Brandenburg Gate August 1961. West Berliners gathered on the western side of the gate to demonstrate against the Berlin Wall, among them West Berlin's governing Mayor Willy Brandt, who had spontaneously returned from a federal election campaigning tour in West Germany earlier on the same day. It was closed throughout the Berlin Wall period until 22 December 1989. When the Revolutions of 1989 occurred and the wall was demolished, the gate symbolized freedom and the desire to unify the city of Berlin. Thousands of people gathered at the wall to celebrate its fall on 9 November 1989. On 22 December 1989, the
Brandenburg an der Havel There is also a part of Brandenburg's medieval city wall, with four preserved watchtowers: "Steintorturm" and "Mühlentorturm" (in the New Town), and "Rathenower Torturm" and "Plauer Torturm" (in the Old Town). The "Brandenburg Industrial Museum" is an Anchor Point of ERIH, The European Route of Industrial Heritage. Brandenburg has its own theatre (Brandenburger Theater), a professional symphony orchestra (Brandenburger Symphoniker) and a wide range of local history and archaeology museums. " (By year of birth in Brandenburg an der Havel) " Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg an der Havel is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, which served as the capital