diff --git a/src/Logic/Actors/InitialMapPositioning.ts b/src/Logic/Actors/InitialMapPositioning.ts
index 55b9aaf4b..1c7439bf5 100644
--- a/src/Logic/Actors/InitialMapPositioning.ts
+++ b/src/Logic/Actors/InitialMapPositioning.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ import { ImmutableStore, Store, UIEventSource } from "../UIEventSource"
 import LayoutConfig from "../../Models/ThemeConfig/LayoutConfig"
 import { LocalStorageSource } from "../Web/LocalStorageSource"
 import { QueryParameters } from "../Web/QueryParameters"
+import Hash from "../Web/Hash"
+import OsmObjectDownloader from "../Osm/OsmObjectDownloader"
+import { OsmObject } from "../Osm/OsmObject"
+import Constants from "../../Models/Constants"
 
 /**
  * This actor is responsible to set the map location.
  * It will attempt to
+ * - Set the map to the position of the selected element
  * - Set the map to the position as passed in by the query parameters (if available)
  * - Set the map to the position remembered in LocalStorage (if available)
  * - Set the map to the layout default
@@ -16,7 +21,7 @@ export default class InitialMapPositioning {
     public zoom: UIEventSource<number>
     public location: UIEventSource<{ lon: number; lat: number }>
     public useTerrain: Store<boolean>
-    constructor(layoutToUse: LayoutConfig) {
+    constructor(layoutToUse: LayoutConfig, downloader: OsmObjectDownloader) {
         function localStorageSynced(
             key: string,
             deflt: number,
@@ -38,6 +43,8 @@ export default class InitialMapPositioning {
             return src
         }
 
+        const initialHash = Hash.hash.data
+
         // -- Location control initialization
         this.zoom = localStorageSynced(
             "z",
@@ -62,5 +69,17 @@ export default class InitialMapPositioning {
             lon.setData(loc.lon)
         })
         this.useTerrain = new ImmutableStore<boolean>(layoutToUse.enableTerrain)
+
+        if(initialHash.match(/^(node|way|relation)\/[0-9]+$/)){
+            const [type, id] = initialHash.split("/")
+            OsmObjectDownloader.RawDownloadObjectAsync(type, Number(id), Constants.osmAuthConfig.url+"/").then(osmObject => {
+                if(osmObject === "deleted"){
+                    return
+                }
+                const [lat, lon] = osmObject.centerpoint()
+                this.location.setData({lon, lat})
+            })
+        }
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Logic/Osm/OsmObject.ts b/src/Logic/Osm/OsmObject.ts
index d743b58c9..03048f408 100644
--- a/src/Logic/Osm/OsmObject.ts
+++ b/src/Logic/Osm/OsmObject.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ export abstract class OsmObject {
         return result
     }
 
-    // The centerpoint of the feature, as [lat, lon]
+    /** The centerpoint of the feature, as [lat, lon]
+     *
+     */
     public abstract centerpoint(): [number, number]
 
     public abstract asGeoJson(): any
diff --git a/src/Logic/Osm/OsmObjectDownloader.ts b/src/Logic/Osm/OsmObjectDownloader.ts
index 211827577..4baed2032 100644
--- a/src/Logic/Osm/OsmObjectDownloader.ts
+++ b/src/Logic/Osm/OsmObjectDownloader.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export default class OsmObjectDownloader {
         if (idN < 0) {
             obj = this.constructObject(<"node" | "way" | "relation">type, idN)
         } else {
-            obj = await this.RawDownloadObjectAsync(type, idN, maxCacheAgeInSecs)
+            obj = await OsmObjectDownloader.RawDownloadObjectAsync(type, idN, this.backend, maxCacheAgeInSecs)
         }
         if (obj === "deleted") {
             return obj
@@ -211,13 +211,22 @@ export default class OsmObjectDownloader {
         }
     }
 
-    private async RawDownloadObjectAsync(
+    /**
+     * Only to be used in exceptional cases
+     * @param type
+     * @param idN
+     * @param backend
+     * @param maxCacheAgeInSecs
+     * @constructor
+     */
+    public static async RawDownloadObjectAsync(
         type: string,
         idN: number,
+        backend: string,
         maxCacheAgeInSecs?: number
     ): Promise<OsmObject | "deleted"> {
         const full = type !== "node" ? "/full" : ""
-        const url = `${this.backend}api/0.6/${type}/${idN}${full}`
+        const url = `${backend}api/0.6/${type}/${idN}${full}`
         const rawData = await Utils.downloadJsonCachedAdvanced(
             url,
             (maxCacheAgeInSecs ?? 10) * 1000
@@ -227,7 +236,7 @@ export default class OsmObjectDownloader {
         }
         // A full query might contain more then just the requested object (e.g. nodes that are part of a way, where we only want the way)
         const parsed = OsmObject.ParseObjects(rawData["content"].elements)
-        // Lets fetch the object we need
+        // Let us fetch the object we need
         for (const osmObject of parsed) {
             if (osmObject.type !== type) {
                 continue