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Map. Where was the Berlin Wall? See where it was with this interactive mobile-friendly map.
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East Side Gallery is a 1.3km long section of the Berlin Wall...
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Satellite image of Berlin, with the Wall's location marked in yellow West and East Berlin borders overlaying a current road map
Where was the Berlin Wall? See where it was with this interactive mobile-friendly map
On maps of East Berlin, West Berlin often did not appear as an adjacent urban area but as a monochrome terra incognita, sometimes showing the letters WB, meaning "Westberlin" (German: Westberlin) or overlaid with a legend or pictures.
East Berlin (German: Ost-Berlin; pronounced [ˈɔstbɛʁˌliːn] ⓘ) was the partially recognised capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990. From 1945, it was the Soviet occupation sector of Berlin. The American, British, and French sectors were known as West Berlin.
10 kwi 2024 · Discover Cold War Berlin through two remarkable maps from 1957 and 1966. From hidden Ghost Stations to the gaping void of West Berlin, these maps reveal a city divided yet intricately connected.
7 mar 2024 · The map of Berlin during the Cold War represents the physical separation of the city into East Berlin, controlled by the Soviet Union, and West Berlin, governed by the Western Allies. At the heart of this division stood the Berlin Wall, a physical barrier constructed by the East German government to prevent migration from East to West.