There are more than 1000 half timbered houses here. And if youre lucky youll hear the bells ring at the market place. When i was born and spiegel was located on the fringe of the German Federal republic germanys and our border right only a few kilometers from here it separated hanson and to lincoln and germany and all of europe for that matter and to east and west but in 1909 the wall came down in berlin and the border between east germany and the federal republic was opened for the past 30 years now and being it has been at the heart of germany. Today i want to take you on a little tour along the border between hassett and thuringia well visit places that still bear witness to the Cold War Division of germany and thats make tims and well find out what has. Change since reunification turning a once heavily fortified death strip and so unattractive Tourist Destination. Will visit a small town torn apart in the cold war. Well check out castle one of the symbols of german reunification. A