How the crowd draws
50 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 | 2,563 km²989 sq mi | 2,298 km²887 sq mi↓10.3% smaller |
| Outline | 348 km216 mi | 363 km226 mi↑4.2% longer |
| Centre | 6.95° E, 49.38° N7.0° E, 49.4° N | 6.97° E, 49.38° N7.0° E, 49.4° N↘1 km south-east1 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 6.36° E, 49.53° N6.4° E, 49.5° N | 6.38° E, 49.53° N6.4° E, 49.5° N→2 km short1 mi short |
| Easternmost | 7.40° E, 49.35° N7.4° E, 49.3° N | 7.42° E, 49.37° N7.4° E, 49.4° N→1 km beyond1 mi beyond |
| Southernmost | 7.06° E, 49.11° N7.1° E, 49.1° N | 7.05° E, 49.11° N7.1° E, 49.1° N=the same |
| Northernmost | 7.03° E, 49.64° N7.0° E, 49.6° N | 7.02° E, 49.61° N7.0° E, 49.6° N↓3 km short2 mi short |
Near the land border, 59% of the crowd’s lines run inside Saarland.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 196 km in the game | 202 km the crowd’s↑3.1% longer |
| France | 152 km in the game | 162 km the crowd’s↑6.6% longer |
| Luxembourg | 9 km in the game | 8 km the crowd’s↓11.1% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Germany →How it is measured
The crowd’s Saarland: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Saarland 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 50 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 Saarland yourself and add your line to the next update.