{"id":11269,"date":"2022-02-10T16:02:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T15:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moedlareuth.kreativunion.de\/?page_id=11269"},"modified":"2025-05-27T11:20:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T09:20:55","slug":"geschichte","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/en\/museum\/geschichte\/","title":{"rendered":"The story of a divided village"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id11269_7b7893-c0 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id11269_7b7893-c0 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id11269_7b7893-c0 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(15% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem ) * 2 )\/3)))minmax(0, calc(70% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem ) * 2 )\/3)))minmax(0, calc(15% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem ) * 2 )\/3)));}.kb-row-layout-id11269_7b7893-c0 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id11269_7b7893-c0 > .kt-row-column-wrap > div:not(.added-for-specificity){grid-column:initial;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id11269_7b7893-c0 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id11269_7b7893-c0 > .kt-row-column-wrap > div:not(.added-for-specificity){grid-column:initial;}.kb-row-layout-id11269_7b7893-c0 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><article class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id11269_7b7893-c0 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-3-columns kt-row-layout-center-half kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column11269_c884bd-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column11269_c884bd-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column11269_c884bd-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column11269_c884bd-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column11269_c884bd-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column11269_c884bd-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column11269_c884bd-55{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column11269_c884bd-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column11269_c884bd-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column11269_c884bd-55 inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column11269_a2d9b2-18 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column11269_a2d9b2-18 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column11269_a2d9b2-18 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column11269_a2d9b2-18 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column11269_a2d9b2-18 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column11269_a2d9b2-18 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column11269_a2d9b2-18{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column11269_a2d9b2-18 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column11269_a2d9b2-18 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column11269_a2d9b2-18 inner-column-2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"vor-1990\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before 1990<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A border right through the middle of a village \u2013 the reasons for that separation date centuries back. In 1810, new border markings were placed along the Tannbach creek banks. The initials \u201cKB\u201c (Kingdom of Bavaria) were carved into the stones on the western bank, whilst \u201cFR\u201c (Principality of Reuss) was carved  into the border blocks on the eastern bank. These markings indicate M\u00f6dlareuth's territorial affiliations up to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the end of World War I, the western part of M\u00f6dlareuth became part of the newly founded federal state of Bavaria and the eastern part became part of the state of Thuringia. However, the Tannbach continued to exist as a border, a purely administrative border that hardly affected the everyday life of the M\u00f6dlareuthers. The inn and school were located in the Thuringian part of M\u00f6dlareuth, and people went to church together in the neighboring Bavarian town of T\u00f6pen. And they went to war together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of World War II, Germany was divided into four occupation zones. According to the Allies' \"London Protocols\" of 1944, the demarcation lines ran largely along the old national borders within the German Reich from 1937. This definition of the demarcation lines was to be of serious importance for M\u00f6dlareuth, and the border \"in\" the Tannbach creek took on a previously unimagined dimension. In the M\u00f6dlareuth area it now formed the demarcation line between M\u00f6dlareuth-East in the Soviet and M\u00f6dlareuth-West in the American occupation zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, a curiosity occurred that would last for over a year. After the Americans occupied M\u00f6dlareuth without a fight on April 15, 1945 and continued their troop movements towards Thuringia and Saxony, they withdrew to their assigned occupation zone at the beginning of July. When doing so, the US troops did not only vacate the Thuringian part, but also the Bavarian part of M\u00f6dlareuth, which was actually situated in the American occupation zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 7,1945, the Soviet army marched in and established their local command on the Bavarian side of M\u00f6dlareuth, soon called \u201cStalinburg\u201c by the locals. A red Soviet star was installed on the roof, brightly illuminated at night. A picture of Stalin adorned the entrance. The numerous arrested illegal border trespassers were temporarily detained in the barn next to it. A Soviet boundary barrier and guard house was installed at the Bavarian village exit. But when new bilingual (Russian-German) passports were handed out, the hope for an imminent change of the situation faded. That state of uncertainty persisted for almost a year. Finally, on July 26, 1946, the Russian troops retreated back behind the boundaries of the Tannbach creek due to the urging of the Americans. The western part of M\u00f6dlareuth was now occupied by the Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery.kb-gallery-wrap-id-11269_fb9e0a-0e{margin-top:50px;margin-right:200px;margin-bottom:50px;margin-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_fb9e0a-0e{margin:-0px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_fb9e0a-0e .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:0px;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_fb9e0a-0e .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-11269_fb9e0a-0e .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_fb9e0a-0e .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{font-size:12px;text-transform:none;color:var(--global-palette3, #1A202C);}.kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover.kb-gallery-id-11269_fb9e0a-0e .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption, .kb-gallery-caption-style-below.kb-gallery-id-11269_fb9e0a-0e .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-11269_fb9e0a-0e alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-11269_fb9e0a-0e kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" style=\"max-width:800px;\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:800px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:62%;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gr\u00fcneGrenze1.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" alt=\"Der Tannbach als Demarkationslinie zwischen M\u00f6dlareuth-Ost in der sowjetischen und M\u00f6dlareuth-West in der amerikanischen Besatzungszone, 1948.\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gr\u00fcneGrenze1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gr\u00fcneGrenze1.jpg\" data-id=\"224\" class=\"wp-image-224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gr\u00fcneGrenze1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gr\u00fcneGrenze1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gr\u00fcneGrenze1-400x252.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gr\u00fcneGrenze1-600x377.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gr\u00fcneGrenze1-477x300.jpg 477w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Tannbach as the demarcation line between East M\u00f6dlareuth in the Soviet occupation zone and West M\u00f6dlareuth in the American occupation zone, 1948. \u00a9 Bundesarchiv Koblenz, Bild 183-N0415-363 \u05c0 Foto: Herbert Donath<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>With the founding of the two German states in 1949, the eastern part of M\u00f6dlareuth now belonged to the territory of the GDR, the western part to that of the Federal Republic. This meant that both parts of M\u00f6dlareuth not only became part of two different states, but also of different political, military, economic and societal systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that time, it was still possible to cross the Tannbach with a pass and a \u201csmall border permit\u201d. This changed suddenly on May 26, 1952 with the decision of the Council of Ministers of the GDR on the \u201cOrdinance on measures on the demarcation line between the GDR and the western occupied zones of Germany\u201d. This finally sealed the division of Germany. A 10 m wide control strip was created along the demarcation line, trespassing resulted in the use of firearms. The GDR hinterland near the border was divided into a 500 m protective strip and a 5 km restricted zone. Social life was severely affected by measures such as night curfews and bans on gatherings. The GDR built the first border fortifications, which were continually expanded, perfected and therefore more impermeable over the next four decades.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery.kb-gallery-wrap-id-11269_339a41-f3{margin-top:50px;margin-right:200px;margin-bottom:50px;margin-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_339a41-f3{margin:-0px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_339a41-f3 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:0px;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_339a41-f3 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-11269_339a41-f3 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_339a41-f3 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{font-size:12px;text-transform:none;color:var(--global-palette3, #1A202C);}.kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover.kb-gallery-id-11269_339a41-f3 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption, .kb-gallery-caption-style-below.kb-gallery-id-11269_339a41-f3 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);}<\/style>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning of June 1952, the first wave of forced resettlement began along the inner-German border under the code name \u201cVermin\u201d. Thousands of GDR citizens were relocated from areas near the border to the inland, and some of their houses and farms were razed to the ground. Along with three other families, the residents of the Upper Mill in East M\u00f6dlareuth were the first to be affected. Its owners had renovated this fully functioning business just eight months earlier. With the evacuation in sight, the residents of the mill were able to escape at the last minute by jumping through the stable or hayloft window into the western part of M\u00f6dlareuth, while the evacuation commission was already in the inner courtyard of the property. A little later the Upper Mill fell victim to the pickaxe. It was to share this fate with many other buildings at the border with the Federal Republic - individual houses, but also entire towns, were demolished and their residents resettled from the GDR border area.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery.kb-gallery-wrap-id-11269_fd3c36-51{margin-top:50px;margin-right:200px;margin-bottom:50px;margin-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_fd3c36-51{margin:-0px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_fd3c36-51 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:0px;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_fd3c36-51 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-11269_fd3c36-51 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_fd3c36-51 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{font-size:12px;text-transform:none;color:var(--global-palette3, #1A202C);}.kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover.kb-gallery-id-11269_fd3c36-51 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption, .kb-gallery-caption-style-below.kb-gallery-id-11269_fd3c36-51 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-11269_fd3c36-51 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-11269_fd3c36-51 kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Fa01-015-04-03-e1449575910772.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"942\" alt=\"Zwei M\u00e4nner am 1952 erbauten Holzbretterzaun 1952: Holzbretterzaun \/ Fotograf: Friedrich Marx, Hof\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Fa01-015-04-03-e1449575910772.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Fa01-015-04-03-e1449575910772.jpg\" data-id=\"6094\" class=\"wp-image-6094\"\/><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">June 1952: Two men look over the recently built wooden fence from West-M\u00f6dlareuth into GDR territory \u00a9 Museum M\u00f6dlareuth \u05c0 Foto: Friedrich Marx<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>With the Council of Ministers' decision and the Police Regulation that came into force a day later, the \"Iron Curtain\" also came down in M\u00f6dlareuth. In June 1952, the complete demarcation between the two districts was initiated with the construction of a wooden fence that was more than head high. Centuries-old economical, social and family-related connections across the Tannbach came to an abrupt standstill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the next few decades, the barriers in M\u00f6dlareuth were continually modified and \u201cimproved\u201d. Six years after the wooden board fence was erected, it was replaced by a \u201cFlanders fence,\u201d a construction made of wooden posts and barbed wire mesh. In 1961, the year the Berlin Wall was built and the second major wave of forced resettlement, a single row of barbed wire fence on concrete pillars was built, which was supplemented a year later by two additional rows of barbed wire on concrete pillars. But this \u201cpeace border\u201d was not yet secure enough in M\u00f6dlareuth. In 1964, the pioneers of the NVA border troops got to work again. Not only the pathway, but also visual contact between East and West should be prevented by a slab wall made of concrete and wooden elements with steel deflectors.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery.kb-gallery-wrap-id-11269_6cc525-6c{margin-top:50px;margin-right:200px;margin-bottom:50px;margin-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_6cc525-6c{margin:-0px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_6cc525-6c .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:0px;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_6cc525-6c .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-11269_6cc525-6c .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_6cc525-6c .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{font-size:12px;text-transform:none;color:var(--global-palette3, #1A202C);}.kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover.kb-gallery-id-11269_6cc525-6c .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption, .kb-gallery-caption-style-below.kb-gallery-id-11269_6cc525-6c .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-11269_6cc525-6c alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-11269_6cc525-6c kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:71%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BGS01-008-02-02-e1449575937805.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1002\" alt=\"BGS01 008 02 02 e1449575937805\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BGS01-008-02-02-e1449575937805.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BGS01-008-02-02-e1449575937805.jpg\" data-id=\"212\" class=\"wp-image-212\"\/><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">1958: \u201eFlandernzaun\u201c a fence consisting of a barbed wire construct on wooden stakes \u00a9 Museum M\u00f6dlareuth \u05c0 Photo: BGS Bayreuth<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:71%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BGS01-011-02-02-e1449575949962.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1006\" alt=\"BGS01 011 02 02 e1449575949962\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BGS01-011-02-02-e1449575949962.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BGS01-011-02-02-e1449575949962.jpg\" data-id=\"213\" class=\"wp-image-213\"\/><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">1962: Two-row barbed wire fence with concrete stakes \u00a9 Museum M\u00f6dlareuth \u05c0 Photo: BGS Bayreuth<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BGS01-024-02-01-e1449575967896.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"951\" alt=\"BGS01 024 02 01 e1449575967896\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BGS01-024-02-01-e1449575967896.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BGS01-024-02-01-e1449575967896.jpg\" data-id=\"214\" class=\"wp-image-214\"\/><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">1964: Slab wall made from concrete and wooden elements and steel deflectors \u00a9 Museum M\u00f6dlareuth \u05c0 Photo: BGS Bayreuth<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The culmination of efforts to protect its own citizens from \u201cimperialism\u201d was the construction of the 700 m long, 3.30 m high concrete barrier wall. In 1966, five years after the Berlin Wall was built, it was built in just a few weeks from precast concrete elements. The order to build the M\u00f6dlareuth Wall was given on November 23, 1965. Extensive preparatory work began three days later. Building materials, gravel and concrete slabs were delivered for days, holes were dug and concrete foundations were laid. Interrupted due to the strong winter, construction work could not be continued until mid-February 1966. The actual construction of the wall began on April 5, 1966 and lasted until June 15, 1966. The final work followed in August 1966, when an observation point was added to the wall. Later, M\u00f6dlareuth was also called \u201cLittle Berlin\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery.kb-gallery-wrap-id-11269_15d7d8-8c{margin-top:50px;margin-right:200px;margin-bottom:50px;margin-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_15d7d8-8c{margin:-0px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_15d7d8-8c .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:0px;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_15d7d8-8c .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-11269_15d7d8-8c .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_15d7d8-8c .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{font-size:12px;text-transform:none;color:var(--global-palette3, #1A202C);}.kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover.kb-gallery-id-11269_15d7d8-8c .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption, .kb-gallery-caption-style-below.kb-gallery-id-11269_15d7d8-8c .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-11269_15d7d8-8c alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-11269_15d7d8-8c kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:69%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BGS01-032-01-02-e1449575980808.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"971\" alt=\"BGS01 032 01 02 e1449575980808\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BGS01-032-01-02-e1449575980808.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BGS01-032-01-02-e1449575980808.jpg\" data-id=\"217\" class=\"wp-image-217\"\/><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">1966: Construction of the 700 m long concrete barrier wall \u00a9 Museum M\u00f6dlareuth \u05c0 Photo: BGS Bayreuth<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 25, 1973, the only successful escape over the M\u00f6dlareuth Wall took place. A driver from G\u00f6ttengr\u00fcn (Schleiz district\/Thuringia), using his local knowledge and his permit, managed to drive unhindered to the concrete wall of M\u00f6dlareuth and overcome it with the help of a self-made iron ladder, which he placed on the roof of the car. Although the pair of guards on the old wooden observation tower only noticed the vehicle very late, both members of the border troops refrained from using their firearms. Through a chain of fortunate circumstances, the then 34-year-old managed this spectacular \"escape from the Republic\" without any incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery.kb-gallery-wrap-id-11269_79c460-07{margin-top:50px;margin-right:200px;margin-bottom:50px;margin-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_79c460-07{margin:-0px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_79c460-07 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:0px;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_79c460-07 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-11269_79c460-07 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_79c460-07 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{font-size:12px;text-transform:none;color:var(--global-palette3, #1A202C);}.kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover.kb-gallery-id-11269_79c460-07 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption, .kb-gallery-caption-style-below.kb-gallery-id-11269_79c460-07 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-11269_79c460-07 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-11269_79c460-07 kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:68%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Geschichte08-e1449576009707.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"955\" alt=\"Einzige gegl\u00fcckte Flucht \u00fcber die Mauer, Mai 1973 (Rekonstruktion der Flucht im Rahmen der \u00bbTatortbesichtigung\u00ab durch Grenztruppen in Kooperation mit der Staatssicherheit)\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Geschichte08-e1449576009707.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Geschichte08-e1449576009707.jpg\" data-id=\"223\" class=\"wp-image-223\"\/><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">May 1973: Successful escape (reconstruction of the escape as part of the \"crime scene inspection\" by the GDR border troops) \u00a9 Bundesarchiv-Milit\u00e4rarchiv Freiburg, DVH 53-5\/138934 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The white painted wall, at night eerily illuminated, the observation tower staffed by GDR border troops around the clock, the remains of the Upper Mill, the barrier behind which the connecting road ended - all that was to last for over 23 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1989, the year of the Peaceful Revolution, also left its mark on M\u00f6dlareuth: opening of the border in Hungary, mass departures from the GDR, embassy refugees, demonstrations in East Berlin, Leipzig, Plauen and many other places in the GDR, Honecker's resignation, Schabowski's press conference in Berlin and its consequences on the evening of November 9th... the fall of the wall in Berlin, the opening of the inner-German border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After November 9th, new border crossings gradually emerged in many places. In M\u00f6dlareuth it was initially only possible to get from the western to the eastern part or vice versa via detours, i.e. via existing border crossings. A direct border crossing was not possible and the wall remained closed for the time being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All along the border region, local demonstrations preceded the actual opening of border crossings, and so it happened in M\u00f6dlareuth. On the evening of December 5, 1989, a village meeting was held up on the Thuringian side, to discuss the new situation in place since November 9, 1989. The inhabitants of the Bavarian side lit candles and torches that evening, scanting: \u201eThe wall must fall\u201c!\nThe folks on the eastern side of M\u00f6dlareuth understood the calling, wandered to the wall and joined in.\nNevertheless, the wall remained closed on that evening. Three days later, though, pioneers of the NVA border troops began to chop a 5 m wide gap into the wall. Some M\u00f6dlareuth workers on the East side seized the moment during their lunch break and slid through the new opening. Dramatic welcoming scenes followed on the Bavarian side. Due to repeated requests by the border patrol troops, they had to separate again for the time being, and the East-M\u00f6dlareuth residents returned back to the East side through the hole in the wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 9, 1989, exactly one month after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the border crossing in M\u00f6dlareuth was opened. A speech by Arnold Friedrich, the mayor  of T\u00f6pen, was followed by greetings from the Chancellor of the FRG Dr. Helmut Kohl and American President George Bush Sr., who had already visited \u201cLittle Berlin\u201d in February 1983 as Vice President at the time. Afterwards, the first thing both local mayors did was pass through the open gate in the wall. Over a thousand people from Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia followed this example. After 37 years, the wall and barbed wire did no longer separate. A folk festival-like atmosphere and exuberant celebrations with beer, mulled wine, sparkling wine and Thuringian bratwurst characterized that day in M\u00f6dlareuth well into the night. But the gate in the wall initially only remained open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. At night it was closed again by the GDR border troops. To cross the border, German citizens needed a passport, and GDR citizens needed an identity card, each of which was stamped with a visa.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery.kb-gallery-wrap-id-11269_f4cf15-76{margin-top:50px;margin-right:200px;margin-bottom:50px;margin-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_f4cf15-76{margin:-0px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_f4cf15-76 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:0px;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_f4cf15-76 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-11269_f4cf15-76 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_f4cf15-76 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{font-size:12px;text-transform:none;color:var(--global-palette3, #1A202C);}.kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover.kb-gallery-id-11269_f4cf15-76 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption, .kb-gallery-caption-style-below.kb-gallery-id-11269_f4cf15-76 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-11269_f4cf15-76 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-11269_f4cf15-76 kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:71%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Pa-004-18-e1449576049451.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1007\" alt=\"Pa 004 18 e1449576049451\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Pa-004-18-e1449576049451.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Pa-004-18-e1449576049451.jpg\" data-id=\"229\" class=\"wp-image-229\"\/><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">December 9, 1989: Opening of the M\u00f6dlareuth border crossing \u00a9 Museum M\u00f6dlareuth \u05c0 Photo: BGP, Alfred Eiber<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>It was not until half a year later, on June 17, 1990, that the concrete wall was finally taken down for the most part. After the commemoration services on the occasion of the Popular Uprising of June 17, an excavator teared down the separating wall in the middle of the village, due to the initiative of the mayor of T\u00f6pen, Arnold Friedrich, who was now also mayor of M\u00f6dlareuth. With the fall of the wall, Arnold Friedrich's idea was born to create a museum about the history of the divided village of M\u00f6dlareuth \u2013 known as \u201cLittle Berlin\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery.kb-gallery-wrap-id-11269_703dca-28{margin-top:50px;margin-right:200px;margin-bottom:50px;margin-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_703dca-28{margin:-0px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-11269_703dca-28 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:0px;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_703dca-28 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-11269_703dca-28 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}.kb-gallery-id-11269_703dca-28 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{font-size:12px;text-transform:none;color:var(--global-palette3, #1A202C);}.kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover.kb-gallery-id-11269_703dca-28 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption, .kb-gallery-caption-style-below.kb-gallery-id-11269_703dca-28 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-11269_703dca-28 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-11269_703dca-28 kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1400px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ea06-050-05-29a-e1449576061414.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" alt=\"Teilabriss der Mauer anl\u00e4sslich der Gedenkveranstaltung zum 17. Juni, 17. Juni 1990 Foto: Arndt Schaffner, M\u00fcnchberg\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ea06-050-05-29a-e1449576061414.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.moedlareuth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ea06-050-05-29a-e1449576061414.jpg\" data-id=\"219\" class=\"wp-image-219\"\/><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">June 17, 1990: Partial demolition of the M\u00f6dlareuth wall on the occasion of the commemoration of June 17th \u00a9 Museum M\u00f6dlareuth \u05c0 Photo: Arndt Schaffner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The village of M\u00f6dlareuth is still a \u201ccuriosity\u201d today \u2013 one half Bavarian, the other half Thuringian. The Tannbach still forms the state border between the federal states of Bavaria and Thuringia. Different vehicle registration numbers, postal codes and telephone area codes are external signs of this administrative boundary. Two mayors look after the well-being of the 50 residents, whose affiliation is evident from their greeting: \u201cGr\u00fc\u00df Gott\u201d on one side, \u201cGuten Tag\u201d on the other. But today everyday life  is organized together again and festivals are celebrated together.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column11269_45dc46-b1 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column11269_45dc46-b1 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column11269_45dc46-b1 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column11269_45dc46-b1 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column11269_45dc46-b1 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column11269_45dc46-b1 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column11269_45dc46-b1{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column11269_45dc46-b1 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column11269_45dc46-b1 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column11269_45dc46-b1 inner-column-3\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/article>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id11269_52bc03-2d > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id11269_52bc03-2d > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id11269_52bc03-2d > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(14.9% - 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On September 3, 1990 the association \"Deutsch-Deutsches Museum M\u00f6dlareuth e.V.\" was founded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As early as July 23, 1990, the Bavarian State Minister of the Interior, Dr. Edmund Stoiber, suggested with his letter to the Bavarian Prime Minister, Dr. h.c. Max Streibl, the construction of a memorial on the former Bavarian border with the GDR. In its decision of October 16, 1990, the Council of Ministers of the Bavarian State Government expressed the view that a memorial in the style of an open-air museum should be created on the former inner-German border between Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia to commemorate the history of the division of Germany. Several possible locations were examined by the state office for non-state museums on behalf of the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art and M\u00f6dlareuth was favored as the location. From the beginning, the area around M\u00f6dlareuth was one of the most sensitive border sections of the former \u201cwestern state border\u201d of the GDR: the border triangle GDR\/\u010cSSR\/BRD, the Gutenf\u00fcrst border station, the divided village of M\u00f6dlareuth, the leather factory in Hirschberg, the Rudolphstein\/Hirschberg border crossing, the Rosenthal paper factory in Blankenstein and the slate quarries around Lehesten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1991 the state of Bavaria began  with financial subsidies for the museum, the the state of Thuringia followed in 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum association took over the official trusteeship in 1995 within a special purpose agreement with the local authorities of Oberfranken, the counties of Hof, the Vogtlandkreis and the Saale-Orla-Kreis, as well as the municipality of  Gefell and of the local authority of T\u00f6pen. After an expert opinion drawn up by the Enquete Commission of the  German Bundestag, the M\u00f6dlareuth Museum became part of the  German concepts for memorial sites and has been annually financially supported since then. It has been permanently supported by the state of Thuringia since 2005 and by Bavaria since 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 9, 2005, the special-purpose association \u201cDeutsch-Deutsches Museum M\u00f6dlareuth\u201d was founded, which includes the Hof district, the Saale-Orla and Vogtland districts as well as the municipality of T\u00f6pen and the town of Gefell. This cross-border special purpose association took over the sponsorship of the museum on January 1, 2006. The federal government, the two free states of Bavaria and Thuringia as well as the district of Upper Franconia continue to contribute to the ongoing operating costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim of the Deutsch-Deutsches Museum M\u00f6dlareuth is to present the history of the division of Germany in its entirety. Not only the wall and barbed wire, but also the political, economical, societal and everyday historical aspects of this division are discussed. Where possible, information is explained using regional and local examples. The time frame begins in 1944\/45 with the definition of the occupation zones and the end of the Second World War and ends with the Peaceful Revolution in 1989 and (re)unification in 1990 and their effects up to the present. The focus of the content is on the subject areas of border fortifications, border surveillance bodies, forced resettlements, border crossing points, \u201cillegal border crossings\u201d\/escape, economic\/traffic impacts, everyday life at the border as well as Peaceful Revolution and (re)unification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An diesem f\u00fcr die Geschichte der deutschen Teilung bedeutsamen historischen Ort sind Teile der 700m langen Betonsperrmauer, des Metallgitterzaunes sowie der Beobachtungsturm im Original erhalten geblieben. Die heutige Gedenkst\u00e4tte verf\u00fcgt \u00fcber ein Au\u00dfengel\u00e4nde, einen Ausstellungsbereich, museumsp\u00e4dagogische R\u00e4ume sowie eine museale Infrastruktur mit Medienarchiv, Archiv, Bibliothek sowie Depots und ist auf allen Feldern der klassischen Museumsarbeit (Sammeln, Bewahren, Dokumentieren, Forschen, Vermitteln) t\u00e4tig. Sie ist ein au\u00dferschulischer Lernort f\u00fcr gegenw\u00e4rtige und zuk\u00fcnftige Generationen im Rahmen der historisch-politischen Bildung. 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