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<div style="position: relative; {{{options|<!-- this tests fine, which is what I needed: float:right -->}}};">
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<div style="position: relative; float:right;">
[[Image:Karte Bundesrepublik Deutschland.svg|300px]]<div style="font-size:85%">
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[[Image:Karte Bundesrepublik Deutschland.png|300px]]<div style="font-size:85%">
{{Image label|x=-54.0|y=-118.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|Lower Saxony|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-54.0|y=-118.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text=Lower Saxony}}
{{Image label|x=-79.0|y=-92.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|Bremen (state)|text=[[Bremen (state)|Bremen]]|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-79.0|y=-100.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text=[[Bremen]]}}
{{Image label|x=-114.0|y=-70.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|Hamburg|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-114.0|y=-80.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text=[[Hamburg]]}}
{{Image label|x=-197.0|y=-52.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|text=[[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|Mecklenburg-<br />Vorpommern]]|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-197.0|y=-52.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text=Mecklenburg-Vorpommern}}
{{Image label|x=-162.0|y=-160.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|Saxony-Anhalt|text=[[Saxony-Anhalt|Saxony-<br />Anhalt]]|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-175.0|y=-160.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text=Saxony-<br>Anhalt}}
{{Image label|x=-233.0|y=-197.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|Saxony|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-233.0|y=-205.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text=Saxony}}
{{Image label|x=-201.0|y=-102.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|Brandenburg|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-201.0|y=-110.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text=Brandenburg}}
{{Image label|x=-223.0|y=-128.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|Berlin|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-235.0|y=-135.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''[[Berlin]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=-144.0|y=-212.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|Thuringia|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-144.0|y=-212.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text=Thuringia}}
{{Image label|x=-83.0|y=-230.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|Hesse|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-90.0|y=-230.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text=Hesse}}
{{Image label|x=-20.0|y=-170.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|North Rhine-Westphalia|text=[[North Rhine-Westphalia|North Rhine-<br />Westphalia]]|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-20.0|y=-170.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text=North Rhine-<br>Westphalia}}
{{Image label|x=-14.0|y=-249.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|Rhineland-Palatinate|text=[[Rhineland-Palatinate|Rhineland-<br />Palatinate]]|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-14.0|y=-249.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text=Rhineland-<br>Palatinate}}
{{Image label|x=-172.0|y=-314.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|Bavaria|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-172.0|y=-314.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''[[Bavaria]]'''}}
{{Image label|x=-65.0|y=-335.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|Baden-Württemberg|text=[[Baden-Württemberg|Baden-<br />Württemberg]]|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-65.0|y=-335.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text=Baden-<br>Württemberg}}
{{Image label|x=-25.0|y=-295.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|Saarland|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-25.0|y=-295.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text=Saarland}}
{{Image label|x=-104.0|y=-17.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text='''{{Coat of arms|Schleswig-Holstein|text=[[Schleswig-Holstein|Schleswig-<br />Holstein]]|size=15px}}'''}}
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{{Image label|x=-104.0|y=-27.0|scale={{{width|-1}}}|text=Schleswig-<br>Holstein}}
 
</div></div>
 
</div></div>
  
 
= Germany =
 
= Germany =
  
We understand '''Germany''' mainly as [[Bavaria]], since we live in this region of ''Deutschland''.
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We strongly associate '''Germany''' with [[Bavaria]], since we lived in this region of ''Deutschland''.
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We also associate it to the senseless waste, not only of human lives, but also of cultural treasures and heritage, from the unprecedented destruction the country suffered from [[WWII]]:<br>
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<wz tip="Map of of the level of destruction of German cities.">[[File:Screenshot_20241013_151516.png|100px]]</wz>
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[[Würzburg]] was totally levelled. [[Dresden]] is notorious for the atrocious destructions of unique beauty and architectural prowesses (see for instance [[Slaugtherhouse 5]]).
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When one looks at the cities fortunate to escape major destruction—such as [[Heidelberg]] (tacit agreement with British), [[Regensburg]], [[Passau]], [[Tübingen]], [[Konstanz]], [[Marburg]]—one gets a sense of what we lost to future generations. Munich for instance looks completely artificial, devoid of soul and history. It looks completely fake, even bits which are not entirely. One still get an idea of what it used to look like, but there is something that went away with the flames, for ever.
  
 
== Cities ==
 
== Cities ==
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* {{pet}}[[Bremen]].
 
* {{pet}}[[Bremen]].
 
* {{pet}}[[Dresden]].
 
* {{pet}}[[Dresden]].
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* {{pet}}[[Freiburg]].
 
* [[Füssen]].
 
* [[Füssen]].
 
* [[Hamburg]].
 
* [[Hamburg]].
* {{pet}}[[Karlsruhe]].
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* [[Karlsruhe]] (separately).
 
* [[Köln]].
 
* [[Köln]].
 
* [[Landshut]].
 
* [[Landshut]].
 
* [[Visit_of_Lionel,_Georges_and_Antoine_(April_2012)#Lindau|Lindau]].
 
* [[Visit_of_Lionel,_Georges_and_Antoine_(April_2012)#Lindau|Lindau]].
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* {{pet}}[[Leipzig]].
 
* [[Lübeck]].
 
* [[Lübeck]].
 
* [[Münster]].
 
* [[Münster]].

Latest revision as of 13:25, 13 October 2024

Karte Bundesrepublik Deutschland.png
Lower Saxony
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Saxony-
Anhalt
Saxony
Brandenburg
Thuringia
Hesse
North Rhine-
Westphalia
Rhineland-
Palatinate
Baden-
Württemberg
Saarland
Schleswig-
Holstein

Germany

We strongly associate Germany with Bavaria, since we lived in this region of Deutschland.

We also associate it to the senseless waste, not only of human lives, but also of cultural treasures and heritage, from the unprecedented destruction the country suffered from WWII:
Screenshot 20241013 151516.png Würzburg was totally levelled. Dresden is notorious for the atrocious destructions of unique beauty and architectural prowesses (see for instance Slaugtherhouse 5).

When one looks at the cities fortunate to escape major destruction—such as Heidelberg (tacit agreement with British), Regensburg, Passau, Tübingen, Konstanz, Marburg—one gets a sense of what we lost to future generations. Munich for instance looks completely artificial, devoid of soul and history. It looks completely fake, even bits which are not entirely. One still get an idea of what it used to look like, but there is something that went away with the flames, for ever.

Cities

Of particular interest:

That we have visited: