Abstract
This article illuminates the Grünes Band(Green Belt) of Germany, the former inner-German border, as an ecological site of memory. Ecological sites of memory mean historical events that played an important role in the interaction of man and the natural world: they produced a multitude of political, social, cultural and other consequences that still shape environmental debates and practices in our present time. The 1,393 kilometer long, 50-200 meter wide former border line is a monument of contemporary German history, and at the same time is the backbone of a unique network of habitats. Today the Grünes Band is one of the most significant nature conservation projects in Germany. Based on it, the idea of the Green Belt Europe was developed. Moreover, it could become a model for the future of the Korean DMZ. In this sense, the Grünes Band is an ecological site of memory in national, european and global context.
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