Berlin Wall Sites Near 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 of contact for those who had escaped the GDR, providing registration, screening, and temporary housing. Today the site houses the Erinnerungsstätte Notaufnahmelager Marienfelde, a museum and memorial documenting the history of flight and emigration from the GDR. The original reception buildings are preserved, and the permanent exhibition tells the stories of those who left everything behind.
15 Berlin Wall Sites Within Walking Distance
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Topographie des Terrors
Built on the site of the former Gestapo and SS headquarters, this documentation center features a 200m section of the original Berlin Wall along Niederkirchnerstraße....
Niederkirchnerstraße Wall Remains
A 200-metre preserved section of the Berlin Wall running along Niederkirchnerstraße, between the Martin-Gropius-Bau and the Topography of Terror documentation centre. This is one of...
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...
Peter Fechter Gedenkstele
A memorial cross marks the spot where 18-year-old Peter Fechter was shot by border guards on 17 August 1962 while trying to escape to the...
Wachturm Erna-Berger-Straße
One of the very few surviving Berlin Wall watchtowers, this slender BT-6 type observation tower stands just off the south-east corner of Leipziger Platz, near...
Mauermuseum – Haus am Checkpoint Charlie
Founded in 1962 by human rights activist Rainer Hildebrandt, this museum documents the ingenuity and desperation of escape attempts from East Berlin. Exhibits include a...
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