Checkpoint Bravo

Drewitz is a community nearby, and Dreilinden is the name of the wooded area in Berlin through which the highway passes.

The checkpoint was shifted slightly during 1969 from Drewitz (part of Potsdam),[2] after the East German authorities realigned the transit route to eliminate a brief re-entry into GDR territory before transit traffic could finally enter West Berlin.

The site of the original, pre-1969 checkpoint (rest stop, adjacent car park and abandoned highway) was used in filming the Alarm for Cobra 11 television series.

[3] The site itself, "which includes a derelict bridge and a crumbling cafe covered in graffiti," was auctioned in September 2010 for €45,000.

[4] The vast site of the East-German checkpoint was eventually converted into a commercial park named Europarc Dreilinden (in German).