Klein-Venedig: The first German Colony (Sort of)
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2022
- This video will tell you everything you need to know about the unsuccesful Welser colony, which some people consider to be the first German colonial venture. You'll find out what it was about and why it had to fail.
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Sources:
A. Germán, 'Germans in the Conquest of America' (New York: The MacMillan Company, 1943).
'Die Deutschen und ihre Kolonien', ed. by H. Gründer & H. Hiery (Berlin: Bebra-Verlag, 2017).
A. Schaefer, 'Im Goldrausch', Spiegel Geschichte, 28 March 2021.
B. Seewald, 'Die Deutschen sind schlimmer als die wildesten Löwen', Welt, 27 March 2022.
M. Zeuske, 'Von Bolívar zu Chávez. Die Geschichte Venezuelas' (Zurich: Rotpunktverlag, 2008).
Music Used:
Beethoven - Egmont Overture
Why am I not surprised that the Germans hated the temperature of the equator so god damn much that they would rather do anything but farm. Reminds me of my german friend staying indoors all summer but completely vibing in just a sweater at -5c. Some things just never change lol.
When I was 12 I got hit with a mental/genetic prompt asking me if I would prefer a slight tolerance to heat with a slight intolerance to cold or vice versa, being in the tropics I chose tolerance to heat, but as a result anything lower than 16C will force me to shiver so hard I can't do anything else. 39C is bearable though, maybe the nords just chose the other option
I thought that the earlies German colony was Brandenburger Gold Coast, never knew about Klein-Venedig. This was a great and interesting video, looking forward to the next one :)
You weren't wrong ;D The Brandenburger Colony was the first actual colony under complete control of a German state whereas Klein-Venedig was just a fiefdom in the private Hands of the Welser family. Thank you very much for all of your support :)
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Thank you so much! :D
These are so high quality. You need to become a big CZcamsr!!!!!
That's the plan ;D
france and britain: colonize asia africa and america
russia and germany: why go far when theres so much land in europe no one is using
US join the second group to
Having private families lead (take the costs of colonization in exchange for a fiefdom) wasn't really unusual. Brazik was colonized like that for a while. Most times it failed because of the immense upfront costs, lack of coordenation between colonies etc, but in some cases it succeeded. If the germans had been on it for the long term and set up a plantation economy, it's possible it could have worked out.
I like how the myth of El Dorado destroyed so many colonizers.
Well made video. You earned a sub!
Great video!
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So let me get this straight:
The Welser family toiled for generations in mercantile activity, only to lose it all on a single, colonial project?
I guess the Chinese curse that wealth never remains in a single family for more than 3 generations apply overseas as well.
And this is a stark warning against gunning for short term gains without investing anything, which is a lesson that's very valuable to learn but very difficult to execute.
Something about my country nice
well this colony was still more succesful than the thorton expedition
I always thought that endevour was a Fugger's one.
What eine fail! Ouch..
Explaining history by using Paradox games?
Lol, Jan van Riebeeck was German. Lots of German heritage in Southern Africa.
South Africa was colonized by a german state in 17th century.
Good, but there is no need to use rude language. If you are going to use English, please keep it clean.
Germany didn't exist until '1871?! As a historian I have to protest! Such ignorance is inexcusable! Especially from someone who promotes historical topics. The fact that Germany was not a centralized state for a long time does not mean that it did not have its own statehood. Yes, it was the Reich - a statehood different from the rest of Europe (where one capital as a center of power and one ruling family were the standard). The Reich was based on an antiquated medieval hierarchical system, patrimonial and feudal rules, with an elected emperor as the ceremonial head of more or less dependent vassals and lords. Nevertheless, even travelers to Europe from distant Asia or the Orient were aware that they were visiting the lands of Germans. It is not without reason that other countries colloquially called the Reich Germany and its inhabitants Germans. And so, Voltaire ridicules the Reich and Montesquieu called it république fédérative d'Allemagne (federative republic of Germany). This sense of Germanness, national and cultural community accompanied many historical lands for ages (e.g. Pomerania, Silesia, some Czech and Moravian, Romanian, Swiss, later also Austrians, French, Belgian and Dutch territories, etc). However, history took a different course for them. A separate issue is the fact that such a decentralized, divided political system of Germany was very suitable for many, so they tried to maintain it as long as possible. Attempts to unite the German lands on the model of other countries were effectively sabotaged (internally - by some ruling families and externally by foreign authorities, eg by the Papacy, the rulers of Sweden, Spain, France (including Cardinal Richelieu), and later even by some Habsburgs). However, in the past, other countries also belonged only to rulers and not to nations, hence the ongoing disputes about the borders of modern countries throughout Europe. Statehood of nations is basically an invention of the 19th century. Thus, modern German statehood can be counted from the 19th century (or from the fall of the Berlin Wall, if you prefer). This does not mean that there was no German state association before. There was no unified, centralized Germany, but German lands that belonged to the Reich did exist. This statehood lasted and expanded continuously (at least) from the coronation of Otto I the Great, 962 (Sacrum Imperium Romanum; Heiliges Römisches Reich; Holy Roman Empire) to the abdication of Francis II, 1806, (Sacrum Imperium Romanum Nationis Germanicæ; Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation; Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation). After the defeat in the Battle of Austerlitz, Francis was forced by the French to renounce the dignity of the Roman Emperor and German King. It should be remembered that even in the early Middle Ages there was an (at least) awareness (if not the identity) of a common German cultural, linguistic and national community. We know this also from the songs of Minnesaenger, poetry and old legal statutes. At that time (and later), other countries were clearly distinguished from German countries (or some closely related to the German cultural circle). Greetings.
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I gradually amend you for writing an entire essay covering the flaws of this video.
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So, basically, Germany didn't exist. Something did exist, which you may say is related to future Germany, but it wasn't Germany because it laked a unified statehood and identity.
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