haha, glad we could surprise you with it! We loved your city 👍We really are surprised that having "the world's tallest church" doesn't draw more people there 🤷♂️ It was great!
The windows got removed by the citizens prior to the bombing raids. Also the Ulmer Münster has no timber construction under the roof shindles, but completely made of steel, because when they had to rebuild it, someone told them about the Eifel Tower and its steel construction. There is actually one bend steel beam, but it's not visible from the areas you can visit as a tourist.
@@PassportTwo I'm sorry to say that but I don't think those informations are true, because I live close to Ulm, I'm there every single day, and walked to the top of the münster at least 7 times, and I never heard about that. And it's not even the tallest church in Germany, it's the tallest church, made out of stone, worldwide
@@PassportTwo I made an apprenticeship (not sure if the written correctly) for the Protestant Church of Württemberg (Lutheran, like the Münster) and I got a special tour with the Dekan and the pastor. Including closed places, that are not shown during tourist tours (you're not allowed ther, normally, but if you go there with the boss...).
@@johanneskasper4775 The same construction as on the Cologne Cathedral. They decided to take a steel construction for the roof because it was at that time the most modern art of building a stable and fire protective roof. The roof of the Cologne Cathedral itself is made out of lead, the measurements are 12000 square meter and weighs 600 tons...
I do agree with this, we also hate it whenever people do that...but we rarely see our initials so we thought that was funny. I will say though, I do sometimes find the scribbles from the early 1900's or 1800's kind of cool though. There was a lot of that in Egypt. It still is graffiti, but then that kind of became another cool part of the history to me 🤷♂️
I do agree. But sometimes it is also History. In Freiburg on the Minster are some Grafitti carved in the Sandstone from Soldiers who was on Duty near the Minster, from about 1815
I am so with you on that one - just bizarre how some people have a need to leave their mark everywhere - almost is if they have to document that they were there - even if Killroy wasn't.
I am german and I didn’t know that germany has the tallest church of the the world. I am learning so much about germany because of your videos. Also it’s so sad that you have so little subscribers, you deserve way more. 💕
So glad we can show you some things! It’s funny how often people forget to explore their own backyard. We did the same for a lot of the US. Haha, thanks for that 😊
Habt ihr auch den Ulmer Spatz gesehen? Da gibt es auch eine Sage dazu. Als die Ulmer das Münster baute, bekamen sie einen Balken nicht durch eine Tür, erst als sie einen Spatz beobachteten, der einen Zweig zum Nestbau in eine kleine Höhle bekam hatten sie die Lösung.
I hope you have been to the Herrenkeller which is the oldest restaurant in Ulm (since the 14th century). The even named the street after it. When I was working in Neu-Ulm (in Bvaria, on the other bank of the Danube river), I came to Ulm during lunchtime and ate at a place in the Fischerviertel called Taverna Azzurra. A small Italian restaurant in an old vault with no card and only three dishes - some of the best Italian food I ever ate. Ah, and the main difference between Cologne Cathedral and Ulm Minster is that the latter has only one steeple. So, in total, Cologne Cathedral is bigger.
You instinctively did it right. There is an unspoken rule in narrow staircases like this that the people going down squeeze out of the way in the inner circle while the people going up can keep going at their own speed, because they still have the stairs up to conquer.
haha, I'm glad our instincts were right! There was one poor guy though who saw us coming down and just panicked and turned around to walk all the way back down without trying to squeeze by to the top 😂
Great video 👍🏻. If you like that kind of huge monuments, you definitely should visit the Völkerschlachtdenkmal in Leipzig, approaching it from the northwestern parking lot.
I am like you. Whenever I see a cathedral with stairs going up to the top I go up. I love the exercise and the views. My favorites have been the York Minster, the Florence Duomo, the Torre Asinelli in Bologna, and the Segovia Cathedral in Spain. I will have to make it to Germany to see the marvelous cathedral of Ulm. It looks amazing. So much history.
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Now imagine standing on top of the burj kalifah, which is about 5 times as high as that.
Did you visit the teashop just beneath the Ulmer Münster? They have the best teas ever. When I came to Ulm for my job, I brought a lot of tea back home to hassia... Kaminfeuer is very famous, but others are great as well.
Thanks for this video. I am not from Ulm but went to school in Neu-Ulm in 1981. For lived in a small village on the Schwäbische Alb my center of activies was Ulm. I went up that steeple about 5 times during that year. Pretty much every time when I got visited by friends and family. I found that last staircase to the top very scary, especially on the way down. It's a petty that you had bad weather. I had one day with a perfect view to the Alps. The mountains seemed so close I felt I could touch them.
Wow! That sounds amazing! I honestly think we will be back there when we have friends and family come visit also and hopefully we will be able to see the Alps next time 😊
This vid makes me homesick. I guess one thing to mention is, that the Münster only survived the bombing in WW2 because the first US bombers attacking the city actually did not drop bombs, but glowing signs (I guess they were called "christmas trees") to mark the Münster. The following bomber waves then avoided the so marked area. The people in Ulm are still thankfull for that, because it not only saved the Münster from destruction, but also saved the lives of hundrets of people seeking shelter in the Münster.
Wow! Thanks so much for adding that history, I had no clue. That’s super interesting and I’m glad that’s as done as well to save it for future generations like us to appreciate it. Sorry to make you homesick! 😊
I took my son’s class to the top years ago. At 4:58 I saw my neighborhood way in the distance and my children’s school just below. I can see the Munster from my house.
Passport Two I have only lived here for 8 years. When the weather is right, I can also see the Alps from end to end from my house. That takes my breath away!!!
A little bit of info I was taught. The Munster was not destroyed during WWII as it was used as a marker to navigate. So they purposely left it standing while the rest of the area was flattened.
@@PassportTwo its nicer in the summer or spring. in the winter the wind gets rly damnd cold. btw take at least 2 days. one for the Festung and one for the Bastei. and if you start to love this area, there is a lot more towarts east germany... some ppl call it "Tschechien (CZ) the area is called Böhmische Schweiz on the CZ side and Sächsiche schweiz on the DE side.
Years ago I volunteered as a tourist guide on that top platform of the Muenster (I grew up in Ulm). Approx. 50% of people come up the way the girl did (Facing the wall, not being able to look down).
Hello, do you planing to visit Celle someday? It's a small city north-east from Hannover. This city has about 500 original half-timbered houses and a castle in the style of the Renaissance and Baroque. There are also lot's of possibilities to go shopping. Travel safe! Kind regards
We haven't heard of it yet! We do keep a list on our phone of places to visit after people like you comment and recommend places. We will add this!! Thanks 😊
A trip idea could be Flensburg in north germany. The Schleswig-Holstein area is kinda danish/german with a interesting history. And while you are up there take a trip ower the border to maninland denmark and visit the original LEGOland and LEGO House and fourther north the B&O museum :-)
Nice! Thanks so much for the suggestion! North Germany is an area we really want to explore a lot more soon. Thanks also for the specific recommendations of places to go not just a broad area. That helps us know what we have to check out! 😊
@@PassportTwo You gotta see the baltic cities like Schleswig and Eckernförde and the North Sea island of Amrum! Totally different Germany! Once seen you will be in love forever.
No! We have never heard that 😃 haha, but when we are talking to someone who is native English speaking and told them we went to “Ulm”, we have to repeat it a few times before we finally just spell it because for some reason those three letters put together are heard for us to say and register when we hear it 😂 so that tongue twister would be a challenge for us!
@@PassportTwo It is more a funny thing to do. Like another one "an den Kopf, um den Kopf, in den Kopf." while you put your Glass on your forehead, the glass around your head and then of course drink it.
@@PassportTwo Well it literally means "In Ulm, about Ulm and around Ulm...but I know it as "In Ulm, um Ulm, und rund um Ulm herum" same meaning but slightly different expressed.
Ah the next time you are in Ulm take a little detour to Blaubeuren. Blaubeuren in itself is very nice, but most importantly there is the Blautopf, which is a very beautiful spring, especially nice to visit in summer. It connects to a hugh underground cave system. The area is also interesting when you are interested archeology and the stone ages. In the Ulmer Museum you find the "Löwenmensch" and in Blaubeuren the "Venus vom Hohe Fels" some of the oldest human made figurines, which were found in caves in the region. (In general I would prefer the Ulmer Museum over the Brotmuseum).
If you ever plan on visiting Ulm again, I'd recommend comming in December. Ulm has a beautifull cristmas market right in front of the Münster. At the same time Neu-Ulm has the tinyest of medieval cristmas markets.
Thanks so much! Been working on that for a while and finally getting to a place I'm pretty happy with how our videos turn out so it is nice knowing it is appreciated 😊
Something not very well known: Ulm (together with Neu-Ulm) is also the city with the largest fortress in Europe, the inner wall alone having a length of 9 km reaching around both cities ;)
*If I remember it correctly* from a tourguide (I am from Ulm and we went there from school) they used bricks (and also sandstone) because it was the cheapest building material they had and they couldn't afford "proper" stones in their situation at that time. The bricks were from old and destroyed buildings and so they didn't have to buy other stones. Ich wohne inzwischen nicht mehr in/bei Ulm und bin nur noch selten in der Stadt aber es sieht ja ganz so aus als würden die Sedelhöfe auch noch irgendwann fertig werden. :D
Aaah I totally feel you on the height part 😱. I can't even properly work from a ladder. And I'm a craftswoman 🙈. Luckily, as a furniture maker I don't have to climb ladders too often 😅.
Fun fact: There is actually a church here in Chicago that's taller than the Ulm church. The Chicago Temple building is 568 ft, tall. (173 meters) The total structure is taller than the Ulm cathedral. But since it has a small office in it, it's not considered fully recognized as the world's tallest since it's not 100% used as a church because of this, even though it is in fact physically taller. Some consider it the tallest and others don't. But no one denies it is the taller of the two physically. The cross on top is afterall the highest cross on top of any church in the world. LOL! XD When it was completed in the late 1920's, it was Chicago's tallest building, until the Chicago Board Of Trade was completed. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Chicago_Temple_Building.jpg
Wow, guys very impressive video. I loved the scene where the shadow of the steeple could be seen. I have been to Ulm a couple of times but did to spend much time there to my dismay. I would love to check out this church on my next trip (As soon as Germany will let me in due to COVID ). I absolutely love church history and as I have researched (right after viewing your video) I found out that Martin Luther actually had preached in that very church numerous times. Aubrey was holding on for dear life on the top portion of the church lol. I am glad that she was ok. Yall do a great job and I am loving your videos more and more as I catch up with your content. I have a long ways to go to catch up but it sure is an honor and a pleasure to view your videos. . Thank You so much for sharing. :).
We're really impressed with your persistence thus far in getting through our videos! haha, We are glad you are enjoying them though 😃 We, particularly Aubrey, also loves church history. One recent highlight was going to Erfurt and seeing the monastery where Martin Luther became a monk. We hope to trace more of his path through Germany once we are able to move a little more freely as well.
@@PassportTwo Thank You so much, I really enjoy your content tremendously. So nice that you had been to Erfurt. I have been to the Wartburg castle twice and the last time that I was there I had stopped at the monastery where Martin Luther became a monk but it was closed. I will surely keep trying. I have now been to Wittenberg twice as well. The first time that had visited Wittenberg was at the 500th year anniversary where Martin Luther hit the nail on the head 95 times lol. The second time was back in June of 2019 when my wife and three other couples had visited. I will surely be returning to Wittenberg hopefully many more times.
What I think is sad is the people of Ulm donated money to build a Catholic church, and after a couple of centuries, Protestantism came in and almost with a violent influence had a movement to confiscate this church and turn it into a Lutheran church. The current congregation voted to switch it from Catholic to Lutheran and the majority won. While the Lutherans didn't STEAL it, it seems a shame that the people who put the money into it to build the majority of it had no idea their contribution would not go toward what they thought they were building. It was once highly decorated on the insides and filled with statues and had a big beautiful main altar, but the anti-Catholic fury at the time deemed Catholic art inside a church to be simply "too Catholic" and they took out statues, modified the altar art work, and PAINTED OVER THE ARTWORK ON THE WALLS with drab gray paint!!! I find this almost abusive.
Power of suggestion??? I got the "willies" when you panned down with your camera from the top which is comical for 2 reasons... 1. I'm not afraid of heights and 2. in 1980 when I climbed to the top myself, I didn't get the "willies" looking down...LOL
Once per year (except covid...) there's the Landesposaunentag in Ulm. I once visited it. Just imagine 5000 trumpets and Posaunen within the Ulmer Münster. And at the end, there was a concert of 11000... Earth was trembling.
And there is a little poem, which shows the power of Ulm in medieval and early modern times: „Venediger Macht, Augsburger Pracht, Nürnberger Witz, Straßburger Geschütz, Ulmer Geld regiert die Welt.“ (The power of Venice / the glory of Augsburg / the resourcefulness of Nuremberg / the weapons of Strasbourg / the money of Ulm / rule the world"
Yes! It was amazing!! We had never heard of this one until moving here because people always say you have to go to cologne for the best cathedral, but this church was really a neat trip as well! 😊
@@PassportTwo lol, you need just 1 day for seeing everything in Lichtenstein, i stayed a few nights, so i can drive with my motobike around, mostly in Switzerland... nice roads there, 1 week or more later i was in Monaco...
daseteam that doesnt work always. Especially dont pronounce the name Victoria that way. V in Germany is a bit complicated, sometimes pronounced as f sometimes as w.
@@PassportTwo When you pronouce the names "Victoria" or "Victor" with "F" then you are very likely in big trouble because that sounds like "Fictoria" or "Fictor" translated in english just to make you aware what you are then actually saying = "Fuck - toria" or "Fuck -tor"....just saying.
@@daseteam but those are nevertheless totally common names in german for over thousend years..and then you have also to consider every biblical hebrew name like Maria, Josef, Johannes, Lukas etc as "Fremdwörter" as well
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@@PassportTwo Hi ! I´m native Hungarian 40 years old, grown up and living in Vorarlberg since 1990, near Feldkirch, 3 Km to Switzerland and 7 Km to Liechtenstein. If you really want to visit Liechtenstein, contact me, i can give you some advices where to go. Lake Constance, Lindau, Bregenz, Feldkirch, Vaduz.....that´s my Hood. sry for bad english, but i try hard.
The brick walls are very simple to explain ( > 8:56) for "simple" walls they are perfekt because of cost and manufacturing time also way durable as sandstone and those had to be maufactured individually by hand and took a lot of time even many people were used in the making .
The dome in cologne is proven to be bigger, or taller, but you cazm only visit those high points at certain times. Cologne also also has a lot of antique Roman culture as museums or waste pipes to actually walk through. And a lot of pre wwll buildings, and a chocolate museum! Yes I'm advertising. GO VISIT COLOGNE
Don’t worry, when I was here studying in college I lived in Bonn and went to Cologne 4-5 times, then Aubrey and I went 1-2 times before we moved here, and now we have been back to Cologne 1-2 times since living here. We are HUGE Cologne fans 😊
my youngest son was traumatised by climbing the Ulmer Münster - but he did not want to return before he was on the top, inspite of the fact that I offered to return together with him.
second time, it was easier to climb up^^ was there some years ago and one evening was an event at the River. Music, Candles on the River and fireworks.....heartwarming a small edit: I was told back then, that if the Weather is really good, you can see the Alps from that Platform - didnt happen when i was there :x
We have a list we keep on our phones of places people have commented that we have to visit and this is one that we have been told a lot about! We have it on our list to visit so hopefully soon! 😊
Wo ich wohne in Landshut(Bayern) haben wir den höchsten Backsteinkirchtum (Bricktower) der Welt und der Rest der Kirche kann sich auchsehen lassen. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinskirche_(Landshut)
... by the way, if anyone wonders why churches oftentimes keep such "controversial" artworks, a asked a priest in my hometown. His response: Once such statutes or images get the blessing of a bishop or cardinal, they are not allowed to destroy or remove it any more.
Uh . . . not totally true. A Bishop can reverse such a ruling. Because the statue has been blessed and/or consecrated, if it is removed it must be put in another prominent and respectable place. The statues in this church are highly politicized as with such a Martin Luther statue and are therefore not under the umbrella of any Bishop's blessings. Lutherans do not believe in Bishops. The entire drab decorations of this church is a dubious Lutheran thing, for Luther was not canonized a saint but only had the distinction of being the one who started a revolt and they hated anything that looked Catholic. While I love this old building, it is really a monument to a controversial movement and they actually usurped that building away from the Catholics who paid to start it and finish most of it. This is strictly my own personal opinion, but it is now a monument of an ugly moment in anti-Catholic history.
@@mikelastname1220 Really interesting, thanks for the insights. I was only talking about a German Catholic church and priest and didn't know this one was so different.
@@Streunekater I fully understand and hope I didn't come off as a jerk. I just wanted to set things straight about this particular church. I have a biased opinion because I'm Catholic, and I think it is horrible that those good people for two centuries put their money and their work into building a Catholic church and it was taken away from them long after they were dead. This was a highly politicized theft of church property. Had there been more rebelling Catholics at the time, the Lutherans could not have confiscated this building. But, the locals loaded the committee with pro-Lutheran people who voted to change it from Catholic to Lutheran. Sad. Thanks for responding!
cool! Deine Stadt war sehr schön! Du bist glücklich, dass du dort wohnst 😃 (oder, du hast großes Glück, dass du dort wohnst? Ach, ich weiß nicht. Mein deutsch ist noch nicht gut! haha)
@@PassportTwo Yeah, we got a pretty nice one I'll guess. I only know Hamburg and Hannover and i think they surely lack the charm of ours in Bremen. We don't need a big Santa sled to fly over the Christmas market. 😅 Be sure to visit the one on the River Weser at the "Schlachte" too when you come here an try the "Batzen" at the ship formed Grill Hut. And also visit the Schnoor Viertel when you are here, it's a must.
Ulm Cathedral is figuratively overshadowed by Cologne Cathedral because Ulm cathedral is a regular sized church with a totally oversized tower that does not fit the rest of the building. It is the kind of building you build if you want to just formally break a record with the lowest effort possible. Cologne Cathedral is a massive church in every respect where nothing is out of proportion. Tha facade is made of handhammered stone which is much more difficult (and impressive looking) compared to bricks.
That's a great way to put it! I hadn't really thought about the overall proportions like you put it, but I did think how strange it was that it has this massive steeple, but the inside of Cologne's cathedral just felt so much more impressive and massive.
@@dbPAT Du meinst die hätten am 30. Juni 1377 bei der Grundsteinlegung noch nicht absehen können dass gerade mal 503 Jahre später der Kölner Dom mit 157 Metern das welthöchste Gebäude wird und sie somit bei der zehn Jahre später anstehenden Fertigstellung ihres eigenen Münsters besser 4 Meter drüber liegen? Ich gebe zu dass das erstmal unwahrscheinlich klingt und Zweifel an meiner These aufkeimen lässt aber andererseits klingt es nicht unwahrscheinlicher als die Umwandlung von Wasser in Wein oder die Jungfrauengeburt.
Ulm hat keine Kathedrale weil Ulm auch keinen Bischof hat...weil Kathedrale heißt auf deutsch Bischofssitz bzw Bischofsstuhl und der Begriff hat nichts mit der Form oder Bauart der Kirche zu tun.
@@Tom-hz1kz Erstens ist das Ulmer Münster keine Kathedrale, soviel zu deinen "Kenntnissen. Zweitens gab es sogar einen Plan bei dem der Turm ca. 180m hoch werden sollte (Böhringer Turm), aber nicht umgesetzt wurde. . Da kann dein toller Kölner Dom halt nicht dagegen anstinken. Im Übrigen wurde das Münster großteils aus Muschelkalk erbaut, nicht aus Ziegelsteinen. Und wer meint die Sagrada Familia hätte bald den höchsten Kirchturm: Der Turm sitzt konstruktiv auf dem Kirchenschiff auf, ist also definitiv kleiner als der des Ulmer Münsters und des Kölner Doms. Das sind konstruktiv Solitärturme mit einem eigenen Fundament. Länge ist halt nicht immer entscheidend und nur was für Schwanzvergleiche.
military symbolism? nah, just "Familien Wappen". LEO translation says 'Family Crest'. those churches were build and maintained by the money of 'good christians' and people competing about who gave the most money, along with gaining influence in the churches future decisions. the wealthier and the nobility showed off their support with those family crests
Ya, someone else has informed us this as well earlier in the comments. We see helmets from suits of armor and assume military I guess! Haha, but that is super interesting history! Appreciate you filling in those details 😊
My father used to sprint up there and down when he was in His twentys for lunchbreak. It was with his colleagues and back then there was no entrance fee 😅
It is not a cathedral...Just to make sure, here are a couple of links showing so 😊 "Despite not being a cathedral, the top of the steeple is higher than any other Christian church, even St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City." - www.atlasobscura.com/places/ulm-mintser-ulmer-muenster "Although sometimes referred to as Ulm Cathedral because of its great size, the church is not a cathedral as it has never been the seat of a bishop." - www.thetourexpert.com/countries/germany-travel-guide/places-of-interest-and-attractions-in-germany/attractions-in-baden-wurttemburg-germany/ulm-minster-information-guide-germany "...Ulm Munster isn’t a cathedral at all and that the terms cathedral, church, and minster aren’t all interchangeable...Ulm Minster has never had a bishop, so it’s not a cathedral." - www.twosmallpotatoes.com/ulm-minster-tallest-church-in-the-world/ Hope that helps 😉
And thats why the world never heared of the Glöckner of Ulm Church, but only of Glöckner of Notre Dame :D :D Imagine you would have go up and down to the peak several times a day, almost every day of a year. Ha, i bet you would need new knees soon.
I actually met the guy who works up there evryday this year. He has a small but very cozy living place in the first platform. And as I lived there for most of my life, its not such a hard job, because almost evrywhere in Ulm you have to Go up and down the small Mountains surrounding it :)
The Ulmer Münster was never the tallest building in the world. The Cathedral in Cologne was, from 1880-1884. But, while the Ulmer Münster is higher than the Kölner Dom, the Washington Monument (finsihed in 1884) was already higher than the Ulmer Münster (which was finished in 1890). Of course it's the tallest church in the world. But it never was the tallest building of it's time.
Well the brick work was built at the endphase of that very long lasting construction process because in medi eval times just stone masons were allowed respectively had the privilege to built sacral buildings..that had to do with the medi eval guild system and their monopolic privileges...that´s why older built churches are always built in stone....so therefore you can clearly see which parts of the church were from the medi evil times and which was built later.
@@PassportTwo Such details are not taught in schools that´s university stuff for future historians for medi eval history..so therefore you have to dig deeper in medi eval history..By the way the rivalry between stone masons and brick builders was in some areas so great that it even came to casualties between those 2 guilds.
Well, to be honest, the tallest building in the world in 1890 was the Eiffel Tower which was completed one year earlier. So, Ulm minster was never the tallest building in the world.
Here is the Wiki Page listing out the world’s tallest buildings in order and you’ll see Ulm Münster was the World’s Tallest Building from 1890-1884. The Eiffel Tower isn’t a building, it had the title of World’s Tallest Structure. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_world%27s_tallest_buildings#Tallest_buildings_(from_1908)
@@PassportTwo I see, it very much depends on the definiton of building: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_h%C3%B6chsten_Bauwerke_ihrer_Zeit#Nicht_abgespannte_Bauwerke_nach_absoluter_H%C3%B6he If you only consider solid structures rather than framework structures as buildings, you are correct. By that definition, the church was surpassed by the first higher skyscrapers.
Das Ulmer Münster ist und war nie eine Kathedrale, weil es nie Sitz eines Bischofs war. Cathedra= Stuhl ! In vielen Kathedralen sieht man auch heute noch den erhöht aufgestellten Bischofsstuhl. So, genug Klugscheisserei für heute.
2:52 I just can't understand why people always have to scribble and paint everything in such places. It really sucks! One more reason not to make such places accessible to the public without supervision! The stupidity of humans!
Ya, we don't like it either, this is the only time we partially got excited about it because we never see someone who uses our initials like that. But ya, people should not be marking all over these historical places...
@@PassportTwo yes.... When i was very young, do not know my age so lets say 5. I fallen into empty swimming pool. The scar still is on my forehead above my eye but not big. Not sure but maybe this is why i have it. Now i am abit older than 30 :p
@@PassportTwo I know, in your Vid you talked about the Barcelona cathedral, I was once with my family there and at this time they had only the four-towers in the front. We went up with the elevator, the doors open and I was done with it!! I turned around back into the elevator to go down again. The view was cool but I can't stand it!! My dad was up to the bridges between the towers. This is a long time ago, I think it was 1974, not sure.
@@PassportTwo Guess you ticked that one in this video tho. (because of the Ulmer 'Münster' we call Ulm the 'Münsterstadt' which translates to 'Münster city'. :)
Ulm will see a massive dip in tourism, when the Sagrada Familia is finished. People will go to Barcelona anyway but they won't go to Ulm, if the Münster is not the tallest church anymore. :(
Pffffftzzzz. You want Churches? Lübeck has 5 with 7 Towers. Marienkirche, the third largest church in Germany with the highest brick vault in the world (40m)😉 Wo ist das? Ulm? Schöne Aussicht auf hässliche Häuser. Sorry, Lübeck ist die schönste Stadt der Welt!
I never in a million years expected to see a video showing places of my city in one of your videos. Thanks and greetings from Ulm
haha, glad we could surprise you with it! We loved your city 👍We really are surprised that having "the world's tallest church" doesn't draw more people there 🤷♂️ It was great!
@@PassportTwo Let me guess, next weeks video is about the Museum of Bread and Culture? :)
........................uh......................just wait and see 😊 (maybe)
Hach auch ein Ulmer der hier zufällig gelandet ist
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The windows got removed by the citizens prior to the bombing raids. Also the Ulmer Münster has no timber construction under the roof shindles, but completely made of steel, because when they had to rebuild it, someone told them about the Eifel Tower and its steel construction. There is actually one bend steel beam, but it's not visible from the areas you can visit as a tourist.
Wow, super interesting! We didn't get this information while we were there. Thanks for sharing 😊
@@PassportTwo I'm sorry to say that but I don't think those informations are true, because I live close to Ulm, I'm there every single day, and walked to the top of the münster at least 7 times, and I never heard about that. And it's not even the tallest church in Germany, it's the tallest church, made out of stone, worldwide
@@PassportTwo I made an apprenticeship (not sure if the written correctly) for the Protestant Church of Württemberg (Lutheran, like the Münster) and I got a special tour with the Dekan and the pastor. Including closed places, that are not shown during tourist tours (you're not allowed ther, normally, but if you go there with the boss...).
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The same construction as on the Cologne Cathedral. They decided to take a steel construction for the roof because it was at that time the most modern art of building a stable and fire protective roof. The roof of the Cologne Cathedral itself is made out of lead, the measurements are 12000 square meter and weighs 600 tons...
Fear of heights and still climbs to the very top. Courageous!
Thanks for sharing.
She is a tough one! 😊
I don't understand why people have to leave their scribbles on the walls. People lack respect for the culture and work of people hundreds of years ago
I do agree with this, we also hate it whenever people do that...but we rarely see our initials so we thought that was funny. I will say though, I do sometimes find the scribbles from the early 1900's or 1800's kind of cool though. There was a lot of that in Egypt. It still is graffiti, but then that kind of became another cool part of the history to me 🤷♂️
I do agree.
But sometimes it is also History.
In Freiburg on the Minster are some Grafitti carved in the Sandstone from Soldiers who was on Duty near the Minster, from about 1815
I am so with you on that one - just bizarre how some people have a need to leave their mark everywhere - almost is if they have to document that they were there - even if Killroy wasn't.
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I am german and I didn’t know that germany has the tallest church of the the world. I am learning so much about germany because of your videos.
Also it’s so sad that you have so little subscribers, you deserve way more. 💕
So glad we can show you some things! It’s funny how often people forget to explore their own backyard. We did the same for a lot of the US.
Haha, thanks for that 😊
Habt ihr auch den Ulmer Spatz gesehen?
Da gibt es auch eine Sage dazu.
Als die Ulmer das Münster baute, bekamen sie einen Balken nicht durch eine Tür, erst als sie einen Spatz beobachteten, der einen Zweig zum Nestbau in eine kleine Höhle bekam hatten sie die Lösung.
Ulm is one of the most beautiful cities in Germany! You recognized that!! I'm not from Ulm, but I always like to come back!
I hope you have been to the Herrenkeller which is the oldest restaurant in Ulm (since the 14th century). The even named the street after it.
When I was working in Neu-Ulm (in Bvaria, on the other bank of the Danube river), I came to Ulm during lunchtime and ate at a place in the Fischerviertel called Taverna Azzurra. A small Italian restaurant in an old vault with no card and only three dishes - some of the best Italian food I ever ate.
Ah, and the main difference between Cologne Cathedral and Ulm Minster is that the latter has only one steeple. So, in total, Cologne Cathedral is bigger.
We didn’t know about that restaurant but glad to know about it now! Next time we are there we will look it up 😊
You instinctively did it right. There is an unspoken rule in narrow staircases like this that the people going down squeeze out of the way in the inner circle while the people going up can keep going at their own speed, because they still have the stairs up to conquer.
haha, I'm glad our instincts were right! There was one poor guy though who saw us coming down and just panicked and turned around to walk all the way back down without trying to squeeze by to the top 😂
@@PassportTwo Oh no! Well I guess one can get claustrophobic in these old staircases. 😂😂🤷♂️
Great video 👍🏻. If you like that kind of huge monuments, you definitely should visit the Völkerschlachtdenkmal in Leipzig, approaching it from the northwestern parking lot.
Thanks so much for the recommendation! We will add this to our list of places to visit 😊
I am like you. Whenever I see a cathedral with stairs going up to the top I go up. I love the exercise and the views. My favorites have been the York Minster, the Florence Duomo, the Torre Asinelli in Bologna, and the Segovia Cathedral in Spain. I will have to make it to Germany to see the marvelous cathedral of Ulm. It looks amazing. So much history.
Now imagine standing on top of the burj kalifah, which is about 5 times as high as that.
We went to Dubai last Spring and stood under the Burj Khalifa but ended up not riding to the top of it. Can't imagine the view at the top!
you can't see Ulm from the Burj Khalifa 🤪😂
Is it a church? In a muslim country? Probably not!
Ist aber keine Kirche.
Did you visit the teashop just beneath the Ulmer Münster? They have the best teas ever. When I came to Ulm for my job, I brought a lot of tea back home to hassia... Kaminfeuer is very famous, but others are great as well.
Nice, that you show something from "my" city 👍
Ya, nice! We loved your city! So beautiful 😊
Thanks for this video. I am not from Ulm but went to school in Neu-Ulm in 1981. For lived in a small village on the Schwäbische Alb my center of activies was Ulm. I went up that steeple about 5 times during that year. Pretty much every time when I got visited by friends and family. I found that last staircase to the top very scary, especially on the way down.
It's a petty that you had bad weather. I had one day with a perfect view to the Alps. The mountains seemed so close I felt I could touch them.
Wow! That sounds amazing! I honestly think we will be back there when we have friends and family come visit also and hopefully we will be able to see the Alps next time 😊
Also interesting about the leaning house: It's a hotel!
Right on! Thanks for the additional information 😊
Wow. I really enjoyed your choice of music! Great Video
Nice! So glad you enjoyed it 😊 thanks for the feedback!
This vid makes me homesick. I guess one thing to mention is, that the Münster only survived the bombing in WW2 because the first US bombers attacking the city actually did not drop bombs, but glowing signs (I guess they were called "christmas trees") to mark the Münster. The following bomber waves then avoided the so marked area. The people in Ulm are still thankfull for that, because it not only saved the Münster from destruction, but also saved the lives of hundrets of people seeking shelter in the Münster.
Wow! Thanks so much for adding that history, I had no clue. That’s super interesting and I’m glad that’s as done as well to save it for future generations like us to appreciate it. Sorry to make you homesick! 😊
I took my son’s class to the top years ago.
At 4:58 I saw my neighborhood way in the distance and my children’s school just below. I can see the Munster from my house.
Wow! How cool to live in a place like that growing up...do you ever get used to it??
Passport Two I have only lived here for 8 years. When the weather is right, I can also see the Alps from end to end from my house. That takes my breath away!!!
A little bit of info I was taught. The Munster was not destroyed during WWII as it was used as a marker to navigate. So they purposely left it standing while the rest of the area was flattened.
you need to check out the "Elbsandsteingebirge" one or the best place in Germany. (Festung Königstein + Die Bastei )
Yes! We only just recently learned about this area and need to go back over to that side of the country for that as soon as we are able to! 😃
@@PassportTwo its nicer in the summer or spring. in the winter the wind gets rly damnd cold. btw take at least 2 days. one for the Festung and one for the Bastei. and if you start to love this area, there is a lot more towarts east germany... some ppl call it "Tschechien (CZ) the area is called Böhmische Schweiz on the CZ side and Sächsiche schweiz on the DE side.
Years ago I volunteered as a tourist guide on that top platform of the Muenster (I grew up in Ulm). Approx. 50% of people come up the way the girl did (Facing the wall, not being able to look down).
Hello,
do you planing to visit Celle someday? It's a small city north-east from Hannover.
This city has about 500 original half-timbered houses and a castle in the style of the Renaissance and Baroque.
There are also lot's of possibilities to go shopping.
Travel safe!
Kind regards
We haven't heard of it yet! We do keep a list on our phone of places to visit after people like you comment and recommend places. We will add this!! Thanks 😊
A trip idea could be Flensburg in north germany. The Schleswig-Holstein area is kinda danish/german with a interesting history. And while you are up there take a trip ower the border to maninland denmark and visit the original LEGOland and LEGO House and fourther north the B&O museum :-)
Nice! Thanks so much for the suggestion! North Germany is an area we really want to explore a lot more soon. Thanks also for the specific recommendations of places to go not just a broad area. That helps us know what we have to check out! 😊
And you could also visit Hamburg with its impressive town hall and the Miniatur Wunderland.
@@PassportTwo You gotta see the baltic cities like Schleswig and Eckernförde and the North Sea island of Amrum! Totally different Germany! Once seen you will be in love forever.
Nice Video ! Did you now the tongue-twister (Zungenbrecher): "In Ulm, um Ulm, um Ulm herum" ? Greetings from Austria
No! We have never heard that 😃 haha, but when we are talking to someone who is native English speaking and told them we went to “Ulm”, we have to repeat it a few times before we finally just spell it because for some reason those three letters put together are heard for us to say and register when we hear it 😂 so that tongue twister would be a challenge for us!
@@PassportTwo Most time you say that before you drink a shot or drinking Beer.
oh, haha, gotcha! Is there a meaning behind it our just a fun tongue twister as you're drinking?
@@PassportTwo It is more a funny thing to do. Like another one "an den Kopf, um den Kopf, in den Kopf." while you put your Glass on your forehead, the glass around your head and then of course drink it.
@@PassportTwo Well it literally means "In Ulm, about Ulm and around Ulm...but I know it as "In Ulm, um Ulm, und rund um Ulm herum" same meaning but slightly different expressed.
Ah the next time you are in Ulm take a little detour to Blaubeuren. Blaubeuren in itself is very nice, but most importantly there is the Blautopf, which is a very beautiful spring, especially nice to visit in summer. It connects to a hugh underground cave system.
The area is also interesting when you are interested archeology and the stone ages. In the Ulmer Museum you find the "Löwenmensch" and in Blaubeuren the "Venus vom Hohe Fels" some of the oldest human made figurines, which were found in caves in the region. (In general I would prefer the Ulmer Museum over the Brotmuseum).
If you ever plan on visiting Ulm again, I'd recommend comming in December. Ulm has a beautifull cristmas market right in front of the Münster. At the same time Neu-Ulm has the tinyest of medieval cristmas markets.
Nice! We have a list we have already created for Christmas markets we want to try and see this year so I can add it to the list 👍🏼
@@PassportTwo Cool! The medieval christmas marked in Esslingen is also great and the baroque christmas market in Ludwigsburg is worth visiting, too.
Really good video editing :D
Thanks so much! Been working on that for a while and finally getting to a place I'm pretty happy with how our videos turn out so it is nice knowing it is appreciated 😊
Something not very well known: Ulm (together with Neu-Ulm) is also the city with the largest fortress in Europe, the inner wall alone having a length of 9 km reaching around both cities ;)
Oh wow! Ya, we didn’t see anything about that in our research! Thanks for telling us about it 😊
Ulm beste Stadt der Welt. Grüße aus Ulm 👍🏻😎❤️
Ulm Ulm Ulm greetings from Ulm, our citiy is soooo Lovely
Haha, hey! Greetings from Rhineland-Pfalz! Yes, we loved your city 😊
I agree! I love living here!!!
Greetings from Ulm 😉❤
Grüße aus Rhineland-Pfalz 😀
I can absolutely feel your fear, Aubrey. Height is not my thing, too.
You got big balls to "roofing" this Church. Respct for that !!! 👍😊😘
only half the music was der wurst this time. Nice little chill piece for the fisherman's quarter.
No matter how kind some comments can be, Germans are aways Kinder...glad you enjoyed this one more and it was only a Würstchen of music!
I've been up the Münster. I got pictures all around, and even got some photos of the inside of the tower too.
Nice! It was pretty amazing wasn’t it??
So you guys were really on top of the ulmer münster before me and I already live 15 years here
Haha, it’s funny how when you live somewhere you always put off seeing things like that because you think you can do it anytime.
*If I remember it correctly* from a tourguide (I am from Ulm and we went there from school) they used bricks (and also sandstone) because it was the cheapest building material they had and they couldn't afford "proper" stones in their situation at that time. The bricks were from old and destroyed buildings and so they didn't have to buy other stones.
Ich wohne inzwischen nicht mehr in/bei Ulm und bin nur noch selten in der Stadt aber es sieht ja ganz so aus als würden die Sedelhöfe auch noch irgendwann fertig werden. :D
Ah, sehr interessant! Danke für die Informationen 😊
Aaah I totally feel you on the height part 😱. I can't even properly work from a ladder. And I'm a craftswoman 🙈. Luckily, as a furniture maker I don't have to climb ladders too often 😅.
Lol, ya! Hopefully not building furniture tall enough to need to get on a ladder then! 😂
Fun fact: There is actually a church here in Chicago that's taller than the Ulm church. The Chicago Temple building is 568 ft, tall. (173 meters) The total structure is taller than the Ulm cathedral. But since it has a small office in it, it's not considered fully recognized as the world's tallest since it's not 100% used as a church because of this, even though it is in fact physically taller. Some consider it the tallest and others don't. But no one denies it is the taller of the two physically. The cross on top is afterall the highest cross on top of any church in the world. LOL! XD
When it was completed in the late 1920's, it was Chicago's tallest building, until the Chicago Board Of Trade was completed.
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Really nice video! What you could have done as well is visiting the "Ulmer Bundesfestung" - the biggest fortress complex in Europe.
Next trip! Thanks for the suggestion 😊
Wow, guys very impressive video. I loved the scene where the shadow of the steeple could be seen. I have been to Ulm a couple of times but did to spend much time there to my dismay. I would love to check out this church on my next trip (As soon as Germany will let me in due to COVID ). I absolutely love church history and as I have researched (right after viewing your video) I found out that Martin Luther actually had preached in that very church numerous times. Aubrey was holding on for dear life on the top portion of the church lol. I am glad that she was ok. Yall do a great job and I am loving your videos more and more as I catch up with your content. I have a long ways to go to catch up but it sure is an honor and a pleasure to view your videos. . Thank You so much for sharing. :).
We're really impressed with your persistence thus far in getting through our videos! haha, We are glad you are enjoying them though 😃 We, particularly Aubrey, also loves church history. One recent highlight was going to Erfurt and seeing the monastery where Martin Luther became a monk. We hope to trace more of his path through Germany once we are able to move a little more freely as well.
@@PassportTwo Thank You so much, I really enjoy your content tremendously. So nice that you had been to Erfurt. I have been to the Wartburg castle twice and the last time that I was there I had stopped at the monastery where Martin Luther became a monk but it was closed. I will surely keep trying. I have now been to Wittenberg twice as well. The first time that had visited Wittenberg was at the 500th year anniversary where Martin Luther hit the nail on the head 95 times lol. The second time was back in June of 2019 when my wife and three other couples had visited. I will surely be returning to Wittenberg hopefully many more times.
What I think is sad is the people of Ulm donated money to build a Catholic church, and after a couple of centuries, Protestantism came in and almost with a violent influence had a movement to confiscate this church and turn it into a Lutheran church. The current congregation voted to switch it from Catholic to Lutheran and the majority won. While the Lutherans didn't STEAL it, it seems a shame that the people who put the money into it to build the majority of it had no idea their contribution would not go toward what they thought they were building. It was once highly decorated on the insides and filled with statues and had a big beautiful main altar, but the anti-Catholic fury at the time deemed Catholic art inside a church to be simply "too Catholic" and they took out statues, modified the altar art work, and PAINTED OVER THE ARTWORK ON THE WALLS with drab gray paint!!! I find this almost abusive.
I live in Ulm ;o)
Nice! You have a beautiful city 😊
Power of suggestion??? I got the "willies" when you panned down with your camera from the top which is comical for 2 reasons... 1. I'm not afraid of heights and 2. in 1980 when I climbed to the top myself, I didn't get the "willies" looking down...LOL
Once per year (except covid...) there's the Landesposaunentag in Ulm. I once visited it. Just imagine 5000 trumpets and Posaunen within the Ulmer Münster. And at the end, there was a concert of 11000... Earth was trembling.
And there is a little poem, which shows the power of Ulm in medieval and early modern times:
„Venediger Macht,
Augsburger Pracht,
Nürnberger Witz,
Straßburger Geschütz,
Ulmer Geld
regiert die Welt.“
(The power of Venice / the glory of Augsburg / the resourcefulness of Nuremberg / the weapons of Strasbourg / the money of Ulm / rule the world"
Super interesting! Hadn’t heard that before. Thanks for sharing. What was the money based of in Ulm in Medieval times?
@@PassportTwo Fustian weaving (a mix of cotton and linen) made the city rich :)
So BEAUTIFUL! I have to doi this! I love climbing up old European churches!
Yes! It was amazing!! We had never heard of this one until moving here because people always say you have to go to cologne for the best cathedral, but this church was really a neat trip as well! 😊
Passport Two I hadn't heard of it either! But now I have. You guys are great!
lol, i was there summer 2018, on my way down to Lichtenstein... i made an 2 nights stop just to visit the church, Ulmer Münster...
Nice! We still haven't made it to Lichtenstein, but it is on our to-do list...haha
@@PassportTwo lol, you need just 1 day for seeing everything in Lichtenstein, i stayed a few nights, so i can drive with my motobike around, mostly in Switzerland... nice roads there, 1 week or more later i was in Monaco...
Thank you. A small tip for your German, when you see a `V´, pronounce an `F´.
Ah yes! Thanks for the tip 👍 I always forget that when I am saying "vier" as well...
daseteam that doesnt work always.
Especially dont pronounce the name Victoria that way.
V in Germany is a bit complicated, sometimes pronounced as f sometimes as w.
@@PassportTwo When you pronouce the names "Victoria" or "Victor" with "F" then you are very likely in big trouble
because that sounds like "Fictoria" or "Fictor" translated in english just to make you aware what you are then actually saying = "Fuck - toria" or "Fuck -tor"....just saying.
@@michaelgrabner8977 Yes, but they are exceptions (thank God) and would be considered Fremdwörter.
@@daseteam but those are nevertheless totally common names in german for over thousend years..and then you have also to consider every biblical hebrew name like Maria, Josef, Johannes, Lukas etc as "Fremdwörter" as well
Wir freuen uns über eure Vorschläge für Orte, die ihr besuchen möchten. Unsere Liste wächst weiter! Wo sollen wir nächste besuchen??
We love your suggestions of places to visit and our list continues to grow longer! Where should we go next??
Vorarlberg/Austria, Bodensee (Lake of Constance)
We've been wanting to go to Lichtenstein as well soon, so this would be great to do all three in one trip. Thanks for the suggestion!
If you liked the Fischerviertel, you should visit Straßburg (not Germany but still gorgeous)
@@PassportTwo Hi ! I´m native Hungarian 40 years old, grown up and living in Vorarlberg since 1990, near Feldkirch, 3 Km to Switzerland and 7 Km to Liechtenstein. If you really want to visit Liechtenstein, contact me, i can give you some advices where to go. Lake Constance, Lindau, Bregenz, Feldkirch, Vaduz.....that´s my Hood. sry for bad english, but i try hard.
No need to apologize for your english, it is perfect 👍
Thanks so much for the offer! We would love any and all tips! 😊
The brick walls are very simple to explain ( > 8:56) for "simple" walls they are perfekt because of cost and manufacturing time also way durable as sandstone and those had to be maufactured individually by hand and took a lot of time even many people were used in the making .
Wart ihr schon in Bamberg? Es ist sehr schön.
noch nicht, aber das steht auf unserer Liste 😀
The dome in cologne is proven to be bigger, or taller, but you cazm only visit those high points at certain times. Cologne also also has a lot of antique Roman culture as museums or waste pipes to actually walk through. And a lot of pre wwll buildings, and a chocolate museum! Yes I'm advertising. GO VISIT COLOGNE
Don’t worry, when I was here studying in college I lived in Bonn and went to Cologne 4-5 times, then Aubrey and I went 1-2 times before we moved here, and now we have been back to Cologne 1-2 times since living here. We are HUGE Cologne fans 😊
I was in ulm munster last week.....and same thing...the church bell.... gave me a mini attack...
Haha, it sneaks up on ya! 😂
my youngest son was traumatised by climbing the Ulmer Münster - but he did not want to return before he was on the top, inspite of the fact that I offered to return together with him.
Ulm is better known for its sparow (Ulmer Spatz).
While the Kölner Dome is known for beeing the epidome of gothic arcitecture.
Ulm? Klar, Ulm! ;)
Greetings from Ulm ^^
Hallo! Grüße aus Rhineland-Pfalz! 😊
second time, it was easier to climb up^^
was there some years ago and one evening was an event at the River. Music, Candles on the River and fireworks.....heartwarming
a small edit: I was told back then, that if the Weather is really good, you can see the Alps from that Platform - didnt happen when i was there :x
Nice! Sounds like a really neat atmosphere 😊
@@PassportTwo Lightserenade its the name :)
found this from last year
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@@smaragdwolf1 And on the following Schwörmontag it is followed by the Nabada :D
Heyy.. greetings from ulm. I live in ulm.☺️ i could see my school🤭
Hey, that’s awesome!! 😄 Grüße aus Rhineland-Pfalz 😊
Greetings from Ulm 💕
Grüße aus Rhineland-Pfalz! 😊 Deine Stadt ist sehr schön!
Will you visit Dresden? If you love old German architecture that is the place to go
We have a list we keep on our phones of places people have commented that we have to visit and this is one that we have been told a lot about! We have it on our list to visit so hopefully soon! 😊
@@PassportTwo Cool. In that case I am happy to subscribe. Your videos are very entertaining. Keep going
Even though this is just a video. My fear of heights kicked in right with hers. Damn that is high.
Hahaha, i get that way too sometimes with height videos where my hands even start sweating 😂
Nice as ever! ;)
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed! 😊
Wo ich wohne in Landshut(Bayern) haben wir den höchsten Backsteinkirchtum (Bricktower) der Welt und der Rest der Kirche kann sich auchsehen lassen.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinskirche_(Landshut)
Ich wollte schon immer Ulm sehen.
Ja! Es ist sehr schön 😀
Langweilig glaub mir 😂
... by the way, if anyone wonders why churches oftentimes keep such "controversial" artworks, a asked a priest in my hometown. His response: Once such statutes or images get the blessing of a bishop or cardinal, they are not allowed to destroy or remove it any more.
Uh . . . not totally true. A Bishop can reverse such a ruling. Because the statue has been blessed and/or consecrated, if it is removed it must be put in another prominent and respectable place. The statues in this church are highly politicized as with such a Martin Luther statue and are therefore not under the umbrella of any Bishop's blessings. Lutherans do not believe in Bishops. The entire drab decorations of this church is a dubious Lutheran thing, for Luther was not canonized a saint but only had the distinction of being the one who started a revolt and they hated anything that looked Catholic. While I love this old building, it is really a monument to a controversial movement and they actually usurped that building away from the Catholics who paid to start it and finish most of it. This is strictly my own personal opinion, but it is now a monument of an ugly moment in anti-Catholic history.
@@mikelastname1220 Really interesting, thanks for the insights. I was only talking about a German Catholic church and priest and didn't know this one was so different.
@@Streunekater I fully understand and hope I didn't come off as a jerk. I just wanted to set things straight about this particular church. I have a biased opinion because I'm Catholic, and I think it is horrible that those good people for two centuries put their money and their work into building a Catholic church and it was taken away from them long after they were dead. This was a highly politicized theft of church property. Had there been more rebelling Catholics at the time, the Lutherans could not have confiscated this building. But, the locals loaded the committee with pro-Lutheran people who voted to change it from Catholic to Lutheran. Sad. Thanks for responding!
Und jetzt 😅😅 ich wohn da 🤣👌 war da schon x mal oben 😅😅
Hahahah ich auch
cool! Deine Stadt war sehr schön! Du bist glücklich, dass du dort wohnst 😃 (oder, du hast großes Glück, dass du dort wohnst? Ach, ich weiß nicht. Mein deutsch ist noch nicht gut! haha)
@@PassportTwo das war perfekt
Gonna walk by there when I finnish work in about an hour... :-)
That’s amazing! Do you ever get used to that?
@@PassportTwo not yet. I hope I'll never take it for granted.
Great thing about working the night shift is you have the whole thing to yourself...
Ich lebe in Amerika aber meine großEltern leben neben Ulm.
I live in America but my grandparents live near Ulm
cool! Ihre Stadt war sehr schön 😊
@@PassportTwo Danke, lebst du jetzt in Deutschland.
Genau, wir leben in Rhineland-Pfalz 😃
I'm from Bremen but I was up there myself once. 😊
Nice! Bremen is on our list of Christmas markets to visit. Somebody recommended it to us as especially cool! 😊
@@PassportTwo Yeah, we got a pretty nice one I'll guess. I only know Hamburg and Hannover and i think they surely lack the charm of ours in Bremen.
We don't need a big Santa sled to fly over the Christmas market. 😅
Be sure to visit the one on the River Weser at the "Schlachte" too when you come here an try the "Batzen" at the ship formed Grill Hut. And also visit the Schnoor Viertel when you are here, it's a must.
On a clear day you can see the Alps
Omggg my home town loooool
Haha, you live in a really awesome place!
Zum Schluss am besten noch einen Döner essen! ;)
Haha, genau! Ich liebe es, Döner zu essen 😊
Ulm Cathedral is figuratively overshadowed by Cologne Cathedral because Ulm cathedral is a regular sized church with a totally oversized tower that does not fit the rest of the building. It is the kind of building you build if you want to just formally break a record with the lowest effort possible. Cologne Cathedral is a massive church in every respect where nothing is out of proportion. Tha facade is made of handhammered stone which is much more difficult (and impressive looking) compared to bricks.
That's a great way to put it! I hadn't really thought about the overall proportions like you put it, but I did think how strange it was that it has this massive steeple, but the inside of Cologne's cathedral just felt so much more impressive and massive.
Ja im Spätmittelalter haben die sicher nichts anderes geplant als einen Rekord zu brechen :D:D
@@dbPAT Du meinst die hätten am 30. Juni 1377 bei der Grundsteinlegung noch nicht absehen können dass gerade mal 503 Jahre später der Kölner Dom mit 157 Metern das welthöchste Gebäude wird und sie somit bei der zehn Jahre später anstehenden Fertigstellung ihres eigenen Münsters besser 4 Meter drüber liegen? Ich gebe zu dass das erstmal unwahrscheinlich klingt und Zweifel an meiner These aufkeimen lässt aber andererseits klingt es nicht unwahrscheinlicher als die Umwandlung von Wasser in Wein oder die Jungfrauengeburt.
Ulm hat keine Kathedrale weil Ulm auch keinen Bischof hat...weil Kathedrale heißt auf deutsch Bischofssitz bzw Bischofsstuhl und der Begriff hat nichts mit der Form oder Bauart der Kirche zu tun.
@@Tom-hz1kz Erstens ist das Ulmer Münster keine Kathedrale, soviel zu deinen "Kenntnissen.
Zweitens gab es sogar einen Plan bei dem der Turm ca. 180m hoch werden sollte (Böhringer Turm), aber nicht umgesetzt wurde. . Da kann dein toller Kölner Dom halt nicht dagegen anstinken. Im Übrigen wurde das Münster großteils aus Muschelkalk erbaut, nicht aus Ziegelsteinen.
Und wer meint die Sagrada Familia hätte bald den höchsten Kirchturm: Der Turm sitzt konstruktiv auf dem Kirchenschiff auf, ist also definitiv kleiner als der des Ulmer Münsters und des Kölner Doms. Das sind konstruktiv Solitärturme mit einem eigenen Fundament.
Länge ist halt nicht immer entscheidend und nur was für Schwanzvergleiche.
come to Limburg our church was on the 1000 d-mark bill
cathedral*
Nice! We hadn’t heard about this but we will add it to our list of places to visit 😊
free to enter?
the stairs are just outworn by the use over century.
Definitely! There were some pretty slick ones and some worn way down in the center of the step.
military symbolism? nah, just "Familien Wappen". LEO translation says 'Family Crest'.
those churches were build and maintained by the money of 'good christians' and people competing about who gave the most money, along with gaining influence in the churches future decisions.
the wealthier and the nobility showed off their support with those family crests
Ya, someone else has informed us this as well earlier in the comments. We see helmets from suits of armor and assume military I guess! Haha, but that is super interesting history! Appreciate you filling in those details 😊
There's a race where people run up these steps 😂
Ya! I learned this after the fact and cannot imagine the feelings in those crazy people’s legs for days after doing that...😂
My father used to sprint up there and down when he was in His twentys for lunchbreak. It was with his colleagues and back then there was no entrance fee 😅
In Ulm und um Ulm und um Ulm herum (hat bestimmt schon jemand geschrieben, nevertheless)
Er guys, it's not a church but a cathedral!
It is not a cathedral...Just to make sure, here are a couple of links showing so 😊
"Despite not being a cathedral, the top of the steeple is higher than any other Christian church, even St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City." - www.atlasobscura.com/places/ulm-mintser-ulmer-muenster
"Although sometimes referred to as Ulm Cathedral because of its great size, the church is not a cathedral as it has never been the seat of a bishop." - www.thetourexpert.com/countries/germany-travel-guide/places-of-interest-and-attractions-in-germany/attractions-in-baden-wurttemburg-germany/ulm-minster-information-guide-germany
"...Ulm Munster isn’t a cathedral at all and that the terms cathedral, church, and minster aren’t all interchangeable...Ulm Minster has never had a bishop, so it’s not a cathedral." - www.twosmallpotatoes.com/ulm-minster-tallest-church-in-the-world/
Hope that helps 😉
I live in Ulm
Nice! You have an amazing city!
@@PassportTwo yes
And thats why the world never heared of the Glöckner of Ulm Church, but only of Glöckner of Notre Dame :D :D Imagine you would have go up and down to the peak several times a day, almost every day of a year. Ha, i bet you would need new knees soon.
I actually met the guy who works up there evryday this year. He has a small but very cozy living place in the first platform. And as I lived there for most of my life, its not such a hard job, because almost evrywhere in Ulm you have to Go up and down the small Mountains surrounding it :)
Ich lebe in ulm wer noch?
#hometown 😍
Nice! Glad we got to showcase your hometown! It was beautiful 😊
The Ulmer Münster was never the tallest building in the world.
The Cathedral in Cologne was, from 1880-1884.
But, while the Ulmer Münster is higher than the Kölner Dom, the Washington Monument (finsihed in 1884) was already higher than the Ulmer Münster (which was finished in 1890).
Of course it's the tallest church in the world. But it never was the tallest building of it's time.
Well the brick work was built at the endphase of that very long lasting construction process because in medi eval times just stone masons were allowed respectively had the privilege to built sacral buildings..that had to do with the medi eval guild system and their monopolic privileges...that´s why older built churches are always built in stone....so therefore you can clearly see which parts of the church were from the medi evil times and which was built later.
Very interesting! We didn't see that information anywhere so thanks for informing 😊
@@PassportTwo Such details are not taught in schools that´s university stuff for future historians for medi eval history..so therefore you have to dig deeper in medi eval history..By the way the rivalry between stone masons and brick builders was in some areas so great that it even came to casualties between those 2 guilds.
Well, to be honest, the tallest building in the world in 1890 was the Eiffel Tower which was completed one year earlier. So, Ulm minster was never the tallest building in the world.
Here is the Wiki Page listing out the world’s tallest buildings in order and you’ll see Ulm Münster was the World’s Tallest Building from 1890-1884. The Eiffel Tower isn’t a building, it had the title of World’s Tallest Structure.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_world%27s_tallest_buildings#Tallest_buildings_(from_1908)
@@PassportTwo I see, it very much depends on the definiton of building:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_h%C3%B6chsten_Bauwerke_ihrer_Zeit#Nicht_abgespannte_Bauwerke_nach_absoluter_H%C3%B6he
If you only consider solid structures rather than framework structures as buildings, you are correct. By that definition, the church was surpassed by the first higher skyscrapers.
Das Ulmer Münster ist und war nie eine Kathedrale, weil es nie Sitz eines Bischofs war. Cathedra= Stuhl ! In vielen Kathedralen sieht man auch heute noch den erhöht aufgestellten Bischofsstuhl. So, genug Klugscheisserei für heute.
Genau das haben wir in unserem Video gesagt 😀
2:52 I just can't understand why people always have to scribble and paint everything in such places. It really sucks!
One more reason not to make such places accessible to the public without supervision!
The stupidity of humans!
Ya, we don't like it either, this is the only time we partially got excited about it because we never see someone who uses our initials like that. But ya, people should not be marking all over these historical places...
tempellhöff next jä! ? ^ ^
pütihn >> Xx D
cölönnäh CüsCö cöstcö -:-
´´JähRüsSälämm v v?
You want to K... me? Just bring me up there and my heart would stop.
haha, fear of heights also?
@@PassportTwo yes.... When i was very young, do not know my age so lets say 5. I fallen into empty swimming pool. The scar still is on my forehead above my eye but not big. Not sure but maybe this is why i have it. Now i am abit older than 30 :p
To be honest, if I was there with you, you never got up to the top !!
Haha, it was a way bigger challenge than we expected both physically and mentally!
@@PassportTwo I know, in your Vid you talked about the Barcelona cathedral, I was once with my family there and at this time they had only the four-towers in the front. We went up with the elevator, the doors open and I was done with it!! I turned around back into the elevator to go down again. The view was cool but I can't stand it!! My dad was up to the bridges between the towers. This is a long time ago, I think it was 1974, not sure.
Uuuuuuullllmmmmmmm
Yyyyeeesssssss! 😂
Ihr Pfeifen hätte lieber mal die Atmosphäre im Ulmer Münster aufgesogen anstatt die spärlichen Bilder mit dieser Mucke zu unterlegen. My 2 cents.
Tut mir leid, aber ich verstehe nicht. Pfeifen? Sie kann nicht pfeifen, sie hat nie pfeifen gelernt...haha
Fun fact: This church is a reformed one. So ornated, but the evangelicals would never have build such a church. To wasteful😉
#münsterstadt
That's on our list to visit! 😊
@@PassportTwo Guess you ticked that one in this video tho. (because of the Ulmer 'Münster' we call Ulm the 'Münsterstadt' which translates to 'Münster city'. :)
Oh 😅 I thought this was for the city of Münster, like north of Dortmund! Thanks for teaching me something new! Haha
Ulm will see a massive dip in tourism, when the Sagrada Familia is finished. People will go to Barcelona anyway but they won't go to Ulm, if the Münster is not the tallest church anymore. :(
That could very well happen...it would definitely be sad but hopefully Ulm could maybe capitalize on the "tallest church in Germany" title!
Sagrada familia is like the berlin airport of cathedrals
Pffffftzzzz. You want Churches? Lübeck has 5 with 7 Towers. Marienkirche, the third largest church in Germany with the highest brick vault in the world (40m)😉
Wo ist das? Ulm? Schöne Aussicht auf hässliche Häuser.
Sorry, Lübeck ist die schönste Stadt der Welt!