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This animated map shows the population change in Germany (current boundaries) over the last 150 years. Cities display wider than they really are. Every district is one flat block of data, so the round hills are just smoothing. Height is people per area, so a mountain's volume is the...

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Andreas Moser14 days ago

Hier sieht man, wie bedeutend Chemnitz und das Erzgebirge einst waren.

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Jérémy Magrin15 days ago

I create the French version if anyone is interested :

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Maik Voets15 days ago

Side view is even better

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TMaibaum #FBPE #NAFO🇪🇺🇩🇪🇵🇱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌹🌻15 days ago

North Rhine-Westphalia alone has a larger population and a higher GDP than all the eastern German federal states put together, even including Berlin. Yet people pretend that Germany is broadly divided into two halves, with the West taking advantage of and exploiting the East.

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Basement Dweller15 days ago

Isn’t there a lot of territory missing? It says 1871 but looks confined to modern rump state

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Matias Heiro 🕊️15 days ago

1871..mate.. Germany was bigger then!

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Simon Kuestenmacher14 days ago

It literally says that it shows modern borders. With a map like this you need to make decisions.

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Matias Heiro 🕊️14 days ago

I see your point, but look at Saxony and Brandenburg - they weren't border-regions then, but Mitteldeutscland(sic). Maybe the maker should have dotted-line the historical border or something.

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Nicolas15 days ago

This is brilliant!

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Vrindabani📯15 days ago

Danke, super!

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LohntNicht14 days ago

Map is incomplete.

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Balsamo Joseph15 days ago

60 million in 1940!

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Henning Nagel14 days ago

For Hanover they obviously used the modern (2001) borders of the 'Region Hanover' which encompasses both the town and its district. You can recognise the shape as early as 1900. That's why it appears flat, in contrast to the neighboring Brunswick and Hildesheim peaks.

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Arrrghonaut14 days ago

Why does it still show significant differences when comparing 2024 with... 2024?

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MillG (blue rondo a la czech)15 days ago

...what's going on around #Dortmund ??! ...can't just be #DieSchwarzgelben 🤔🤨

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