Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a concrete barrier separating Western and Eastern parts of Berlin from 1961 to 1989. It is regarded as one of the symbols of the Cold War.
- Type: City walls
- Description: barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic, enclosing West Berlin (1961–1989)
- Also known as: “antifaschistischer Schutzwall”, “Antifaschistischer Schutzwall”, “Antifašisma aizsardzības siena”, “Antifašistična zaščitna pregrada”, “Antifasiszta védősánc”, “barriera di protezione antifascista”, “Berlin-muren”, “Berlin, Mur de (1961-1989)”, “Berlinamuvra”, “Berliner Mauer DDR”, “Den østtyske mur”, “Fasisztaellenes Védőfal”, “kontraŭfaŝisma remparo”, “la muro”, “Mur de la honte”, “Muren”, “Murja”, “Muro de la vergüenza”, “Muro de Proteccion Antifascista”, “Muro de Protección Antifascista”, “Schandmauer”, “twasn”, “Yoruba”, “Zid sramote”, “Zidul Berlinului (1961-1989)”, “Zidul rușinii”, “Антифашистский вал”, “Антифашистський вал”, “Берлінська стіна”, “Бэрлінская сьцяна”, “حائط برلين”, “ベルリンの壁記念広場”, “反法西斯防卫墙”, and “柏林围墙”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Berlin Hbf and Berlin Nordbahnhof.
Berlin Nordbahnhof
Railway station
Pergamon Museum
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spandauer Vorstadt and Europacity.
Spandauer Vorstadt
Quarter
Berlin Wall
- Categories: cordon, destroyed building or structure, defense line, separation barrier, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.53406° or 52° 32′ 3″ north
Longitude
13.3894° or 13° 23′ 22″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
9F4MG9MQ+JQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=citywalls
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Berlin Wall” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Berlynse Muur”
- Albanian: “Muri i Berlinit”
- Amharic: “የበርሊን ግድግዳ”
- Arabic: “جدار برلين”
- Aragonese: “Muro de Berlín”
- Armenian: “Բեռլինի պատ”
- Asturian: “Muriu de Berlín”
- Azerbaijani: “Berlin divarı”
- Bashkir: “Берлин диуары”
- Basque: “Berlingo harresia”
- Belarusian: “Берлінская сцяна”
- Belarusian: “Бэрлінскі мур”
- Bengali: “বার্লিন প্রাচীর”
- Bosnian: “Berlinski zid”
- Brahui: “Barlin Dívál”
- Breton: “Moger Berlin”
- Bulgarian: “Берлинска стена”
- Burmese: “ဘာလင် တံတိုင်း”
- Catalan: “Mur de Berlín”
- Central Kurdish: “دیواری بەرلین”
- Chinese: “柏林圍牆”
- Chinese: “柏林墙”
- Corsican: “Muru di Berlinu”
- Croatian: “Berlinski zid”
- Czech: “Berlínská zeď”
- Danish: “Berlinmuren”
- Dimli (individual language): “Dêsê Berlini”
- Dutch: “Berlijnse Muur”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سور برلين”
- Esperanto: “Berlina muro”
- Estonian: “Berliini müür”
- Faroese: “Berlinmúrurin”
- Finnish: “Berliinin muuri”
- French: “Mur de Berlin”
- Galician: “Muro de Berlín”
- Georgian: “ბერლინის კედელი”
- German: “Berliner Mauer”
- Greek: “Τείχος του Βερολίνου”
- Guarani: “Berlin mongoraha”
- Hebrew: “חומת ברלין”
- Hindi: “बर्लिन की दीवार”
- Hungarian: “berlini fal”
- Hungarian: “Berlini fal”
- Icelandic: “Berlínarmúrinn”
- Ido: “Muro di Berlin”
- Inari Sami: “Berlin muvrâ”
- Indonesian: “Tembok Berlin”
- Interlingua: “Muro de Berlin”
- Interlingue: “Mur de Berlin”
- Irish: “Balla Bheirlín”
- Italian: “Muro di Berlino”
- Japanese: “ベルリンの壁”
- Javanese: “Témbok Berlin”
- Kabyle: “Aɣṛab n Berlin”
- Kannada: “ಬರ್ಲಿನ್ ಗೋಡೆ”
- Kazakh: “Берлин қабырғасы”
- Khmer: “ជញ្ជាំង ប៊ែរឡាំង”
- Korean: “베를린 장벽”
- Kurdish: “Dîwarê Berlînê”
- Kurdish: “Hêta Berlînê”
- Latin: “Murus Berolinensis”
- Latvian: “Berlīnes mūris”
- Ligurian: “Miâgia de Berlin”
- Limburgan: “Moeër”
- Literary Chinese: “柏林圍牆”
- Lithuanian: “Berlyno siena”
- Lombard: “Mür de Berlin”
- Low German: “Berliner Müür”
- Luxembourgish: “Berliner Mauer”
- Macedonian: “Берлински ѕид”
- Malagasy: “Rindrin’i Berlin”
- Malay: “Tembok Berlin”
- Malayalam: “ബെർലിൻ മതിൽ”
- Manx: “Boalley Verleen”
- Marathi: “बर्लिनची भिंत”
- Mazanderani: “برلین دیوار”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Berlin Chhiûⁿ-ûi”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pek-lîm Chhiûⁿ-ûi”
- Mingrelian: “ბერლინიშ კიდა”
- Mongolian: “Берлиний хана”
- Moroccan Arabic: “السور د برلين”
- Neapolitan: “Muro ‘e Berlino”
- Neapolitan: “Muro ’e Berlino”
- Nepali: “बर्लिन पर्खाल”
- Nepali: “बर्लिनको पर्खाल”
- Northern Sami: “Berlinmuvra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Berlinmuren”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Berlinmuren”
- Norwegian: “Berlinmuren”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mur de Berlin”
- Panjabi: “ਬਰਲਿਨ ਦੀ ਕੰਧ”
- Papiamento: “Muraya di Berlin”
- Persian: “دیوار برلین”
- Piemontese: “Mur ëd Berlin”
- Polish: “Mur Berliński”
- Portuguese: “Muro de Berlim”
- Pushto: “د برلین دیوال”
- Quechua: “Berlin pirqa”
- Romanian: “Zidul Berlinului”
- Russian: “Берлинская стена”
- Saraiki: “دیوار برلن”
- Sardinian: “Muru de Berilinu”
- Sardinian: “Muru de Berlinu”
- Saterfriesisch: “Berliner Muure”
- Scots: “Berlin Waw”
- Serbian: “Берлински зид”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Berlinski zid”
- Sicilian: “Muru di Birlinu”
- Silesian: “Berliński mur”
- Sinhala: “බර්ලින් තාප්පය”
- Slovak: “Berlínsky múr”
- Slovenian: “Berlinski zid”
- Spanish: “Muro de Berlín”
- Swahili: “Ukuta wa Berlin”
- Swedish: “Berlinmuren”
- Swiss German: “Berliner Mauer”
- Tagalog: “Pader ng Berlin”
- Tamil: “பெர்லின் சுவர்”
- Tamil: “பேர்லின் சுவர்”
- Tatar: “Берлин дивары”
- Telugu: “బెర్లిన్ గోడ”
- Thai: “กำแพงเบอร์ลิน”
- Tibetan: “པེར་ལིན་ལྕགས་རི།”
- Turkish: “Berlin Duvarı”
- Ukrainian: “Берлінський мур”
- Upper Sorbian: “Berlinska murja”
- Urdu: “دیوار برلن”
- Uzbek: “Berlin devori”
- Uzbek: “Berlin devorining qulatilishi”
- Venetian: “Mur de Berlin”
- Venetian: “Muro de Berlin”
- Veps: “Berlinan sein”
- Vietnamese: “Bức tường Berlin”
- Vlaams: “berlinse mure”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bungbong han Berlin”
- Welsh: “Mur Berlin”
- Western Frisian: “Berlynske Muorre”
- Western Panjabi: “برلن کند”
- Western Panjabi: “برلن کندھ”
- Wu Chinese: “柏林墙”
- Yiddish: “בערלינער וואנט”
- Yoruba: “wall of Berlin”
- Yue Chinese: “柏林圍牆”
- “Berlin pāntli”
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Places to explore: Die Mauer auf dem Sophienfriedhof and Fenster des Gedenkens.
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