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Glienicker brücke: straßenschwelle - borderline: bump

Berliner Straße, 14467 Potsdam, Germany

A 2-minute field recording by henrik schröder made in Potsdam, Germany on 14 April 2009, in the night. Soundscape: streets & traffic.

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Glienicker brücke: straßenschwelle - borderline: bump
1:37CC BY-SA 3.0by henrik schröderInternet Archive
1:37

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Recordist's notes

autos passieren straßenschwelle / cars passing over a bump borderline: april 5, 2009 Als „Grenzübergangsstelle Potsdam“ durfte die Glienicker Brücke nach dem Mauerbau nur von Mitarbeitern der west-alliierten Militärverbindungsmissionen, Privatpersonen mit Sondererlaubnis und später auch von in der DDR akkreditierten Diplomaten genutzt werden. Den Nimbus der „Agentenbrücke“ hat die Glienicker Brücke 1962 durch den Austausch des KGB-Agenten Rudolf Abel gegen den amerikanischen Pilot Francis Powers erhalten, der während eines Spionageflugs über der Sowjetunion abgeschossen worden war. Nach dem Tausch kam es nur noch 1985 und 1986 zu vergleichbaren Aktionen. Die westliche Hälfte gehörte zur DDR, die östliche Hälfte zu West-Berlin. As the “Potsdam border crossing,” the Glienicker Brücke could be used after the Wall was built only by members of the Western Allies’ military liaison missions, private citizens with special permission, and later also by diplomats accredited in the GDR. Glienicke Bridge’s mystique as the “Bridge of Spies” came from the 1962 exchange of the KGB agent Rudolf Abel for the American pilot Francis Powers, who was shot down during a reconnaissance flight over the Soviet Union. Although similar exchanges took place only in 1985 and 1986, this border crossing continued to hold the public’s imagination. In 1989 Glienicke Bridge was one of two additional border crossings to be opened already on 10 November 1989, the day after the fall of the Wall. The west half of the bridge was part of the GDR, the east half part of West Berlin.

Written by henrik schröder on radio aporee ::: maps.

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Potsdam is a city of about 184,754 people in Brandenburg, Germany. OttoAnna lists 56 field recordings from here.

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