# Berlin Wall Map

> Interactive map and history of the Berlin Wall, with memorials, border crossings, museums, and historical places in Berlin, Germany.

berlinwallmap.info is a free educational resource about the Berlin Wall (1961-1989). It combines an interactive Leaflet map showing the wall's exact route with a blog covering the history, places, and stories of the division of Berlin.

## Sections

- [Interactive Map](https://berlinwallmap.info/map): Leaflet map showing the wall route, border strip, 1945 Allied occupation sectors, East Side Gallery, and 81 historical places with photos and descriptions. Filterable by significance and distance zone.
- [Interactive Timeline](https://berlinwallmap.info/berlin-wall-history-timeline): A visual, scrollable history of the Berlin Wall from 1945 to 1990, with key events tied to a live map - the division of Berlin, the Wall's construction, escape attempts, the Cold War crises, and the fall.
- [Places](https://berlinwallmap.info/places): 81 Berlin Wall sites including memorials, border crossings, museums, wall segments, escape sites, watchtowers, ghost stations, and Cold War sites. Filterable by type and geographic zone.
- [Facts & Figures](https://berlinwallmap.info/facts): Questions and answers about the history of the Berlin Wall, from construction in 1961 to its fall in 1989.
- [Guides](https://berlinwallmap.info/guides): In-depth articles - history timeline, walking tours, cycling the Berliner Mauerweg, Cold War espionage trail, escape stories, ghost stations of the Berlin Wall, the Glienicke Bridge spy exchanges, the Berlin Airlift, the Conrad Schumann leap to freedom, the Stasi secret police, the Wall checkpoints and Passierschein pass agreements, and more.
- [Movies](https://berlinwallmap.info/movies): 30 Berlin Wall films and documentaries - dramas, comedies, thrillers, and TV series about the Wall and Cold War, with filming locations on the map.
- [Photos](https://berlinwallmap.info/images/): 313 photos and images of Berlin Wall sites, filterable by place type.
- [Free Map PDF](https://berlinwallmap.info/free-map): A free, printable PDF map of the Berlin Wall - the full 1961-1989 route around West Berlin on a present-day street map, with key border crossings, memorials and the East Side Gallery. Download for personal or educational use.
- [Walking Map PDF](https://berlinwallmap.info/berlin-wall-walking-map): A free, printable map for walking the central Berliner Mauerweg - the marked trail along the former Wall - through central Berlin, past 16 key sites from Bernauer Strasse to the East Side Gallery, about 9 km. For personal or educational use.
- [Free Map Downloads](https://berlinwallmap.info/map-downloads): The hub for all the free printable PDF maps of the Berlin Wall - the full overview map and the central walking map.

## Place Categories

- Memorials (11): Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer, Parlament der Bäume, Weiße Kreuze, Mauerpark, Ausstellung zum Mauergedenken, and others
- Border Crossings (12): Bornholmer Straße, Chausseestraße, Invalidenstraße, Bahnhof Friedrichstraße, Checkpoint Charlie, and others
- Museums (8): Topographie des Terrors, Mauermuseum – Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, DDR Museum, Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen, Stasi Museum, and others
- Wall Segments (6): East Side Gallery, Niederkirchnerstraße Wall Remains, Groß Glienicke Wall Memorial, Schönholzer Mauerreste, Griebnitzsee Wall Remains, and others
- Escape Sites (11): Tunnel 57, Tunnel 29, Heidelberger Straße Tunnels, Tunnel 37 – Brunnenstraße, Sebastianstraße Tunnel, and others
- Watchtowers (5): Gedenkstätte Günter Litfin, Führungsstelle Schlesischer Busch, Wachturm Erna-Berger-Straße, Grenzturm Nieder Neuendorf, Bergfelde Watchtower
- Ghost Stations (15): Nordbahnhof – Geisterbahnhof, U-Bahnhof Bernauer Straße, U-Bahnhof Rosenthaler Platz, U-Bahnhof Weinmeisterstraße, U-Bahnhof Alexanderplatz (U8), and others
- Cold War Sites (10): Brandenburger Tor, Teufelsberg, Heilandskirche Sacrow, Eiskeller Exclave, Klein Glienicke, and others
- Airlift Airfields (3): Flughafen Tempelhof, Flughafen Tegel, Flugplatz Gatow

## Key Facts

- The Berlin Wall stood from August 13, 1961 to November 9, 1989
- Total length: approximately 155 km (96 miles)
- At least 140 people died attempting to cross the wall
- The wall consisted of two parallel concrete walls with a "death strip" between them

## Optional

- [Full content for LLMs](https://berlinwallmap.info/llms-full.txt)