Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall, with graffiti and death strip. The side with the graffiti on is the West. This was at a street called Bethaniendamm
General information
Type	Wall
Country	East Germany East Berlin
Coordinates	52°30′58″N 13°22′37″E / 52.51611°N 13.37694°E / 52.51611; 13.37694
Construction started	13 August 1961
Demolished	9 November 1989
Dimensions
Other dimensions	Border length around West Berlin: 155 km (96 mi) Border length between West Berlin and East Germany: 111.9 km (69.5 mi) Border length between West and East Berlin: 43.1 km (26.8 mi) Border length through residential areas in East Berlin: 37 km (23 mi) Concrete segment of wall height: 3.6 m (11.8 ft) Concrete segment of wall length: 106 km (66 mi) Wire mesh fencing: 66.5 km (41.3 mi) Anti-vehicle trenches length: 105.5 km (65.6 mi) Contact/signal fence length: 127.5 km (79.2 mi) Column track width: 7 m (7.7 yd) Column track length: 124.3 km (77.2 mi) Number of watch towers: 302 Number of bunkers: 20
Technical details
Size	155 km (96.3 mi)

The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a wall that separated the city of Berlin in Germany from 1961 to 1989. It separated the eastern half from the western half. Many people believed it was a symbol of the Cold War. The Berlin Wall was taken down on November 9, 1989.^[1][2] The Berlin Wall was about 168 kilometres (104 miles) long.^[3] It was built to prevent people from escaping from the eastern half of Berlin to the western half of Berlin.

1. ↑ "Freedom! The Berlin Wall - TIME". time.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
2. ↑ "Fall of Communism". future.state.gov. 2011. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
3. ↑ Berlin illustrated Newspaper of 3rd October 1990 (special edition), p. 113