hello,
compared to the "good old times" (which were not good by the way)
most of the border is gone.
However if you take highway "A24" from Hamburg to Berlin, yu can
still see the former check point near Gudow, also notice that there
are two road-restaurants within a mile.
On the "A2" Hannover-Magdeburg they even opened a memorial annex
museum at the former border crossing.
best regards
Bernd Kueck
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Peter Hering" <hering@m...> wrote:
> Dear Mats,
> thanks for kind remarks about our group ! Yes, we all
> get lots of information and news all the time, much of
> it quite new and exciting...
> Re. your query about the "inner-German border".
> I've personally visited a lot of border crossings at
> this border and taken quite a few pictures, some of them
> will be exposed on my site later on - especially Berlin
> had always been my favorite place... who could ever
> forget "Die Mauer"...!?!
> Yes, in Berlin they keep some of the remainders from
> the Wall, a piece of it is situated very close to "Potsdamer
> Platz" in the very center of Berlin - and there are a few
> other places !
> I submit details as attachment - it's a pamphlet written in
> German, but as you know: real border freaks speak all
> languages...!-----
> As for the rest of the boundary line: many attempts have
> been made to keep some pieces of the walls, fences,
> watchtowers ... I'll also submit an article on a very famous
> village that had been divided by the boundary line for
> almost 40 years... it's in Danish (det skulle vist ikke vaere
> noget problem for dig...!)
>
> The attachments will be sent to your personal address !
> All the best
> Peter
> Original Message -----
> From: Mats Hessman <Mats@l...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@y...>
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 12:04 PM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] BRD - DDR query
>
>
> Colleagues,
>
> Joining this list was one of my best moves in recent years. I'd like
> to thank you all for the wealth of information provided here and for
> generously answering my questions.
>
> Upon recommendations from you all I have procured copies of the
> journal articles by Robinson and Catudal, and some of the books
> mentioned here, among others Catudals "The exclave problem of
> Western Europe" and his Steinstücken book.
>
> Please let me draw your attention to the work of Dr Tommy Book, and
> especially his "Angerdorf och exklav" (ISSN 0349-0564, ISBN 91-7639-
015-6),
> for a detailed description of the West-Berlin exclaves. The book is
> in Swedish but contains some wonderfully detailed maps. I have
> asked the authors permission to publish pictures and translated text
> from the book on the Net.
>
> Now a question for those of you who have travelled the borders of
> central Europe: Is there anything at all left of the German-German
> border?
>
> I know of the handfull of border memorials, and a visit to those is
> certainly on my wish-list, but is there anything "authentic" left at
> all? For exampel border stones, "Grenzpfähle", or rusty old signs
> stating that you are leaving one zone and entering another?
>
> Regards,
> Mats
>
>
>
>
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