Ive always wanted to show you around my hometown a small city in the state of hessen in the heart of germany. There are more than 1000 have to merge 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 ran only a few kilometers from here it separated has and 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 speak it has been at the heart of germany. Today i want to take you on a little tour along the border between hassett and thuringian well visit places that still bear witness to the Cold War Division of germany and thats victims and well find out what has changed since reunification turning a once heavily fortified death strip and so unattractive Tourist Destination. Well visit a small town to