Which means this is gonna have to be a "Filler Week"! Heavily, heavily, heavily requested,

This one is going to be on the states or Bundeslander of Germany. Germany is a powerhouse nation

Obviously it is the largest economy in Europe and it holds a significant role of geopolitical

activity that links an entire

Continent as you'll soon find out each state in Germany is pretty unique and diverse in their own way each kind of have their own

Specialty and some have unique dialects before we get into this though

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and so with that being said

Let's just jump into the sixteen bundle end of Germany first one bottom Guttenberg Capital Stuttgart

This is like the other southern state besides Bavaria

It was formed by the joining of three other former states these kind like the luxury cars state, you know

They have the headquarters of Mercedes Benz and Porsche lots of manufacturing going down here. It's very busy

They're also known for having the Black Forest where all those fairytales were inspired off of by the Brothers Grimm

Which also plays into the unique?

Swabian culture that they're known for down here Swabians have possibly the weirdest dialect in all of Germany

A lot of Germans can't even understand them and it incorporates a lot of weird unique festivals a lot of times

They wear these costumes based off of the fairy tales that came from here. Switzerland is like their best friend

They really just kind of get each other a lot of Swiss people come over and travel to this area of Germany and they're known

For being really smart with their money and handling it very well

Which also kind of means a lot of people think they're kind of stingy that's like the stereotype geography

Jessica says it is a sacrilege to throw stuff out

Even if it's a broken TV or something Varia or bayern capital munich

This is the largest state in size and the second largest in terms of population

It's kind of like the home of all those, you know, perpetuated German stereotypes that became famous through American culture

You know lederhosen dirndl those big one liter jugs of beer half timber houses

You know stuff like that reason being because after World War two

This place was occupied by the Americans and whatever they saw they just kind of put in media

They're kind of like the most independent out of all the German states

I mean they even had their own king at one point. He went crazy and drowned himself

They have more of like a Catholic background

And Austria is kind of like their conjoined twin like they get they get along really well with Austria beautiful mountains here

In fact the tallest mountain in all of Germany

Pizza is found here as well. And no shocker. They are really really really known for beer

There's like over 4000 breweries here

The oldest one in all of Germany is also found here, you know

All Germans kind of have their own opinions on Bavaria autobahn bismarck even once said the Bavarian is the link between human and Austrian

Berlin also the capital of Germany is not only the largest city in Germany

but it's also one of the three city states as in cities that are considered States now when I asked a lot of you German

jugde people's to describe Berlin a lot of you even from Berlin kind of said something along the lines of

Why do we even have this city in 2003 former? Mayor Klaus Vova right described Berlin as poor but sexy

it's pretty much the only

Capital city in all of Europe that cost more than it earns as in the entire country's GDP could be higher if Berlin didn't exist

And it's like you either love it or hate it geography

Maura says it's like the city where Germans go to find themselves

Starving artists aspiring EDM and techno musicians trying to make a point while unemployed now

But seriously the city does have some cool sights colorful art scene. What's weird though?

is you can still kind of see the distinction between East and West Berlin because it was split after the war and it's kind of

Like a weird place where capitalism and communism coalesce in one location

I mean

I guess Berlin is kind of like the rebel punk-rock teenager who locks himself in his room because his parents just don't understand him

Brandenburg Capital puts them jagrip. Jakob says people joke that this state is

Deadzone that surrounds berlin berlin has more people than the entire state of brandenburg

This is the first of the five states that make the former East Germany before the unification

It's kind of known as like the slow to get things done state as in there Airport was always supposed to be done this

Year, but they always say that like every year and it's been like ten years

Well, let's see lots of former Prussian history here

Lots of cool stuff to see here though, like the Roman Baths or the boost castle the Under Havel City Museum

They actually have like these cool medieval walls from the 14th century

One of the most notable sites being the palace of sanssouci lots of Eastern Europeans live here, especially polish

I mean they are on the border with Poland

They're kind of like this sidekick of Berlin that like tags along and wants to join his punk-rock band

I guess you could say Bremen. This is actually another city state

However, it's more of like - it's broken up into Bremen and Bremerhaven

This is the smallest and least populated state in all of Germany at only about six hundred and sixty thousand people

Back in the day. It was labeled as a free Hanseatic city back when the Hanseatic League was a thing

That's a whole other thing we could talk about lots of marine culture here

actually people who want to become sailors come to Bremen and

Bremerhaven Beck's beer comes from here as well as chocolate beer both of which many Germans hate. Let's see

What else do they have they have the Bremer stop music content statue

They have the only microgravity Tower in Europe where you can experience 9 seconds of weightlessness

Eight mummified bodies and glass coffins and a memorial block in the street dedicated to a female serial killer charming

But yeah

You know Bremen is just kind of like this unique quaint yet

always kind of competing with Hamburg State which brings us to

Homburg Hamburg is the last of the three city-states and it is pretty much the richest state in all of Germany

You gotta love these guys because people from Hamburg are called hamburgers

Sometimes they're called the Venice of the north sea because they have all these neighborhoods that are separated by canals and bridges

like Bremen and Bremerhaven

they have a harbour built on the

Elbe River which gives them access to the sea and they have a huge maritime culture

even though they are technically not on the sea and they are getting quite a bit of attention these days because

Hamburg is kind of like the IT capital of Germany right now

A lot of you have also mentioned that they have the most famous red light district in all of Germany the adult-themed Reeperbahn Ida

Know that lots of cool sites. You can see here though

Oh and they love fish here kind of like the techie rich guy who loves his fish next up hiss or hissing capital

Wiesbaden much of today's hess states belonged to the former hissing duchy back in the day

It was an independent state all the way up until 1871 and they are most famous for frankfort

It has more skyscrapers

Than any other city and it has the busiest airport in all of Germany as well and it is kind of like the business hub

Of Germany, it's home to so many corporate banks and financial institutions

also home to the German Stock Exchange and good - one of the most important writers in German history is from

Frankfurt when they love apples especially drinking it in various ways. They love apple cider

There's even a fountain that shoots apple wine at you. Maiya

Hiss Hessen is kind of like it's like the financial management brother of the family lower saxony capital hanover

It's the second largest state in terms of area and it's called lower saxony because of the elevation

Not because of the geographic location on the map get to keep that in mind. This state gets along very well with the

Netherlands this state kind of has like two cultures the plain Saxons and the Frisians whom are related to the Frisians in the Netherlands

It's kind of like the country farmland area of Germany. They host a lot of fairs like the World Fair Expo in 2000

However, interestingly enough you can also hear quite a bit of Plateau Expo kin here as well

Which is the dialogue that the Amish speak in the Americas it's also the headquarters of Volkswagen and they also have Volks Berg

Which is the city with the highest GDP per capita in the entire country. It's like the richest city mecklenburg-vorpommern

capital valine

This is actually the poorest state in Germany and it is the second former East Germany State as the name implies for Paul

men, it was part of the former area known as

Pomerania which? Yes, that's where the Pomeranian dog comes from. Some people joke that it should be called mecklenburg-vorpommern

Sits right next to Poland they even share and split this island with them called lucidum

It is very rural and sparsely populated. It has a lot of farmers and old people

In fact, it is disputed Lee the oldest state in all Germany tons of lakes here, though

The largest lake completely within Germany is actually found here as well. They also have the largest island in all of Germany beautiful beaches

cool places with like chalk cliffs via mecklenburg Pullman

It's kind of like the old angry grandpa that yells at the kids for running on his lawn North Rhineland

Westphalia capital Dusseldorf, this is like the big daddy of Germany

It's the most populated with about seventeen million

Its the powerhouse

Industrial capital of Germany much of its economy was built off of coal mining in the beginning and today they have more companies and factories

Than anywhere else in Germany people here have a deep-rooted Catholic culture

They love celebrating carnival the two biggest cities Dusseldorf and Cologne are always like competing with each other

There's really cool Frank Gehry architecture in düsseldorf

Cologne has the Cologne Cathedral

Obviously and cologne is kind of like the media capital of Germany much of the major studios can be found here

Yeah, overall. The this state is kind of like the partying dad of Germany. Rhineland-palatinate

Capital mains this is kind of like the younger brother of Rhineland, Westphalia

Except they love wine like it's often argued that the best German wine can be found in this state

there's a lot of historical sites and castles especially ones that date back to the days when France was always like

Invading and taking over they also have the last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps in the town of Trier

It's also the birthplace of Karl Marx. They are known for liverwurst

It's kind of like the loyal sidekick of Rhineland, Westphalia za land capital za walkin besides the city states

It is a smallest state in area. Basically the people here are like Frenchie Germans

the area was occupied by France after world war ii and they were actually their own independent state all the way up until

1957 when they decided to go back to germany, which explains why the people here are really good at speaking french chuck

Fionna says they are like the long-lost uncle that you don't know how you're related to and speaks french

The most notable sites all probably being the fucking in ironworks. It's a massive rusting steel plant

That is now a UNESCO Heritage Site today. It holds a museum Science Centre and an auditorium for concerts

I wouldn't be surprised if heavy metal concerts were a big thing here Josiah. That's saxony capital dresden

This is the third

former east european state

Geography Thorsten explains it pretty well when he says the Saxons are one of the oldest German tribes with having a lot of political influence

In the early times of the Holy Roman Empire and with some of them even creating something of what we now know today as England

why many British people say that they're

Anglo-saxon and why the English language is classified as a Germanic language. It kind of started here interesting, right?

This place is kind of known for having two things great universities and very right-wing politics

They get along really well with Czechia the Czech Republic whatever you like calling it

they have a minority group called the sore pians a