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[Alloween]

She’s like the German Schlager Taylor Swift: commercial dross.

She‘s actually less than that… While Swift at least has some talent (you do not have to like it), Fischer is the worst of pseudo German Schlager Trash combined with acrobatics. Like some cheap Las Vegas Show somewhere of the strip.

 

[Haiku_Oezu]

This is the funniest headline I’ve read in a long time

 

[tuckerjj]

Has anyone found any of these anywhere in Berlin? I took a cycle to my local Netto, Edeka, Rewe and Kaufland, but didn’t come across any.

 

[jlc1978]

Many people assume that German-speaking celebrities are German. There is, however, one famous counter-example: Mozart. Most people think he was Austrian, but actually he was German.
We have to admit something though: Mozart became famous thanks to Austria, and Falco did most of his sales in Germany.

Oida, wos redst du? Heast, der Mozart war a Salzburger!

Mozart was born in Salzburg, then a principality of the Holy Roman Empire, which comprised modern Germany, Austria, and parts of Italy, France, Poland and smaller modern sates. The Austrian House of Habsburg ruled as Holy Roman Emperors, with Vienna as the capital of the HRE, and their empire was about 1/3 of the HRE. Given Salzburg was then part of the HRE and became part of Austria after the dissolution of the HRE and ultimately the House of Habsburg, Geh, hear auf!

 

[jlc1978]

Has anyone found any of these anywhere in Berlin? I took a cycle to my local Netto, Edeka, Rewe and Kaufland, but didn’t come across any.

KdW?

 

[Kar98]

Oida, wos redst du? Heast, der Mozart war a Salzburger!

Mozart was born in Salzburg, then a principality of the Holy Roman Empire, which comprised modern Germany, Austria, and parts of Italy, France, Poland and smaller modern sates. The Austrian House of Habsburg ruled as Holy Roman Emperors, with Vienna as the capital of the HRE, and their empire was about 1/3 of the HRE. Given Salzburg was then part of the HRE and became part of Austria after the dissolution of the HRE and ultimately the House of Habsburg, Geh, hear auf!

I can only imagine that poster was thinking of Beethoven.

 

[jlc1978]

I can only imagine that poster was thinking of Beethoven.

They are often confused.

 

[Jeeve Stubbs]

Oida, wos redst du? Heast, der Mozart war a Salzburger!

Mozart was born in Salzburg, then a principality of the Holy Roman Empire, which comprised modern Germany, Austria, and parts of Italy, France, Poland and smaller modern sates. The Austrian House of Habsburg ruled as Holy Roman Emperors, with Vienna as the capital of the HRE, and their empire was about 1/3 of the HRE. Given Salzburg was then part of the HRE and became part of Austria after the dissolution of the HRE and ultimately the House of Habsburg, Geh, hear auf!

Whether Salzburg and Austria at the time could be viewed as part of "Germany" is debatable, I agree. But in any case, the Salzburg Principality in his day was definitely not part of Austria. Mozart considered himself German and proud to be one.

 

[tuckerjj]

Has anyone found any of these anywhere in Berlin? I took a cycle to my local Netto, Edeka, Rewe and Kaufland, but didn’t come across any.

Gave up hunting in the burbs and went direct to the source in town.

 

[jlc1978]

Whether Salzburg and Austria at the time could be viewed as part of "Germany" is debatable, I agree. But in any case, the Salzburg Principality in his day was definitely not part of Austria. Mozart considered himself German and proud to be one.

Nor was it part of Germany, in the modern sense. German was a linguistic and cultural designation that distinguished them from surrounding cultural and linguistic areas, distinct from the modern meaning. Germany really never was a country until Bismarck unified it; it was a group of states culturally and linguistically (somewhat) similar in a loose confederation. Mozart may have considered himself German, but if alive today likely would not.

Bayerische, for example, might have similarly considered themselves German in the same manner, although not part of a greater German state.

Now if the Ritter Sport promo would just cross the pond...