How the crowd draws
106 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 | 21,000 km²8,122 sq mi | 19,000 km²7,482 sq mi↓7.9% smaller |
| Outline | 1,181 km734 mi | 1,185 km736 mi↑0.3% longer |
| Centre | 9.03° E, 50.60° N9.0° E, 50.6° N | 9.02° E, 50.61° N9.0° E, 50.6° N↑1 km north1 mi north |
| Westernmost | 7.77° E, 50.06° N7.8° E, 50.1° N | 7.89° E, 50.08° N7.9° E, 50.1° N→8 km short5 mi short |
| Easternmost | 10.24° E, 51.18° N10.2° E, 51.2° N | 10.05° E, 50.66° N10.1° E, 50.7° N←13 km short8 mi short |
| Southernmost | 8.85° E, 49.40° N8.9° E, 49.4° N | 8.59° E, 49.54° N8.6° E, 49.5° N↑16 km short10 mi short |
| Northernmost | 9.49° E, 51.66° N9.5° E, 51.7° N | 9.43° E, 51.59° N9.4° E, 51.6° N↓7 km short4 mi short |
Near the land border, 58% of the crowd’s lines run inside Hessen.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 252 km in the game | 263 km the crowd’s↑4.4% longer |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | 249 km in the game | 269 km the crowd’s↑8.0% longer |
| Bayern | 238 km in the game | 272 km the crowd’s↑14.3% longer |
| Thüringen | 231 km in the game | 211 km the crowd’s↓8.7% shorter |
| Baden-Württemberg | 151 km in the game | 120 km the crowd’s↓20.5% shorter |
| Niedersachsen | 146 km in the game | 135 km the crowd’s↓7.5% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Germany →How it is measured
The crowd’s Hessen: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Hessen 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 106 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 Hessen yourself and add your line to the next update.