Visit to German inner Border or Old West East German Border

we were driving and all of a sudden a flock of birds walked across the road ,
we were going to visit a reconstruction re the old German inner border

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_reunification
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_German_border

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=german+east+west+border+map&hl=en&biw=1600&bih=775&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=BuVAUan5OYbUtAaolYCoDA&sqi=2&ved=0CEcQsAQ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Deutsche+Demokratische+Republik&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=n-RAUb_wIMmhtAbgioCwBw&ved=0CGUQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=775&sei=1eRAUb-iN83esgbdv4GoCA

this is a informational board about the wall ,

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlagsdorf
Schlagsdorf - a village in the restricted area

http://www.grenzhus.de/en/grenzhus/schlagsdorf.html

a fence panel, it was designed to cut your finger tips if you tried to climb it !

Russian sign

map of the border

watch tower

Border crossing

mines used to kill or maim people who tried to cross

Electric fence

control  strip to help show where people attempted to cross

It was a rainy day

Border observation tower

one type of fence they used

to slow people down very difficult to cross !

guard dog house and wire run to force the dogs to go along the boundary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortifications_of_the_inner_German_border

these were attached to the fence

this ditch was used to stop cars and lorries being used to drive through the fence

used in the water

concrete wall section

early type of fence

more elaborate fence

This is called the patrol road ,

http://www.grenzhus.de/en/grenzhus.html

http://www.mihalko-family.com/Photos%20OP%20Alpha.htm