• RunawayFixer@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    You’re indeed wrong about Germany, the different attachments don’t follow the iron curtain at all. Both west-and east Germany have regions with different attachment color.

    Most of the regions with a strong regional attachment seem to correspond to the larger independent states before German unification in the 19th century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_of_Germany. Mecklenburg, Wurttemberg, Bayern and Upper Saxony are all 4 recognizable on the map of the op. The bit below Denmark was ruled in a personal union by the Danish monarch before the unification wars.

    France tried their best to split Saarland off from Germany several times, which might explain their strong regional attachment.

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      2 days ago

      Well, at least I was right about me being wrong. I guess it’s Friday again.

      Sorry, and thanks for the correction! Today I learned.