(CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an attempt to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. It became a symbol of ...
Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...
Completed in 2009 at a cost of $13.4 million dollars, the trail attracts all types of cyclists All 14 sections of the trail are connected by public transportation Numerous beer gardens lie close to ...