Twenty 5 Years Since The Berlin Wall

The Berliner Morgenpost has published a cracking aerial sentiment map of Berlin which allows you lot to compare the modern 24-hour interval Berlin amongst the Berlin of 1989.

Twenty-five years agone this Nov the Berlin Wall was torn down. Since thus Berlin has been transformed. Using the Berliner Morgenpost's novel interactive map Die Narbe der Stadt (The Scar of the City) you lot tin compare the Berlin of 1989 amongst the Berlin of 2014, using aerial imagery of the metropolis from both years.

You tin pan too zoom the map too switch betwixt the aerial views from the 2 years to compare the Berlin of today amongst the Berlin of 1989. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 card inwards the top-left corner of the map provides quick links to roughly of import locations inwards the metropolis which convey been transformed inwards the final twenty-five years.

High German speakers tin too read a long-form guided tour of the Berlins Wall's i time boundary to acquire to a greater extent than nigh how the metropolis has changed since the collapse of East Germany.

The Novel Berlin Wall

The Nokia HERE weblog has been looking at historical maps of Berlin to meet how map makers inwards pre-unification Deutschland represented the presence of the Berlin Wall in addition to East in addition to West Berlin inwards maps. In History of the Berlin Wall Through Maps CJ Schuler examines how cartographers inwards East in addition to West Deutschland responded to the partitioning of the city.

The post service looks at a serial of maps, including this 1988 map (screenshot above) from East Germany, which shows West Berlin only every bit a huge hole inwards the map.


Twenty-five years agone this Nov the Berlin Wall was torn down. Since in addition to hence Berlin has been transformed. The Berliner Morgenpost has published a neat aerial persuasion map of Berlin which allows y'all to compare the modern hateful solar daytime Berlin amongst the Berlin of 1989.

Using the Berliner Morgenpost's interactive map Die Narbe der Stadt you tin switch betwixt aerial views of Berlin from 1989 in addition to aerial views of Berlin today. H5N1 carte du jour inwards the top-left corner of the map provides quick links to about of import locations inwards the urban nub which convey been transformed inwards the twenty-five years since the wall was torn down.


The Berliner Morgenpost has besides created a novel map of Berlin which reveals a novel dividing business inwards the city. How the S-Bahn Ring Divides the City is a map of the High German majuscule inwards which the neighborhoods convey been colored to exhibit whether almost of the inhabitants were born inwards or exterior Berlin.

The map reveals that inside the S-Bahn holler upward inwards every neighborhood, except Neu-Templhof, the bulk of the residents were born exterior Berlin. Outside the S-Bahn holler upward many of the neighborhoods are dominated past times native Berliners.