Category:BT-9 Watchtowers
BT-9 ("Beobachtungsturm-9) is a type of watchtower built for the East German borderguards at the Inner German border or at the wall around West-Berlin.
The square shape with slender dimensions of 2 by 2 metres is characteristic for this tower type, as the other common square border tower type (BT 4x4 / FüSt) is wider with dimensions of 4 x 4 metres and has a more squat look. The other visual key difference between the two types are the windows on the top floor: The windows of the BT-9 do run the full width of the tower, giving a 360° field of view, whereas the windows in the BT 4x4 do not.
Each side in the turret has a four windows. There used to be search lights installed on the roof, which could be directed from inside the turret. The standard height of this tower is 9 metres, hence BT-9, but it could be erected with differing heights according to terrain. Alternative names are BTv 2x2.
Subcategories
This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.
B
- Grenzdenkmal Berkach (18 F)
G
- Grenzturm bei Walbeck (2 F)
- Grenzturm Boizenburg/Elbe (3 F)
- Grenzturm Frankenheim/Rhön (12 F)
- Grenzturm Geisa (25 F)
- Grenzturm Karnberg (5 F)
- Grenzturm Lenzen (Elbe) (9 F)
- Grenzturm Pferdsdorf (5 F)
- Grenzturm Schlagsdorf (5 F)
- Grenzturm Sorge (6 F)
Media in category "BT-9 Watchtowers"
The following 56 files are in this category, out of 56 total.
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0594 1989 Berlin Mauer (28 dec) (14121954819).jpg 4,466 × 6,804; 12.35 MB
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0614 1989 Berlin (28 dec) (14122017259).jpg 3,664 × 5,612; 10.39 MB
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19861012a Treptower Brücke.jpg 2,334 × 1,545; 1.5 MB
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19861108a Heidelberger Straße Berlin 01.jpg 2,348 × 1,580; 3.49 MB
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19861108a Heidelberger Straße Berlin.jpg 2,348 × 1,580; 1.87 MB
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19870103a Bln Liesenstraße.jpg 2,318 × 1,533; 3.44 MB
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19870313f Lohmühlenstraße.jpg 2,353 × 1,588; 1.61 MB
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19871103b Stallschreiberstraße Berlin.jpg 2,353 × 1,597; 935 KB
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19880313b Albrechts Teerofen.jpg 2,322 × 1,586; 1.64 MB
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19880319a Berlin-Eiskeller.jpg 2,348 × 1,580; 2.36 MB
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19880608b Behmstraße.jpg 2,368 × 1,600; 2.68 MB
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19900603f Lohmühlenstraße.jpg 2,286 × 1,561; 1.56 MB
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19900825a Wiesenufer Berlin.jpg 2,348 × 1,588; 2.04 MB
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19900825b Wiesenufer Berlin.jpg 2,348 × 1,571; 2 MB
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36169 Rasdorf, Germany - panoramio.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 6.66 MB
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Allied Museum - GDR watchtower.JPG 1,944 × 2,592; 1.08 MB
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Auf dem Karnberg (6).jpg 3,060 × 4,190; 4.5 MB
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Beobachtungsturm - geo.hlipp.de - 6641.jpg 480 × 640; 65 KB
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Beobachtungsturm - Watchtower.jpg 1,865 × 2,802; 1.79 MB
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Berlin 1986 (7 of 20).jpg 3,014 × 2,068; 3.19 MB
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Berlin 1986 (9 of 20).jpg 3,214 × 2,030; 3.58 MB
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Berlin 1989, Fall der Mauer, Chute du mur.jpg 4,800 × 3,200; 4.85 MB
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Berlin 1989, Fall der Mauer, Chute du mur2.jpg 4,768 × 3,160; 3.91 MB
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Berlin Stresemannstr 861109.jpg 2,353 × 1,603; 1.71 MB
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Berlin, Bernauer Straße, Denkmal Wachturm 2014-07.jpg 2,173 × 2,897; 3.01 MB
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Berliner Mauer Charlotten- Ecke Zimmerstraße 1985.jpg 2,396 × 1,636; 997 KB
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Birx, ehemalige Grenzanlagen.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 676 KB
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BT9-Point-Alpha 2000px.jpg 2,000 × 2,000; 1.59 MB
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WAK Buttlar 50.jpg 2,576 × 1,932; 490 KB
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Charlottenstrasse and Zimmerstrasse, Berlin 1986.jpg 3,037 × 2,055; 888 KB
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DF-ST-91-01466.JPEG 2,840 × 1,870; 2.99 MB
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ESA Wachturm Wartenberg.jpg 1,532 × 2,298; 2.06 MB
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Flowers before former DDR watch tower. Aug 1991, near Hilders..jpg 929 × 1,363; 151 KB
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Graffiti an der Berliner Mauer Rone.gif 999 × 687; 370 KB
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Grenzturm karnberg hessen thueringen 10 2008.JPG 1,752 × 1,141; 817 KB
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Halt hier grenze.jpg 3,105 × 2,293; 895 KB
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Inner German border 1985 (4393060561).jpg 2,396 × 3,728; 5.63 MB
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Lohmühlenbrücke, Fall der Berliner Mauer - panoramio.jpg 1,547 × 1,039; 1.12 MB
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Mauerspechtloch.jpg 1,469 × 1,037; 268 KB
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Mur de Berlin à Bethaniendamm, août 1989.jpg 1,968 × 1,312; 1.13 MB
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Obersuhl, DDR-Beobachtungsturm (1).JPG 2,848 × 4,288; 5.29 MB
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Obersuhl, DDR-Beobachtungsturm.JPG 2,848 × 4,288; 4.54 MB
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Pferdsdorf-Spichra 1990 Border 3.jpg 4,787 × 6,981; 16.2 MB
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Watch tower at Inner German border, near Hilders, August 1991.jpg 2,399 × 1,599; 199 KB
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