Curving planned streets
Residential streets bend and loop in gentle curves, typical of post-war town planning, and form a soft, flowing pattern across the poster.
Minimalist map poster · Germany
52.3814° N / 8.6230° E
A planned post-war town in the East Westphalian woods, its streets curving through greenery on the site of a former munitions works

One city, five moods
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On the wall



The map
Espelkamp lies in the Minden-Lübbecke district in the northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is one of the youngest towns in the state, founded after the Second World War on the grounds of a former army munitions facility hidden in the forest. It was built to house refugees and displaced people from the east, and its layout still shows that deliberate planning.
From above, the streets curve and loop through generous green space and woodland rather than following an old market-town pattern. Residential areas, schools and industrial zones sit in distinct clusters, connected by broad roads. The result is an unusually open, organised town plan with trees threaded through it.
An Espelkamp map poster shows a town that was designed rather than grown, and the map makes that visible: flowing streets, planned neighbourhoods and green buffers between them. For families who helped build it, and for later generations, it is a portrait of a place with a very particular beginning.
Residential streets bend and loop in gentle curves, typical of post-war town planning, and form a soft, flowing pattern across the poster.
Forest and green space run between neighbourhoods, leaving open areas on the map that recall the wooded site on which the town was built.
Housing, schools and industry sit in separate clusters linked by main roads, making the town's planned structure readable at a glance.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
The free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. Prints and HD files are rendered at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 px, without a watermark.
Why Espelkamp
Espelkamp's story of refugees building a new home gives its map a particular meaning for many families. A poster honours that history quietly, through the shape of the town rather than words or monuments.
You can add a family name, a founding year or your own text to the title, subtitle and coordinates line, and choose Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. HD files cover six print sizes.
Order the Espelkamp poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
Pick a style at the top of the page, then choose Printed Poster — a size and, if you like, a frame — or Digital HD Files. Checkout takes one step, and your order page updates as soon as the payment goes through.
It is printed on premium 200 gsm matte paper in one of six sizes, from 30 × 40 cm to 24 × 36″. Printed posters start at $39, shipping included.
Yes. Choose a solid wood frame in black, white, natural oak or dark wood. It comes with shatterproof glazing and is ready to hang. Framed posters start at $99, shipping included.
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Yes. In the editor on this page, change the title, the subtitle and the coordinates line to anything you like, and pick a style and size. Printed, framed and digital orders all use exactly your design.
For $9 you get 300 DPI PNG and print-ready PDF files in all six sizes, without a watermark, to print anywhere. Not sure yet? Download a free watermarked preview first.
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