Berlin Wall Sites Near 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 of wall construction at one location. Official memorial since 2014, marking the 25th anniversary of the Wall's fall. Also preserves one of the longest sections of expanded metal fence.
15 Berlin Wall Sites Within Walking Distance
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Falkensee
GDR town where 80% of the male population lost their jobs overnight when the Wall severed the commute to West Berlin. The S-Bahn link from...
Eiskeller Exclave
West Berlin exclave of three farmsteads connected to the main city by a 4-metre-wide, 800-metre-long corridor. Named for its cold microclimate — up to 10°C...
Flughafen Tegel
The Berlin Airlift's great construction feat: Tegel airport was built from nothing in around 90 days by 19,000 Berliners - more than 40 per cent...
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...
Grenzturm Nieder Neuendorf
One of the last surviving Berlin Wall watchtowers, this Führungsstelle (command post) was built in 1987 as the command centre of Border Security Regiment 38...
