Open the gates to Eastern Germany

Get ready for a memorable trip to Germany with the “Welcome to the country without border” map. 20 years after the fall of the Wall, this informative map introduces travellers to sites of change and commemoration in Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.

Each area is represented on the map with about ten sites and locations such as memorials, museums, leftovers of former border installations, bunkers or restored historical buildings and town centres. Each site comes with a short description on the backside of the map helping visitors to put together their own route through Eastern Germany.

Since the fall of the Wall in 1989, Germany has changed its look with many buildings, squares and city centres having been painstakingly restored. What used to be no man’s land in Berlin is now “Potsdamer Platz”. In Brandenburg, the restoration of Potsdam’s historical centre will be completed with the reconstruction of the “City Palace” in 2011. After its rebuilding, “Schwerin Palace” in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is now seat of the federal state’s parliament. Reopened in 2005, the famous “Church of Our Lady” in Dresden has risen from the ashes to being one of the city’s jewels after its complete destruction in World War II.

In 1993, the “Romanesque Route” was opened in Saxony-Anhalt and is now one of the most popular themed routes in Germany. In Thuringia, Erfurt and its completely reconstructed old town district – one of the biggest in Germany – provide visitors with the opportunity to get lost in a maze of alleys and narrow streets.

The map’s content is online at open-this-gate.com or can be ordered from the German National Tourist Office (GNTO) - email gntolon@d-z-t.com.

Further information on the destinations:

visitberlin.de
brandenburg-tourism.com
mecklenburg-vorpommern.travel
visitsaxony.com
saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu
thuringia-tourism.com