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1988 East German Map of West Berlin

November 13, 2018 5 Comments

1988 East German Map of West Berlin

Map found at HERE 360

The map above is one of our favourites. It shows (or rather doesn’t show) West Berlin in 1988. It was published in East Germany just one year before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Filed Under: Germany, History

Germany (And The World) Divided By Aldi

June 7, 2018 7 Comments

Germany Divided By Aldi

Map created by Kyro via Wikimedia

While the Berlin Wall may have fallen nearly 30 years ago, Germany remains a nation divided. But instead of East vs West, the division is between North and South, specifically Aldi Nord vs Aldi Süd.

And in case you were wondering, this is not some sort of regional division. The two companies are legally separate entities that both use the Aldi name.

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Filed Under: Germany, World Maps

Most Popular Cola Brands in Germany

October 15, 2016 Leave a Comment

Most Popular Cola Brands in Germany

Map created by reddit user Spanholz

The map above shows the most popular brand of cola soft drink in each German Länder (State). Unsurprisingly, Coca Cola is the number one brand across the whole of Germany, but interestingly not in every single state.

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Filed Under: Germany Tagged With: food

Where Germans Voted For The Nazis in 1933

September 13, 2015 2 Comments

1933 German Elections results in which the Nazis got the most votes

Map created by Korny78 via Wikimedia

One important fact to remember about that the Nazis is that they were originally democratically elected into office. The map above shows where National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi) support was the highest in the election of March 3rd, 1933.

It would turn out to be the last somewhat “free,” multi-party German election held across all of Germany until December 2nd, 1990, after German reunification.

However, it’s also important to note that while the Nazis won the most seats in 1933, they did not win a majority of them or the popular vote.

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Filed Under: Germany, History Tagged With: election

Most Common Foreign Citizenship In Each German District

June 7, 2015 2 Comments

German foreign citizenship

Map created by reddit user Szwab

The map above shows the country of citizenship for the largest group of foreigners by German district. However, it doesn’t show the absolute or even relative numbers. So even districts with very few foriegners will still have one group that’s the largest.

In total, Germany had 6,180,013 people with non-German citizenship living there in 2011, according to zensus2011.de.

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Filed Under: Germany Tagged With: immigration


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