CDU Offices Rebranded as “Egg Houses” on Google Maps
A wave of map hijackings across Germany saw party offices renamed after eggs, with some linking the stunt to anti-conscription protests.
Friday, April 10
If you searched for your local CDU office this week, you might have found something unexpected: across Berlin, Brandenburg, and beyond, party headquarters were temporarily renamed on Google Maps as variations of “Eierhaus” - literally, “egg house”, but more likely a reference to German scrotum slang.
The CDU district office on Markgrafenstraße appeared as “CDU Eierhaus Berlin-Kreuzberg,” while offices in Treptow-Köpenick and Neu-Tempelhof showed similar updates. According to reporting by Tagesspiegel, the stunt extended far beyond the capital. The names of CDU and CSU offices across Germany were scrambled, including the party’s state headquarters in Potsdam, which briefly appeared as a “buntes Eierhaus,” or “colourful egg house”.
Who was behind the hijacking remains unclear, but the timing has raised suspicions. Observers have linked the action to recent protests against Germany’s increasingly controversial conscription debate. At a student demonstration in Berlin in March, an 18-year-old protester held a sign reading “Merz leck Eier.” Police later confirmed they had opened an investigation into the student on suspicion of defamation.
The CDU, for its part, has largely stayed quiet on the matter. In Brandenburg, general secretary Julian Brüning brushed it off as a “digital joke,” adding that the region’s real problems need “something more substantial.”
Google said it aims to keep Maps listings accurate, noting that incorrect entries can be flagged via its feedback system. By Wednesday, most of the altered names had already been reverted — though one Berlin CDU hub is still labelled as the "egg district office" on the browser version.
