Geography Now Germany..Reaction

The Donfather Reacts..
Credit to Geography Now for the video

[mdmotiv]

Thanks for the reaction of Germany 🇩🇪 greetings from Germany ❤️

[stefanfeith]

Beethoven was born in Bonn, which was not part of Belgium. His parents had moved to Bonn from Belgium before his birth.

[minchen_]

Funfact:
Lower Saxony is the true Saxony of Europe (Historicans call it "old Saxony"), while the wellknown Saxony in eastern germany has actually nothing to do with the Saxons. Lower Saxony was divided into different smaller duchies after Henry the Lion - Duke of Saxony and Bavaria - lost his lands and titles. The Title "Duke of Saxony" went to an aristocrat in the east of the holy roman empire and that guy decided to just rename his margrave "Meißen" into "Saxony".
After WW2 Lower Saxony was put together again and was in need for a name. Because its historical name was still taken by the modern day Saxony in the East - it was decided to call it Lower Saxony. Low is not referring to a geographic location but to the language of the people which is "Niederdeutsch" (in english "Low German") - a language similiar to dutch.

[NewAeonWarlord]

Haha, damn, I'm so German Engineer here. From Bavaria, well actually Frankonia which is technically part of Bavaria but Frankonians dont particularly like being called Bavarians ;)

[Knarsen]

Lower Saxony is "Lower" because the land is closer to sea level than in Saxony

[Historylord]

He says that, ,Moin“ is only in the north. But you can say it everywhere in Germany. Maybe bavarians don’t understand it but they are no germans xd😉

[nvrforgottn]

as an american who went thru public school here i LOVE the idea of 3 different types of schools past basic education i just dont think it could be pulled off here but that is something i would be willing to spend money on trying to do if possible

[scttishlass]

German with a Scottish great-grandmother: Germany does not have tornadoes, not in the way the US and some parts of Asia have. We have very strong gales and storms called ORKAN. Tornadoes are always spiral/funnel-formed while Germany gets a lot of storms and gales (like this past weekend). To the chagrin of the rest of Germans, Bavarians are like the Lederhosen stereotype, and not because they have so many tourists, they are the idiot brother you love to hate. ;)
In Swabia, during the Fasnet aka Fastnacht aka Carnival the wild men don their wooden masks and big witches' bells to chase winter away. It's a custom older than Christianity, and is connected in a roundabout way to the Merry Men in England and the Green Man.
As for Carnival in the Rhineland area which is called the fifth season btw, a lot of traditional groups wear uniforms which make fun of the Napoleonic troops that occupied the Rhineland before 1815.
And yes we do love our beer and our bread :D

[nikolaiquack]

As to what the people people from Baden-Württemberg were wearing: Those masks are part of the carnival tradition in the south west of Germany. It's a really weird thing and even creeped me out. In fact, if you were to talk to someone from northern Germany or most Germans for that matter, they couldn't tell you what it is.
Basically in that part of Germany there are some guilds that go around in February and March of each year with those masks on. They give out candy to kids and do some weird (questionable) shit, such as steeling shoe laces (or in some cases entire shoes) of people who came to watch the parade. They also do stuff like paint your face with markers, bind your feet together and other sort of pranks. I personally don't like it, but it's a big part of the culture down their and my ex loved that stuff since she grew up there.

[shenjahofflin]

The thing with "Lower Saxony"is actually not a geographic thing, but a historical one.
In reality, the "normal" Saxony from today has nothing to do with the ancient saxons. The saxons actually lived roughly in the region of Lower Saxony. At that time, it was really called "Saxony". However, somehow the name was kind of removed (i think because the saxons were defeated at one point, but i don't remember by whom) and it was given another name (i don't remember which). Another dukedom named "Meißen" which was roughly situated in the region of the Saxony from today, took the name (maybe because the duke thaught it was beautiful, i don't know😅) and that lasted very long.
At some point in the early 20th century i think, the ancient region of Saxony was renamed once again. However, the region which sort of took their old name, was still called Saxony, so that wasn't an opion.
They finally came Up with the name of Lower Saxony (original: Niedersachsen), but not because of the geographic situation. The actual reason was the dialect they spoke there which was calledb"Niederdeutsch", in english "lower german". So that's why Lower Saxony ist called Lower Saxony.
I hope it helped understand the Situation and circumstances.
Please excuse my english, I'm not a native speaker, but from Germany.
Have a nice day!

[buttersky]

They have traditional wooden masks on their faces. It's part of the typical "fasnet" (carnival) costume in the south and dates back to the middle ages.

[realdomdom]

4:42 Hat der doch glatt das Hermannsdenkmal vergessen!

[sualtam]

The whole Lower [insert country] stuff was invenetd by the Romans. Lower means further away from Rome.
The economy of Germany was always strong. Some peope say that the main reason for Britain entering WW1 was that Germany became No. 1 for a couple of years prior to it.
PS: Also "sometimes yeast"? I guess the other times wild alcohol appears :)

[markusschenkl]

Just love hearing a Scotsman speaking! ;-)

[DanieltheWolf]

Greets from germany.☺☺☺☺☺ Football connects the world❤

[KardoganLR]

300 sorts of bread is not correct. There are around 3, 200 sorts of breads and buns in Germany. Most of them regional.

[JorlinJollyfingers]

"Mein Kampf" is not illegal to own in Germany. It Is illegal to print and sell though. Because Bavarian holds the inellectually rights and they don't permit reprinting it. But noone misses out on reading it, i've got a original copy (since every couple got one on wedding and i inherited it from my grandparents), i tried to read it ... it's just incoherent rambling of a total lunatic.

[TheWolvesCurse]

as a hassian i can testify for our tendency of talking too much.

[TheChickenlittle]

Are you a Scotsman living in Northern Ireland ?

[NewAeonWarlord]

Also to be somewhat less stereotypically german: more Muay Thai reactions!!! ;) :p