There is now a memorial site ("Haus auf der Grenze") with an exhibition on the history of the border. Just across the border, in what was previously West Germany, lies a former US observation camp - in military notation "Point Alpha" - that had sometimes been referred to as one of the "hottest spots of the Cold War". It was located in a very exposed position in the so-called Fulda gap, right in the path of a possible attack by the forces of the Warsaw Pact. Today the camp offers an exhibit on the presence of US armed forces and a memorial.