Berlin Wall Sites Near 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 the Berlin Wall Trail along the southern city boundary.
15 Berlin Wall Sites Within Walking Distance
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...
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...
Waltersdorfer Chaussee Crossing
Airport transit crossing for West Berliners accessing Schönefeld Airport from 1963. A shuttle bus service was added in 1980. After 1985, passport control moved to...
Rudow Hinterland Wall
Southernmost wall remains in Berlin. Third-generation concrete slabs between H-shaped reinforced concrete supports. Located north of Rudower Höhe, a 28-metre artificial hill built from wartime...
Chris Gueffroy Gedenkzeichen
A simple cross and information panel mark the spot at the Britzer Zweigkanal where 20-year-old Chris Gueffroy was shot on 5 February 1989. He was...
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....
Sonnenallee
This was one of the quieter border crossings. It became better known after the 1999 comedy movie with the same name. Today it is marked...
Heidelberger Straße Tunnels
Known as the "Straße der Tränen" (Street of Tears), Heidelberger Straße was split down the middle by the Berlin Wall, with the western pavement in...
Kiefholzstraße Tunnel
In the early 1960s, several escape tunnels were dug along the Neukölln-Treptow border near Kiefholzstraße, where favourable soil conditions and the border configuration aided tunnel...
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...
Bethke Brothers Escape
Site of two of the most daring Berlin Wall escapes. On 31 March 1983, Holger Bethke climbed to a rooftop near Treptow Park, fired an...
Führungsstelle Schlesischer Busch
In Schlesischer Busch park, a former four-storey command tower still stands. It is one of only a handful of surviving Berlin Wall watchtowers. Unlike standard...
Oberbaumbrücke
Crossing the River Spree, this beautiful double-decker bridge is well-known Berlin landmark. It became a pedestrian border-crossing for West Berliners. The entire width of the...
Heinrich-Heine-Straße
A former border crossing between the Russian and US sectors. There isn't much to see here today. The route of the Berlin Wall is marked...
Sebastianstraße Tunnel
In 1962, Siegfried Noffke and Dieter Hötger dug a tunnel approximately 30 metres long from this building in West Kreuzberg under the Wall to Heinrich-Heine-Straße...
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