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Simon Cross Memorial – GDR Border Marker 324 loop from Ziemendorf

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Simon Cross Memorial – GDR Border Marker 324 loop from Ziemendorf

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Simon Cross Memorial – GDR Border Marker 324 loop from Ziemendorf

01:56

7.67km

10m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: May 6, 2026

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Access to the Green Belt (Grünes Band)

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From Ziemendorf you have a convenient access to the trail "Green Belt". You get to the top of the Wirler and on the way there are signs of the former border fences.

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Former Border Signal Fence (Green Belt, Arendsee)

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"This fence extended uninterruptedly 1,400 kilometers from the Bay of Lübeck to the south of the GDR".
The fence was 500 meters from the actual border.
A touch alerted the border guards.

(Source: volksstimme.de)

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1.29 km

Wirler Point – Green Belt Memorial

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... not far from the Wirler tip, about one to two minutes by bike you will find in the middle of the Green band set up, a billboard. On this …

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1.30 km

Shelter and Stamp Station at Arendsee Conservation Area

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Shelter for hikers and cyclists and stamp office!

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1.85 km

Blue Bench at the Green Belt

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Unreal is here in the middle of the "GREEN band a BLUE Bank" - heed the tip (from or to the Simons Cross) and linger here a little ...

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1.98 km

Simon Cross Memorial

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The two brothers Bernhard and Siegfried Simon from Leipzig decided to escape from the GDR, which ended for Bernhard on October 28, 1963 deadly by an earthmine. The oak cross reminds since January 4, 1964 as a memorial.

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4.19 km

GDR Border Marker 324

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On the entire inner German border stood 2735 border pillars, all of which were numbered.
Here stands the GDR border post 324.
Now, the Green Belt allows a clear view of the heathland with its biotopes.
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7.65 km

Green Belt – Wirtler Spitze Trail

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We found the path to the "Green Belt" by chance, next time we'll go in that direction 😊 (it's just "on the carriage, ready, go" - the path itself is …

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7.67 km

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7.00 km

656 m

Surfaces

4.26 km

2.11 km

1.27 km

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Simon Cross Memorial – GDR Border Marker 324 loop from Ziemendorf

Access to the Green Belt (Grünes Band)

Former Border Signal Fence (Green Belt, Arendsee)

Wirler Point – Green Belt Memorial

Shelter and Stamp Station at Arendsee Conservation Area

Blue Bench at the Green Belt

Simon Cross Memorial

GDR Border Marker 324

Green Belt – Wirtler Spitze Trail

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