Mödlareuth

Also known as Little Berlin

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Mödlareuth
Settlement.nickname: Little Berlin
Settlement.settlement_type: Ortsteil of Töpen and Gefell
Settlement.image_skyline: Moedlareuth Museum 2002b.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The Mödlareuth wall today is part of an open-air museum
Settlement.pushpin_map: Germany
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: none
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: States
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Regierungsbezirke
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Districts
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Municipalities
Settlement.timezone: CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Settlement.elevation_m: 543
Settlement.postal_code_type: Postal code
Settlement.blank_name: Dialing code
Settlement.blank1_name: Vehicle registration

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Wikidata facts

Elevation: 543
Official website: www.moedlareuth.de
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0415-363, Mödlareuth, Zonengrenze.jpg
Dialing code: 09295

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Commons category: Mödlareuth
postal code: 95183
time of earliest written record: 1289-00-00

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Cold War
Mödlareuth today
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Mödlareuth () is a German village situated partly in Bavaria and partly in Thuringia. Between 1949 and 1990, the northern part was in East Germany and the southern part in West Germany.

The Thuringian part of the village belongs to Gefell while the Bavarian part belongs to Töpen. It was called "Little Berlin" by the Americans because a wall divided it until 1989, like the Berlin Wall divided Berlin. "Little Berlin" became a symbol of separation between the West and East by the wall, but also a symbol of reunification. Today the Museum Mödlareuth shows the history of the village and gives information about the political system at that time.