ID: 700009540 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009540	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Berlin Wall (barrier wall; constructed by the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (East Ger...; 1961-1989; Berlin (Berlin, Deutschland, Europe, World, Top of the TGN h...)

Note: Barrier wall located in the city of Berlin, Germany, separated the country into Eastern and Western sections 1961-1989. Originally made of barbed wire and cinder blocks, it was later replaced by a series of concrete walls topped with barbed wire and guarded with watchtowers, guns, and mines. The Berlin Wall became to symbolize oppressive atmosphere of the Cold War. In 1989, after a series of revolts in nearby Poland and Hungary, international pressure caused the wall to be ultimately dismantled.

Titles:

Berlin Wall (preferred,C,U,D,English-P,U,U)

Berliner Mauer (C,U,German-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

barrier wall [300419302] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, enclosing structural elements, <walls and wall components>, walls, <walls by function>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1961-1989

Creator Display:

constructed by the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (East German former nation,1949-1990) [preferred]

patron Deutsche Demokratische Republik (East German former nation, 1949-1990) [500476017]

Locations:

Current: Berlin [7003712] (Geographic)

Address Note: 52.51611°N 13.37694°E

Display Materials: concrete and barbed wire

	concrete [300010737]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	barbed wire [300011064]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by product>, wire)

Dimensions: total length: 91 miles, segment height:3.8 meteres; number of watch towers: 302

Cultures:

German (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	wall [300002469]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, enclosing structural elements, <walls and wall components>) (AAT)

	Cold War [901002111]
	.....((Global historical events, Named Events)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works

Sources and Contributors:
Berlin Wall	........ [VP]
	........ Buckley Jr. and Kissinger, Fall of the Berlin Wall (2004) title
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Berlin Wall," accessed 15 August 2018
Berliner Mauer	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Berlin Wall," accessed 15 August 2018

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Berlin Wall," accessed 15 August 2018

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Berlin Wall," accessed 15 August 2018
	..... Buckley Jr. and Kissinger, Fall of the Berlin Wall (2004)