The Powerful Lesson Germany Taught Me

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[m.m.]

My husband for 41 years is a Canadian who used live in big cities like Sydney (Australia ), Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto, where we met in 1976.
He moved to Germany in 1981, found a very good job in his field and together we have raised 2 kids in a small village in the Southwest, close to the river Rhine.
He says he is so happy to be living "auf dem Dorf"!
Our village of about 12000 people is more than 1300 years old and has a lot to offer.
He says it is the best that could happen to him ❤️❤️❤️

[sanderspanjaardt]

This is why i moved from busy Amsterdam to a 300 people (Dorf) in germany in the middle of nowhere. Ohh man i feel at home here :)

[Matt..S]

Are you still interested in maps? I'm a local and have a ton of old books about Hall with maps on how the city looked before and changed, from the middle ages to today, including a lot of pictures that are rather interesting to look at and figure out where exactly the buildings used to be or how they look today, like the Kocherquartier or even St. Michaels, the old city wall, etc etc. Ideal material to make those overlay pictures, holding up the old and aligning it with the current view. And depending on your interest in German fairy tale stories, I also have a collection of local folklore legends in two smaller books printed in Altdeutsch. One of them could make a really cool Halloween themed video

[davidk]

Absolutely correct. 1977-80 I was stationed at a small army air base (Nellingen Kaserne) overlooking Esslingen am Neckar that was then celebrating its 1200 year anniversary. Spared from destruction in WW2, the center of the old city is an architectural miniature of Schwabisch Hall. Two cathedrals (Stadtkirche St. Dionys and Frauenkirche) a stone's throw from one another, but separated by centuries are absolutely stunning. As is the Burg. Holds a special place in my soul.

[hansmeiser]

8:39 "key in hand, key in hand. I have terrible OCD..."

Everybody who ever had to call the Schlüsselnotdienst has.

[tsurutom]

Something that has this effect even more than beautiful old buildings (at least on me) is nature.

[starseed]

NALF's channel is also kind of a beautiful old gem that is here to last on YouTube..

[jeffmorse]

I recently moved to Florida from California. The city of 100K that I live in didn't exist 50 years ago. It's almost all 1990s forward from business to homes. While it's nice to be in such a clean, new, planned environment it can be a bit sterile. Just 30 minutes drive away is St. Augustine, which is the oldest European settlement in the US. I love walking it's historic streets and imagining what it may have been like during those times centuries ago. The architecture is central to that and when I go home I feel refreshed in a way. While new is nice and convenient, historic let's you realize that you're part of a timeline stretching back many years.

[maxbarko]

3:06 That is so true. Our environment has a huge impact on us. Since living in Canada, the car centric and boring infrastructure took its toll on my well being. I lost my creativity, fell in a depression and am severely sick now. To the point that I can’t leave anymore.

[root]

I can relate to the quote you shared in the video. I am working as urban planner and mobility scientist in Austria and we pretty much rely on the same quote for shaping people-mobility in cities (travel behavior, mode choice, etc.). In german the quote is "Struktur schafft Verhalten" which translatest to "urban structure induces behavior". It is based on observations made by Austrian transport science professor Hermann Knoflacher.

[McGhinch]

I am German and I also make sure I have my key before I close the door. I can understand you. 🙂

[dutchyjhome]

It is so nice to see that you're really starting to appreciate the Old World of Europe and more specific Germany and Schwäbisch Hall in particular. This is what Europe does to Americans, whom take the liberty to stay long enough in Europe to even get there to this point. For us Europeans in general it is nice to go see the world, but only because we can return to Europe again and live our livers here structurally. The very few Europeans whom decide to stay and live in another country out side Europe is slim. And even then most of us will return to Europe after a certain amount of time anyway. Once in Europe one will have to learn to slow down and start walking the place and start actually seeing things and so take your time to actually process what you are seeing (old buildings downtown, Castles, Churches, Art in the street, Musea, anything which makes this place a whole) Such an impression will get more and more intensive over time, especially when one is exposed to this day after day.

[blondkatze]

I can well imagine that you Nalf feel very comfortable there in Schwäbisch Hall and have peace and quiet. I personally live in the countryside in northern Germany and love the nature, the animals and the peace and quiet here. You can also go for nice walks and go on great bike tours. I could never live in a big city where it is loud and there is a lot of traffic. Here in East Frisia there are also many old farmers and half-timbered houses that are so beautiful.🙂🌻🌷

[TheEulerID]

If you think 40, 000 is a small town, then the one I live in has a population of just over 3, 000. The locals fiercely defend its status, granted by Henry III in 1256. You call it a village at your peril.

Also, a connection to the video, it is only about 8 miles (13km) from the birthplace of Winston Churchill. You can easily walk to Blenheim Palace from where I live. I retired here from a much larger, somewhat anonymous town. This place feels like a community, and is a hive of activity, not a dormitory town for work. I can walk everywhere; I can walk to the doctors, to the (small) supermarket, to one of four pubs, and five places to eat. Some of these places are run by friends. I'm lucky I can also walk to the railway station. It's a people-sized place, and if I want to get to somewhere larger, it's not far away on the train or the bus.

nb. you do live in a very beautiful town.

[jokervienna]

That could be me, talking about Vienna. Very many old buildings, very much history, many tales and myths, many small creative zones and projects. I have lived here some ten years now, and since the first time I visited, it has always felt like home.

[bolinfan]

You have put into words why I decided to live in Budapest. I'm a military historian and this beautiful city is inspiring for my work. Vielen dank!

[LooWa]

Only somebody from the outside can describe, what we have and enjoy without knowing.

[grmpflz]

I was born and raised in one of the suburbs of Munich/Bavaria, that were formerly independant villages and 1933 integrated in the town of Munich. While Munich is quite young, "only 850 years old", the little suburb where I am from celebrates its 1250iest anniversary this year. There are a lot o Roman and Celtic remains around Munich, up to archeological finds of settlings from thousands of years ago. I love Munich an my suburb, but in the 1990ies I moved to a little village in the "outback" of Munich with only 800 inhabitants. I live in a house from the 15th century and it changed my life. I still love my hometown and its atmosphere, but now I am able to decide if I want to visit it and don't have to be there by circumstances. Everytime I'm happy to come back to my little village paradise in the middle of nature. So I have the best of both sides: Munich (called Millionendorf) and my home nearby...

[rogermerritt]

My wife and I visited Schwabisch Hall way back in 1992 and thought it was very charming. I've climbed to the top of the church tower and took photos, etc. At the time my wife's sister lived in Schwabisch Gmund, to the south. She ended up moving southeast of Stuttgart and we've never been back to S. Hall, but we've been back to Germany 6 or 7 times, and we LOVE Germany so, so much! You are lucky to have made a life there, thus far. Keep up the good work! I used to live in England, but I've been living in the southeastern USA since 1994, and I wish more southerners could visit Germany and Europe in general. It would do them some good and they could learn something.