Berlin Customs Wall
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The Berlin Customs Wall was a ring wall around the historic city of Berlin, between 1737 and 1860; the wall itself had no defence function but was used to facilitate the levying of taxes on the import
Wall monument made from excavated stones
Leipzig Gate/Potsdam Gate around 1830
Rosenthal Gate around 1800
Halle Gate around 1800
Oberbaum Bridge
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The Oberbaum Bridge is a double-deck bridge crossing Berlin, Germany's River Spree, considered one of the city's landmarks. It links Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg, former boroughs that were divided by
Berlin Customs Wall
…Stralau Gate (Stralauer Tor, earlier named "Mühlentor" / Mills Gate) (Warschauer Straße /Stralauer Allee /Mühlenstraße). Oberbaum (Oberbaumbrücke). Silesian Gate (Schlesisches Tor, earlier "Wendentor" / Wends Gate) (Skalitzer Straße /Schlesische Straße am U-Bahnhof Schlesisches Tor…
A U-Bahn train crosses the Oberbaum Bridge
Oberbaum Bridge connecting the districts of Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain, Berlin TV Tower in the background
The Oberbaum Brücke viewed just after sunset, August 2024
The towers were based on the Brick Gothic Mitteltorturm in Prenzlau