The Kraut Konspiracy

hey, we've got a Philippino thread, so why not a "Kraut" one?
let's have lots of beer, horrible folk music and consipre to conquer the world :lol: JOKING.
NO AUSTRIANS! *JOKING*
all Kraut-philes (if there are any) are welcome, of course.

I'll start with some random pics

The Bumbag :sick:

http://jonnyopinion.files.wordpress..../02/bumbag.jpg

Waste Separation

http://www.nottuln.de/abfall1.jpg

Kitschy Castles

http://www.new7wonders.com/downloads...chwanstein.jpg

The Cutest Cows in the World

http://www.ferientagungshotel.de/cms..._kuh_200px.jpg

The White Cliffs of..... Rügen!

http://npb.jamescook.nu/wp-content/u...038_screen.jpg
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Kraut!
http://www.can-catering.de/upload/pr.../weisskohl.jpg

makes me want to wish I were German...COWS! and Waste Separation!!!

Wurst und Rotkohl *yummy* :D

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Originally Posted by crazefest456

makes me want to wish I were German...COWS! and Waste Separation!!!

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:) you've got no idea how much fun waste separation can be :) can keep you busy for hours :) e.g. does a used hankie go into the "waste" or "paper" bin? if it's made from biodegradable paper, you could also put it in the "bio" bin, of course. or when you take bottles to the bottle bank, can you leave the caps on because they use a magnet to fish them out, or do you have to throw the caps in the "waste" bin... or perhaps the yellow bin, ... or is there a metal bank? or if you take an empty yoghurt jar to the bottle bank, do you really have to wash it first? what about the cap? :lol: these are extremely fascinating question :D

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

:) you've got no idea how much fun waste separation can be :) can keep you busy for hours :) e.g. does a used hankie go into the "waste" or "paper" bin? if it's made from biodegradable paper, you could also but it in the "bio" bin, of course. or when you take bottles to the bottle bank, can you leave the caps on because they use a magnet to fish them out, or do you have to throw the caps in the "waste" bin... or perhaps the yellow bin, ... or is there a metal bank? or if you take an empty yoghurt jar to the bottle bank, do you really have to wash it first? what about the cap? :lol: these are extremely fascinating question :D

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Ehehehe, I love this. I must admit I am too lazy to make this waste separation.
Oh, I love the cow and the castle!

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Originally Posted by Sweets America

Ehehehe, I love this. I must admit I am too lazy to make this waste separation.
Oh, I love the cow and the castle!

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heehee :) how many different bins do you have in France?

I'll post a profile of my state (Bavaria) one of these days and if I'm in a very good mood, I'll add a quiz (with a little prize for the winner)

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

heehee :) how many different bins do you have in France?

I'll post a profile of my state (Bavaria) one of these days and if I'm in a very good mood, I'll add a quiz (with a little prize for the winner)

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I am not sure of how many bins we have here, actually. There must be one for plastic, one for paper, one for cardboard maybe, and one for glass. Where I live, they say 'Put your glass in the glass bin' but I have never managed to find where the glass bin was. :D My empty glass bottle is still on my table. :D :lol:

LULZ - maybe I'll start a CANUCK thread :lol:

Sleepy, the first German clichés that came to mind were sausage (?) (all those pale tasteless 'wursts') lederhosen, and of course OKTOBERFEST :D (which is a very big deal here)

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lederhosen

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Three cheers for lederhosen! :D

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/3...osenzt6.th.jpg

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Originally Posted by Logos

LULZ - maybe I'll start a CANUCK thread :lol:

Sleepy, the first German clichés that came to mind were sausage (?) (all those pale tasteless 'wursts') lederhosen, and of course OKTOBERFEST :D (which is a very big deal here)

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yep, I know :) it's funny that all of them are Bavarian :) lederhosen, wurst and Oktoberfest I mean :)
I'm working on a profile of Bavaria, which I'll post soon so those of you who are interested can learn more about my state (I hope it won't be too boring, but if it is, you guys can read it when you're going through a spell of insomnia and it will help you :) ) I hope some of the other Germans will do the same for their state, so we can get a more balanced view of what Germany is like :)

does Bavaria have good pastries?

Here, in the U.S., I ate a donut called "Bavarian Kreme" and it tasted reeeeeaalllly good!

Oh and is German Chocolate Cake a german invention? I really love that too!

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Originally Posted by crazefest456

does Bavaria have good pastries?

Here, in the U.S., I ate a donut called "Bavarian Kreme" and it tasted reeeeeaalllly good!

Oh and is German Chocolate Cake a german invention? I really love that too!

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yep, we have lots of different pastries here.
as for donuts, we've got these:
http://www.fulltravel.it/img/mini-630-1733.jpg
they are called Krapfen or Berliner (=Berlin donuts) and are usually eaten during the Carnival season (in February). the most traditional filling is rose hip jam, but nowadays they come in all kinds of flavours, e.g. custard, chocolate, strawberry, champaign,...
the only Bavarian Kreme one I've ever eaten was at Dunkin Donuts though. maybe it's an American invention?
http://mirandalandberg.eu/blogs/medi...fen_200703.jpg

there are many different types of pastry, e.g. these:
http://img.chefkoch.de/pictures/foto...l_dsc04458.jpg

do you mean this kind of German chocolate cake?
http://images.jupiterimages.com/comm...3/23234364.jpg
yes, this looks typically German. there's a great variety of layered cakes like this. they are very rich and often have lots of cream in them.
Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black Forest gateau):
http://www.schwarzwald.com/essen/kirschtorte.jpg

Aaaaahhhh, the BLACK FOREST!!!!! One of my favorite cakes!! Delicious!

hey, when is French-German youth friendship day? sometime in summer, isn't it? I've never celebrated it, although one of my ex-bfs is French. we should celebrate it together next time :)

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Originally Posted by Logos

Sleepy, the first German clichés that came to mind were sausage (?) (all those pale tasteless 'wursts')

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Well, in Germany there are about 3 million different kinds of "Wurst" (um, maybe a bit less - but not much). Too bad you got one of the (few) tasteless ones ... :D

Have another try - perhaps Westphalian "Mettwurst". It's spicy, dried in the air. Very tasty.

http://www.fleischerei-hartwiger-pet.../mettwurst.jpg

When you slice it, it looks like this - a bit like salami, but tastes completely different:

http://www.marions-kochbuch.de/index.../mettwurst.jpg

There is also Mettwurst for cooking, here with Grünkohl (kale):

http://www.cdu-rheingauviertel-holle.../Gruenkohl.JPG

ok, here's a quiz for you. I'll give you a week to solve it, i.e. it ends on Friday 30 Nov. the first 3 ppl who get all the answers right, win 2 postcards of Germany. if you want a postcard, you'd have to PM me your postal address, though.:( If you are under 18 please ask your parent's permission. :( Please, send me your answers by PM on 29 or 30 Nov, so everyone has a chance to do some research. please don't post your answers here! (German's can't take part, since it would be too easy for them)
(you can find the answers on the net, I've tested it and they are not difficult to find). so here goes.

Castle Neuschwanstein Quiz

http://www.neuschwanstein.de/images/...ein_01_771.jpg

1. When was Neuschwanstein built?
a) in medieval times
b) in the 16th century
c) in the 18 the century
d) in the 19th century

2. Who built the castle?
a) Sissi (Elizabeth), Empress of Austria
b) King Ludwig II of Bavaria
c) King Maximilian II of Bavaria
d) Charlemagne

3. what was the form of government in Bavaria at the time the castle was built?
a) absolute monarchy
b) constitutional monarchy
c) dictatorship
d) republic

4. Which hero did the owner of the castle identify with?
a) Siegfried
b) Marie Antoinette
c) Parzival (Percival)
d) Thor

5. how did the builder of Neuschwanstein Castle die?
a) drowned in a lake
b) shot by an assassin
c) fell off his/her horse
d) poisoned

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

hey, when is French-German youth friendship day? sometime in summer, isn't it? I've never celebrated it, although one of my ex-bfs is French. we should celebrate it together next time :)

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I don't know when it is, but yes we should celebrate that together! :) :thumbs_up
Oh, I want to buy this castle that you put on your quiz. :D Seems like a nice place to live in! But, I would have to rename it, because I cannot pronounce that name!! :blush:

I'll have some sauerbraten and a German beer. Can you recommend a beer?

But Sleepy did you have to call this thread, "The Kraut Konspiracy." "Kraut" is such a derogatory term, at least in the US. I know ifs about yourself, but still. People should not only not put down other identities, but they should especially not put down their own identity. Everyone should be proud of their identity.

http://www.cynicalnation.com/img/elephant_beer.jpg

Hey Virgil, try one of these... I lived in Germany when the wall came down(1987-1990), and took an overnight train from Bremen to Hamburg to Munchen to Oberammergau. I ended up in the hall, because there were no berths available on but tickets were still sold. Drank many of these thru the night.

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http://www.cynicalnation.com/img/elephant_beer.jpg

Hey Virgil, try one of these... I lived in Germany when the wall came down(1987-1990), and took an overnight train from Bremen to Hamburg to Munchen to Oberammergau. I ended up in the hall, because there were no berths available on but tickets were still sold. Drank many of these thru the night.

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Thanks B-M. I've heard of Carlsburg but i never heard of Elephant beer. Whenever I've been in a German restaurant I've order German imported beer, but I can never remember which ones I've had,

In general, when it comes to German Bier the Southern Beers are my favorite. I love the Bier Halls in Munchen...and of course the enormous mugs of beer...Noch ein Mass Bier, bitte.

That's it, I'm packing my bags and flying to Germany. Black Forest Cake is a part of my childhood! My mom used to make it (in Pakistan) and I loved it! A small world, it is...

First, you are all making me drool:p Anyhow, big question. I'm from Cincinnati, Ohio, and it was a mostly German settlement back in the day. We've this oddity of food called Goetta. It's oats, pork, and spices (I think) that is flattened and fried for breakfast. I digress:lol:... it's really good, but I've an aunt from Germany who disclaims all knowledge of it actually being a German food. Is it?????

I'm going to defer to Sleepywitch on this one, never heard of Goetta, but it sounds sort of like schnitzel.

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That's it, I'm packing my bags and flying to Germany. Black Forest Cake is a part of my childhood! My mom used to make it (in Pakistan) and I loved it! A small world, it is...

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haha, that's funny! :) where did she pick up the recipe?

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Originally Posted by mkhockenberry

First, you are all making me drool Anyhow, big question. I'm from Cincinnati, Ohio, and it was a mostly German settlement back in the day. We've this oddity of food called Goetta. It's oats, pork, and spices (I think) that is flattened and fried for breakfast. I digress... it's really good, but I've an aunt from Germany who disclaims all knowledge of it actually being a German food. Is it?????

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oats, pork and spices? :sick: and you ate that for breakfast? I must admit I've never heard of it. of course it all depends on what region in Germany you look at .. so it might be a regional specialty somewhere. It could also be Swedish or Norwegion, though, judging from the spelling/pronunciation.

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Originally Posted by Virgil

But Sleepy did you have to call this thread, "The Kraut Konspiracy." "Kraut" is such a derogatory term, at least in the US. I know ifs about yourself, but still. People should not only not put down other identities, but they should especially not put down their own identity. Everyone should be proud of their identity.

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yep, I know, but I picked that title on purpose because it's flashy :D plus, I'm also using it ironically. some people (mainly those from a small island in Europe, which they don't consider part of Europe) are obsessed with the idea that the Germans are constantly plotting with the French to invade that small island ;) I got to hear quite a lot of this when I lived on the small island for a year and found it quite funny (even though it was rather annoying) :lol:
I know most people from other countries don't have this stereotype, but still... in order to make life easier for those from the small island I'll admit upfront that I'm conspiring to invade it, so they'll know what they're up agains :lol: :D Hey, Sweets, are you with me? we'll forcefeed them dumplings with frog legs, OK?
no offence to our small-islanders on LitNet. I'm only joking and you guys probably don't believe in this stereotype

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I'll have some sauerbraten and a German beer. Can you recommend a beer?

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I agree with B-Mental, southern beers are the best (and of course I'm not only saying this because I live in the south). The problem with southern beers is that the best ones are local, so you probably won't get them in NY.
Out of the bigger breweries, Paulaner and Erdinger Weisse are OK. Paulaner is the one that is served at Oktoberfest.
don't try EKU (Erste Kulmbacher Aktienbrauerei) unless you want to lose weight the wrong way round :sick:
if you stumble on a small German restaurant in NY (not one that got OKTOBERFEST written on it in neon letters and has blokes dancing the Schuplattler in Lederhosen), ask if they've got Franconian beer (Franconia is the name of my region).

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I don't know when it is, but yes we should celebrate that together! :) :thumbs_up
Oh, I want to buy this castle that you put on your quiz. :D Seems like a nice place to live in! But, I would have to rename it, because I cannot pronounce that name!! :blush:

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it's not that difficult

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nɔɪˈʃvaːnʃtaɪ̯n

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Neu sounds like boy in English
sch sounds like sh in English (ship), or ch in French (château)
w is like v in English (van)
the a is long, a bit like star in British English (i.e. pronounced without the final r)
st is pronounced sht, like some Scottish people say shtop or shtraight instead of stop
ei sound like I or eye

see, German is easy, it took only 7 lines to explain the pronunciation of a whole word.. and a long word at that :D

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Originally Posted by B-Mental

Hey Virgil, try one of these... I lived in Germany when the wall came down(1987-1990), and took an overnight train from Bremen to Hamburg to Munchen to Oberammergau.

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wow that must have been cool. I was a little kid at that time, the first thing I ever heard about the GDR was 2 months before the wall came down. the only vivid memory of it I have is that former GDR people bought tons of chocolate as soon as they hit the West because there was no chocolate in the GDR due to their planned economy going wrong

http://kalos-tuning.de/milka.gif

http://www.alpenverein.at/jugend/Hom...Almprojekt.jpg

^^^^ If I'm not mistaken this brand of chocolate is Swiss, actually, but everyone thinks it's German

Actually, German pronunciation makes sense. More than English, actually, come to think of it.
We learned German for six years and all that we can remember is:
"Ich bin Peter, du bist Paul
Ich bin fleissig, du bist faul"
(there should be the letter that looks like b instead of ss in fleissig, but it is not on my keyboard)
Ohwell, we can remember more, We guess we could understand German text, however, to speak ourselves... we should start talking with some German or read something in German to brush it up.

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Originally Posted by Taliesin

Actually, German pronunciation makes sense. More than English, actually, come to think of it.
We learned German for six years and all that we can remember is:
"Ich bin Peter, du bist Paul
Ich bin fleissig, du bist faul"

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hahahaha :) this is a funny one :) I've never heard it before :lol:
that letter is ß but I don't know what it will look like once I post my msg. dunno if the forum software supports it.

Can I be an honorary Kraut? ;) My grandmother was German, that has to count for something. To be German here means lots of Knoephla soup, Pfefferneuse and Fleischkuechle and Beck's beer, I prefer Beck's Dark.

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Can I be an honorary Kraut? ;) My grandmother was German, that has to count for something. To be German here means lots of Knoephla soup, Pfefferneuse and Fleischkuechle and Beck's beer, I prefer Beck's Dark.

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oh my god, Knöpflessuppe? hehe, you caught me off guard there :) I think it's from my mother's state (Baden-Württemberg) and/or from a region called Swabia (which straddles the Bavarian-Württemberg border). my mum made it when i was a kid.. it might also be from Silesia (Poland), coz my granddad is Silesian, but Swabia sounds more likely

edit: of course you can be an honorary Kraut :)

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

oh my god, Knöpflessuppe? hehe, you caught me off guard there :) I think it's from my mother's state (Baden-Württemberg) and/or from a region called Swabia (which straddles the Bavarian-Württemberg border). my mum made it when i was a kid.. it might also be from Silesia (Poland), coz my granddad is Silesian, but Swabia sounds more likely

edit: of course you can be an honorary Kraut :)

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Thank you. :D

And I don't know if this helps at all but a lot of the Germans around here are German Russians so, I don't know if there was a particular area in Germany where a lot of those immigrants who made their way to Russia were from. My grandmother was from Pommern? Does that name make sense? I know it started with Pomme... My brother said it was an area where there were a lot of Scandinavian settlers once upon a time, way, way back but I think he might just be making that up to make us more Scandinavian than we really are. :rolleyes:

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Thank you. :D

And I don't know if this helps at all but a lot of the Germans around here are German Russians so, I don't know if there was a particular area in Germany where a lot of those immigrants who made their way to Russia were from. My grandmother was from Pommern? Does that name make sense? I know it started with Pomme... My brother said it was an area where there were a lot of Scandinavian settlers once upon a time, way, way back but I think he might just be making that up to make us more Scandinavian than we really are. :rolleyes:

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Pommern is in Poland today, but apparently some people regard the Baltic Sea coast of Germany as a part of Pommern, as well. hehe, I forgot my history lessons, but I think Poland and the Baltic region (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia) had a lot of German as well as Russian settlements, as borders and territories in Europe kept shifting before the invention of the 'nation state' and even after.
edit: I think there were some vikings there too, but that must have been quite a long time ago :confused:

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Pommern is in Poland today, but apparently some people regard the Baltic Sea coast of Germany as a part of Pommern, as well. hehe, I forgot my history lessons, but I think Poland and the Baltic region (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia) had a lot of German as well as Russian settlements, as borders and territories in Europe kept shifting before the invention of the 'nation state' and even after.
edit: I think there were some vikings there too, but that must have been quite a long time ago :confused:

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I got the impression from my brother that yes, it was a long, long time ago, as you said, in the era of the Vikings. He has this theory that while we are supposed mutts, Norwegian, Swedish, German and English, that the German and English sides may very well have Scandinavian roots...and it's possible I guess, since Vikings were in that area of Germany and our English roots seem to be of Norman origin but I just don't see why it really matters. :rolleyes:

Anyway....

It's interesting that Pommern is primarily in Poland, I didn't know that. I wonder...people who were born there while it was considered part of Germany and so consider themselves German, once it became part of Poland, are they considered, historically, German or Polish? Or is that a really touchy subject? The changing borders and faces of Europe just fascinate me. And I'm sorry I'm turning this into a history lesson. :blush:

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Anyway....

It's interesting that Pommern is primarily in Poland, I didn't know that. I wonder...people who were born there while it was considered part of Germany and so consider themselves German, once it became part of Poland, are they considered, historically, German or Polish? The changing borders and faces of Europe just fascinate me. And I'm sorry I'm turning this into a history lesson. :blush:

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haha, that's OK.
I think most Germans who lived in Poland or Czech Rep before the end of WWII were expelled or fled of their own accord when the Russians liberated Poland. Some of those who fled had their property seized and redistributed. That's what happened in Silesia (near the Polish/Czech border) and Sudetenland (Czech Rep.). Under the Beneš decrees, German Czechs (as well as other minorities) had their Czech passport confiscated and their property seized. Some people are outraged about the expulsion while some would say it's only fair, seeing as Germany invaded those countries in WWII. There are some associations of Sudetendeutsche who are quite stubborn about this and still demand today to be given back their land in Czech Rep or be paid a compensation. This is a hot issues in Germany because the the federal government tends to be level-headed and let by-gones be by-gones, whereas the former Bavarian Prime Minister supported the Sudetendeutsche against the Czech government. The new Bavarian Prime Minister is aiming for a compromise, though, so maybe this matter will finally be resolved after 60 years.

I think those people were considered both Polish and German or Czech and German. I'm not so sure about this... but my grandfather was born in Czech Rep. in 1911 and lived there until WWII started. He even married a Czech woman (his first wife, not my grandmother) and had a son. I don't think anyone was interested whether he was Czech or German. My grandfather was German, but he had a Czech passport. So I think dual nationality was quite common back then? When Hitler invaded Czech Rep, my grandfather wanted to join the Czech army to defend his fatherland (i.e. Czech Rep.), but they took his passport away and he had to flee to Germany.

PS: There's also the German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), which is in the north east of Germany. this is the western part of Pommern.

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Originally Posted by B-Mental

Noch ein Mass Bier, bitte.

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Here you are, B-Mental. And for everyone else on the thread, too.

http://www6.dw-world.de/de/images/c2...ff203d4a75.jpg

mmm vielen Dank, Fraulein Barbara0207

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Originally Posted by B-Mental

mmm vielen Dank, Fraulein Barbara0207

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You're welcome. :D

But no more Frauleins in Germany. Nowadays there are only Herr and Frau. :p

(Please call me just Barbara)

Many people think Germany - that's just Bavaria. But I live in the north west - so here's a picture of a typical castle in Westphalia. It's a castle surrounded by moats and was built between 1540 and 1545. It was the home of the poetess you can see in my avatar.

http://www.emsauenweg.com/Servicecen...17burghl1.jpeg

In mountainous areas, castles were mostly built on steep mountains or rocks in order to defend them more easily against enemies. Where I live, the land is mostly flat, so water (moats) had to do the trick.

In case you're interested - here's a slide show of some 100 castles in Westphalia, some of them 500 years old or more. Just click on any of the castles shown, and a new page will open up. Then click on "W-Burgen Fotos" and the show begins.

http://images.google.de/imgres?imgur...icial%26sa%3DG

der kugelscriber ist gelp.


My grandfather spoke german, I've always wished that I was old enough to ask him to teach me some german.

Barbara - Thanks for the photo and the beer too ;) , but now I'm curious. Who's picture is your avatar?

thanks for the castles, barbara!

I've unearthed another treasure of German culture :D the incredibly funny Swabian folk song Uff der Schwäbsche Eisebahne (On the Swabian Railway). Swabia is a region that straddles the border between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg (a state in the South-West of Germany, next to Bavaria).
I found a very nice English translation on wiki. it's not very close to the original, but it rhymes :)

Drunken Swabians singing the song in Swabian dialect

Lyrics: English Translation (abbreviated)(

1. Swabian Railroad Transportation
Stops at many a strange location
Shtoogert, Oolm and Beeberoch
Meckaboira, Doorlesboch.

2. On the Swabian iron horse
A farmer wants to ride, of course
Went to the counter, tipped his hat
Ticket please, and that is that

3. He had bought a goat that day
And so it wouldn’t run away
He tied it to the train’s caboose
With a strong and sturdy noose

4. Now, my goat, run straight ahead
When we stop you will be fed
Farmer said and lit his pipe,
Sitting down next to his wife


5. At a whistlestop he found
Only goat’s head dangling, bound
To the hook at train’s rear end
This was not what he has meant

6. Anger now grew in our peasant
Using words lots less than pleasant
Flung the head, what daring deed
Right before conductor’s feet

7. That’s the ballad, as you see
Of a tragic odyssey
Of a goat, a Swabian train,
A farmer cursing all in vain

Lyrics in Schwabian
1. Auf de' schwäb'sche Eisebahne
Gibt's gar viele Haltstatione:
Schtuagart, Ulm, ond Biberach,
Meckabeure, Durlesbach.
|: Trulla, trulla, trulla-la, :|
Schtuagart, Ulm, and Biberach,
Meckabeure, Durlesbach.

2.Auf de schwäb'sche Eisebahne
Gibt's au viele Restauratione,
Wo mer ess' und trinka ka',
Alles, was der Maga ma'.
|: Trulla, trulla, trulla-la, :|
Wo mer ess' und trinka ka',
Alles, was der Maga ma'.

3. Auf de schwäbsche Eisebahne
Braucht ma keine Postillone.
Was uns sonst das Posthorn blies,
Pfeifet jetzt die Lokomotiv.
|: Trulla, trulla, trulla-la, :|
Was uns sonst das Posthorn blies,
Pfeifet jetzt die Lokomotiv.

4. Auf de schwäbsche Eisebahne
Könne Küh' und Ochse fahre,
D'Studente fahre erste Klass,
S'mache das halt nur zum Spaß.
|: Trulla, trulla, trulla-la, :|
D'Studente fahre erste Klass,
S'mache das halt nur zum Spaß.

5. Auf de schwäb'sche Eisebahne
Derfet Kieh' und Ochse fahre.
Biable, Mädle, Weib, und Ma,
Kurzum alls, was zahla ka.
|: Trulla, trulla, trulla-la, :|
Biable, Mädle, Weib, und Ma,
Kurzum alls, was zahla ka.

6. Wenn e Gleckle tut erklinge,
Tän glei älle z'samma springe.
Älles, was e Karte hot,
Möcht jetzt mit dem Bahnzug fort.
|: Trulla, trulla, trulla-la, :|
Älles, was e Karte hot,
Möcht jetzt mit dem Bahnzug fort.

7. Männer, die im G'sicht ganz bärtig,
Schreiet laut: "Jetzt ist es fertig"
Springet in die Wage nei,
Machet Löchle in d'Karte nei.
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Springet in die Wage nei,
Machet Löchle in d'Karte nei.

8. Auf de schwäb'sche Eisebahne
Wollt emol e Beierle fahre,
Goaht an Schalter lupft de Hut:
"Oi Billettle, send so gut!"
|: Trulla, trulla, trulla-la, :|
Goaht an Schalter lupft de Hut:
"Oi Billettle, send so gut!"


9. Oinen Bock hat er sich kaufet
Und daß er ihm it verdlaufet,
Bindet ehn der gute Ma,
A de hintre Wage na.
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Bindet ehn der gute Ma,
A de hintre Wage na.

10. "Böckle, tu no wacker springe.
Z'fresse werd i dir scho bringe."
Also schwätz der gut Ma',
Zündt' sei Maserpfeifle a'.
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Also schwätz der gut Ma',
Zündt' sei Maserpfeifle a'.

11. "Böckle, tue nuer woidle springe,
's Fresse wer' i dir scho bringe."
Zündt sei stinkichs Pfeifle a,
Hockt si zu sei'm Weible na.
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Zündt sei stinkichs Pfeifle a,
Hockt si zu sei'm Weible na.

12. Wia der Zug no wieder staut,
D'r Bauer noch sei'm Böckle schaut,
Find't er bloß no Grind und Soil
An dem hintre Wagedoil.
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Find't er bloß no Kopf und Seil
An dem hintre Wageteil.

13. 's packt de Baure a Baurezore,
Packt de Geißbock bei de Hore (=Hörner),
Schmeißt en, was er schmeiße ka,
Dem Konduktör an 'n Ranza na.
|: Trulla, trulla, trulla-la, :|
Schmeißt en, was er schmeiße ka,
Dem Konduktör an 'n Ranza na.

14. "So, jetz kannsch de Schade zahle,
Warum bisch so schnell au gfahre!
Du alloi bisch schuld do dra,
Daß i d' Goiß verlaure ha!"
|: Trulla, trulla, trulla-la, :|
Du alloi bisch schuld do dra,
Daß i d' Goiß verlaure ha!"

15. Des isch des Lied von sellem Baure,
Der de Geißbock hat verlaure.
Geißbock und sei traurigs Ende':
Himmel Schtuegart Sapperment.
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Geißbock und sei traurigs Ende':
Himmel Schtuegart Sapperment.

16. So jetzt wär des Liedle g'songe,
Hot's euch reacht in d'Ohre klonge,
Stoßet mit de Gläser a',
Aufs Wohl der schwäb'sche Eise'bahn.
|: Trulla, trulla, trulla-la, :|
Stoßet mit de Gläser a',
Aufs Wohl der schwäb'sche Eise'bahn.

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Barbara - Thanks for the photo and the beer too ;) , but now I'm curious. Who's picture is your avatar?

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It's Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, one of the most important German poetesses, who lived in the castle above (it's about 50 km from where I live). In my signature you can find the first stanza of her most famous ballad: Der Knabe im Moor (The Lad in the Moor). Unfortunately I can't find a translation on the net, and I find it very hard to translate as it's poetry and some of it may get lost in translation.