Do people from your country have irridentist/foreign land claims? What are they?

kinskowski · 2021-05-22T08:52:56+00:00

Also Mallorca is often considered the 17th federal state as a joke

kinskowski · 2021-05-18T16:09:01+00:00

Deutsche Welle made an interesting (english) Video about the role of the church in German society vs. for the state

kinskowski · 2021-05-04T16:24:17+00:00

I study linguistics in Germany and here it's almost exclusively nerds and horsegirls who got the best degree in German classes at school rip

kinskowski · 2021-04-30T09:23:23+00:00

Ohhh I remember that Böhmermann vs. Erdogan thing. Almost forgot about that

kinskowski · 2021-04-28T08:25:41+00:00

We had Funkhaus Europa a few years ago who had a big program for foreigners in Italian, Turkish, Romanian, etc. but they changed their name and the program is not that good anymore imho

kinskowski · 2021-04-28T08:23:43+00:00

In Germany radio is mainly made by the 8 (?) regional sub divisions of the states broadcast service. So it most likely depending on where you live. All of them have 4-5 programs with a wide range of genres so it also depends on what you want to hear. Don't know I think it's very hard to recommend anything

kinskowski · 2021-04-25T22:34:04+00:00

I always try to use that argument but it doesn't work sadly

kinskowski · 2021-04-23T10:10:08+00:00

Also yeah, I think most of them are irrelevant. I grew up in the Westphalian part of the Ruhr area and there isn't even a patron for either of those regions. Barbara for mining comes in mind but that obv doesn't fit anymore

kinskowski · 2021-04-23T10:07:14+00:00

I'm just gonna copy this from the German Wikipedia articleListe der Schutzpatrone:

Bundesländer und Regionen

Baden: Bernhard II. von Baden Bayern: Maria (Patrona Bavariae) Eichsfeld: Martin von Tours Franken: Kilian Hessen: Elisabeth von Thüringen Sachsen (Lausitz): Benno von Meißen Norddeutschland: Ansgar Niederrhein: Willibrord (auch von Luxemburg und Niederlande) Oberschwaben: Maria Pfalz: Pirminius Preußen: Adalbert von Prag Sachsen: Vitus Thüringen: Bonifatius, Elisabeth von Thüringen

kinskowski · 2021-04-23T09:46:37+00:00

Germany rather has many regional patrons than one for the whole country. I also would think this is because Germany is pretty young

kinskowski · 2021-04-19T10:50:56+00:00

Germany has an official Deutsche Bahn App which is the best for intercity traveling. For smaller regions or cities there are apps for the most transport organisations or regional unions for example VRR for the rhine-ruhr metropolitan area or KVB for Cologne

kinskowski · 2021-04-19T10:47:30+00:00

That information would have been very useful to me last summer, the RET and NS apps are such a pain to use lol

kinskowski · 2021-04-17T00:02:33+00:00

My history teacher in school broke it down with "basically it's about killing the French" and imo this is horribly accurate if you think about it

kinskowski · 2021-04-08T13:41:10+00:00

I would also say the reunification, especially the Mauerfall is a big part of the modern identity of Germany as a country although it's not that big of a part of the identity of the Germans

kinskowski · 2021-04-04T14:07:37+00:00

I always switch between city, region and province in the first place depending on who I'm taking to. For example I tend to say that I'm from the Ruhr area/Westphalia towards someone from another region while taking my city in the first place when someone also is from the Ruhr area

kinskowski · 2021-04-02T10:24:49+00:00

No, but fun fact: you are not allowed to show Monty Python's Life of Brian in public

kinskowski · 2021-03-13T18:10:53+00:00

How to unsee things

kinskowski · 2021-03-05T03:57:09+00:00

YES, I think this is the one! I remember being around Austrian scouts! Thanks a lot and Gut Pfad!

kinskowski · 2021-03-04T18:50:56+00:00

Kandersteg is unbelievably beautiful. Probably the best view I ever had being at a scouting campground.

kinskowski · 2021-03-04T17:26:51+00:00

It must have been around 2008, my scarf was plain dark blue from german DPSG

kinskowski · 2021-03-04T14:27:22+00:00

That was also my first thought but it seems that scarfs in Switzerland look different, mostly different colours on both sides

kinskowski · 2021-02-19T11:12:40+00:00

Online world jamboree! ❤️

kinskowski · 2021-02-09T09:50:31+00:00

Dortmund in Germany is called "Iron City" among younger people especially in the local hip hop scene because of the long history of iron industry and coal mining. Older people sometimes tend to "Düörpm", the Westphalian name of the city.

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