Back سقوط جدار برلين Arabic Caiguda del mur de Berlín Catalan Pád Berlínské zdi Czech Berlinmurens fald Danish Mauerfall German Πτώση του Τείχους του Βερολίνου Greek Falo de la Berlina Muro Esperanto Caída del Muro de Berlín Spanish فروپاشی دیوار برلین Persian Berliinin muurin murtuminen Finnish
| Part of the Revolutions of 1989 | |
 Germans stand on top of the Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate, before this section was torn down on 9 December 1989 in the hours before the West German leader walked through the Gate to greet his East German counterpart. | |
| Date | 9 November 1989 |
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| Time | 18:53–19:01 (CET; UTC+1, press conference)[1] |
| Location | East Berlin, East Germany West Berlin, West Germany |
| Cause | Revolutions of 1989 |
| History of Berlin |
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| Margraviate of Brandenburg (1157–1806) |
| Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918) |
| German Empire (1871–1918) |
| Free State of Prussia (1918–1947) |
| Weimar Republic (1919–1933) |
| Nazi Germany (1933–1945) |
| West Germany and East Germany (1945–1990) |
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| Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present) |
| See also |
The fall of the Berlin Wall (German: Mauerfall, pronounced [ˈmaʊ̯ɐˌfal] ⓘ) on 9 November 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the beginning of the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded. Sections of the wall were breached, and planned deconstruction began the following June. It was one of the series of events that started the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe. The fall of the inner German border took place shortly afterward. An end to the Cold War was declared at the Malta Summit in early December, and German reunification took place in October the following year.