Baltic Sea border tower Börgerende
The Baltic Sea Border Tower in Börgerende is a former watchtower of the Coast Border Brigade of the GDR border troops . As a sea border observation tower (BT 11), it was one of a series of formerly 27 towers of this type on the Baltic coast of the GDR , two of which have been preserved. Another watchtower still standing is in Kühlungsborn .
history
The tower is located in the immediate vicinity of the beach. The GDR border guards were given the task of observing ship movements on the Baltic Sea from the tower and identifying attempts to escape . Using a fixed telescope with high magnification, the four-man crew were able to search an area of up to 12 nautical miles from the pulpit.
The tower is accessible via an internal ladder. It is currently being restored (as of 2011). Swedish anonymous artist Czon , sometimes associated with Banksy , treated him to a work of art. It is in poor condition (as of January 2018).
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- ↑ inför Tyskland , February 21, 2014.
Coordinates: 54 ° 9 ′ 0.5 ″ N , 11 ° 53 ′ 7.5 ″ E