Category: Germany

The Currywurst. Or perhaps “curry-ketchup sausages” are as common in Germany as perhaps hamburgers in the States. It’s a beloved snack, and an after-party savior. Currywurst has an interesting post-war history, and even started from an American GI influence in Berlin (or Hamburg)—yet never made it back to the US. Except when you buy Heinz Curryketschup in a German Delikatessen.

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The stone bridge in Regensburg, built in 1135, has been through a lot. It’s the oldest standing bridge in Germany and also spans some 300 meters. It’s an heirloom of German history that even has its own lore around it. Swedes destroying one of its guard towers, Nazis blowing up a portion to stop American troops, medieval executions. Enough events and legends that it needed its own episode. Also, Regensburg is amazing.

The “podcard”–as the kids are calling it–came from Klaudia Zotzmann-Koch. Author and podcaster extraordinaire, resident of Vienna, but from an area we recently covered (Episode 51), she gives us more insight into the area.

https://www.zotzmann-koch.com/buecher/ (I believe all in German)

https://www.zotzmann-koch.com/blog-podcasts/ (in German)

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Saint Hildegard is one of only four women Doctors of the Church. A 12th century visionary and medical author, Hildegard is making a pretty big comeback in folk medicine (in German speaking countries). There’s a lot more to her story, and she gives a rare insight into women’s lives in the high medieval period.

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History of Vikings http://thehistoryofvikings.com/ <-- additional interview

Noah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoryofViking

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Interview with Imad, a Syrian refugee on our team. Pete, and Also Judith! on the Podcastnik feed: https://www.acast.com/podcastnik

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From wooden palisades to opulent palaces that competed (specifically) with Versaille — we talk a millennium of history and go through the daily lives, to the evolution of castles and the relationship with the surrounding land and people over time.

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That spiky Prussian helmet has become such a symbol of Germans that it is the actual sign for “German” in many sign languages. The story of the Captain of Köpenick embodies that sense of authority well and is one of our favorite stories.

That and we celebrate 50 episodes!

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For the 500 year anniversary of Martin Luther nailing 95 thesis to the church door in Wittenberg, I went to Witteberg to visit der Buddler, of Secret Cabinet fame, who worked as a curator for an amazing exhibit. I recorded all day about the happenings, like medieval markets and reenactments, the exhibit itself, and the hundreds of thousands of visitors to this small town.

I recorded parts of the exhibit and my wanderings around Wittenberg on October 31st, 2017 for these Podcasts:

History of the Papacy

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Wittenbergt to Westphalia

http://wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com/blog/episode-37-travs-big-day

Renaissance English History

Podcast Archive

The Canon Ball

Home

So to get the most out 95 artifacts from the past 500 years, and how the town of Wittenberg — and all of Germany — celebrated, listen to all. They’re great podcasts anyway!

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Power struggles between Holy Roman Emperors and Popes. Gregorian Reforms, schisms and who can appoint bishops. Many ideas we have of the Middle Ages com from these events in the 12. century. Luckily I got Steven Guerra from the History of the Papacy here to help break it all down. Visit http://atozhistorypage.com for more on the background of the church at this time.

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