Berlin Wall Sites Near Checkpoint Bravo (Dreilinden)
The Allied checkpoint on the transit motorway between West Berlin and West Germany. All vehicles travelling the Autobahn corridor to Helmstedt passed through here, making it the counterpart to Checkpoint Alpha at the other end. The East German side at Drewitz was heavily fortified, processing thousands of vehicles daily.
15 Berlin Wall Sites Within Walking Distance
Checkpoint Bravo (Dreilinden)
The Allied checkpoint on the transit motorway between West Berlin and West Germany. All vehicles travelling the Autobahn corridor to Helmstedt passed through here, making...
Steinstücken
A small enclave of around 200 inhabitants, Steinstücken is the southern most territory of Berlin, in Wannsee. For a time its border was made up...
Griebnitzsee Wall Remains
Protected monument on the shore of Griebnitzsee lake. A scenic water border with underwater barriers. The GDR expropriated the southern shore for border installations. A...
Klein Glienicke
GDR enclave accessible only via one surveilled bridge (Parkbrücke). Residents lived in near-total isolation — surrounded by West Berlin on three sides, connected to the...
Heilandskirche Sacrow
Protestant church walled off for 28 years during the division. Its bell tower was incorporated into the barrier wall. The church was visible from West...
Glienicker Brücke
A bridge spanning the Havel river, connecting Wannsee with the Brandenburg capital, Potsdam. Spies captured during the Cold War were often exchanged here, earning it...
Flugplatz Gatow
RAF Gatow in the British sector was one of the Berlin Airlift's three airfields, handling the British share of the lift while Sunderland flying boats...
Groß Glienicke Wall Memorial
Only surviving "first generation" (1961/62) wall segment, over 30 metres long. Original concrete slabs with hollow blocks and Y-shaped barbed wire deflectors. Shows three generations...
Teufelsberg
An artificial hill built from 26 million cubic metres of World War II rubble in the Grunewald forest. The US National Security Agency built a...
Notaufnahmelager Marienfelde
From 1953 to 1990, the Marienfelde Emergency Reception Centre processed over 1.35 million refugees fleeing East Germany and East Berlin. It was the first point...
Rathaus Schöneberg
Schöneberg Town Hall served as West Berlin's city hall from 1949 to 1991, after the historic Rotes Rathaus fell within the Soviet sector. It is...
Staaken
Staaken, on the west-most outskirts of West Berlin, was home to several different rail and road crossings during the cold war years. Albrechtshof rail crossing...
Lichtenrade-Mahlow Grenzweg
Eduard Wroblewski memorial erected in 2009 at the Mahlower Grenzgraben. Features a preserved Kolonnenweg patrol road with original GDR lamp posts. A scenic section of...
Flughafen Tempelhof
The airport where the Berlin Airlift (1948-1949) broke the Soviet blockade of West Berlin, with Allied planes landing every 90 seconds to supply the city....
Hansa Studios
Hansa Studios, in the historic Meistersaal concert hall at Köthener Straße 38, stood right beside the Berlin Wall by Potsdamer Platz. Between 1976 and 1978...
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