Derelict-UK
20-08-2011, 09:41 PM
This watch tower is located at one point along the 870 mile long Iron Curtain that once divided East & West Germany.
It is interesting to see it in a dismantled state, still in place but not damaged/graffitied, just carefully deconstructed.
We drove to the site along a normal(ish) road but the Death Strip is different, a 2 tracked road, paved only for the wheels of the patrol cars, usually a Trabant. The cars stopped patrolling in 1990, even though the Berlin Wall came down, they were still paid to do their rounds, even though they did not shoot at anyone crossing the border.
The area is now one of the Worlds most interesting nature reserves (as of April 2011), virtually untouched for for over 20 years.
What a complete watch tower looks like (Hennigsdorf Watch Tower near Berlin)...
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6122/6043165607_1456707e6d_o.jpg
1. The Death Strip...
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6065/6062464517_26ff3d0bca_o.jpg
2. Dismantled...
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6063009898_8bb6b2f580_o.jpg
3.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6062463109_41aeed7167_o.jpg
4.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6184/6062463653_dabf8625fc_o.jpg
D-UK
It is interesting to see it in a dismantled state, still in place but not damaged/graffitied, just carefully deconstructed.
We drove to the site along a normal(ish) road but the Death Strip is different, a 2 tracked road, paved only for the wheels of the patrol cars, usually a Trabant. The cars stopped patrolling in 1990, even though the Berlin Wall came down, they were still paid to do their rounds, even though they did not shoot at anyone crossing the border.
The area is now one of the Worlds most interesting nature reserves (as of April 2011), virtually untouched for for over 20 years.
What a complete watch tower looks like (Hennigsdorf Watch Tower near Berlin)...
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6122/6043165607_1456707e6d_o.jpg
1. The Death Strip...
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6065/6062464517_26ff3d0bca_o.jpg
2. Dismantled...
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6063009898_8bb6b2f580_o.jpg
3.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6196/6062463109_41aeed7167_o.jpg
4.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6184/6062463653_dabf8625fc_o.jpg
D-UK