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Glienicke Bridge

Glienicke Bridge

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Location: Brandenburg, Germany

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1. Berlin Wall Trail at Lübars – Havelufer Forest Cycle Path loop from Bornholmer Straße

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2. View of Pfaueninsel – View of the Marina at Wannsee loop from Bundesplatz

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3. Cecilienhof Palace – View of the Marina at Wannsee loop from Potsdam Hauptbahnhof

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Stephanie

August 30, 2016

The Glienicker Bridge was built in 1907 as a connection between Berlin and Potsdam. The building, along with the surrounding palaces and parks, has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage since 1990. The Glienicker Bridge formed the border between East and West from 1945 and was only passable for Allies since 1953. International agents were exchanged at the border crossing point in 1962, 1985 and 1986. It was only opened to the German population one day after the fall of the Wall in Berlin.

The bridge and garden of Glienicke Castle are freely accessible; Opening hours of Glienicke Castle can be found here: spsg.de/schloesser-gaerten/objekt/schloss-glienicke.

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Topsi

September 5, 2015

In the extreme southwest of Berlin is the Glienicker bridge. It was built in 1907 and was for a long time a legendary scene of the Cold War.
The Glienicke Bridge formed since 1945 the border between East and West and was passable since 1953 only for Allies. It was opened to the German population only one day after the fall of the wall in Berlin on 10 November 1989. Where Berlin (the then West Berlin) and the Brandenburg capital Potsdam (then located in the GDR) meet, the US exchanged views and the Soviet Union during the Cold War spies. In just a few days, the Glienicke Bridge once moved into the center of world events: at the border crossing point in 1962, 1985 and 1986, international agents were exchanged for each other at the border crossing point. Today, the bridge is an unspectacular connection to Potsdam, but offers a beautiful view over the magical Havel landscape. The building has been part of the Unesco World Heritage since 1990, with surrounding castles and parks.
Source: berlin.de

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Hedgehopper

February 19, 2015

The Glienicke Bridge gained worldwide fame through the spectacularly staged third and last agent exchange on February 11, 1986.
The first exchange took place on 10 February 1962. It was Colonel Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, top spy of the Soviets in the US, against Francis Gary Powers, an American pilot who had been shot down in a reconnaissance flight with the U-2 over the Soviet Union ,

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Location: Brandenburg, Germany

Glienicke Bridge

1. Berlin Wall Trail at Lübars – Havelufer Forest Cycle Path loop from Bornholmer Straße

2. View of Pfaueninsel – View of the Marina at Wannsee loop from Bundesplatz

3. Cecilienhof Palace – View of the Marina at Wannsee loop from Potsdam Hauptbahnhof

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