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Krautchan
Krautchan was a German bulletin board, established by former Einskanal users, that ran from May 1, 2007 to March 21, 2018. It once had a sizable international board, which is often credited for Polandball and the spread of foreign memes like Spurdo Spärde or Wojak.
History
The website's history stems from a Onechan–Einskanal divide in 2006, then Einskanal died on December 25, 2006,1) so former users in an IRC channel started the 'Neukanal' project which became 'Krautchan' after a brainstorming session on February 12, 2007, preserved below. Krautchan registers the “krautchan.net” domain on April 29, 2007, then formally opened with the Wakaba script on May 1, 2007.
Session Start: Mon Feb 12 11:27:43 2007
Session Ident: #einskanal
[…]
[20:43:54] <dergeneral> wurstchan
[20:43:57] <Shaky> teutschchan, fertig
[20:44:01] <Shaky> krautchan
[20:44:04] <Tsaryu> SAUERKRAUTKANAL
[20:44:11] <dergeneral> krautchan?
[20:44:12] <dergeneral> hm
[20:44:14] <Tsaryu> krautchan klingt gut XD
[20:44:27] <dergeneral> hmhm
[20:44:30] <dergeneral> mal notieren
It was then announced on 4chan,2) so Krautchan quickly overtook Onechan, then it temporarily died on June 30, 2007 as the disk got damaged. There isn't much else to its history after that. After a decade, Krautchan apparently lost the domain on March 13, 2018, then “Der General” unceremoniously declared Krautchan dead in IRC on March 21, 2018 since he was too old to run it.
List of Boards
- VIP
- Undefeated [b]
- International [int]
- Best of the Best [vip]
- General
- Anime & Manga [a]
- Computers [c]
- Comics & Cartoons [co]
- Drugs [d]
- Food & Drinks [e]
- Vehicles [f]
- Ask Bernd [fb]
- Bicycles and Ecchi [fe] - 2D and 3D images.
- Fitness [fit]
- Otaku Heaven [jp]
- Creative [k]
- Literature [l]
- Lifestyle [li]
- Music [m]
- Nature & Wildlife [n]
- Money & Finance [ng]
- Politics & News [p]
- Philosophy [ph]
- /prog/ [prog]
- Toys [sp]
- Technology [t]
- Travel [trv]
- Turing Completeness [tu] - Homosexuality.3)
- Film & TV [tv]
- Video Games [v]
- Science [w]
- Weltschmerz [we] - Meaning 'world pains'.
- Weapons & War [wk]
- Wallpapers [wp]
- Drawing [z]
- MS Paint [zp]
- Trial
- Fetish & BDSM [ft]
- Religion [r]
- Masturbation Material
- Hentai [h]
- Sexy Women [s]
- Other
- Moderation [bans]
- Krautchan [kc]
- Radio-Free Krautchan [rfk]
- Lowest of the Low
- Ronny vs. Sören [rvss] - Political debates.4)
Notes
- Krautchan's mascot is “Heinrich”, a white cat in a Nazi uniform. He can still be seen on Kohlchan.
- At one point, Heinrich would be borrowed as the temporary mascot for the furry-themed U-18chan.
- The website's impressive Wakachan fork, called Desuchan, was never published.5)
- In 2011, some Ylilauta users imported their imageboard culture (e.g. Spurdo Spärde, Apu Apustaja, Proofs, Gondola, etc.) which were originally deemed an 'annoyance' and led to a country-wide ban on Finland for spam, but it was then reversed after the users started enjoying it unironically.
See also
- Ernstchan - The 'older' alternative, but it's on its third domain and has no ties to past iterations.6)
External links
- Krautchan [Archive] - The front page of Krautchan, archived February 24, 2018.
Also, there's 'ernstchan.org' which is just a mirror for 'krautchan.org' and something else entirely.