The “Invisible Wall” of Germany

In February 2025, parliamentary elections were held in Germany, the results of which showed an extraordinary division of the electorate of East and West Germany, along the former state border between East and West Germany. These elections showed not only the geopolitical division of Germany but also the deep cultural, economic, and demographic division that this paper will prove. This work is significant in finding the source of divisions that still exist today, which have direct consequences for the population of Germany. Through this work, we will analyze the historical-geographical facts of the causes of these divisions, how they happened and why they continue today after the reunification of Germany. This work is significant, because it proves the divisions that exist on the cultural, geopolitical, religious, demographic and economic levels, and after reading the work you will understand how these divisions came about, why they still exist today and what the positive and negative consequences of these divisions are. This work is extremely important for countries that also yearn for reunification, which are culturally, economically and historically divided like Germany, to learn from Germany's example what the positives and negatives of this kind of reunification are. There are many such countries around the world, for example Korea, Cyprus or Yugoslavia.