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Differences between East and West Germany cover many aspects of life, even covid incidence, and vaccination rates. The maps below created by Reddit user: InterestingMaps show vaccination rates in Germany vs. 7-day covid case rates per 100,000 inhabitants as of the 16th of December 2021.
East & West Germany Map: Berlin Wall Border Division. Map by European Views. The map above shows the division of Germany. For many decades, the country was divided into two: East and West Germany. The two were separated through an impassable border named the Iron Curtain.
In 1952, East Germany began policing its Western border to stop the flight of engineers, scientists and doctors to West Germany. Interestingly, the border within Berlin wasn’t as tightly...
A map showing the division of Germany into East and West Germany following the World War II. USSR "vassals," including Poland and East Germany, formed a more cohesive alliance, and the Soviets blockaded West Berlin until the Berlin airlift emancipated the city.
The actual line between West and East Germany was located on the far side of the outer strip. It was marked by granite stones (Grenzsteine) with the letters "DDR" carved on the west-facing edge.
The geographical division through the middle of Germany may have vanished from maps — but not so much from minds, as DW's Dana Regev has learned.
This is a map of the Berlin Wall, and how it divided Germany both physically and politically. East and West Germany were politically distinct, shaped by their respective Cold War alliances. East Germany, or the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a communist state aligned with the Soviet Union and governed by a single-party socialist system ...
West Germany (blue) comprised the Western Allies' zones, excluding disputed Saarland (purple); the Soviet zone, East Germany (red) surrounded West Berlin (yellow).
When we talk about the differences between East and West Germany, geography and demographics play a significant role. East Germany is generally characterized by flat, agricultural landscapes, while West Germany is home to more rugged, mountainous terrain.
This chart shows differences in selected economic indicators between Western and Eastern Germany.