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450 metres of third-generation inner wall at the southern edge of the city, losing segments to the motorway and to whoever takes them.
The southernmost of Berlin's listed Wall monuments lies between Rudow and Altglienicke, north of Rudower Höhe — a 28-metre artificial hill made of wartime rubble that also served as a tip until 1958.
What stands there is hinterland wall of the third generation, introduced in the mid-1960s: concrete slabs held between H-shaped reinforced concrete supports. Out at the edge of the city there was room, and the border strip here was much wider than in the centre. Around 450 metres of it was listed in 2001.
It is the clearest case in this catalogue of preservation losing. Large parts of the strip have already been cleared for the A113 motorway from Neukölln to Waltersdorf. The surviving run stands in the scrub that has taken over the old death strip, almost entirely under graffiti, with the white paint typical of the inner wall showing through in patches — and some of the concrete panels have simply been taken out, leaving holes in the line.
How did it get here?
In place. Third-generation hinterland wall introduced in the mid-1960s; roughly 450 metres listed as a monument in 2001.
Sources
Hinterlandmauer an der Rudower Höhe — Landesdenkmalamt Berlin, Wall monuments ↗
The site as the southernmost Berlin Wall monument, Rudower Höhe as a 28-metre rubble hill used as a tip until 1958, the third-generation hinterland wall of concrete slabs between H-shaped supports, the unusually wide border strip at the city edge, the clearance of large parts of the strip for the A113 motorway, the graffiti cover with the white inner-wall paint showing through, the removed segments leaving holes, and the listing of roughly 450 metres in 2001.
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