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Two families built their own hot air balloon out of masses of taffeta to escape East Germany in 1979 .
The two families were dicing with death, as guards protecting the border in East Germany were ordered to use lethal force to prevent people defecting to the West .
The inner German border and the Berlin Wall were heavily fortified with watchtowers, land mines, armed soldiers and other measures to prevent illegal crossings.
Today , there is greenery everywhere along the path - though less in the way of tourist infrastructure and in places, there could be better signposting.
Frankenwald-Steigla is the name of a network of circular hiking trails in the Franconian Forest .
The Wetzsteinmacher trail, 5.3 kilometres long and starting below Lauenstein Castle , leads up to the Thüringer Warte .
Other climbs include the challenging Grenzer-Weg trail, 16.8 kilometres from Carlsgrün .
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