Every GERMAN State Explained! (Pronunciation & Bundesländer)

The 16 Federal States of Germany! In this video, we discuss the different German states in English and German and the landscape of each... along with some unsolicited opinions. :P We love looking at maps and Phil could seriously stare at maps for hours. Once all this is over we'd love to travel around Germany some more and see other cities! Which city would you like to visit next?

00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Disclaimer
00:21 - Baden-Württemberg
00:56 - Bavaria (Bayern)
01:54 - Berlin
02:32 - Brandenburg
03:13 - Bremen
03:46 - Hamburg
04:23 - Hesse (Hessen)
05:07 - Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
06:17 - Cute Bear Reminder
06:36 - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
07:08 - North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
08:04 - Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)
08:30 - Saarland
08:51 - Saxony (Sachsen)
09:34 - Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt)
10:03 - Schleswig-Holstein
10:43 - Thuringia (Thüringen)
11:27 - Bonus State!
12:20 - Which state would you like to visit? Don't forget to Subscribe! :)

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[DeanaandPhil]

Once all this is over we'd love to travel some more around Germany to see other cities! Which city would you like to visit next? 🤔

[kleinerbuddha]

In Germany, I'm never really asked where I'm from. They usually know as soon as I open my mouth and think "Oh Gott, noch ein Schwabe!".

[nilsvonsteinfelde]

Thuringia is with the Weimar Republic the birthplace of German democracy.and the cities Erfurt and Weimar have both very interesting history

[svenjavester]

Ich sage, wie fast alle vom Land im schwäbischen, dass ich „aus der Nähe von Stuttgart“ komme - obwohl fast 100 km entfernt. Aber hier in der Umgebung gibt’s keine größere bekannte Städte 🙈

[mao]

I think it's actually pretty sad that people don't know much about Saxony-Anhalt considering how many beautiful cultural and natural sites it has to offer. Just a few examples that are worth to check out, especially considering that you are fairly close to the border:

- Quedlinburg has one of the oldest town centres in Germany or maybe even Europe
- The Wörlitzer Park is a huge and beautiful garden/park with loads of sights and canals running through it
- Eisleben is the birth place of Martin Luther and in Wittenberg you he started the Reformation (also Wittenberg itself is beautiful)
- Dessau has the Bauhaus and the related "Meisterhäuser" which are really important for modern design and architecture
- Naumburg has a beautiful Cathedral and in that region you can find Germany's northernmost wine region where the popular "Rotkäppchen" brand is from

[ACEsParkJunheeWreckedMeHard]

Funfact: If ou think it is too long to say "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" people will also understand if you just say "Meckpom"

[peppilottasikuriina]

Much love from Finland to all my lovely Germans <3

[valbhion]

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern also has beaches, fine, sandy, long beaches.

[Capo]

I’m from Finland and Germany is my favourite holiday destination:) it’s nice place to have fun. I’ve been visiting there mostly North Rhine-Westphalia area:) so this one was a good clip.

[murielschuler]

8:44
Ich komme aus dem Saarland und ja wir sind zwar nicht viele und haben auch recht viel Wald, aber es lohnt sich sehr es mal besuchen zu kommen! Das Saarland hat auch eine relativ interessante Geschichte, da wir mal zu Deutschland gehört haben, dann zu Frankreich, dann waren wir auch schon unser eigenes Land und schließlich gehören wir zu Deutschland. Unser "Wahrzeichen" ist die Saarschleife wo es auch einen Baumwipfelpfad gibt; man hat eine fantastische Sicht von dort aus. Außerdem "lieben" wir unseren Lyoner (Fleischwurst) und Maggi; was man beides bei sehr vielem essen kann (v.a. Maggi (ist wie ein Gewürz, sowas in der Art)). Wir haben auch schöne Stauseeen wo man drin schwimmen kann. In Losheim (Dorf in Nordsaarland mit ca. 5000 Einwohnern) gibt es auch eine über 100 Jahre alte Eisenbahn mit der man noch manchmal auf Museumsfahrten fahren kann (man kann auch im Stausee schwimmen gehen und im Seehotel (3 Sterne Hotel) übernachten).
Und noch viel mehr...
Wir werden zwar immer unterschätzt doch wie man ja sagt: klein aber fein.

LG aus dem Saarland😊

[larawoitge]

I mean at least Mecklenburg-Vorpommern got the two biggest islands of Germany Rügen (that's where I live) and Usedom 🥰 actually both are common places for germans to spend their holiday at (especially in the summer because of the beaches)

[bastiaan]

You should go to the Saarland region, i used to go there when i was young and it is probably the prettiest place in Germany.

[geoffreykigongo]

Grüße aus Magdeburg! I'm from New York but haven't been home in over a year now. Last summer though, when the situation was better than today I visited many cities all over Germany. I've been to every state now! Thanks for your wonderful channel!

[rszanger]

Schleswig-Holstein has an interesting story. Through out the centuries, this state had been belong to both Denmark or Germany back and forth.

[nilsbauer]

My favorite Bundesland of Germany is Schleswig-Holstein, for me it is the german spoken England, the landscape all around looks pretty similar to England and to Holland as well too, I Love this coastcountries at Europes northern coasts including the Baltic sea, and for me Schleswig-Holstein is the special German, federal State between the two northern European waters, and what i also Love are beautiful sight of the typical German reed roofed Cottages which also can Look similar to the irish, english and dutch cottages as well. I Love that Image for sure, mostly my vacation i spent in Countries like that.

[sueschaaff]

My mom is from the Saarland area. It's not dark. You really should visit. We brought my father's ashes back home after he past 4 years ago. It's a beautiful place and if I went to ever move to Germany, that is the area I want to live.

[teeksGG]

I'm an American and my fiance lives in the state of Baden-Württemberg. I was just there for 2 weeks at the start of this year and I can't wait to go back, so beautiful there.

[cariettamei]

When someone asks where I'm from, I definitely say the nearest city. I think that has two reason: people within the states are so different from region to region, for example you can't compare Nuremberg and Munich at all, so Niedersachsen also doesn't tell them much.
And, most importantly, Germany being much smaller than the US, people want a more specific answer.

[MonkeyDRuffy]

Fakten zu Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Die größte Insel Deutschlands liegt an seiner Küste die Insel Rügen und MeckPom hat die größte zusammenhängende Seelandschaft die Mecklinburgische Seenplatte. Außerdem sind die Seebäder auf Rügen und Usedom sehenswert. In Peenemünde wurde die Rakete von Werner von Braun entwickelt.

[perbjorndahl]

Very nice video!

A couple of comments from Sweden. When people ask from where do I come, it very much depends on where I am when I get the question. If asked in the US, I would say Sweden in northern Europe, in Europe I would only say Sweden, in Sweden I would say Stockholm or the Stockholm area and in Stockholm area I would say the city of Lidingö. Lidingö is a city on an island and the water separating it from Stockholm is about 800 m (or half a mile) wide at the most narrow point and there we have two bridges one six-lane car bridge and another bridge for trams, bicyclists and pedestrians.

Being from Sweden, I have visited all "alte Bundesländer" a lot from the early 1960-ies onwards and all "neue Bundesländer" from the late 1990-ies when our children were old enough to enjoy travelling. Our oldest is born on November 9th, 1989 - the day the Berlin Wall came down!

On German accents - as a foreigner - the German I took in school is a more northern version. An example, the bread that you have with breakfast that was supposed to be called "Brötchen" and later when I took a summer class at the University in Vienna, there it is called "Semmel". There are other differences as well some differ between Germany and Austria other between northern an southern Germany and can be the same in for instance Bavaria and Austria. Another example: In Germany they say "Januar und Februar" and in Austria "Jänner und Feber" for January and February, and still both countries speak German. (They also do in parts of Switzerland, but that I would call an accent or version of German that I cannot understand). So today, when visiting Germany I speak a mix of northern and southern German).