Charlemagne = Charles magnus = Charles the Great

5:26 that type of facade/ roof with its "steps" is called "Staffelgiebel" and originates in the Romanic architecture of 12th century Belgium and 13th century Rhineland (western Germany right next to Belgium)

In french he is called Charlemagne, in Germany he is known as Charles the Great. He was - so to say - the founder of both France and Germany.

Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein is just around 200 miles away from Denmark, so there's a ferry, a flix-bus and a train for daytrips to Denmark

When a new Emperor of the Holy Roman empire was elected (yes, elected) he had to tour the different bishoprics all around the HRE. But this tour (which could take many months, up to years, with the accompanying rituals and services) always ended in Aachen where the emperor was finally crowned and pronounced emperor for the whole of the HRE. Edit: yepp Schleswig Holstein is currently Germany's northernmost state and borders directly on Denmark. Lübeck is on the coast of Baltic Sea, again very close to Denmark and Sweden. Who actually started those step-front gables of houses I don't know, but yes, they are very common among Danish and Swedish coastal sea front towns. So it might be difficult to pinpoint who exactly started that, but it's safe to say that with influence of the Hanse, the north German merchant treaty organization of the 15th century it quickly spread along all Baltic and North Sea coastal areas. Lübeck was the central hub of the Hanse. The Hanse were incredibly rich as they successfully eliminated trade tariffs and reduced and regulated taxes for all members of the Hanse. Much like the EU single market today. Just 500 years ago. Edit 2 Bäckerei= bakery, Hof = court, so it was the court's bakery, which was a special title granted only to outstanding craftsmen. Bakeries, breweries, butcheries, smithies, chandleries, tailors, and many others could receive the title and honor of receiving the Hof- prefix as a sign of excellence. Only those top quality craftsmen selected by the local court/king were given that honor. It obviously boosted sales enormously if you were known to provide the court with your products. Usually only one craftsman of each type in an area received that title. So armed with that knowledge, what do suppose the world-reknowned Hofbräuhaus could mean? For what ubiquitous German drink is it known?😂 Cheers

I am born and bred in Halifax, UK. We are twinned with Aachen, Germany. Google town twinning, to find out what this means. We have roads etc... named Aachen this and that.

That octagon hall is from the 8th/9th century, the cathedral nave with the stained glass windows is much later (15th century or so).

Towns without cars, aren't they nice.

Yes, Charlemagne is just Charles the Great in French. I had no idea it's possible not to know that.

Yes, Charlemagne stems from Carolus Magnus (Latin for Charles the Great) or in German "Karl der Große".

She probably translated it directly from German (and what he would have called himself, without the Große obviously), Karl der Große. Charles the Great, Carolus Magnus, Charlemagne. Same guy.

yes, Lübeck is near Denmark

There is a Church near me in the UK ( Deerhurst, Gloucestershire), most of which was built about 780.

You showed surprise that Aachen Cathedral was founded in the year 800 - you missed the earlier information that Trier Cathedral dates from the year 300 AD

7:04 'Hof Bäckerei' means 'court bakery'', 'Seel' is the last name (family name) of the baker. the name traditionally indicates that in earlier times they served the aristocrats of bavaria.

I was once in Trier. You stroll through this beautiful modern and mediaeval city, and suddenly, a massive black Roman gate from over 2000 years ago looms in front of you. It's a moment you can't quite process.

2:10 you wondered about 800 AD, but you didn't noticed that Trier was founded 2000 years ago 0:55 ;)

Yes, Schleswig-Holstein is next to Dänemark. In old times is was a Part from Dänemark

These "step'-houses are typical for all towns in the hanseatic league. So that is why you found them in differend countries.

About your question, if there's usually a guy up there (Porta Negra) in roman attire: I wouldn't be surprised. In many bigger german cities, where history and historical stuff is part of the tourist attraction, it's not uncommon for the city or the association that is responsible, to hire reenactors of the according time period. Here in Freiburg where i live we have historical tours, where the guides walk people around the city telling them milestones about the history, all dressed in historical attire that we call 'GroMi' - short for 'Grob Mittelalterlich', which means 'roughly medieval'. The night tours are especially popular, as the guide would walk around with a lantern that is more of a fantasy setting, but it's very aesthetic. Especially when it comes to the 'reenactment' part, when the visitors get ambushed by a french historic figure and either the tour guide or another reenactor fends that french guy off. The viking group i was a part of was asked a few times to take such a job for different occations and in some cases we did that, in some cases we didn't. It was always paid work though.

Yes, visited Trier, Aachen, Quedlinburg, Erfurt. The cathedral in Aachen is build by Charlemagne, he’s buried there. I was born not far from there in the Netherlands.

7:52 Even in this medieval town you can find a doner kebab shop

I live next to Aachen, the old town is awesome

Many cities and village are very old in Germany. My village is over 925 years old. Older as my house. It is 200 years old. And the townhall of our federal state city is 618 years old.

Hello from beautiful Bavaria :D More precisely from the Upper Palatinate. Our capital is Regensburg. This city is World Heritage. I will send you a link where you can get to know the city a bit. We are a university and student city. We have over 1000 historical landmarks. We are also a sports city - ice hockey, soccer, marathons, cycling, etc. There are beautiful parks and cafes, delicious food in great restaurants, and of course different beer gardens in the summer. As far as the theater is concerned, there are also many different ones.

3:00 You have every right to be surprised because the video just isn't true or is at least misleading. Like many churches in Europe, the Aachen Cathedral has undergone some changes and expansions over time. Styles from different eras often mix in many old buildings in Germany and Europe. In the case of the Aachen Cathedral, the hall with the high narrow windows shown in the video was obviously created in the Gothic period, not in 800 AD. This picture shows the different eras: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachener_Dom#/media/Datei:Aachener_Kaiserdom.png - Blue = Baroque, green = Gothic, red = Carolingian (so still kinda impressive). BUT the idea of the Apse chapel came about around 900, and about 200 years later we got the Sens Cathedral - so, again, still kinda impressive.

5:06 the style of the houses is called "Backsteingothik" brick gothic. You'll find them mainly in Hanseatic towns. Towns around the North and Baltic Sea. From England to the Baltic States over Finland and the Scandinavian countries. Brick gothic and the Hanse happened at the same time. I'm unsure if they're connected in any way, because towns not in the "Hanse" built their houses in this style too.

Schleswig-Holstein was a Part of Dänemark long long ago

Sadly many destroyed in WWII.

I know you are amazed when you see the Norman buildings in the UK which were built 1,000 years ago. I did not know that there was a cathedral in Germany which was built in 800! To go a step further, you should check out the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. This was a church which has a large domed roof, and was built in 537!

Yes you are right, Charles the Great aka Charlemagne

Before the church built about 800ad that one was built about 300ad. Shelswig used to be Danish but Germany had a war with them for it in the late 19th century and Germany won.

....the first brick ( klinkerstein) houses founded in north germany region ( low saxony and frisia) later to england and netherlands. allerbest😊

a couple of thousand year old city gate... no reaction. church from 300 a.d.... no reaction cathedral build in 800a.D. - mind blown

I am very astonished that this young man is astonished about emporer Karl der Große / Charles the great and his creations of 800 s.D. What do you think where it all comes from??????? We are the old world but today we are very modern. Around 800 years after the year 800 (that is years 1600 plus) the first settlers sailed from the old world towards the place where you live now.

Yeah, Charlemagne is also known by his German name of Charles the Great or Carolus Rex. Same guy who tried to reinstate the Roman empire and brought Christianity on the heathen with the sword. The cathedrals would not be finished anytime during his reign. Those could take centuries to build.

Standing in the Porta Nigra is impressive when you realize that it is a Roman building. But also the Imperial Baths and all other historical buildings from the Roman era should be seen. From Trier it is also not far and also a stone's throw from my home to the Roman villa that was excavated and completely restored and also the Roman games there are worth seeing.

this stile of steped fasades startet in what is now the netherlands in the 13-14th century and propagated trought the hanse to all tradecitys on the northern and baltik seas.

The grand architecture in Europe is result of monarchy. The architecture found in USA are more practical as the fancier building were built thru tax money. Even the concept of British great house is built on money made off colonization. vintage Bronx in 1900 has equally pleasant looking dwellings as compared to the old half timbered houses.

was trier not 300 AD? haha. his face when he was stuck of Achen at 800 AD. that face. pure awe. Vaterland is old indeed. enjoy the history. looking forward to more awe faces.

Indeed, the church of Aachen might been completed about 800 AD but of course, the Gothic style parts are not that old. These were later added. So it's mostly the central octagon which dates from Karl's time.

No actors in costumes are not strolling around in german citys. We live here, it is not Disneyland. And yes, I am offended about your question.

It´s a movie about Gemany, how can it be about Denmark ? 😂

moin ut noorddüütschland vun de waterkant bremerhaven😊 the brick ( klinker or backstein gothic) gothic buildings in lübeck are fonded in germany. the first buildings are build in the german hanseatic cities. all hanseatic cities has this style. the style come from the german to sweden, netherlands ,belgian., lettland, latvia, estland. check the hanseatic city history😊 allerbest un hool di wuchtig👍

Charles the Great IS Charlemagne or Carolus Magnus (in Latin). Aachen was his preferred Imperial residence - there was not one capital at that time, Frankish kings (like German kings later on) were migrating from residence to residence by season to encounter as much regions and subordinates during the year as possible. Quedlinburg was the Easter residence of the Ottonian dynasty, which is named after Otto I the Great, first-born son of Henry I who was the first non-Frankish king of East Francia (elected in 919 by the Frankish and Saxon nobles, he was before the Duke of Saxony). Otto I became 936 Duke of Saxony and King of East Francia, 951 King of Italy and 962 the first Roman-German Emperor. (5:12) The so called "Staffelgiebel" or stepped gable originates from Flanders around Ghent in today Belgium. The fashion then spread first to the Rhineland around Cologne, during the Gothic epoch (13th to 15th century) at first to northern Germany, especially the cities of the Hanseatic League, including the Hanseatic ports at the Baltic Sea (like Gdansk and Riga, but also some Scandinavian ports), then also to south(west)ern Germany (including then Switzerland). The former duchies of Schleswig and Holstein border to Denmark; Schleswig (while mainly settled by German-speaking Saxons) was actually a duchy under the Danish crown until 1864, while Holstein was a duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, but ruled by the Danish king as Duke of Holstein since 1460. The German Federation led by Austria and Prussia defeated Denmark in 1864; since then both duchies (as well as the duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg) belonged to Germany. Rothenburg ob der Tauber (lit. red castle above river Tauber), a Franconian town in Bavaria near the border to the state of Baden-Württemberg is only the northernmost and most touristic of three similar preserved towns; the southernmost would be the Swabian town of Nördlingen (see kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j5-KpcuWrLyzXac.html), about 70km to the south; about in the middle between both you'll find Franconian Dinkelsbühl (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pcWXqbCl0dGXZps.html)

I'd send you a reply to your question on these particular facades, but I doubt that you ever read the comments ...

1:52 Engl, French: Charlemagne, German: Karl the Great. 800 A D Was he German or French? No, that didn't exist back then. His kingdom included both. After his death, his kingdom was divided among his sons. The Western Frankish Empire became France. The eastern part fell apart and was not Germany.

As other commenters have said Charlemagne is French for Charles the great. 800AD isn't old to us as we've stuff way older than that. York was founded in 70AD and there's still stuff from around then as are in other English towns and cities and French ones too. The Romans didn't get much established further than the Rhine. Germany was barbarian country to them.

that's exactly how it is incomprehensible to Americans, but everywhere in Europe we have buildings and cathedrals that are 1000 or more years old, and many buildings from the Roman Empire ... it's incomprehensible to you and I don't know what you teach in school??? ?? history is here in Europe

Always hilarious to see how clueless americans are about ancient history and the timeline of european history... Freaking out about Aachen Cathedral being built around 800 AD but not moving an eybrow about Porta Nigra which was built more than 600 years ago 😄

Lübeck started as a Slavic Town with the name Lubice

Most of Germany was bombed flat in WW2 so a lot of their old towns and cities look old but were rebuilt after the war. Aachen was one of those places. That's why they look so good they're fake. Erfurt was another that was bombed by the RAF and USAF and captured by the US in April 1945. Rothenburg was bombed by the allies on March 31st 1945 so not so old as it looks. If you see the wartime photos of the damage you see how old German places actually are after the USAF day bombing and the RAF by night.