Bornholmer Strasse crossing

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border crossing checkpoint historical site

The Bornholmer Strasse crossing was a key border checkpoint between East and West Berlin that became historically significant as the first crossing opened during the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bornholmer Strasse crossing canonical 1
Bornholmer Straße border crossing 1
German name "Grenzübergang Bornholmer Straße" 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border crossing ⓘ
checkpoint ⓘ
historical site ⓘ
associatedWith unified Germany ⓘ
surface form: German reunification

peaceful revolution in East Germany ⓘ
borderBetween East Berlin ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany

East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic

West Berlin ⓘ
city Berlin ⓘ
controlledBy East German border guards ⓘ
East German border guards ⓘ
surface form: Grenztruppen der DDR
coordinates 52.553°N 13.398°E ⓘ
country East Germany ⓘ
West Berlin ⓘ
crosses railway tracks at Bornholmer Strasse ⓘ
currentUse urban road crossing without border controls ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1989-11-09 ⓘ
decisionMadeBy local border commander to open the crossing without clear higher orders on 1989-11-09 ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
event first opening of a Berlin Wall crossing for East German citizens on 1989-11-09 ⓘ
hasLanguage Bornholmer Strasse crossing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: German name "Grenzübergang Bornholmer Straße"
heritage part of Berlin Wall remembrance sites ⓘ
historicallySignificantFor fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
first border crossing opened on 1989-11-09 ⓘ
locatedIn Berlin ⓘ
Bornholmer Strasse ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Pankow ⓘ
Pankow ⓘ
surface form: Prenzlauer Berg
memorial site commemorating the opening of the border on 1989-11-09 ⓘ
memorialType information panels and markers about the Berlin Wall ⓘ
near Bösebrücke ⓘ
notableEvent large crowds of East Germans crossed into West Berlin on the night of 1989-11-09 ⓘ
notablePersonInvolved Harald Jäger ⓘ
openedToCivilianTrafficOn 1961-08-13 ⓘ
partOf Berlin Wall ⓘ
inner German border ⓘ
surface form: Inner German border
region East Berlin ⓘ
West Berlin ⓘ
significance symbol of the collapse of the Eastern Bloc ⓘ
symbol of the end of German division ⓘ
status no longer a functioning border crossing ⓘ
transportConnection Bornholmer Strasse S-Bahn station ⓘ
Berlin S-Bahn ⓘ
surface form: S-Bahn Ringbahn in Berlin
usedFor border controls ⓘ
pedestrian traffic ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Berlin Wall → notableLocation → Bornholmer Strasse crossing ⓘ
Bornholmer Strasse crossing → hasLanguage → Bornholmer Strasse crossing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: German name "Grenzübergang Bornholmer Straße"
Bösebrücke → wasCheckpointName → Bornholmer Strasse crossing ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grenzübergang Bornholmer Straße
Harald Jäger → placeOfWork → Bornholmer Strasse crossing ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bornholmer Straße border crossing