Thanks for sharing, I wasn't aware if that :D

I live in quite another part of Europe, on the Swedish west coast. There are two islands here, that finally got connected with the mainland and with each other in 1967 (if I remember correctly). The people there, especially on the smaller island, used to be against the bridges that connected them with the mainland. On a dark night in 1980 one of the bridges to that island, which is called Tjörn, was hit by a ship in foggy weather. It collapsed, and 8 people were killed when they unknowingly drove over the edge and fell into the water deep below. "Somewhat" cynically many people on the island remarked: "Now only the bridge to Orust (the other island) needs to collapse, and we'll live quite peaceful out here." 🙄

@@SirManateee that mainly stems from the "resentment" (its more of a joke tbh) towards tyrolians.

Das war was mich am Meisten überrascht hat! Schnitzel ist gut, aber mit einer richtig guten Soße macht's ihn noch geiler

just some lemon on top and its perfect

Das beste Schnitzel ist sowieso das wo man 2 Schnitzel zusammenklopft, Käse und Schinken dazwischen tut und dann Cordon Bleu nennt. Grüsse aus der Schweiz ;). P.S - Die Deutschen haben schon Recht. So ne Jägersauce über nem Schnitzel. Mjam!

@@SimonS_94 Das ist auch mein 1. Gedanke gewesen. Unschlagbar

@@schlawyn3r418 Blasphemie

I agree, it's my favourite period of history ;D

Actually, Old Britannia also does videos on this time period.

The Victorian Era is underrated

We are not same as the swiss, we have similar prices but less income

You have never heard of Vorarlberg being referred to as Kanton Übrig?

Versuechens namol. Dasmol klappt's sicher. :P

@@oof5020 naaa

na, bleibt da

Thank you, I had a lot of fun making it! Und übrigens braucht dich meine Aussprache nicht zu wundern ;)

@@SirManateee Bist du Österreicher oder Deutscher

@@schwein_star He's German. That's explains why he speaks good German.

​@@ElectrostatiCrowhe's Austrian lmao

@@barmybarmecide5390idkk channel description says Germany 🤷

I personally would argue that Ohio is the Vorarlberg of America

@@SirManateee you know what you're right Vorarlberg is older than Ohio and I doubt it was ever a sane place so yes Ohio is the Vorarlberg of america

Burgenland is the Ohio of Austria

@@Metternich_Enjoyer nah man Burgenland is the Florida of Austria

@@BigScreamingBaby What’s the difference between Ohio and Florida (meme wise)?

Being Swiss I don't blame anyone for thinking so. We barely understand some of our own German dialects and even the French and Italian spoken here have their own twists. Not to mention Romansh.

That can be arranged

@@SirManateee That's why I love your channel.

This ruler (Karl I)was completely detached from reality and tried to recreate an dead empire by force, which no one wanted (except the Viennese elite, still dreaming of an easy life and milking numerous subjects, disregarding the real aspirations of the nations forced to obey the Austrians). "You have to love Austria like a mother, because if not, the "mother's lover" (the Hungarian) will come and kick the butts of all disobedient subjects (If he couldn't make it, mom will call the big German brother - and he can kick really hard!). He was a pitiful character who didn't understand the spirit of the times. That's why he ended up in a pathetic way.

@@charlesgrant-skiba5474 it wasn't a dead empire, it was a murdered empire. the idea that the habsburg empire was a "prison of nations" is allied propaganda from the first world war. president wilsons philosophy of "self determination" was a strategy to weaken one of the members of the central powers

@@willkettle3959 Dear friend, There is not a single country (which was previously part of Austria-Hungary) that misses or wants to recreate it. The proof of this is not only in politics but also in literature. It is enough to read "The Good Soldier Švejk" by Jaroslav Hašek to understand the attitude of the Czechs, Moravians and others towards the Empire. Ukrainians have been looking for independence for a long time (in Galicia and Bukovina - see the work of Taras Shevchenko). Even the Hungarians also wanted to break away from the rule of Vienna (several uprisings against the Austrians) - despite the fact that their elites played an important role in the Empire! The Poles considered the part of former Poland that had been annexed by the Austrians to be the most dangerous for their culture and national identity. I do not even have to mention the Balkan states (there is a lot of literature showing the wickedness of the Austrians and Hungarians in the former Empire. The only exception may be Kraina, but more cultural than political). Even the former allies did not support the idea of recreating any "reformed" Empire, which contributed to the complete failure of the desperate attempt to take over the power and the Hungarian crown by Karl II. During World War I, tens of thousands of Austro-Hungarian soldiers, and perhaps more (mostly Slavs, but also Hungarians and Jews), deserted to the enemy side and joined the Russian army fighting against Austria (these were unprecedented events in history). Even Vorarlberg wanted to join Switzerland or Germany, similar tendencies were in Salzburg - for good reason. The Sudeten Germans missed Berlin much more than Vienna. Austria-Hungary had long been an inefficient, bureaucratic and corrupt state organism, which became clear at the time of crisis (echoes of this can be seen in the novel "The Trial" by Franz Kafka). Attempts to save the Empire (despite the dissatisfaction of his father, Emperor Franz Josef) were attempted by Archduke Ferdinand ( he was even ready to grant autonomy or independence to certain parts of the Empire, under certain conditions of course) but even if he had survived the assassination attempt in Sarajevo, he would not have maintained the antiquated monarchical-aristocratic structure. Yes, the Allies cleverly used all these resentments, but they did not have to make an effort. Almost all over the Empire, the fall of Austro-Hungary was solemnly celebrated and the building of independent states began. And these countries celebrate their independence to this day!

AAAAAANT

Imagine an Island of Liechtenstein in a sea of Switzerland. And I have no idea, honestly

@Sir Manatee It would be the European Lesotho. Also, congrats!

​@@Artur_M.May I introduce you to the country of San Marino?

@@claudiusflavius2493 Oh yeah, although San Marino is even tinier and a republic, not a monarchy.

Liechtenstein is guaranteed by the Swiss though

Dankeschön :D

In Vorarlberg we speak this kind of bastardized german, I as a native speaker I think that this dialect is nice but literally nobody except for some Bavarians can understand it. So saying that Vorarlberg is German speaking is kind of an insult. 🥲

Zit om sich de Schwiz ahzschliesse.

There is a good chance, that Vorarlberg would vote yes. Even with 2 Tunnels to Rest of Austria, Vorarlberg is more connected to the Swiss and German Bodenseeraum, by speech, economy and people. And Switzerland still has the better democracy, better tax system and better income.

Yessir

Thanks :)

Would've been interesting, but here we are now. Better to like each other on the opposite sides of the border than to hate each other inside the same country. haha

who wouldn't want Ticino? I can understand Italy very well

At the time, Italy kept a policy of somewhat guaranteeing Austria's borders, since they saw it as now being in the Italian sphere of influence, so to say. Also, just a general argument of "maintaining the balance of power in the region", which completely goes out of the window when you consider that Italy took South Tyrol right next door at the same time this was happening

@@12D_D21 Guess, they didn't want to look too greedy.

@@12D_D21 remember, less that 100 years ago from that time, italy was in austria's sphere of influence

As an Austrian, I'd gladly give up Vorarlberg if I get South Tyrol in return. This would make me a very happy man.

@@jochen1393 as a Vorarlberger that breaks my heart. But it would make sense XD

I personally see myself as an Austrian, not Vorarlberger

Khöriga Vorarlberger isch in erschter linie o an Europäer. :)

@@Koellenburg so isches. seh i auch so, zersch vorarlberger, dann europäer.

@@Koellenburg nei, natürle ned

dont tell lies. its Gsiberger wenn scho denn scho

@@LunarPenguin42 also wer gsiberger Set isch koan wahrer Vorarlberger des segen doch nur dia ganza Nacharlbergischen Ossis us Salzburg

Hach, s´Ländle, the only place in the whole german speaking world, where you can great your neighbour with a sharp "Hail!" while holding your right arm up.

I wouldn't see you as a Vorarlberger but as a Unterländer

I honestly have no bloody clue

You know what, you're bloody right ;D

@@SirManateee well i‘m looking forward for the video :)

Huh, sounds fascinating, thank you! :D

Thanks so much! Greetings from someone with a Silesian name in Lower Saxony ;D

You are gay

Gesundheit

@@SirManateee Danke gliichfalls

Mountainpass Arlberg be like: Lmao

Do stimmi dr zua. Mir hond do eh a paradies mit am Bodasee und da viele Berg und (relativ) gauta Infrastruktur, also do kama net jömera.

Was isch denn das für en Front? dsRhintl isch amel nid soo schlimm. :P

@@oof5020 des sichr ned na :) und bede sitta profitieren guat vonanand aber es stimmt o dass dvorarlberger sitta sich i da letzta johr zum wirtschaftlicha und gesellschaftlicha zentrum vom rhital und da umliganda täler entwicklt hot wenn be da drei schwöstra odr am kasta doba stohsch siasch guat da untrschied i vrmuat des hot damit zum tua well döstliche schwiz sich ehnr um st galla orientiert wenn sländle an kanton worra wär, hät guat fealdkirch und dorabirra sglich schicksal wia chur und sargans erleaba künna, und da walgau wär an arms tal blibba wo halt da zug ga österrich durchfahrt

Woran das nur liegen könnte ;)

@@SirManateee ach deswegen klingt dein English so spitz manchmal haha

ich habe auch etwas gebraucht bis ich gecheckt habe dass der dude deutscher ist.

I will always love you

Der wirkliche Grund war nicht der Katholizismus, denn insgesamt gibt es in der Schweiz mehr Katholiken als Protestanten, sondern das empfindliche Gleichgewicht zwischen Welschschweizern und Deutschschweizern. Dieses Gleichgewicht wäre durch einen Anschluss der deutschsprachigen Vorarlberger empfindlich gestört worden. Und eben das fürchtete die Schweizer Politik.

I seriously can't thank you enough for your detailed explanation! Do you by chance have any books on that topic that you could recommend? It sounds like a fascinating topic that I seem to have unrightfully glossed over so far ;)

@@SirManateee I'll have to look in to it but most if not all of the stuff I have is in German. Back to the strike I mean of course if the military was not deployed in mass as soon as the strike began I imagine it would have continued but what I find interesting is that just the threat of violence erupting was enough for the leader of the worker movement to cancel just after three days, in an Europe with extremely high acceptance and willingness for violence. The same can be said for the government in later stages but not the Swiss military. The information they gave the federal council were completely based on the stuff this one officer was reporting and they managed to convince the federal council that revolution was imminent leading to the disbandment of the action committee and the troop presence in Lausanne. Even though the government won a complete victory, without giving in to any of the demands, violence basically never broke out and everybody going back to work, in the weeks and the months to follow the highest wage increases to this day occurred throughout Switzerland and in nearly every industry and for most individuals. The government clearly communicated to the people that it was a government of consensus and not confrontation, continuing a very long tradition and shaping Swiss politics to this very day. Unfortunately it's barely known today in Switzerland and most likely just because it was handled so well by both sides.( I mean of course besides the antisemitic officer who basically started the whole thing lol)

Dialects are the origin of the german language. The german from valais is more related to old german and dutch than to the standard german language

What? Are you mixing up Switzerland and Netherlands? You know, one of them is very flat and still a monarchy? The other has lots of mountains, has the kicking out of foreign kings as founding principle, and is the place where Empress Sissi was killed?

Densely populated?

@@elischarutzler6757 Yes, with 154 inhabitants per square kilometer of land area, Vorarlberg is the second most densely populated federal state in Austria after Vienna

@@InstaSelcuk_capone dense is also a slang word for stupid...

only if Vienna respects our Rights. Some viennese whant to abolish the bundesländer.. if that d happen, we would have no option but to leave. :(

@@Koellenburg you are something I call a "Vaterlandsverräter" Leck dich und deine dumme Schweiz du Asi.

@@Koellenburg we just want Vorarlberg a little bit...closer😏🌝

Moin

A.E.I.O.U forever

That's a great idea that I should look into! And obviously, stating that Austrians wanted the Anschluss is a massive overgeneralisation, but there were very influencial groups on both sides of the border that wanted to unify the two countries. Still, the idea became less and less attractive as the interwar years went on

@@SirManateee Yes, thanks, and merry christmas to you! 🙂

oh no

nope. the only thing true is that they had a disproportionate influence compared to their percentage of the total population. that alone isnt enough to pretend like they caused everything and everybody else din doo nothing.

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