The map highlights the town of Görlitz in the state of Saxony in eastern Germany. It also locates the state of Thuringia , west of Saxony. The Neisse River, between the German and Polish borders ...

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, ... On Nov. 9, 1989, the border was opened, and the Berlin Wall ceremoniously came down as the world watched.