German-German history comes to life at the Schifflersgrund border museum. The former border crossing was opened as a border museum on October 3. Some citizens had prevented the border fortifications from being dismantled quickly after the border was opened. As a result, the BT-9 observation tower and around 1000 meters of border fence with control strip and column path were preserved.

Many other exhibits have been collected over the years, such as an original border control house, vehicles and helicopters. The museum impressively demonstrates how inhumane the border security system of the GDR, the so-called „Iron Curtain“, was.