We stopped by this small village on the way from Berlin to Dresden.
Mödlareuth is a German village situated partly in Bavaria and partly in Thuringia. 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[1] because a wall divided it, like the Berlin Wall divided Berlin.
In 1810 (see Napoleonic Wars) the Tannbach stream (only around 30cms wide), which flows through Mödlareuth, became the new border between the Kingdom of Bavaria and the principality of Reuss Junior Line. For 140 years this border made little difference to the local populace. There was just one school and one restaurant.
Part of the wall from Berlin
In the beginning the villagers were allowed to walk back and forth from 8 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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