Along the Green Belt, the former inner German border, you will always find information boards in historical places - for example, at places where so-called republic refugees were shot by the border posts. The tablets preserve the memory of the murdered.

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The inner German history moves the reader.
Personal fates make you think.

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In 1932, following the construction of the road from Sonneberg to Gräfenthal, the Gasthaus Kalte Küche was built at this intersection. After a brief period of prosperity until the Second World War, the division of Germany followed and the establishment of the restricted zone along the inner-German border, whereby the cold kitchen was allowed to enter only with a pass.

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1. On the trail of the Rennsteig around Tettau - hiking along the Green Belt

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2. DDR Border Memorial Plaque loop from Spechtsbrunn

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3. Taugwitz Spring – Red Tower Marker loop from Spechtsbrunn

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Traces of the Inner German Border

1. On the trail of the Rennsteig around Tettau - hiking along the Green Belt

2. DDR Border Memorial Plaque loop from Spechtsbrunn

3. Taugwitz Spring – Red Tower Marker loop from Spechtsbrunn

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