Life in a restricted area

The inner german border 1949 to 1989

 

The outdoor facilities

The outdoor facilities of the GRENZHUS are located about
500 m away from the main building.
In cooperation with the former Federal Border Police (BGS), the barricades and blocking facilities of the former borderline have been carefully reconstructed to meet every single detail, at a location about 100 m from it's original place.

What you can see here:

  • an accessible watchtower
  • a concrete observation bunker
  • a dog trace
  • a column way with trace guarding stripe
  • a locking ditch for motor vehicles
  • metal grid fence
  • signal fence with a gateway
  • control shelter
  • customs shelter (donation of the customs museum in Hamburg)
  • concrete elements of the Wall

 

 

The inner german border -  40 years of history
The inner german border - 40 years of history

 
 
 
 
 
 

the border line
the border line

 
 
 
 
 
 

GRENZHUS building in  1905
GRENZHUS building in 1905