Krautchan.net was a German imageboard that was created on the first of may 2007 as successor site to a previous imageboard called Einskanal that was neglected and closed one month before the creation of Krautchan.
It was the first German imageboard with activity high enough to not be considered obscure, many German internet users and imageboarders used to lurk Krautchan either their whole internet time or just partially. /b/ accumulated over 13 million posts in almost 11 years of existence.
It was known for various trolling actions in Germany. It created various memes that spread through the German net and especially influenced German internet slang.
It was known for the creation of the /int/ board initially called /uk/ after the admin created a refugee for Britchan users that lost their site for a time. The /int/ board over time became the fastest English speaking board outside of 4chan almost reaching the 4444444 GET being faster than all the other boards of the site. The board was known for creating memes such as Polandball, Gondola and making reaction images such as sad frog and feels guy popular. 4chan and various other imageboards copied /int/ as either a place for foreigners to post or on-topic board where "international" things can be discussed. /int/ was a popular place where various foreign imageboard users also went either being targeted by raids or seeking refugee from their imageboard's neglect. This is how through Krautchan memes like Kuruminha and Spurdo spread outside their home country's imageboards.
After the loss of the site's domain the admin decided to abandon the project after being tired of hosting the imageboard for almost 11 years.
Now smaller german boards such as Ernstchan and Kohlchan are trying to overtake the crown of main german imageboard.