The only checkpoints were at the Brandenburg Gate between East Germany and West Germany in Berlin. Otherwise once you went through customs at one of the German airports you were free to travel the country. I lived in Germany 5 years in the 1970's while there was still a east/west Germany and couldn't go into Berlin, but could go anywhere in Germany without a problem.
The main differences between West and East Germany was that West Germany was a Democratic Capitalist state while East Germany was a self declared 'socialist state' (though more commonly it is labeled Communist).
The Checkpoints were used by Allied military forces to pass from West Germany to East Berlin. There were three: Checkpoint Alpha on the Inter-German Border, Checkpoint Bravo on the western edge of Berlin, and Checkpoint Charlie on the border between East and West Berlin.
West Germany is larger between the 2. West Germany is approximately 248,577 km² while East Germany is 108,333 km².
Poland separates Germany on the west from Belarus on the East.
AnswerIt split the city of Berlin which was divided between East and West Germany. They have now reunited as Germany.
During WW2 I believe that Germany was divided between east and west, thats why they have the Berlin wall.
Germany is west of Poland.
There is no more East and West Germany. Just Germany now
The Berlin Wall.
The Cold War
East Germany joined West Germany as one country.
West Berlin was in the middle of East Germany, and was surrounded on all sides by it. That's what the famous Berlin Airlift was about- the Soviets disallowed the Western Allies from going into Berlin by land, so the Allies had to use airplane to send supplies into West Berlin.