i've always wanted to show you around my hometown a small city in the state of hessen in the heart of germany. there are more than 1000 have to merge houses here. and if you're lucky you'll hear the bells ringing at the marketplace. when i was born to go was located on the fringe of the german federal republic germany's inner border ran only a few kilometers from here it separated has and chewing it and germany and all of europe for that matter and to east and west but in 1909 the wall came down in berlin and the border between east germany and the federal republic was opened for the past 30 years now and spigot has been at the heart of germany. today i want to take you on a little tour along the border between hassett and thuringian wellness that places that still bear witness to the cold war division of germany and that's a victim's animals find. what has changed since reunification turning a once heavily fortified death strip and so an attractive tourist destination. will visit a small town torn apart in the cold war. check out castle one of the symbols of german reunification. and