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The map above shows the division of Germany. For many decades, the country was divided into two: East and West Germany. The two were separated through an impassable border named the Iron Curtain. East Germany, known officially as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was formed in 1949 under the rule of the communist Soviet Union.
The inner German border (German: innerdeutsche Grenze or deutsch–deutsche Grenze; initially also Zonengrenze) was the frontier between the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) from 1949 to 1990.
Geographically, the GDR bordered the Baltic Sea to the north, Poland to the east, Czechoslovakia to the southeast, and West Germany to the southwest and west. Internally, the GDR also bordered the Soviet sector of Allied-occupied Berlin, known as East Berlin, which was also administered as the country's de facto capital.
27. Apr. 2022 · In 1952, East Germany began policing its Western border to stop the flight of engineers, scientists and doctors to West Germany. Interestingly, the border within Berlin wasn’t as tightly...
Border strip Inner wall Outer wall. Points of interest. Memorials Border crossings East side gallery. Where was the Berlin Wall? See where it was with this interactive mobile-friendly map.
See a map of Germany in 1960 - where the front line between East and West in the Cold War divides the country into two.
Cutting through parks and fields, yards and gardens, the 28-mile-long Berlin wall stood as a boarder between East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989 when it fell.
