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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- In this video, I react to and discuss the video: "This is Bavaria." My commentary is my based on my opinion as an Average Middle Aged American that had not yet been to Germany or Europe. :-)
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Original Video: • This is Bavaria
@dr.ludwig
"Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of 70,550.19 km², it is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. Wikipedia
Capital: Munich
Area: 27,240 mi²
Population: 13.08 million (2019) Eurostat"
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Greetings from Munich/ Bavaria 👋👋🏔️🌞 The new town hall of Munich 3:25 , 3:08 the Bavaria in Munich. 4:38 The old town of Regensburg is certainly one of the most beautiful, bigger German cities. The new Residence in city of Wuerzburg 5:25; 8:59 Burghausen, the longest (1km) castle in the word; 10:20 is a beauty of a church (inside). Is Kloster Ettal. 11:10 it is the Herrechiemsee Castle (located on an island in Lake Chiemsee). One of the castles of King Ludwig II. The three-wing complex was built between 1878 and 1886. It is only half finished. The castle is located in front of the wonderful Alpine backdrop of the Kampenwand. 11:50 Ingolstadt, the home of the car company AUDI, 12:07 The Kelheim Liberation Hall is beautiful and impressive inside. 12:15 Lindenhof, the third castle of King Ludwig 12:52 In many medieval towns there were city walls as ramparts and defensive structures. Germany still consisted of tens of thousands of (not always peaceful) kingdoms and counties. Today you can still find many towns in Germany where these fortifications with their huge city gates are visible. 14:40 is the Dom to city of Passau. The organs in the cathedral with
17,974 pipes resound in the cathedral to the glory of God. The Passau Cathedral organ was built in 1928 with 208 registers and was the largest church organ in the world at the time.16:20 Lindau on Lake Constance is a beautiful town with a small harbor. The old town is located on an island in Lake Constance. 17:46 the highest peak of Germany. Mount Zugspitze. 17:50 Hoellenthalklamm or Partbnachklamm (both near Garmisch Partenkirchen / Zugspitze region) are a must see.
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Thanks for all the information!!!
At 2:30 this is no church, it is the city hall of Munich, the muncipality
Cool!
9:00 Burghausen, the longest castle in the world
We visited Germany in May of this year. Started in Koln then Nuremberg and finished in Munchen. Its a magical country!
@rommelhale585 - Thanks for sharring!
Greetings from Munich rural area!
Watching your video just reminds me of how many places I as a native Bavarian haven't visited yet.
If you have time, you should check out the palaces of Nymphenburg (in Munich) and Schleißheim (close to Munich), which are inspired by the palace of Versailles 😉
There are round about 25,000 palaces, castles or ruins of them in Germany. If you're planing a visit here, you really have to think aboug where to go.
Thank you for the suggestion and for checking out my channel!
Did you know the White Colour for the White House in DC is from Germany 🇩🇪 Crasy Right! German White😊
Yes, the last time they came from Germany was in 2019 to paint the white house cream!😂
I am from Würzburg (2:41 in the Bavaria video, 5:45 in the reaction). Funnily enough, the other side of the Residenz is a huge car park, which used to be the forecourt of the prince-bishops residence, all paved with cobblestones of course. So you park right there, directly in front of the Uneso World Heritage Site.
I do love good parking! LOL!
11:20 Herrenchiemsee ... also says it in the subtitles...Bavarias last King in the second half of the 1800s spent tons of money for these things...which coincidently plays a surprisingly large part in why he was the last King...
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12:50 A typical medieval town. Unfortunately, not everywhere has such well-preserved town walls.
Cities also grew over time and city walls probably disappeared many were reused as building material.
WHO tells him that the first was not a church it was the city hall of Munich 😮😊❤
The USA has Disney, Europe has history.
Castles, palaces and town halls are witnesses to history.
@@lillikonig68 lol
2:15 Haha, of all the buildings with towers you could have used to express your admiration for old churches/cathedrals, you chose Munich's Neues Rathaus! Yes, it's called "New Town Hall" (where the mayor and city council reside) - although it looks old, it was only built in the 19th century. The architectural style is called "Neo-Gothic", or in the USA "Gothic Revival". There are also many churches/buildings in this style from the 19th century in the USA, just think of St Patrick's Cathedral in New York. - And yes, there is also an "Old Town Hall" in Munich that is in the original Gothic style and from the original Gothic era. It is located just on the other corner of Marienplatz, the main square in Munich's historic city centre.
Gut das du da bist!
I have lived in Germany (Nuremberg) for over 50 years and have only seen parts of this place. There is still a lot of
landscape between the towns and cities. 5 places that will be difficult, you have seen how much there is to see in
Bavaria and Franconia. I would say maybe 5 bases from which you could discover the area. But then always with
at least 3 days in the base and always a travel day in between....
Hamburg
Port city, shopping, food
Berlin
(Capital, and because all foreigners want to go there - the Germans don't)
Dresden
Culture (Zwinger, Frauenkirche, opera), beautiful landscape (Elbe Sandstone Mountains)
Nuremberg
in the center of Franconia, a good starting point for Erlangen, Bamberg, etc.
Munich
State capital, expensive, everyone wants to go to Oktoberfest, shopping, starting point for
the foothills of the Alps
I would say the minimum travel time is 30 days... US citizens, Chinese and Japanese
might be able to do it in 5 days, but then you can just stay at home.
In my 5 bases I haven't even taken the beautiful Baden-Würthemberg and the
underestimated west (Ruhr area) into account.
It is usually better to choose fewer places, but then see them in peace.
During my visit to the USA I only visited Boston and the region (1 week)
The best thing is to always try it out and then keep exploring new areas.
4:38
Nuremberg (or in german: Nürnberg).
2nd biggest city in Bavaria, 520k citizens).
Fantastic city. Worth a visit. Much history, good an bad.
Amazing food (Nuremberg Sausage 👍) and Beer.
But dont call them Bavarians, they insist to be Franconian.
to take a city like nördlingen in the 16th or 17th century would have been impossible by some bandits or sth. you would need an army to take such city, but even then they would have to outhunger them so they surrender, cause it was too difficult without the explosion might of the bigger cannons etc later developed that made the stone walls basically useless, it still gave the citizens a save feeling at those times. you have to understand that the walls you saw, would normaly be surrounded by water and other obsticles and on top of it would be a walkway to patroul. it was a fortified city, not easily to deal with!
5 places? Hamburg, Cologne, Munich, Dresden, Bamberg. Of course there are many places but you can reach them from there. For example, from Cologne you can take the train to Düsseldorf in a few minutes or to Koblenz in half an hour and from there to the Moselle valley or to Trier and from there to Luxembourg. Each place for about a week and then make day trips from there. It doesn't have to be in one of these cities, but in the surrounding area. It's cheaper. I always rent a hotel in a suburb. The train may have a bad reputation when it comes to punctuality, but local connections usually run every half hour and you don't have any appointments on holiday. If a train doesn't come, you have another beer and take the next one.
Thank you for the suggestions!
Greetings from Munich, Maxvorstadt!
Howdy from the USA!
I am working just underneath the Burghausen Castle at 8:55 . it holds the guinnes record as the Longest Castle in the world.
So if you really want to go on holiday in Germany, it's not easy to name 5 top destinations. Because Germany has everything to offer: coasts, lakes, vineyards, romantic river landscapes, low mountain ranges, the Alps, etc. To answer the question about the destinations, we would need to know the interests, and whether a rental car is planned or not, and the length of a holiday. Without the information, I would suggest: holiday in Munich. Firstly: Munich is the most beautiful of the big German cities. Secondly: from Munich you can reach almost all of the destinations in the video by train (Neuschwanstein, Kempten, Füssen, Augsburg, Herrenchiemsee, Lindau, Würzburg, Nuremberg, Berchtesgaden, Bad Tölz, etc.). And it's relatively cheap with the so-called Bayernticket. Therefore, Munich is the best starting point. And you can get to Austria (Salzburg; Innsbruck; Kufstein; Bregenz) and Switzerland relatively quickly by train. But not during the Oktoberfest. At this time the hotel prices are much more higher then normal. Example: price per night normally 78 Euros. During Oktoberfest 178 Euros per night.
For a pure boat trip, I recommend a boat trip through the Moselle Valley (Trier to Koblenz, or Metz (France) - Luxembourg - Trier - Koblenz) and the Middle Rhine Valley from Koblenz to Bingen.
WOW - thank you for the very detailed suggestions! So much to see, so much do!
I, as a GER subscriber, have lived in Munich for a couple of years - this city is simply fabulous IME, especially during summer. In case you are interested in more English speaking YT-channels covering Bavaria, "Near From Home" might be the one of your choice.
Thanks for your suggestion and subscription!
You blowing it away and we builded it again 😉
Um...
Let me say one thing...yes most of the things were blown away because of the WW2, and especially in the eastern part you will still see a lot of comunist stuff, because they did not rebuild anything. Most things there are reconstructed after 1990, but also nice landscape.
If one day you decide to come and to visit us, welcome. But be aware, most places don't have air condition and today it is more than 30C (86,5 fahrenheid)...holy sweat....😅
"Where do you park?"
Me:😖,
no but really: *outside* the city centre, *outside* the courts and palaces... European cities in general have something that US cities threw away in the first half of the 20th century: public transport... and extensive networks to boost😉.
Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz
It has become a running joke. 🙂
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American I know, just *had* to react for once. 🤣
Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz
@@RaoulKunz1 - 😆
That building at 5:41 (Residenz) literally has a huge ass parking lot right in front of it (left of the building in the video). I walk past or through that garden almost every day. It's nice.
11:00 That's Herrenchiemsee palace, one of the other palaces of the mad fairy tale king Ludwig II of Bavaria. It's a 19th century copy of Versailles palace in France, but slightly bigger (the part that has been completed) and more opulent. And it is located on an island in the Chiemsee, the biggest lake in Bavaria.
Why the question about parking? Leave the car at home. You can reach everything with public transport. Every town that is car centric looks ugly like American towns: broad stroads, …, lots of parking spaces. Although you will never find as much parking as in the States. 😢 😘
I have never not owned at least one car since I was 16 years old. Completely different mindset and infrastructure.
Hello from Bavaria
Howdy from USA!
This is not Photoshop, Bavaria is a beautiful landscape when the weather is right :)
@@burger3387What do you mean by right weather?
@@bastian6625 We have a lot of rain and cloudy days in Germany - but that's also the reason why everything is so lush and green.
@@hape3862 From your pine logo, I would guess, you are from or near Augsburg, right? I am originally from Nuremberg (although living in Italy). I am also an ecologist, so I know quite well climate and weather aspects. I am just not sure what you meant. That you'll need sunshine for nice drone shots or what did you want us to tell?
Herrenchiemsee is a complex of royal buildings on Herreninsel, the largest island in the Chiemsee lake, the island, formerly the site of an Augustinian monastery, was purchased by King Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1873. From 1878 onwards, he had the New Herrenchiemsee Palace (Neues Schloss) erected, based on the model of Versailles.
From 10 to 23 August 1948, the representatives of eleven German states of the Western Zones and West Berlin met at the Old Palace as the Verfassungskonvent (Constitutional Convention) to prepare the work for drafting the Basic Law (Grundgesetz) with a view to the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany.
(Much more in wikipedia): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herrenchiemsee
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6:20 the grey roof is just grey because it reflects the sun at this angle, the whole roof is the same color. it's the residence in Würzburg, a UNESCO world heritage site, too bad it doesn't show the inside
all bigger medieval towns had a full wall btw. the one at 14:00 is built in a meteor crater that's why it's almost perfectly round
if you truely want your mind blown, google Asam Kirchl or Asam church and look at pictures of the inside. imho the most beautiful interior of anything ever built.
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Bavaria is not Germany!
@peterpaul5820 - Bavaria is not a state in Germany???