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Regierungsvierte in Berlin in Mitte, Germany — Northeast German Plain (The European Plain)
 

Ebertstraße

Berliner Mauer

 
 
Ebertstraße Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 3, 2025
1. Ebertstraße Marker
Inscription.  
Ebertstraße
The East German border installations ran right behind the Reichstag (now the German Bundestag) and up to the River Spree, where the Gedenkort Weiße Kreuze (white crosses memorial) is located. It commemorates people who died trying to flee from East to West Berlin. The two Bundestag buildings, the Paul Löbe Building on this side of the river, and the Marie-Elisabeth Lüders Building on the other, were designed as a functional and aesthetic whole that would architecturally bridge the gap between the two, formerly divided, parts of the city. This was made possible by German unification in 1990. The Marie-Elisabeth Lüders Building contains the Berlin Wall Memorial.

Ebertstraße
Direkt hinter dem Reichstagsgebäude (heute: Deutscher Bundestag) verliefen die Grenzanlagen der DDR bis an die Spree. Dort befindet sich der Gedenkort »Weiße Kreuze«. Er erinnert an Menschen, die bei dem Versuch, aus Ost- Berlin nach West-Berlin zu fliehen, ums Leben gekommen sind. Die beiden Bundestagsbauten, das Paul-Löbe-Haus diesseits und das Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus jenseits des Flusses, hat Architekt Stefan Braunfels als funktionale. und gestalterische Einheit angelegt-als architektonischen Brückenschlag
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zwischen den einst getrennten Stadthälften, wie er erst nach der deutschen Einheit von 1990 wieder möglich war. Im Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus befindet sich das Mauer-Mahnmal.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Man-Made FeaturesWar, Cold. In addition, it is included in the Berlin Wall series list. A significant historical date for this entry is November 10, 1989.
 
Location. 52° 31.045′ N, 13° 22.634′ E. Marker is in Berlin, in Mitte. It is in Regierungsvierte. It is on Ebertstraße. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Ebertstraße 25, Berlin 10117, Germany. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, Central Europe, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ida Siekmann (within shouting distance of this marker); Günter Litfin (within shouting distance of this marker); Olga Segler (within shouting distance of this marker); Bernd Lünser (within shouting distance of this marker); Heinz Sokolowski Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Udo Düllick (within shouting distance of this marker); Werner Probst (within shouting distance of this marker); Den Toten des Volkaufstandes vom 17. Juni 1953 (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Berlin.
 
Also see . . .  Berlin Wall (Wikipedia). (Submitted on September 10, 2025.)
 
Ebertstraße Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 3, 2025
2. Ebertstraße Marker - wide view
The marker is visible here on the brown stele. The Reichstag building is visible in the background.
Marker photo: people sitting on the Wall between the Reichstag building and Brandenburg Gate image. Click for full size.
November 10, 1989
3. Marker photo: people sitting on the Wall between the Reichstag building and Brandenburg Gate
Note this photo was taken at the same location as this marker, give or take 10 meters.
Marker map: showing the route of the wall in this vicinity image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 3, 2025
4. Marker map: showing the route of the wall in this vicinity
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 10, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 85 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 10, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
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