A bit off topic: which German cities do you know? - Page 2

kurtz · 04-24-07, 02:58 AM

Berlin,Dresden,Hamburg,cologne (sorry Koln) not very many thats english o level geography for you

Edit: Just looked back through the thread as I didn't want to spoil it for myself now I'm reminded I do know a few others.

siber · 04-24-07, 06:25 AM

I've been to Koln, Aachen, Hamburg and Berlin. Also Munster - but I'm not sure whether that's a city or not without checking... Been through Dresden on the train too.

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Originally Posted by HM.Medico

...Worms...

Is that really a place in Germany, or are you having us on?

Hitman · 04-24-07, 07:09 AM

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Hansen thats my name, its a very good Norwegian last name

My family name or last name translated to german/norwegean would be the same

Han-sen, Han-son, or John-son (English), all mean "Son of John/Hans". In russian it would be "Ivanov", I think

kurtz · 04-24-07, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by siber

I've been to Koln, Aachen, Hamburg and Berlin. Also Munster - but I'm not sure whether that's a city or not without checking... Been through Dresden on the train too.

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Originally Posted by HM.Medico

...Worms...

Is that really a place in Germany, or are you having us on?

Surely you remember Martin Luther and the 'Diet of Worms', from school history?

I thought Munster was in Ireland.

AS · 04-24-07, 08:38 AM

Thank you very much for your replies. The actual argument that I had with my friend was about the status of Cologne (Köln) and Düsseldorf. There´s always been a kind of fight between those two (similar to Manchester and Liverpool), not to be taken too seriously of course, but it´s godd for many jokes. Now my point was that nobody in the world has ever heard about Düsseldorf, but they will have heard about Cologne...

Interestingly enough, your answers didn´t quite match what I would have expected since some of you actually DO know Düsseldorf, whereas both cities are not mentioned very often. Another thing I find interesting that only a few think of Berlin (the capitol!), but you know outsiders like Ulm or Münster (lovely, but very small).

So, thank you very much again,

Cheers, AS

(@Gizzmoe, no offence intended, I know you´re from Düsseldorf...nobody´s perfect...)

Sailor Steve · 04-24-07, 11:10 AM

I could think of a whole lot of cities; I picked that one because it's special to my heart.

siber · 04-24-07, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by kurtz

I thought Munster was in Ireland.

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Originally Posted by AS

Another thing I find interesting that only a few think of Berlin (the capitol!), but you know outsiders like Ulm or Münster (lovely, but very small)

Like he said, it's a small place where we have friends in Germany, but the 'u'-umlaut key on my keyboard seems to be missing! lol!

However, you're quite right! Munster - the umlaut-less city - is in Ireland.

And I've never heard of Worms. Sadly, History at school sacrificed Martin Luther King for the Vietnam war.

Is there a place in Germany called "Worms"? If it's a joke, I don't get it!

kurtz · 04-24-07, 05:43 PM

No itsn't a joke, we laughed about it at school but Martin Luther the father of protestantinism pinned the tennets of his belief to the door of worms cathedral and pretty much changed northern europe and through that the world not acknowlededged enough in my book...not that I'm a particularly devout christian

Mike

This has been such a great question I'm going to ask the same of our european (and other neighbours) in a fresh topic right now.

XanderF · 04-24-07, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by AS

Thank you very much for your replies. The actual argument that I had with my friend was about the status of Cologne (Köln) and Düsseldorf. There´s always been a kind of fight between those two (similar to Manchester and Liverpool), not to be taken too seriously of course, but it´s godd for many jokes. Now my point was that nobody in the world has ever heard about Düsseldorf, but they will have heard about Cologne...

To be fair, only reason I'd heard of Köln is that it's also one of the few WW2 German surface ships, and Düsseldorf isn't.

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Originally Posted by siber

Like he said, it's a small place where we have friends in Germany, but the 'u'-umlaut key on my keyboard seems to be missing! lol!

However, you're quite right! Munster - the umlaut-less city - is in Ireland.

And I've never heard of Worms. Sadly, History at school sacrificed Martin Luther King for the Vietnam war.

Is there a place in Germany called "Worms"? If it's a joke, I don't get it!

Hold up a sec, here. Martin Luther King is NOT Martin Luther. One is a black American civil rights leader in the 1960s, the other is a white German 'founder' of the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s.

Zero Niner · 04-25-07, 01:05 AM

Berlin
Bonn
Munich
Frankfurt
Stuttgart

These are the 1st 5 that pop into mind. Next 5:

Dortmund
Hamburg
Munchengladbach
Essen
Hanover

siber · 04-25-07, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by XanderF

Hold up a sec, here. Martin Luther King is NOT Martin Luther. One is a black American civil rights leader in the 1960s, the other is a white German 'founder' of the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s.

Riiiight... I confused the two. Thanks to you guys (and subsequently Wikipedia!) for straightening that out! My bad!

Kongo Otto · 04-25-07, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr Russ

Used to live in Augsburg in the late 70's..

Army or Civilian?
Would make me wondering,if a US civilian lived in Augsburg in the late 70´s

Kongo Otto · 04-25-07, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Kongo Otto

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Originally Posted by Herr Russ

Used to live in Augsburg in the late 70's..

Army or Civilian?
Would make me wondering,if a US civilian lived in Augsburg in the late 70´s

Kiel,Wilhelmshaven,Stettin,Rostock,and a hundred more because i am German.

St.Nazaire,Brest,Bordeaux,La Rochelle(OK just a joke)

RoaldLarsen · 04-26-07, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by AS

...which German cities are "known" by people around the world. So, ... could you please simply write down 2-5 cities that IMMEDIATELY and SPONTANEOSLY come to your mind when you think about "German cities I ve heard of/been to/seem to be important"? ...

Only 2-5? I don't know so few.

Berlin, Hamburg, Bonn, Koln, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Baden, Munich, Lahr, Dortmund, Dresden, Leipzig, Halle, Augsburg, Potsdam, Nuremburg, Weimar, Hannover, Stuttgart, Heidelburg, Lubeck, Lunenburg, Magdeburg, Rothenburg, Bayreuth, Nierstein, Oppenheim, Bernkastle, Deidesheim, Koerner...

That's just a few that come quickly to mind. Perhaps some are too small to be considered cities.

There are so many ways to know of a German city: History (military, social and religious), music, wine, people...

_Seth_ · 04-26-07, 04:06 PM

East Berlin...West Berlin...No, wait....That was a long time ago...oh cr@p..

:rotfl:

04-24-07, 02:58 AM	#16
kurtz Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Leighton Buzzard,England Posts: 660 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Berlin,Dresden,Hamburg,cologne (sorry Koln) not very many thats english o level geography for you Edit: Just looked back through the thread as I didn't want to spoil it for myself now I'm reminded I do know a few others. __________________ War without Fire is like sausages without mustard-Henry V. http://www.myvintagelife.co.uk/

04-24-07, 08:38 AM	#20
AS 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 275 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	Thank you very much for your replies. The actual argument that I had with my friend was about the status of Cologne (Köln) and Düsseldorf. There´s always been a kind of fight between those two (similar to Manchester and Liverpool), not to be taken too seriously of course, but it´s godd for many jokes. Now my point was that nobody in the world has ever heard about Düsseldorf, but they will have heard about Cologne... Interestingly enough, your answers didn´t quite match what I would have expected since some of you actually DO know Düsseldorf, whereas both cities are not mentioned very often. Another thing I find interesting that only a few think of Berlin (the capitol!), but you know outsiders like Ulm or Münster (lovely, but very small). So, thank you very much again, Cheers, AS (@Gizzmoe, no offence intended, I know you´re from Düsseldorf...nobody´s perfect...) __________________ Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. (Oscar Wilde)

04-24-07, 11:10 AM	#21
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I could think of a whole lot of cities; I picked that one because it's special to my heart. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-24-07, 05:43 PM	#23
kurtz Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Leighton Buzzard,England Posts: 660 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	No itsn't a joke, we laughed about it at school but Martin Luther the father of protestantinism pinned the tennets of his belief to the door of worms cathedral and pretty much changed northern europe and through that the world not acknowlededged enough in my book...not that I'm a particularly devout christian Mike This has been such a great question I'm going to ask the same of our european (and other neighbours) in a fresh topic right now. __________________ War without Fire is like sausages without mustard-Henry V. http://www.myvintagelife.co.uk/

04-26-07, 04:06 PM	#30
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	East Berlin...West Berlin...No, wait....That was a long time ago...oh cr@p..:rotfl: __________________

04-25-07, 01:05 AM	#25
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	Berlin Bonn Munich Frankfurt Stuttgart These are the 1st 5 that pop into mind. Next 5: Dortmund Hamburg Munchengladbach Essen Hanover