A big mistake in this video is; there are 3,200 registered types of bread in Germany and not 300.Then we wouldn't be better than the French!!! 🤣

The Holy Roman Empire(HRE) is an epic study in itself, so for your purposes, best to gain only a general understanding as full clarity takes years.

Each german state has it's own flag alongside it's own coat of arms, as all the german states were eighter their own countries back in the days or can trace back their legacy to once sovereign entities. Same can be applied to not only states, but for counties, cities and even some small towns.

Just for your info gummi bears have been invented by Hans Riegel in Bonn. That's why his company is called HARIBO in short form for his name and city he comes from.

03:20 fun fact: If u have ever heard the quote" Quintilius Varus Give Me Back My Legions" - that was when roman legions tried to conquer (today's) Germany's territory. Varus's battle. They failed miserably. But yeah, you rarely hear about German history from thousands of years ago. All cuz of this crazy Austrian with the silly moustache..

Don't worry about the use of the word Hail/Heil. In Germany, the term is still used as well. Hunters greet each other with "Weidmanns Heil!" and fishermen with "Petri Heil!", without any ulterior motives.

I really enjoy how thoughtful and considered your reactions are.

Past is there, because we should learn from it, not to be ashamed of.

@2:00 he makes this mistake in every single one of his videos. "Lower" and "Upper" in country or province names are almost _never_ referring to geographical latitude, but usually _altitude_ (i.e. higher upriver or lower downriver).

Yes, Gummibärs in Germany are different to the USA - no or hardly any artificial color or flavor additives (thank you European Union 😃) and a bit less sugar.

Hello Heidi, As a German who was born in 1971, i.e. an almost old man, I can only say that as a German you are simply ambivalent about your country. That may not be the case with the younger generation, but I am a child of parents who lived through WWII. My father was a soldier in the Wehrmacht and fought from Poland to Holland and was captured by British soldiers. He was then completely ambivalent, he was completely broken by this war, both mentally and physically. Knowing you have served a regime that has brought so much suffering to the people is a shattering experience. He gave us this ambivalence. On the one hand I know that I am not responsible for the guilt of our parents and grandparents, but knowing that these war and humanity crimes were committed by Germans shatters my image of my homeland. On the one hand, I'm proud of a lot of good things that Germans have done in this world, whether it's the invention of the automobile, or in the areas of science and technology. I think this pride is also justified in a healthy way. But then, I also see the crimes of my country and it was Germans who brought it to light. Racism is everywhere in the world. But through Germany came what often only happens subliminally in many countries, sometimes even openly, but never that an entire country with real hatred was encouraged to harm people, as happened in my homeland. So it is perhaps understandable that many Germans have no real pride. I think the band Rammstein showed through the piece of music "Deutschland" how it is to be German. Ultimately, it's not about Germany or the Germans being a collectively bad people, but the history of Germany shows that all of this is in all of us. Both the good and the bad. If we understand that this is possible at any time and that also in other countries, we can learn through history. As a German, I am aware of our history and it is important that such crimes will never happen again in my country.

🇩🇪 Liebe Grüße aus Lübeck, Schleswig - Holstein 🇩🇪

This video has a lot of small errors, but overall it is an enjoyable overview. 🙂

Also a good (although in a kind of ambiguous artwork) way to understand germany is the music video "Deutschland" from the group Rammstein

Yes Scandinavians next 🇧🇻🇸🇪🇩🇰👍

If you happen to move to Germany or Denmark, either country is nearby each other (especially if you are in the north of Germany or south of Denmark). :) Also for my fellow neighbours in Germany, I do not believe that anyone apart from the most elder generations, actually harbor any form of resentment. Especially growing up in South Jutland, I have met so many German tourists, which have and probably will, always be my favourite

The information given in this video is mostly correct with only little flaws, but I missed the mention of the overwhelming contribution of Germany to philosophy, science, engineering and music, especially in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th. If you visit Germany one time, you will find that the big cities have mostly been destroyed during WW2 and never really recovered while there are quite a few gorgeous little towns which are worth visiting to get an impression of the historical German architecture.

Thank you for the explanation on "HailHeidi". My first reaction as a German was: "Ok, let's see what the channel content is ... be careful and check first" It's not really a no-go to use that name for a German but it triggers a careful mind. So after that explanation I'm completely fine with that name ... no need to think about changing it, from my perspective 🙂

Nice video .. 😯😁👍🏼 Hello from Germany 🇪🇺🇩🇪👋🏼

Thank you for this reaction!

We still use the word "heil" sometimes. For example in the of hunters is "Waidmannsheil" and for fisherman it would be "Petri Heil". So its a very little used word nowadays but only the context would make it inappropriate. The english hail is its own case to be honest so nothing to worry about!

Just wanted to say, I am german but I have no problem with your channel name, probably because I grew up speaking english aswell as german (and in a very open familiy) so I know the diffrence, I think the main problem germans have with your name is the initials( HH) which because we teach about the bad shit we done most still relates to "Hail Hit........." but I think most people understand by now that its not meant in that kind of way anywhere anymore. Overall I gotta say I really enjoy your reaction not only about germany but about other countries aswell, I dont feel good to say it but its just one of the most common steriotypes that alot of us citizens, that they are pretty much unaware of the other continets, so its always great to see that you guys try to learn. (I know its kinda offencive to say that but I hope not to much). Keep on going please its needed, and not just for the US we all need to learn about on another so maybe at some point we can be truly one people.

This video is almost 6 years old. The population is now more than 84 million people.

it's fun to watch, as german but as you said it gives you an idea what to look further... and about vergangenheitsbewältigung, we did our thing and learned from it the hard way... many others are not near to see even the bad of their country did once, twice or often...

You can check out Geography now Greece for a taste of southern Europe.

Geography Now is great, you should definitely check out more!

not only the federal states have their own flags, but also some towns and villages have their own coats of arms and flags

I also always wondered about your channel name. Thank you for clearing it up at 15:14

16:40 Nope, _Mein Kampf_ is not illegal to buy or own in Germany but it wasn't available for a long time since the state of Bavaria held the copyright and refused to print any. The copyright has run out through so now you can find _Mein Kampf_ more regularly but usually it's the commented version.

if you are ever coming to germany, make sure to visit Erfurt (City in Thurinigia). it has one of the oldest houses in germany and is in general a beautiful city. :) and also, it has one of the greatest bars in the world, the "Heartbeat" :D

Loved this! Geography Now! Lebanon, next? Although it's before what happened in 2019 and 2020

Great Reaction, would love to see switzerland next.

I had a taste of German bread in 2021 when I was visiting friends. Interesting video! I would vote for Finland, but will watch others as well! :D

Oh nice! You should definitely watch more of these. My recommendations would be Switzerland and France

These geography now videos are great, as a next one i would recommend the Netherlands it's interesting

Berlin Tegel (TLX) is closed. We got a new disfunctional airport Berlin-Brandburg (BER) now... :)

LOVE Geography Now! The way they almost "assault" you with knowledge. 🤪 Ps! You know they have a film for each of the Nordics wright? Try looking into those.

3:11 Otto Von Bismarck the leader of Prussians. Following the Franco Prussian War 1871. They eventually stormed our French Landmark which is "Château de Versailles" Palace of Versailles. As you can see in the picture. A Humiliation for French 4:00-4:05 this is what I learned in school. We were taught a bit about Germans through WW1 and Cold War Ww The West and the East of Germany split in half cuz of the punishment following the event of WW2. The Entente Cordiale Alliance took the West 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷 and Russia 🇷🇺 took the East

hi Heidi, i am german and want to thank u for ur channel. nice, that u have found the 'history now' channel. great content. don't worry about ur channel name. i guess, the word in question is spelled with an 'e' instead an 'a' H&K -check translation 'hail' into german lol

Great one! Guess this one should be played on 50% speed since the creators tried to put too much information into 15 minutes. That said, I would like you to see the last 5 minutes of this video again and afterwards react to the "Rammstein - Deutschland" video. (It's more or less a short movie of German history)

Great reaction again 👍🏻 if you want geography now - austria 🇦🇹 greetings from Austria 👋

3:25 First: Yes the „Bundesländer“ have their own Flags and Insignias Second: The German word for the mess is: „Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation“

Toooo much Informations 🤯 I love the guy! 😆

This was fun to watch :). Please do Geography Now! NETHERLANDS next.

If you haven't, watch the Danish one ^^ Now I shall watch :D

9:22 When he refers to Inglourious Basterds and you picked up on it.

Some things are really hard to translate. For example, if you translate "Backpfeifengesicht" literally, you'd end up with "cheekwhistleface". 🤣Google translates it as "a face in need of a fist" by the way. The German language really knows a lot of such terms like e.g. "Purzelbaum" (Tumble tree) wich means somersault, "Schnapsidee" (booze idea) no further explanation needed on this one i think, "Ohrwurm" (earworm) a song or melody you can`t get out of your head, or "Kummerspeck" (grief bacon) the weight you get on your hips when you compensate sadness or anger by binge eating, and so on. Also, there are many funny idioms and we use them all the time.

I would love to see your reaction to Portugals episode or the french one

Great... Now I have to figure out which two countries Germans can go to that I, a Dane, cannot without a visa (188 vs 190) EDIT: found one which is Japan

Check geography now Finland too :D

I'll take some gummybears. I say you do Norway next, but I might be a bit biased about that. ^^ Yoooo, this dude need to lay off the coffee, I feel like I been trough a 3 hour workout after listening to him. Very informative video tho. :)

The one about Finland is really cool!

Thanks for the vid Heidi, Will you react to the danish one aswell? Thanks!

Geography Now! on the Netherlands would be a good one to react to, but I'm biased :)

That little hi hi hi sound at begining simpley adorable

this is for sure a highly concentrated history lesson

The Holy Roman Empire is a story on its own. It wasn't a a single German state, it was a patchwork of German microstates, which all were occasionally at war with each other. There was an Emperor who was elected by the Electoral College, consisting of nine Prince Electors, but he didn't really have much power. The whole stuff was just a loose confederation.

Rindfleischetikitierungsüberwachungsbeauftragungsgesetz I hear it for the first time 😂😂😂 I understand it but i have never heard of this 😂 Best wishes from Haltern am See (NRW) (Northrine-Westfalia) in Germany ✌️🌴🍺

The Holy Roman Empire lasted from the 9th century till 1806 destroyed by Napoleon Bonaparte. The Territory was from the North Sea shores and the Baltic Sea Shores (= from Begium till Poland) in the North down to Northern Italy till Rome (although Rome was part of the Papal state) in the South, And from West to East from Parts of Western France to Czech Rep which was former Bohemia + Moravia both part of the Holy Roman Empire from the get go. The German King got elected by an eletorial of 7 German noble men titeled "prince electors" = 3 catholic Archbishops, one of Trier, one of Cologne, one of Mainz + 4 German noble men with 4 different aristocratic ranks (=Margrave of Brandenburg, Duke of Saxony, Count Palatine of the Rhine + the King of Bohemia who was also a vassal of the German King ). Those prince electors also had official state duties = the 3 Archbishops were Chancellors, one for the German Lands, one for Burgundy(western France + parts of Begium), one for Northern Italy for the regions of the former Lombard Kingdom. The King of Bohemia was the German king´s Arch Cupbearer, the Count Palatine was the German king´s Arch Seneschal, the Duke of Saxony was the German king´s Arch Marschall, the Margrave of Brandenburg was the German king´s Arch Chamberlain....basically a political council. The elected German King got then announced "Emperor" by the Pope. The King´s/Emperor´s feud tenures became during time more and more autonomous which was the price for having an election system for the Kingship that means privileges which lead to more and more autonomy in exchange for a vote to become elected King. Therefore the Holy Roman Empire became very quickly a Union of many more than less independent German States reigned by the local nobility and only acting in unison in behest of the Emperor against enemies from outside but within the Empire was always violent rivalry amongst each other in form of different power factions fighting each other for a little piece of land or titel or what ever and the Emperor had to manage the power balance amongst those rivals but which includes himself as a rival as well. And the Nobles of the Austrian House of Habsburg managed to be elected German King/became Emperor for over 600 years in a row from the 14th century till the end in 1806.

Thanks Heidi - great video! Just a comment on how we use the terms "Ober..." (upper) und "Nieder..." (lower). They have nothing to do with north or south but with the altitude vs. sea level. So Oberbayern is higher than Niederbayern. In facts its simple - just look at the direction a river takes than you know about Ober or Nieder 🙂

Definitely worth checking out more of them. Honestly, you could probably check out any of them, be it one of the "big bosses" they listed at the start, or more obscure like Czech or Hungary. Based on this reaction, you will probably enjoy them. :) As a side note, I never know to laugh or cry when someone not speaking german tries to speak the language. It sounds so weird. :D

a few minor mistakes like its >3000 breads not >300 and its mehrdeutig so thats a spellingerror and stuff like that but overall nice video ^^ also 95% of all warm meals you eat does not include bread i dont know where he got that from xD

You don't know about the Holy Roman Empire? 😮 It was probably the most powerful empire in the world for nearly a thousand years (until its dissolution in 1806).

Hey Heidi, i just catch your channel and I am really loving your style to react to the Video you watch. So for the Start I am from Germany, exactly from Northen Baden-Württemberg. In the video a several small mistakes that are written down belowe enough... but!!! There is one mistake I can't ignore: Kuckucksuhren are not from Bavaria... they are from the Black Forest which is located in my beloved federal state. And to your question about the flages of these states, yes, they are often used and are shown most of the time beside the German nationflag. Also our faderal states have many rights and responsibilitys as a government. For example they are responsible for the schoolsystem. The school in the south is way harder then in the north. But you are right in the point of our historical guilty... we lay down a lot of weight on our shoulders and are often a bit to cautious and fearful to say some words and tell our exact opinion just to avoid the danger to insult someone around the entire earth. So... greating from my beloved Germany (I am proud about my country) and go one with your stuff and style 👍

Good Job Heidi, i like your Videos 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇸

juhu, the Kuckuck clocks are from Black Forest in Baden(Würtemberg)...

Another correction: There is a very long-lasting friendship between Germany and Japan. This started already in the 19th century when Japan opened its door to the western world forced by the Americans (Perry). And also between the second WW. Fachistic Italy, fachistic Germany and fachistic Japan had a very strong alliance. Till today the relationship between Japan and Germany is very strong. I live in Northrhine-Westfalia with the national capital Düsseldorf. In Düsseldorf you can fine the third-biggest settlemment of Japanese people in Europe (the biggest is in UK, the second-biggest is in Paris, France). Once a year on a special Saturday (around Mai / June of every year) the city of Düsseldorf and the Japanese community celebrates "Japan-Tag" ("One-day-of-Japan"). Hundred of thousands visitors appear on this special day, also foreigners all over the world to visit "Japan-Tag in Düsseldorf". Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland...loving greetings from Germany...😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

Yes, they are differenti in Europa. Green beers in the states are made with strawberrytaste. In Europa the green ones are done with appeltaste. THERE U have the diffrenece. // :)

I don´t really know about that tornado alley thing, i´ve never seen one or heard of in my life here in the western part of Germany. There might be some tornados somewhere, but i guess calling it a tornado alley is a bit exaggerated as far as i can tell. And of course there´s a zero missing in 300 types of bread, it´s over 3000.

Just saying, moving to germany (or denmark) would allow you to move and live in most of the other eu-countries for up to 3 months at will

There is also the comprehensive school where you are supported depending on what you can afford and that is the type of school I would support the most.

You deserve more subscribers! Love your content!👋😊🇮🇱

Heil is a heavily loaded word in Germany! We had such a crazy "leader" here, he came from Austria and caused a lot of suffering here. That's why it doesn't work anymore. ;) Love your Channel. Best Regards from Germany

18:55 Thank you so much gurl! 🖤🖤

Heil Heidi. Greetings from Lower Saxony.

3:02: To be correct, the first proto-German unified state, the North German Confederation, was founded in 1867. The southern German states joined later after the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, forming the German Empire.

I hope you'll do the France one, and the top10 places in France. You wont regret it 👍

if you ever come to germany,dont taste the bread..except you plan to stay here.ones you are back,you will never eat US bread again...

maybe a good basic before going into a geography now deepdive could be the video "The history of the entire world (i guess)" from bill wurtz. A fun trip from the big bang to a few years ago. (and some of it has been used in the bread video, you have seen.)

7:44: Funnily, Rouladen and Sauerbraten are beef (and sometimes horse), not pork.

7:40 And you need to try "Mett Brötchen" which is raw pork on a bread roll topped with onion slices + salt/pepper ;) But please fresh from a butcher's shop :D For many americans it is kind of a"test of courage" because you all learn that raw pork make you sick ^^ which is correct if you eat it after 1 day max.

In this video is a mistak the Kuckuckclock came from the blackforest in Baden-Württemberg and not from bavaria

The friendship between Germany and Turkey is special. Because of the crazy man in Ankara.

Hello together 😊 Nice reaction Video. I have seen one more little mistake in this Video. Cuckoo clocks are not located in Bavaria. They are located in the black forest. Wish all a nice time

Another correction of the original Video is about the Amish. The language they speek is not Plattdeutsch, but Pennsylvania durch. Itself Being a mixture of south-western German dialects auch as Palatine and swabian. Although heavily influenced by english of course

Chanel that may interes you is Dream Prague. It's a american prespective on living in Prague Czechia.

I love how at first he says Lower Saxony is geographically higher than Saxony but than says the more lower you go the higher you get so that’s why Lower Saxony is called Lower Saxony. Same goes for upper Bavaria und lower Bavaria and upper Austria and lower Austria in Austria

love That Video! Jawoll

Geography now are a awesome series :)

We regularly go on holiday to Kos, Greece. To a 5☆ hotel, overlooking Bodrum. I've seen Turkey, but I'm also safe with a tank on top of the mountains. Behind our hotel. If I want to go to Turkey. Is it only 5 miles, to a famous city in the Netherlands. Greetings from Spakenburg, Netherlands. Gerben T and Gabriëlle.

you should do Iceland! - i do not know if there is a geography Iceland though...

and fun fact. we have over 25000 castles and palaces. But not all, what do you have seen in the other video was a castle. that was a church or cathedral.

,,Kuckucksuhren" do not originate in Bavaria, but in the Black Forest region...cool video

Diese Kommentarsektion ist hiermit Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.🇩🇪

Not only does every state and every community have their own flag, you will find those regional flags much more on public display than the federal flag. That's because many institutions are not organized on a federal level (for example the police is strictly state-based, so they always display the regional colours). On the other hand, the German state flags are very distinct (unlike most US state flags) and the coats of arms usually feature an easily recognizable emblem - such as Lower Saxony's jumping horse, the Hessian-Thuringian "coloured" lion or the Berlin bear. That makes it quite easy to tell these regional symbols apart. Plus, there are only 16-20 of them, not 50.

I would definitely reccomend to watch other European Geography now's like France, Czechia, Sweden and more, it can be really interesting and it taught me more than geography at school :D

They all got their own flags. Sometimes even two if you'd see it like Baden-Württemberg. They were two different people put together. Baden has a flag and Württemberg (further to the south of the state) has one.

Lovely

I'm a historian. I have studied the Holy Roman Empire for the last 25 years. Still don't know everything about it... But great fun!

You should watch the Rammstein Deutscland video, it shows our feelings about our history very well.