Schifflersgrund border museum

Schifflersgrund border museum - darkometer rating : 5 - One of the several border museums on the former Cold War era, Iron-Curtain division line between East and West Germany ( GDR and FRG ). In fact, this was the first to open – as early as 1991, on the first anniversary of German reunification on 3 October. The memorial site is still in flux and its look will most likely change a bit over the coming years – so the following is more an interim report. > More background info > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos For background info see Hötensleben , Mödlareuth , Point Alpha , also Berlin Wall , and other border museums/ Iron Curtain sites . What there is to see: Schifflersgrund is one of the more comprehensive and popular sites of its type. Its main attraction is not only the preserved border stretch itself or the collection of border-related artefacts but also the big exhibits that military enthusiast will love: several helicopters and armoured vehicles are on display, one you can even enter. Topically, however, it is the border relics that are the core of this memorial site, of course. Here the border fortifications primarily had the form of a metal fence – i.e. it was literally an " Iron Curtain ". A fairly long stretch (ca. 600m) of the original border fence has been preserved together with the patrol track behind it, giving a good impression of what the former border looked like, cutting through the forested land like a wide oblong clearing ... albeit only on the Eastern side of the fence – the western side is now for the most part densely forested. At the museum proper, located at the crest of a hillside just behind (or in front of?) the border strip, an original tall grey watchtower has been preserved too and is now the museum's main landmark.