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Berlin Wall Sites Near 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 the airport transit hall. Mostly demolished during A113 motorway construction, with few physical remains.

15 Berlin Wall Sites Within Walking Distance

Waltersdorfer Chaussee Crossing

Waltersdorfer Chaussee Crossing

Border Crossing 0m

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

Rudow Hinterland Wall

Wall Segment 240m · 3 min walk

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...

Sonnenallee

Sonnenallee

Border Crossing 5.86 km

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...

Chris Gueffroy Gedenkzeichen

Chris Gueffroy Gedenkzeichen

Memorial 5.88 km

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...

Lichtenrade-Mahlow Grenzweg

Lichtenrade-Mahlow Grenzweg

Memorial 6.56 km

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...

Kiefholzstraße Tunnel

Kiefholzstraße Tunnel

Escape Site 8.54 km

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...

Heidelberger Straße Tunnels

Heidelberger Straße Tunnels

Escape Site 9.19 km

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...

Notaufnahmelager Marienfelde

Notaufnahmelager Marienfelde

Museum 9.44 km

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...

Bethke Brothers Escape

Bethke Brothers Escape

Escape Site 9.58 km

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...

Flughafen Tempelhof

Flughafen Tempelhof

Airlift Airfield 9.81 km

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....

Führungsstelle Schlesischer Busch

Führungsstelle Schlesischer Busch

Watchtower 10.07 km

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

Oberbaumbrücke

Border Crossing 10.94 km

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...

East Side Gallery

East Side Gallery

Wall Segment 11.39 km

The longest surviving stretch of the Berlin Wall, this 1.3km open-air gallery along the Spree was painted by 118 artists from 21 countries in 1990....

Stasi Museum

Stasi Museum

Museum 11.51 km

Located in the former headquarters of the Ministry for State Security in Lichtenberg, this museum preserves the office of Stasi chief Erich Mielke exactly as...

Sebastianstraße Tunnel

Sebastianstraße Tunnel

Escape Site 12.19 km

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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