Wall Monuments

Hinterland wall along the Mühlenstraße

Hinterland wall along the Mühlenstraße

This section describes the remains of the Berlin Wall now protected as historical monuments and presents them in their current topographical context. It looks at Wall segments and former watchtowers that were all part of the roughly 43-kilometer border strip running through the city.

This list does not include elements that were part of the complex system of border controls in a wider sense and are classified as monuments for their historical significance. One example would be the “Tränenpalast” (Palace of Tears), which was part of the checkpoint at the Friedrichstraße station. This transparent glass pavilion, built in 1962, was used for border clearance. The scene of countless tearful farewells between visitors from the west and their relatives in East Berlin, it brought the human suffering caused by the inner-German border into plain view.

Other examples include the many buildings near the former border that still show signs of the border fortifications of the past, such as the grain silo topped off by a watchtower at Mühlenstraße 78-80, the former home of the GDR’s Academy of Agricultural Sciences at Krausenstraße 38-39 with its barred windows, or the building now housing the “Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben,” which – because it lay on the border strip – had its windows welded and walled shut and, as the observation bridge on the roof indicates, became part of the GDR’s border security installations. As secondary structures, these buildings, too, are evidence of the Berlin Wall but are not listed separately here, nor are the protected sections of the wall between West Berlin and the rest of the GDR or the border installations along the transit routes, such as the Dreilinden checkpoint.

Hinterlandmauer Bornholmer Straße

Witness to the events of 9 November 1989

Information about Hinterland wall on Bornholmer Straße. More information

Norweger Straße

Norweger Straße and Behmstraße

Information about Wall Monuments along the "Ulbricht curve". More information

Mauerpark

Wall park

Information about Wall Monuments at "Mauerpark" in Prenzlauer Berg. More information

Berlin Wall Documentation Center

Bernauer Straße

Information about Wall Monuments at Bernauer Straße. More information

Nordbahnhof

Around the Nordbahnhof

Information about Wall Monuments around the Nordbahnhof station. More information

Kieler Eck

Command post at Kieler Eck

Information about command post Kieler Eck. More information

Mauer am Invalidenfriedhof

The cemetery Invalidenfriedhof

Information about Wall Monuments at the cemetery Invalidenfriedhof. More information

Hinterlandmauer am Leipziger Platz

Leipziger Platz

Information about the Hinterland wall at Leipziger Platz. More information

Beobachtungsturn Erna-Berger-Straße

Watchtower Erna-Berger-Straße

Information about the observation tower on Erna-Berger-Straße. More information

Historische Aufnahme der Niederkirchnerstraße

Niederkirchnerstraße

Information about the Wall on Niederkirchnerstraße. More information

Schillingbrücke

An der Schillingbrücke

Information about the border through the Spree. More information

East Side Gallery

East Side Gallery

Information about the East Side Gallery. More information

Wachturm Schlesischer Busch

Command post Schlesischer Busch

Information about the Schlesischer Busch command post. More information

Rudower Höhe

Hinterland wall at Rudower Höhe

Information about the Hinterland wall at Rudower Hoehe. More information

Maps about the Berlin Wall

  • Berlin Wall in Bornholmer Straße

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  • Berlin Wall in Norweger Straße

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  • Berlin Wall in Mauerpark

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  • Berlin Wall in Bernauer Straße

    PDF-Document (346.8 kB)

  • Berlin Wall at Nordbahnhof

    PDF-Document (327.2 kB)

  • Berlin Wall in Kieler Eck

    PDF-Document (250.8 kB)

  • Berlin Wall at Invalidenfriedhof

    PDF-Document (254.6 kB)

  • Berlin Wall at Leipziger Platz

    PDF-Document (134.5 kB)

  • Berlin Wall at Wachturm Erna-Berger-Straße

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  • Berlin Wall in Niederkirchnerstraße

    PDF-Document (219.1 kB)

  • Berlin Wall at Schillingbrücke

    PDF-Document (117.1 kB)

  • Berlin Wall at East Side Gallery

    PDF-Document (435.1 kB)

  • Berlin Wall in Schlesischer Busch

    PDF-Document (98.3 kB)

  • Berlin Wall in Rudower Straße

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