30 Insane Facts About Germany's Geography That Will Shock You!

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  @erikthehalfabee6234 · 1 month ago

  @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vSykaE5sAM&amp;t=84">1:24</a> Sure the crater of Nördlingen is 25 km wide, but it&apos;s very obvious to see that Nördlingen is not 25 km wide. It occoupies only a small part of the crater.

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  @totalermist · 1 month ago

  The Sansibar swap wasn&apos;t as stupid as it seems. Back then, Helgoland was a <b>*British*</b> crown colony. Given the rivalry between the Reich and UK, it&apos;s understandable why a cold rock 50km from shore seemed strategically more important than a tropical island thousands of km away that wasn&apos;t even an official colony to begin with. The contract simply stated that the German Reich wouldn&apos;t try to make it one while Helgoland would officially become German territory. So no, despite the contemporary critique back in the day and the seemingly bad deal, it actually was a win.

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  @Caban23space · 1 month ago

  FYI: &quot;Lake Constance&quot; real name is Bodensee

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  @u.s.1974 · 1 month ago

  The Finns and Estonians ran into the Saxons. But these Saxons are the historic Saxons located in Northern Germany, not in that part that was shown on the map.

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  @COWPRO · 1 month ago

  I am from Bremen and we have the Town Musicians of Bremen but Germany’s folklore goes way beyond the Town Musicians of Bremen! If you look closer, the whole country is a real-life fairy tale. You can visit the Trendelburg and Sababurg castles in Hesse, which inspired Rapunzel and Cinderella, or explore the dark forests of the Harz mountains, home to Hansel and Gretel. There is even a dark side to these stories, like the creepy legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin in Lower Saxony. They actually connected all these magical places through a 600-kilometer tourist route called the German Fairy Tale Route. It’s wild to think how many childhood stories originated right here!

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  @TsuneKG75 · 1 month ago

  I&apos;m german, living in North Germany but I once lived in the Black Forest for a while (sounds more romantic than it was). In my last apartment there I lived next to a little river called Brigach - one of the two rivers which are forming the Donau/Danube. I also once experienced an earth quake there. It wasn&apos;t dangerous - first thought was just like &quot;My neighbours are really loud today!&quot;<br>Now I&apos;m thriving in North Germany again and I love this part of Germany a lot.<br><br>What you&apos;ve missed - the Wadden Sea (Wattenmeer). You can literally walk on the ground of the sea to islands when the flood is gone. But please never do that alone! Always get a guide. The sea is tricky and lots of people underestimated it.

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  @lastannahme · 1 month ago (edited)

  Was on top of the Brocken mountain twice. On the first ocasion it was ice cold, snowing and very windy. Visability at the top was maybe 30 meters (100 feet) at most at the same time also beautitul and mysterious in a way. &nbsp;Second time around was a crystal clear day and while we we&apos;re both having a cigarette outside one of the staff members from the small restaurant near the summit told me that during his time working there for over 10 years he had never before seen such a wide visability. He said even having a view at all was rare.

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  @Yora21 · 1 month ago

  I lived in Heidelberg for several years, which sits right where the Neckar river exits the hills and flows into the Rhine rift valley. The landscape goes from rocky hills to perfectly flat instantly. And the valley is so wide you can&apos;t see the hills on the other side. It&apos;s a 35 km wide chasm that has been filled with river sand.

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  @Adromir1980 · 1 month ago

  I still try to wrap my Head around &quot;The Romans met the Germani so English says Germany&quot;

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  @ursusbavaricus4761 · 1 month ago

  The picture at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vSykaE5sAM&amp;t=598">9:58</a> was taken about 25 years ago in the Bayrischer Wald National Park from the peak of Mount Lusen. It has changed dramatically since then, as nature was completely left to its own devices. A fresh and healthy new mountain forest has begun to grow back, faster than anyone would have expected, and you can barely see what&apos;s left of the old dead trees anymore. I&apos;ve been up there, incredibly impressive!

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  @Thomas-w8s6 · 1 month ago

  It is also worth adding that Germany has the highest density of orchestras in the world—and one of the highest densities of theaters. The reason for this is that, in the past, the country was divided into so many small, independent states.

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  @sorensteiniger6465 · 1 month ago

  It&apos;s not just the Lieberose Heath that&apos;s a desert. The fact is, the entire northeast of the country has very sandy soils. Only the abundant rainfall allows plants, forests, and agriculture to thrive here. Due to the drought resulting from climate change, the forest floor is turning into sand dunes, as seen in the Schorfheide. If the rain eventually stops altogether, northern Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and parts of western Poland will become a continental desert.

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