Facts & Figures

Total length around West Berlin 155km 91 miles
Border between East and West Berlin 43.1km 27 miles
Border between West Berlin and East Germany 111.9km 69 miles
Border through Berlin residential areas 37km 23 miles
Concrete segment wall - length 106 km 66 miles
Concrete segment wall - height 3.6m 11.81 ft
Wire mesh fencing 66.5 km 41 miles
Anti-vehicle trenches 105.5 km 65 miles
Contact or signal fence 127.5 km 79 miles
Column track - length 124.3 km 77 miles
Column track - width 6 - 7m 7.33yds
Number of watch towers 302  
Number of bunkers 20  
Persons killed on the Berlin Wall 192 or 239