Berlin Wall Sites Near Invalidenstraße
A former border crossing at Sandkrugbrücke bridge over the Berlin-Spandau Shipping Canal (Spandauer Schifffahrtskanal). Numerous escape attempts took place here, including that of Günter Litfin, who was shot dead. A memorial stone was erected to commemorate him. Nearby: Memorial stone for Günter Litfin, "Sinkende Mauer", Berlin Wall History Mile
15 Berlin Wall Sites Within Walking Distance
Invalidenstraße
A former border crossing at Sandkrugbrücke bridge over the Berlin-Spandau Shipping Canal (Spandauer Schifffahrtskanal). Numerous escape attempts took place here, including that of Günter Litfin,...
U-Bahnhof Naturkundemuseum
This U6 ghost station has had a confusing naming history. During the Wall era it was called "Nordbahnhof" on East German maps, then renamed "Zinnowitzer...
Invalidenfriedhof
The Invalidenfriedhof, one of Berlin's oldest military cemeteries (founded 1748), was bisected by the Berlin Wall from 1961. The Wall ran directly through the cemetery,...
Gedenkstätte Günter Litfin
A former watchtower, named after Günter Litfin, a tailor from Weissensee, who was the first person to be shot dead by border guards while trying...
Parlament der Bäume
At the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus, the Parliament of Trees against War and Violence is a memorial commemorating the 258 people who died at the wall. Begun in...
U-Bahnhof Schwartzkopffstraße
This U6 ghost station was renamed twice while sealed. In 1951 it became "Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion" and in 1973 "Stadion der Weltjugend". These changes were visible only...
Chausseestraße
A lesser-known border crossing at the intersection of Chausseestraße and Liesenstraße, used primarily for West Berlin residents visiting relatives in the East. On 8 April...
Weiße Kreuze
Located on the bank of the Spree near the Reichstag building, this memorial consists of seven white wooden crosses commemorating victims who died attempting to...
U-Bahnhof Oranienburger Tor
Named after the historic Oranienburger Tor gate that once stood here, this U6 ghost station is just one stop north of Friedrichstraße, the border crossing...
Nordbahnhof – Geisterbahnhof
This S-Bahn station was sealed from 1961 to 1989 while Western trains passed through East Berlin territory without stopping. Today the station houses "Grenzübergänge" (Border...
Bahnhof Friedrichstraße
As an important travel hub between the West Berlin sectors, despite it being located entirely in the Soviet occupied West Berlin, its underground U and...
Tränenpalast
The "Palace of Tears" was the departure hall at Friedrichstraße station where East Germans said goodbye to visiting Western relatives, often not knowing when they...
S-Bahnhof Oranienburger Straße
The first ghost station on the north-south S-Bahn tunnel to reopen, on 2 July 1990. During the Wall era it lay sealed underground while the...
Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer
The "Berlin Wall Memorial", was built in 1998 to commemorate the division the wall created, and the deaths that occurred because of it. It includes...
Brandenburger Tor
The Brandenburg Gate became the main symbol of Berlin's division. From 1961 to 1989, it stood inaccessible in the death strip, visible but unreachable from...
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