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| The German Empire |
Berlin
became the capital of the German Empire in 1871. At that time, as can
be seen in the map, the city was in a central position, in the heart
of Germany.
The red line marks, approximately, the present boundary, the parts to the East having gone to Poland and other countries. Today, Berlin is quite off-center in the German context.
Moreover, it can be seen that Berlin was closer to Poland and Czechoslovakia than to France or the Netherlands. Not quite a city of the East, it was not part of Central Europe either (like Vienna was). Neither oriental nor western nor central. "Berlin is located exactly where Berlin is", as an old Berliner phrased it.
The red line marks, approximately, the present boundary, the parts to the East having gone to Poland and other countries. Today, Berlin is quite off-center in the German context.
Moreover, it can be seen that Berlin was closer to Poland and Czechoslovakia than to France or the Netherlands. Not quite a city of the East, it was not part of Central Europe either (like Vienna was). Neither oriental nor western nor central. "Berlin is located exactly where Berlin is", as an old Berliner phrased it.
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The Weimar Republic
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