The Leipzig Quiz
The poster was designed by Aileen Dietrich; I wrote the questions and answers. A modified version appeared in the October 2019 issue of kreuzer magazine.
Below are additional questions that did not make it onto the final poster.
Bonus Questions
- Which district has the most water surface area?
- Where are the most people divorced?
- Where are the most people widowed?
- Where are the residents youngest on average?
- Where do far more men than women live (outside the city centre)?
- Where is voter turnout lowest?
- Where do people own the fewest cars?
- Where did the NPD get its best result in 2017?
- Which Stadtteil (borough) has the most art galleries?
Answers
- Lausen-Grunau is 30% water by area, but Grosszschocher has the largest total water surface at 2.37 km².
- Paunsdorf has the highest share of divorced adults in Leipzig at 14%.
- Thekla has the highest share of widowed residents at 12.6%.
- Lindenau is the youngest district, with an average age of just 34.
- Hartmannsdorf-Knautnaundorf has the largest male surplus: only 87 women for every 100 men.
- Volkmarsdorf residents are the least likely to vote: average turnout across all elections since 1994 is just 47.2%.
- In Volkmarsdorf, only about one in seven residents owns a car.
- In the 2017 federal election, the AfD took many votes from the NPD, but in Althen-Kleinposna 1.86% of voters still chose the NPD.
- With 29 galleries, Leipzig-Mitte just edges out the Alt-West borough (25).