>I'm curious where the German propensity for strict organization, rule following, etc, comes from, and how far back it goes. Supposedly a lot of that dates bac

>I'm curious where the German propensity for strict organization, rule following, etc, comes from, and how far back it goes. Supposedly a lot of that dates back to the Kingdom of Prussia and it's "Preußische Tugenden" coined by King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_virtues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_virtues The Teutonic Order (Deutscher Orden) had very similar virtues and predate the Kingdom of Prussia by another couple of centuries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_Order https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_Order As such it's an attitude that's not exclusive to any part of Germany neither East nor West.