What is Berlin Wall?
{{infobox building |name = Berlin Wall |image = Berlinermauer.jpg |image_size = 267px |image_caption = Berlin Wall, with [[graffiti]] and ''death strip''. The side with the graffiti on is the West. This was at a street called ''Bethaniendamm'' |image_map = Berlin-wall-map en.svg |location_country = {{plainlist| *{{Flag|East Germany}} *[[File:Flag of East Berlin (1956-1990).svg|border|20px]] [[East Berlin]]}} |coordinates = {{coord|52.51611|13.37694|region:DE|display=inline,title}} |other_dimensions = {{bulleted list|Border length around West Berlin: {{convert|155|km|mi|abbr=on}}|Border length between West Berlin and East Germany: {{convert|111.9|km|mi|abbr=on}}|Border length between West and East Berlin: {{convert|43.1|km|1|abbr=on}}|Border length through residential areas in East Berlin: {{convert|37|km|mi|abbr=on}}|Concrete segment of wall height: {{convert|3.6|m|1|abbr=on}}|Concrete segment of wall length: {{convert|106|km|mi|abbr=on}}|Wire mesh fencing: {{convert|66.5|km|1|abbr=on}}|Anti-vehicle trenches length: {{convert|105.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}|Contact/signal fence length: {{convert|127.5|km|1|abbr=on}}|Column track width: {{convert|7|m|yd|abbr=on}}|Column track length: {{convert|124.3|km|1|abbr=on}}|Number of watch towers: 302|Number of bunkers: 20}} |size = {{convert|155|km|1|abbr=on}} |start_date = 13 August 1961 |building_type = Wall |demolition_date=9 November 1989}} The '''Berlin Wall''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Berliner Mauer'') was a [[wall]] that separated the city of [[Berlin]] in Germany from 1961 to 1989. It separated the eastern half from the western half. Many people believed it was a [[symbol]] of the [[Cold War]]. The Berlin Wall was taken down on [[November 9]], [[1989]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,959058,00.html |title=Freedom! The Berlin Wall - TIME |work=time.com |year=2011 |access-date=19 February 2011 |archive-date=25 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825012437/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,959058,0