim again and again and completely independently of each other that the stature of Barbarossa waved to them.
Die Musik ist toll zu dem Video. 😊Deutschland ist wunderschön. Ich finde die Ostsee und Bayern am Schönsten. Ganz klassisch.
At 7:34 it is called Bavaria you can walk inside to the top. At 7:42 it is king Barbarossa inside the Kyffhäusserdenkmal.
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The statue is of Herman, Arminius, which was a german prince. Kidnapped (exchanged) by Roman military. Fought back. Succeed.
Most of these castles were built in places that were easy to defend. If there's a hill, you would build a castle on it. If there is no hill, you're looking for an island in the lake or a river or something.
The statue is the Statue of Liberty for the Germans. It is called Hermann and symbolizes Arminius, who defeated the Romans in the Teutoburg Forest, granting freedom to the Germans from Roman invasion, also known as the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest under Varus. It represents the freedom of the Germans.
4:38 The statue of Hermann is dedicated to Arminius: Arminius was a Cheruscan prince who inflicted one of the most devastating defeats on the Romans in the year 9 AD in the Varus Battle with the destruction of three legions.
7:38 This is Emperor Frederick I, known as Barbarossa, from the Staufer dynasty, who was Duke of Swabia from 1147 to 1152 as Frederick III. Duke of Swabia, Roman-German King from 1152 to 1190 and Emperor of the Roman-German Empire from 1155 to 1190.
According to legend, Emperor Friedrich I, known as Barbarossa, did not die, but was magically transported to a cave under the Kyffhäuser Mountains. There, together with his loyal followers, he sits asleep on a throne and waits for his return.
There is a German ballad that sings of his return. The Title of the ballade (It's on the same yt channel): Der alte Barbarossa [German ballade][+English translation]
8:06 This is the warehouse district of Hamburg. Like Bremen, Lübeck and other northern German cities, Hamburg belonged to the Hanseatic League. A trading organisation that traded throughout Europe. Ships and freighters were loaded and unloaded by sea. Fish, coffee, spices, wool and other things were handled, stored and sold there.
Today, the famous "Miniatur Wunderland" can be found there. One of the largest model railway attractions in the world.
8:15 The statue of the first German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen, from 1865 Count von Bismarck-Schönhausen, from 1871 Prince von Bismarck, from 1890 also Duke of Lauenburg, was a German politician and statesman.
He introduced many things such as social insurance into German society. So that everyone has health insurance etc. He was also known as the iron chancellor.
10:46 This is the island of Heligoland. One of over 20 known islands in the North Sea and Baltic Sea region and part of Germany's high seas territory.
In Germany there are also very old buildings and structures. For example: the Porta Nigra (Latin for "Black Gate"; formerly also Porta Martis and Roman Gate) is a former Roman city gate on Porta Nigra Square that was built from 170 AD and is a landmark of the city of Trier.
Oh wow, wow wow, so cool I really enjoyed all your very detailed explanation. Thank you so much my friend ❤️🙂🙏
@@shahinreacts Please do a reaction about Hamburg's Miniatur Wunderland
You will surely like it
They have their own TH-cam channel and also have English videos and English subtitles.
They also have their own website, which you can also find in English.
Btw. Hamburg has way more channels and bridges than venice (8:09) so it is a little bit insulting for us ;) .
I like ur Reaktion
Germany has more than 3,000 towns / cities, some thousands of years old, the old parts of which are made for walking and not for cars like American settlements.
Dronies of Germany in selfie camera mode. 😂
Best wishes from germany
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In keinem anderen Land in Europa gibt es soviele Burgen und Schlösser wie in Deutschland.
Das geht 1200 Jahre zurück.
Seltsam wie jeder gerne eine Kultur haben möchte
Yes, everything is real. You could go and touch it if you wanted.
I would be very interested to know how you imagined my home before you saw this video? The impressions, advantages and disadvantages, stereotypes, etc. Greetings from Germany. ☺️🖐🏻👋🏻🖐🏻👋🏻
Many thanks for your reaction. But this is not only Germany, this is Europe. Go where ever you want and you find history. Those craftsmen have been travelling, houndred of years. They were really international for their time. You will find the earliest witnesses in Greece, then you go to Rome/ Italy, France and also Great Britain. We Germans are not alone with our history.
But then dive deeper and beyond go to Africa, see what Babylon was like, the Egyptian Empire and all those other civilizations. One learned from the others, sometimes, sometimes not. Had to rediscover a lot of forgotten art.
History is not only about one country, it is about what menkind achieved and what we have to learn from that.
Thank you so so much Marco for your very beautiful comment and educating me. yes indeed I totally agree with you, there’s so much hidden and undiscovered beauty in the world. ❤️🙏🙂
The heart of Europe.
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The Statue at 4:26 is Herman the German.
Dont know why the roofs got the colour red grey or whatever but there are rules which colour you are allowed to use. To keep the big "Picture".
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The main reason is simple. The roofs are made in first place from material
a) locally available
b) affordable
E.g. in my hometown old houses have red roofs (clay tiles), while some public builindings (city hall, church) have black (dark grey) slate tiles. Those had to be transported from further away. Thus more expensive than the clay tiles which came (and still come) from a mile away.
These turquoise roofs are made of copper and have oxidized over the years.
Very interesting , thanks ❤️🙂🙏
4:34 That is our Statue of Freedom Hermann/Armenius.💪⚔
Our modern buildings must not be used nearby the historical 's. It' s forbidden by law. Our history is kept alive.
We have many skyscraper's and modern architecture on other places.
I am from Munich and I guarantee its real =)
That is real!!
We have 20.000 Casles and places plus ruins this is fakt !
i think you could make this kind of video in every country around the world.... when the leaders didnt make war all the time
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National pride is simply not popular these days. Almost every country has dirt on its hands. you can only be happy to live in a country that is doing reasonably well. and that is the case in Germany. So it's right you can be happy to live here in this peaceful and beautiful country.
Yea indeed true words my friend…🙏
its a common mistake to think if "mirroring" the video you wont hurt any laws cause its then "not the original". Thats 1998thinking. So...next..please...dont mirror it.
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Al this Struktur was destroid. Everything was rebuild.
1939-45 so much was destroyed......
Next time show the other side of the medal
The dirty ugly streets in the cities where people don't care anymore about cleaning or waste on the street, train stations smelling like urine everywhere, streets full of waste and trash e.g. Marxloh,
Berlins homeless people, Parks crowded with people on drugs ...
These places grow
I made the experience that lots of people coming to Germany do not recognize that clean streets need to be held clean by everybody. And this is the job of the people who are there. Don't throw waste on the streets, out of train or car windows and and and. And teach this to the children. I see a lot of deficite in this case.
The video about Germany is reversed. ‼️❓
Because of you to TH-cam copyright issues, I had to reverse it 🙏
Die Bilder sind Seitenverkehrt 😢
Strictly speaking, I'm a bit surprised, even irritated, at how little people in America know about Germany. the heart of Europe. Europe, that is also your ancestry, because who settled the new world? Europeans. It's crazy that you aren't taught what all the castles and palaces said, especially at the time of the principalities. Dude, that's history that you can still touch here, that went from here into the world. Letterpress, fairy tales, Brothers Grimm, etc. and you know nothing.
I want to tell you something. Germany is history, fairy tales and mysticism and ancient. especially our cities. they are thousands of years old. Trier, for example, is over 2000 years old, from 17 BC, Cologne 19 BC, Bonn 20 BC. The oldest city in Germany is Worms 5000 before Chistus. The Celts left their mark on the city of Worms, making Worms the oldest city in Germany. At the beginning of the city's history, Worms was known by the Celtic names “Borbetomagus” and “Borbitumagus”. Due to the favorable flood-protected location on the banks of the Rhine, archaeologists were able to demonstrate a very high number of settlements right from the start. But it wasn't just the Celts who settled there. The Romans were also there. It is even assumed that a Roman fort was found in the Augustan period.
Was lernt ihr bloß?
Le paradis sur terre est en Europe et pas aux USA
Your wanna buy this we need the money
Hello Shahin, you have asked the right question in my opinion: What was the reason to built all these castles?
I try to give you an answer. The humans wanted to bring down the magnetic field (energy) to the houses and other "consumers" from the hills and mountains to the valleys. Therefore it was necessary to build up civil engineering contructive works cecw which were able to lift it up/enhance the magnetic field with stones, wood, iron, etc.; You needed a higher building around the "consumers"(houses, churches etc mainly down in the valley. Therefore it was necessary to build a higher cecw to have a higher electrostatic field/tension. The higher a cecw, the higher was the tension. With a higher cecw you were able to absorb the magnetic field/electricity e.g. from a mountain to a valley. And in a valley you had e.g. the consumers (houses, railway system, factories, etc.). The so called Schuhmann frequency shows some basics of the resonance field our earth. The code of this field is the cruz. So with the cecw`s you were able to connect all humans with each other and of course with endless energy (resonance energy). Therefore the buildings look sometimes pretty similar like vegetables, humans, animals especially on the highest point. That all is depressed by our rulers. The dominant historiography is the historiography of the rulers. I hope, I was able to answer your question a little bit. Greetings from Bavaria
Oh my God, this is so so cool thank you so much for your complete and you’re very detailed oriented explanation I really enjoyed it. Sending endless love to the beautiful Germany and beautiful Bavaria. Love peace and unity. have a great day my friend ❤️🙂🙏