The Berlin Customs Wall (German: "Berliner Zoll- und Akzisemauer", literally Berlin customs and excise wall ) was a ring wall around the historic city...
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Brandenburg Gate (redirect from Berlin's Gate)
raised wall and a drawbridge over the dug moat. With the expansion of Dorotheenstadt to the west and the construction of the Berlin Customs Wall (German:...
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The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced [bɛʁˌliːnɐ ˈmaʊɐ] ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating...
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Rosenthaler Platz (category Squares in Berlin)
Berlin customs wall, from which a road led to the village of Rosenthal. This gate was one of the few through which Jews were allowed to enter Berlin until...
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Hallsches Tor (Halle Gate) of the Berlin Customs Wall, erected in the 18th century. The historic gate of the Customs Wall, laid out from 1737 onwards to...
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Potsdam Gate (category Monuments and memorials in Berlin)
Gate (German: Potsdamer Tor) was one of the western gates of the Berlin Customs Wall, south of the still-standing Brandenburg Gate. It was originally...
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The Berlin Fortress (German "Festung Berlin") was the fortification of the historic city of Berlin. Construction started in 1650. The ramparts, walls, moats...
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Charlottenburg. It arose primarily in the still undeveloped area between the Berlin Customs Wall, which was removed in the 1860s, and a railway line constructed between...
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Germany. Prior to the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, travel between the Eastern and Western sectors of Berlin was completely uncontrolled, although...
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Alexanderplatz (redirect from Alex (Berlin))
renamed Königsvorstadt (or 'royal suburbs' short). In 1734, the Berlin Customs Wall, which initially consisted of a ring of palisade fences, was reinforced...
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