How the crowd draws
108 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s Germany map, 25 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 20,000 km²7,905 sq mi | 18,000 km²7,018 sq mi↓11.2% smaller |
| Outline | 1,016 km631 mi | 1,048 km651 mi↑3.2% longer |
| Centre | 11.70° E, 52.01° N11.7° E, 52.0° N | 11.66° E, 52.04° N11.7° E, 52.0° N↖4 km north-west3 mi north-west |
| Westernmost | 10.56° E, 52.00° N10.6° E, 52.0° N | 10.64° E, 51.83° N10.6° E, 51.8° N→5 km short3 mi short |
| Easternmost | 13.19° E, 51.72° N13.2° E, 51.7° N | 12.98° E, 51.74° N13.0° E, 51.7° N←15 km short9 mi short |
| Southernmost | 12.22° E, 50.94° N12.2° E, 50.9° N | 12.20° E, 51.01° N12.2° E, 51.0° N↑8 km short5 mi short |
| Northernmost | 11.62° E, 53.04° N11.6° E, 53.0° N | 11.62° E, 53.02° N11.6° E, 53.0° N↓2 km short1 mi short |
Near the land border, 61% of the crowd’s lines run inside Sachsen-Anhalt.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Brandenburg | 341 km in the game | 327 km the crowd’s↓4.1% shorter |
| Niedersachsen | 312 km in the game | 326 km the crowd’s↑4.5% longer |
| Thüringen | 257 km in the game | 251 km the crowd’s↓2.3% shorter |
| Sachsen | 180 km in the game | 217 km the crowd’s↑20.6% longer |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Germany →How it is measured
The crowd’s Sachsen-Anhalt: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Sachsen-Anhalt or outside it; the median over a short stretch is where the crowd puts the line there, and the real outline moved by it is the crowd’s. Where the move folds a narrow inlet over itself, the loop is cut.
The 108 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s Germany map, scribbles left out, the real line the game’s own. Area true to scale; the outline copies the real line’s detail, so its length changes only where the shape moves or a loop is cut.
Measuring how far the crowd moves the centre was Matt Forrest’s idea (forrest.nyc).
Draw Sachsen-Anhalt yourself and add your line to the next update.