For journalists & researchers

Press

Germany Divided is an independent project mapping the lasting differences between former East and West Germany using official statistics. You are welcome to quote our figures, republish our maps and download our data.

How to credit

Each theme page has a ready-made citation. The short form is: Source: Germany Divided (2026), based on [original publisher]. Online, please link to the theme page.

Licence

Our maps, charts and texts are licensed CC BY 4.0. The underlying data remain the work of their publishers, mostly under the Data Licence Germany (dl-de/by-2-0).

Contact

For interviews, custom maps or data requests: press@germanydivided.com.