I've decided to take all the commieblocks pictures from my "Germany by Rail" photo series and put them together in one thread. Since East Germany has/had the "better" commieblocks (and more of them), I'll just do the East German ones.

I'm not done with that series yet so I'll gradually add more as I do more cities.

All photos, of course, are from Windows Live Local (http://local.live.com).

Each post will focus on one city. Enjoy. :)

ERFURT

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/6007/erfrut9bc8.jpg

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/8957/erfrut10ph1.jpg

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4132/erfrut46oj8.jpg

WEIMAR

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/3113/weimar5rh2.jpg

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/9980/weimar8hg3.jpg

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4843/weimar15vz8.jpg

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/1200/weimar19sz2.jpg

JENA

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4513/jena7of6.jpg

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/8532/jena18gq9.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5104/jena21ob9.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7646/jena22rj4.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2898/jena23fj0.jpg

GERA

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/6660/gera6zb6.jpg

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3290/gera24ac9.jpg

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6515/gera26sp0.jpg

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5042/gera27ub1.jpg

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/4477/gera28hi0.jpg

CHEMNITZ - this city is truly commieblock heaven :)

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/955/chemnitz3gz1.jpg

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9954/chemnitz12tx4.jpg

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/8245/chemnitz13ax3.jpg

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/69/chemnitz30ka5.jpg

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/2761/chemnitz31nf0.jpg

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1818/chemnitz33ok9.jpg

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2461/chemnitz35zf8.jpg

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/3337/chemnitz39da3.jpg

For some reason, this one is my favorite. :)
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/231/chemnitz58al3.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/3747/chemnitz59fm2.jpg

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6404/chemnitz62zg9.jpg

DRESDEN

Commieblocks mixed in with modernist office buildings
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/8601/dresden4ea4.jpg

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/2573/dresden6ve3.jpg

http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/1875/dresden7de2.jpg

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/459/dresden43xv5.jpg

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/8153/dresden52eh9.jpg

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9258/dresden54jv6.jpg

Not sure if these would be classified as commieblocks or not. :)
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/15/dresden57kk8.jpg

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5199/dresden60rs6.jpg

Not sure if these would count as commieblocks or not, either
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5382/dresden63ru3.jpg

http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/8821/dresden65hv6.jpg

http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/1751/dresden70ow6.jpg

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/154/dresden72to8.jpg

The most geometrically mesmerizing collection of commieblocks ever!
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/43/dresden74ud6.jpg

Doesn't look bad at all. Buildings look neat and the greenery areas between them are apparently very well maintained. Seems like the quality of functionalistic city planning didn't suffer from communism in East Germany, at least if you compare to USSR.

I love this one..

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/15/dresden57kk8.jpg

Lets see some pictures of around Alexanderplatz!

^
Unfortunately Windows Live Local doesn't have bird's-eye coverage of Berlin yet.

First of all, this is an amazing collection.

Do people still live in those things?
Are there any plans for demolition?

Thank you very much for these pics! This is really awsome thread! So many nice blocks... Your favourite, Dresden's first pic and ilcapo's favourite are even better.

Chemnitz - the commieblock heaven :lol:
Nice collection!

LEIPZIG

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/3773/leipzig16uy8.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1627/leipzig25op9.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8281/leipzig29vh9.jpg

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/3649/leipzig33ut8.jpg

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/646/leipzig43us4.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2155/leipzig45fq4.jpg

Round!! :banana:
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/669/leipzig50kg4.jpg

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2029/leipzig64yk9.jpg

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1153/leipzig65cd1.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4530/leipzig69en1.jpg

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/3729/leipzig70nc5.jpg

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/6681/leipzig88bp3.jpg

First of all, this is an amazing collection.

Do people still live in those things?
Are there any plans for demolition?

Alot of the commieblocks in east Germany are empty because the populations of east german cities are in decline (migration to west germany) and the city centres, historic districts and one-family house suburbs are more attratctive right now. Therefore many cities started to demolish their commieblock quarters.

Why did humanity punish itself by building Commieblocks?

HALLE

This was another really good city for commieblocks. :)

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7541/halle14hd9.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3569/halle16zm2.jpg

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5923/halle17zc5.jpg

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/8895/halle25bv6.jpg

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9687/halle26ee3.jpg

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/2853/halle27ed2.jpg

This one is my new favorite. :)
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/1425/halle28vy0.jpg

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/5186/halle29nr6.jpg

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3930/halle30yj6.jpg

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2415/halle31qd2.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1240/halle32wa5.jpg

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/6599/halle40oa2.jpg

Not sure if these are technically commieblocks
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/2465/halle41ac3.jpg

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/8708/halle42oe9.jpg

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1159/halle43rr5.jpg

Commieblocks? Or not?
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3010/halle44mw9.jpg

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/9575/halle49zg5.jpg

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/2697/halle50oa9.jpg

horrible!!!

OK, I just say really thanks again! That is so beautiful! Wherever you take them from... Nice and modern cityscapes... The longer tha block is the more I like it! And I also like nice figures thay form as seen from above...

But why oh why isn't there even one people who would take a big phototour in these areas in Germany and put the pictures here? Tallinn has many commieblocks and I have put hundreds and hundreds of pictures to this forum. Pictures from the ground level make another and different emotional feeling... Although most of humanity doesn't understand much what thay have actually built... ;-)

cool! Well planned quarters, a lot of trees between. Even some commieblocks are nice itself! I prefer such dwellings than one-family houses, because city is smaller and commute time shorter when people live in multi-storey buildings.

BTW, many pictures look like taken from Sim City 4000.

DESSAU

A small city, but with a fair amount of commieblocks anyway . . .

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/969/dessau1uy3.jpg

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/8867/dessau2kr2.jpg

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/4500/dessau3xr6.jpg

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5001/dessau11ap8.jpg

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/3184/dessau12mz3.jpg

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/6860/dessau14ca6.jpg

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2142/dessau16xs8.jpg

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4494/dessau20vs6.jpg

MAGDEBURG

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/3221/magdeburg4qh8.jpg

http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/2974/magdeburg5or6.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5295/magdeburg10td6.jpg

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/1940/magdeburg21tx3.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7875/magdeburg22xd2.jpg

Nice commieblocks with views of the lake. :)
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/132/magdeburg26wb8.jpg

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/2870/magdeburg36wb6.jpg

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1769/magdeburg38me2.jpg

http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/5867/magdeburg43ta5.jpg

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/278/magdeburg47uc2.jpg

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/606/magdeburg52sk8.jpg

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/6629/magdeburg53py5.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/640/magdeburg57rz0.jpg

Magdeburg was the last East German city in my Germany by Rail series, so that will be it for this thread. Unless I decide to add more cities in another series sometime later. :)

My Fav, Wolfen Nord (south of Dessau) aka little Moscow, it's actually commieblock only City :D

Even the new Church there is built from commieblock parts

http://i15.tinypic.com/4uc35nl.jpg

Why did they build a church in a Commie town?

But why oh why isn't there even one people who would take a big phototour in these areas in Germany and put the pictures here?

These areas are usually quite dangerous.

Are most of these commieblocks renovated?

These areas are usually quite dangerous.

Dangerous as in, behind every commieblock there is a mugger or a drug dealer?

Dangerous as in...commieblocks are usually inhabited by people that aren't all that rich. Plenty of thugs hang around in these areas.

Kampflamm, which is the worst german area? I mean, the poorest one?

Berliners

c'mon...Berliners live worse than some East Germany cities?

c'mon...Berliners live worse than some East Germany cities?

east german countryside has higher per head income then berlin :lol:

Yuck...

c'mon...Berliners live worse than some East Germany cities?

Yes, Berlin is probably the poorest major city in Germany with one of the highest unemployment rate of all german states. And Berlins growth performance is far behind that of other german cities. East german cities like Leipzig or Dresden are far better of.

So what's the wealthiest major city in Germany? Hamburg?

Munich has the highest GDP per Head in Germany. Hamburg has the second highest GDP per Head in Germany. In EU Statistics Hamburg is the richest region in Germany, but there is a fault because Munich is in Upperbavaria and only Upperbavaria is ranked not the single region like Hamburg.

Munich has the highest GDP per Head in Germany. Hamburg has the second highest GDP per Head in Germany. In EU Statistics Hamburg is the richest region in Germany, but there is a fault because Munich is in Upperbavaria and only Upperbavaria is ranked not the single region like Hamburg.
Ok, thanks :)

berlin can seem poor in terms of economics but sure is the most interesting city so far. Full of life.

Berlin isn't as poor as some like to suggest here. Productivity might be comparably low in relation to western Germany but salary levels are nearly as high (hence: high unemployment). If you happen to have a decent job you'll live comfortably in Berlin as general cost of living (including housing) is very reasonable.

As for Berliner commieblocks I've only got this poor quality self made pano:

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/2384/pano1xu3.jpg

Which of the following cities below are more well off? Which of the following are less well off?

Leipzig-Halle
Dresden
Luebeck
Flensburg
Hannover
Magdeburg
Jena
Chemnitz
Plauen
Kassel
Regensburg