Grenzmuseum Schifflersgrund
How to find us:
- Street
- Platz der Wiedervereinigung
- Zip, City
- 37318 Asbach-Sickenberg
- Country
- Germany
- Phone
- +49 (0) 360 87 – 97 99 40
- Web
- http://www.grenzmuseum.de
- info@grenzmuseum.de
Tue: 10.00 – 17.00
Wed: 10.00 – 17.00
Thu: 10.00 – 17.00
Fri: 10.00 – 17.00
Sat: 10.00 – 17.00
Sun: 10.00 – 17.00
5,00€
Eintritt: 5,00 €ermäßigter Eintritt: 4,50 € *** Schüler, Studenten und Behinderte** Schüler im Klassenverband: 3,00€____________________________________Führung - deutsch/englisch/französisch: 30,00 € **** Teilnehmer an Führungen wird der ermäßigte Eintrittspreis gewährt.
(EC, Creditcarts)
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Kids
Kinder unter 11 Jahren frei
Students
4,50 €
Disabled person
4,50 €
Description
Historical Site
The Schifflersgrund Border Museum is a moving historical site, a modern museum, and a vibrant learning location. For over 30 years, it has authentically and forward-looking communicated the history of the German division with room for memories and opportunities for dialogue.
To this day, Schifflersgrund stands as a unique testament to the history of Germany´s division. It offers an impressive yet distressing view of the former barriers. Here is the longest remaining section of the former inner-German border and the Iron Curtain in Europe. The preserved border section consists of a 550-meter-long border fence, the patrol path, and a watchtower. Additionally, the memorial site includes the place where Heinz-Josef Große was killed, who was shot by two East German border guards during an escape attempt in 1982.
Permanent Exhibition
The permanent exhibition, opened in 2024, narrates the causes of the division and the expansion of the GDR´s border barriers during the Cold War, about daily life on both sides of the border, and their overcoming and aftermath. 260 images, 110 historical documents, and 98 original objects, as well as ten media stations with over 150 eyewitness videos, convey the history of the border in a vivid, tangible, and modern way, which divided not only Germany but all of Europe for four decades.
Museum and Place of Learning
Since its founding in 1991, the Schifflersgrund Border Museum sees itself as a historical learning location for promoting democracy. The border relics in the outdoor area exemplarily show how the equally insidious and perfected GDR border regime under the SED dictatorship functioned.
The new permanent exhibition conveys the causes of Germany´s division. It tells about the impact of border sealing on people in the East and West. Narratives from eyewitnesses create a real-life connection.
With the educational offerings, the history of the German dictatorship and division after 1945 is conveyed in an illustrative and comprehensible way, particularly to young visitors. They are encouraged to think critically and reflect further. The program is directed at all age groups and learning levels and can be individually tailored to the needs of each visitor group.
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Services
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Accessibility
Entrances and paths to the building
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Access stairless
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Dooe width (in cm) 100
Others
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Disabled toilet
Labeling of the exhibition
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Inscription in braille
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Acoustically accessible exhibition objects
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Tactile accessible exhibition objects
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Print medium in braille inscription / large print
Guided tours to permanent and special exhibitions
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Educational programs for visitors with learning difficulties
