One also has to keep in mind the huge differences here.
While Berlin basically lived a hundred years in the future, many rural parts of Germany still existed in a quasi-feudalistic or religious-traditional way that wouldn’t have looked out of place in the 1700s.
Ok, had a look at the webpage.
Apparently, number of entry cards per day is limited and you have to reserve them online some days in advance.
Während im Jahr 1266 die befestigte Stadt vom Heer Ottokars II. von Böhmen belagert wurde, soll die Frau des Bürgermeisters einen gegnerischen Spion auf der Stadtmauer mit einem heißen Knödel beworfen haben. Die Belagerer sollen dann davon ausgegangen sein, dass eine Eroberung der Stadt keinen Erfolg haben würde, weil die Deggendorfer so gut versorgt seien, dass sie mit Essen werfen könnten.
Ich mag die leicht ähnliche Legende aus Forchheim lieber. :-)
Fehlt da bloß noch das Maskottchen!
Today, Auschwitz-Birkenau is open to the public as a museum and memorial. Admission to the grounds is free of charge, but entry cards are required.
Can someone explain that to me?
How’s the process here?
Do you have to apply for an entry card beforehand or so?
… Da habe ich jetzt einen Moment gebraucht, bis ich das gerafft habe…
Meisterklasse! :-)
While it is pretty common for heating (as it is mostly centralized either in the building complex or even city district and you’re stuck with it), it is very uncommon for electricity.
There is something called the “Grundtarif” of the local electricity provider that it just defaults to, but you are not forced to keep it.
This might very likely be it.
You could just try to look up your meter ID and try to switch to a different provider (can really easily be done online).
If that just works, great!
I would in this case really recommend using it, as the Grundtarif usually is the most expensive option you can get, so you could save a lot of money.
The people are standoffish but tolerable
Found the northern European guy!
Typically you have a contract with the electricity company yourself, not via the landlord.
He typically doesn’t know and doesn’t care from whom (or if at all) you get your electricity.
Yours might be a special arrangement because of being a student apartment.
Lighting load on new construction homes is calculated based on square footage.
That doesn’t even make sense as it treads someone just putting up a single 5W bulb the same as someone having an indoor hemp plantation or heavy machine shop in their basement.
Are you perhaps confusing that with the heating meter checkers in appartment buildings? They actually need the living area for the billing and have a contract to do so with your landslumlord, and thereby you.
Regarding the slumlord: The magic word is generally “Mietminderung”, I think.
they need to know what a facility is capable of to manage and plan power delivery.
But that’s a single value measured in Ampere.
The size in square feet is something completely irrelevant to know.
And even the Ampere value is only relevant for the local provider that connects to your house, not for the company selling you the actual electric energy.
The company selling me electricity knows nothing about me but my electric meter ID.
Wow. That idea is definitely 2American4me…
(I also just posted it in the respective community, as it fits perfectly there…)
Why does the electricity company know your flat size and your heating source?
Eichhörnchen wäre aber mehr so High Octane Drift Phonk Thrash Metal Punk, oder?
Die Prämie war sowieso schon so ein eher ungleiches und unsoziales Ding.
Dass die meisten Arbeitnehmer wahrscheinlich gar nix bekommen, ist nur das Tüpfelchen auf dem i.
Mein Auge ist hauptsächlich an “Microsoft hört wieder auf die Nutzer” und “Apps einmal kaufen” hängengeblieben, während meine Kinnlade vor Verwunderung langsam nach unten sank…
(Und ein kurzes Aufleuchten der Hoffnung, dass das W11 Startmenü endlich in einen ordentlichen Zustand gebracht wird…)
You don’t watch murder mysteries not to give your spouse any ideas.
I don’t watch murder mysteries not to give me any ideas.
We are not the same. .
This is one of the instances where the second largest trade partner might be more interesting.
Danke!
Das ist mit Abstand das deutscheste, das ich heute gelesen habe.