Bernauer Straße, Berlin
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Bernauer Straße in Berlin is a historically significant street that once straddled the Berlin Wall and now hosts major memorial sites commemorating the city’s division and the Cold War.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Bernauer Straße | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historic site
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street ⓘ |
| cityQuarterBorder |
Gesundbrunnen
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Mitte NERFINISHED ⓘ Prenzlauer Berg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | uses Berlin street numbering system ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| event |
construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961
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death of Ida Siekmann ⓘ death of border guard Conrad Schumann’s escape nearby ⓘ demolition of border houses along the street ⓘ escape tunnels from East to West Berlin ⓘ jumping escapes from apartment windows into West Berlin ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English‑language information panels
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German‑language information panels ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark |
Brunnenstraße
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Invalidenstraße NERFINISHED ⓘ Mauerpark NERFINISHED ⓘ Nordbahnhof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicTransport |
Bernauer Straße U-Bahn station
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M10 tram line NERFINISHED ⓘ M8 tram line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSite |
Berlin Wall Memorial Visitor Center
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Chapel of Reconciliation NERFINISHED ⓘ Documentation Center Berlin Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer NERFINISHED ⓘ Window of Remembrance NERFINISHED ⓘ former border strip ⓘ open‑air Berlin Wall exhibition ⓘ preserved section of the Berlin Wall ⓘ watchtower remains ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected historic ensemble in Berlin ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Berlin Wall memorial sites
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dramatic escape attempts from East to West Berlin ⓘ proximity to the Berlin Wall ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Berlin
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borough of Mitte ⓘ district of Mitte ⓘ former district of Wedding ⓘ |
| memorialTheme |
division of Berlin
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escape attempts from the GDR ⓘ lives lost at the Berlin Wall ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bernau bei Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
former border between East Berlin and West Berlin
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former sector border between French sector and Soviet sector ⓘ |
| tourism | popular destination for Cold War history tourism ⓘ |
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