The New York Times calls Augsburg a “provincial city” – anyone in Munich will recognize a false photo immediately
Created: 08/10/2022, 21:24
By: Leyla Yildiz
According to the New York Times, Augsburg is a provincial city.
(Collage) © agefotostock/Yay Images/Imago
The New York Times writes an article about the energy crisis and Augsburg's role in it.
She describes the metropolis as a provincial city.
Augsburg - Munich, Nuremberg, Augsburg: These Bavarian cities not only impress with their beauty, no, they have another thing in common.
According to the Bavarian State Development Program (LEP), they are all considered metropolises.
But apparently that hasn't arrived in New York yet.
Because in a July 29 article wonderfully titled “Dry Fountains, Cold Pools, Less Beer?
Germans Tiptoe Up the Path to Energy Savings” (in German: “Dry wells, cold swimming pools, less beer? The Germans tiptoe the way to save energy”), the two authors refer to the Swabian district capital as the “Provincial City of Augsburg”. .
The New York Times writes about Augsburg because of the energy crisis and describes the metropolis as a provincial city
With around 300,000 inhabitants, Augsburg certainly doesn't deserve the name provincial city.
But that's not all.
In the Times article, the authors paint a, shall we say, classic or typically American picture of Bavaria.
In order to convey the actual topic to the readers, let Wolfgang Hübschle, the economics officer of the Swabian, caution, metropolis, speak about the current energy crisis.
(By the way: Our Bayern newsletter informs you about all the important stories from Bavaria. Register here.)
According to the article, he actually expected a simple and relaxed life when he took the step into the city administration - for example by planning folk festivals, of course only with lederhosen.
Instead, he now takes care of which traffic lights are switched off, lowering the temperatures in offices and swimming pools and, under certain circumstances, even pulling the gas plug for all the breweries popular with Bavarians.
Augsburg in the New York Times: Photo from the restaurant shows the Munich Ratskeller
The article is illustrated with a photo of a restaurant terrace in an inner courtyard, among other things.
An elderly couple is sitting at a table with two beers in front of them in tulip glasses, which are rather untypical for Bavaria.
The picture is subtitled with the sentence: "Wolfgang Hübschle, the economic adviser for the city of Augsburg, may ask his fellow beer-loving Bavarians to pull the plug on their favorite breweries." beer-loving fellow Bavarians” to pull the plugs on their favorite breweries.
Small blemish: The picture does not show a restaurant in Augsburg.
The photo was taken in the Ratskeller in Munich.
Of course, Hübschle can also ask all Bavarians, but the Munich breweries don't have to listen to the Augsburger.
After all: The New York Times sees the Swabian metropolis as one of the leading German cities in terms of austerity measures in the energy crisis.
(ly)
All news and stories from Bavaria can now also be found on our brand new Facebook page Merkur Bayern.
