Brandenburg Gate - Berlin, Germany
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Chasing Blue Sky
N 52° 30.976 E 013° 22.675
33U E 389932 N 5819698
Brandenburg Gate was incorporated into the Berlin wall during the years of Communist rule. However, it now stands as a symbol of the reunification of this capital city. This impressive landmark and its history make it a popular Berlin destination.
Waymark Code: WMFNWM
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date Posted: 11/10/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Nebel.com
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"Vehicles and pedestrians could travel freely through the gate, located in East Berlin, until the Berlin Wall was built, 13 August 1961. Then one of all together eight Berlin Wall crossings was opened on the eastern side of the gate, usually not open for East Berliners and East Germans, who from then on needed a hard-to-obtain exit visa. On 14 August West Berliners gathered on the western side of the gate to demonstrate against the Berlin Wall, among them West Berlin's governing Mayor Willy Brandt, who had spontaneously returned from a federal election campaigning tour in West Germany earlier on the same day.

Under the pretext that Western demonstrations required it, the East closed the checkpoint at the Brandenburg Gate the same day, 'until further notice', a situation that was to last until 22 December 1989. The Wall was erected as an arc just west of the gate, cutting off access from West Berlin. On the eastern side, the "baby Wall", drawn across the eastern end of Pariser Platz rendered it off limits to East Berliners as well.

When the Revolutions of 1989 occurred and the Wall fell, the gate symbolized freedom and the desire to unify the city of Berlin. Thousands of people gathered at the Wall to celebrate its fall on 9 November 1989. On 22 December 1989, the Brandenburg Gate crossing was reopened when Helmut Kohl, the West German chancellor, walked through to be greeted by Hans Modrow, the East German prime minister. Demolition of the rest of the Wall around the area took place the following year.

Brandenburg Gate became the main venue for the 20th anniversary celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall or "Festival of Freedom" on the evening of 9 November 2009. The high point of the celebrations was when over 1000 colorfully designed foam domino tiles, each over 2.5 meters tall, were lined up along the route of the former wall through the city centre. The domino "wall" was then toppled in stages converging here." (visit link)
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Adress of the monument:
Pariser Platz
Berlin, Berlin Germany
10117

When was this monument palced?: 1791

Who placed this monument?: It was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia
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