Border Museum Mödlareuth

The Mödlareuth Open-Air Museum is an open-air museum in Mödlareuth, a village divided by the former inner-German border.

During the period of divided Germany, the small village of Mödlareuth was bisected by the inner-German border and thus border installations, including the wall. As a symbol of separation, the village was also known as Little Berlin. The museum incorporates a section of the actual border.

Arndt Schaffner (1946–2007) from Münchberg, along with Töpen mayor Arnold Friedrich, is considered one of the initiators of the museum's founding. Schaffner was the first chairman of the Deutsch-Deutsches Museum Mödlareuth e. V. association and subsequently its managing director. In 1999, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.