The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Globus customer car park1 segment A segment of the Berlin Wall has stood in the customer car park of a supermarket since the early 1990s. Globus Holding GmbH & Co KG writes about this in a press release: The piece of Berlin Wall has actually been standing since shortly after reunification, on the initiative […]
Location: Iveco Group premises8 segments Since 2017, eight segments of the Wall have stood on the Iveco Group’s premises in Ulm as a reminder that freedom, unity and democracy cannot be taken for granted. IVECO writes about the history of these segments: Very soon after the GDR government announced the freedom to travel, work began […]
Location: Friedenspark1 segment A segment of the Berlin Wall was set up as a reminder in the Friedenspark in Hemer in 2022.The segment was originally erected in the local Blücher barracks and came into the possession of the town of Hemer in 2004 when the military base was abandoned. Photo above and background:© Google StreetView
Location: Campus of the University of Massachusetts1 segment The Berlin Wall segment, which was set up on the UMass campus in Amherst in spring 2023, was donated by the Hanson family. The graffito on the wall was created by Thierry Noir and is called: The Power Of Creativity Over Concrete. Originally, entrepreneur Eric Hanson purchased […]
Location: old fishery dock1 segment One of the segments of the Berlin Wall that was auctioned off at a charity auction at BRAFA, the famous Brussels art and antiques fair, in early 2021 is now located in a new housing estate in Ostend.The other segments auctioned at BRAFA are located in Brussels (Belgium), Rotterdam (Netherlands) […]
Location: company site2 segments In Neuenstein, between Stuttgart and Würzburg, two segments of the Berlin Wall are a reminder of German-German history. The segments were erected by the FKN Group, a company that specializes in façade construction. Photo above and background:© FKN Group/Facebook
Location: Park of German Unity2 segments Burghausen’s Park of German Unity has been commemorating the division and reunification of Germany since 2009 – with two original parts of the Berlin Wall, an expressive black and white photograph and a short documentary. Burghausen is located in the Bavarian district of Altötting on the Salzach river, on […]
Location: Friendship Park1 Segment On 13 August 2023, the 62nd anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, 1 segment of the Berlin Wall was installed in Friendship Park in Tijuana.Marcos Cline-Marquez, an American-Mexican TV producer from Los Angeles, originally wanted to present this segment to the then US President Donald Trump a few years […]
Location: Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszynski 1 segment A segment of the Berlin Wall has stood in the museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszynski in Warsaw since May 2020, where it is intended to commemorate the Polish Pope’s contribution to peaceful change in Europe and the world at the end […]
Location: Senfmühle Oldenburg2 segments Since 2020, two segments of the Berlin Wall have stood as a symbol of freedom of travel at the Oldenburg Senfmühle. They were set up by the travel entrepreneur Hans Höffmann, who had previously acquired and extensively renovated the mill. The mill, which is visible from afar, is the company’s headquarters […]
