Audioguide
2 audio tours with each 7 chapters
about the GDR BORDER AREA in Potsdam
between Glienicke Bridge and Bertini-Enge

Audioguide

Tour 1: FROM GLIENICKER BRÜCKE TO BERTINI-ENGE

BARRIER ZONE IN THE PARK LANDSCAPE

Glienicker Brücke → Schwanenallee → Neuer Garten → Bertinistraße 

Content:

  1. Chapter: The Glienicke Bridge, 00:00 - 10:25
  2. Chapter: The Border Fortifications on Schwanenallee, 10:26 - 15:33
  3. Chapter: The New Garden and the Buildings in the Park, 15:34 - 21:07
  4. Chapter: The Meierei and Its Surroundings, 21:08 - 25:04
  5. Chapter: The Border Troops Boat Regiment, 25:05 - 28:38
  6. Chapter: The Bertini-Enge Water Border Crossing, 28:39 - 30:59
  7. Chapter: Inland Shipping − and the So-Called Waste Agreement, 31:00 - 38:14

Tour 2: FROM BERTINI-ENGE TO GLIENICKER BRÜCKE

IN THE SHADOW OF THE IRON CURTAIN

Bertinistraße → Neuer Garten → Schwanenallee → Glienicker Brücke

Content:

  1. Chapter: The Villas on Bertinistrasse, 00:00 - 10:55
  2. Chapter: The Military Town No. 7, 10:56 - 17:25
  3. Chapter: Cecilienhof Palace and the Potsdam Conference, 17:26 - 24:50
  4. Chapter: The Neuer Garten and the Destroyed Parks, 24:51 - 27:48
  5. Chapter: Life in the Wall's hinterland and the military liaison missions, 27:49 - 36:58
  6. Chapter: The Villa Schöningen, 36:59 - 43:16
  7. Chapter: The Villa Kampffmeyer and the goings-on at Glienicke Bridge, 43:17 - 50:41



Image and text documents
for the audio guide

Photos of the border area in the Glienicker Bridge and Jungfernsee region from the holdings of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR (Stasi). Source: BSTU, Berlin

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Photos of the agent exchange on the Glienicke Bridge on February 11, 1986 from the holdings of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR (Stasi). Source: Allied Museum Berlin

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MfS documentation on the agent exchange on the Glienicke Bridge on February 11, 1986. February 1986. Source: BSTU
pdfMfS_BV_Pdm_AKG_2292.pdf

MfS documentation on the Bertini-Enge water border crossing. Source: BSTU
pdfMfS_HA_VI_148.pdf

The audio tour is also available in the app Potsdam City Guide Google Play and Apple Store

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Supported by the cultural promotion of the state capital Potsdam, realized in cooperation with Potsdam Marketing und Service GmbH. Project idea and concept: Harry Kühn · Text creation: Karoline Kleinert & Florentine Schmidtmann · It speaks: Anne-Marie Sackx & Ben Posener