Berlin Wall Watchtowers

The Bergfelde Watchtower is a former border command post hidden in a reforested area near Hubertussee in Hohen Neuendorf, north of Berlin. It now serves as a memorial to Joachim Mehr and other victims who died attempting to cross the border in this area.

In Schlesischer park, a former four storey watchtower still stands. It was a command tower from which 18 other watch towers were supervised. The nearby border security was also supervised from here.

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 to flee East Berlin. The tower was restored by Günter’s brother, Jürgen Liftin who also conducts tours there today.

One of the last surviving Berlin Wall watchtowers, the Grenzturm in Nieder Neuendorf stands on the banks of the Havel river, where the border between West Berlin and East Germany once ran.

One of the very few surviving Berlin Wall watchtowers, this BT-11 type observation tower stands near Potsdamer Platz. Originally part of the border fortification system, it is now a small exhibition space documenting the construction and function of the wall’s guard towers.