Midpoint of the Former East Germany (GDR)

Center of the GDR
 
The 12th episode of the television series "Outsider - Leader" became
the center of mass at the TU Dresden is calculated and
Geophysicist Viktor Heckeier explains:
"The territory of the GDR can - mathematically speaking, approximately
can be viewed as any flat surface, so that with the
Calculations assumed that one was under the center of mass. or the center of gravity understands the point at which the surface is in neutral equilibrium with gravity. ...
This is the point for geoscientific concerns. meaningless. "

! 976 the sign that pointed to the center of the GDR was removed, since the area belonged to the military training area. Forester Blötz accepted it at the direction of the chairman of the council. Only the road between Weitzgrund and Verlorenwasser was allowed to be used publicly.

Klaus Nichelmann (Chairman of the Pro Belzig Association) made another contribution
Sign pointing to the center.
TV presenter Hans-Joachim Wolfram shoots for the ORB "City Portrait"
at the center with Klaus Niehelmann (Chairman of the Pro
 Belzig). MAZ (Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung) the next day: also 5
Years after the change, nothing has changed here. A
Coordinates:
12 ° 31, longitude east
52 ° 12, north latitude

It is hardly believed, but also the German Democratic Republic had its center .. It is located in the middle of a forest in Brandenburg south of the city of the same name Brandenburg an der Havel. It is also accessible by car, but more beautiful here is a hike through the forest, which is rewarded with a covered picnic area. At the same time you can sign up in a guestbook. A billboard explains that the center was solemnly announced in 1974 as part of a television program. But only three years later, the point was a bit offset, because the area was closed by a military training area. The appearance of today's idyllic place dates from the time after the reunification. The center was actually built in its present state, after the land no longer existed.

even after 30 years still up to date