The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Das gastliche Dorf 2 segments Das gastliche Dorf in Delbrück, located west of Paderborn, is a popular destination in East Westphalia. Original restored farmhouses and other buildings from the 16th and 18th century are grouped around a small idyllic village pond. Behind one of the buildings, the Shepherds Chapel, two segments of the Berlin […]
Location: Schoenstatt-Marienberg 1 segment The Marienberg was a widely blocked NATO missile site during the Cold War. After the fall of the Wall and the collaps of the Soviet Union this site was closed. Marienberg was turned into a meeting place for the Schoenstatt movement, an apostolic faith community. A plaque declares the rededication:This original […]
Location: close to the Stadtschule 1 segmentIn summer/autumn 1989, before the Wall came down, GDR citizens were allowed to travel into Czechoslovakia without having a visa. Thousands of them seized the opportunity and fled into the German Embassy in Prague. More and more arrived. Up to 4,000 people had to wait for weeks on the […]
Location: square at Holzhäuserstraße 2 segments Leipzig was in a sense the center; the peaceful revolution began with the Monday prayers in Leipzig’s Nikolai Church. Within a short time, from these Mondays arose a rebellion of an oppressed people that finally led to the fall of the Wall. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary […]
Location: close to the Anne-Frank-School 1 segment It was even before November 9th 1989 when the Council of the Westphalian municipality Havixbeck, located in the western Muensterland, intented to partner with a community in the other part of Germany. The opening of the Berlin Wall gave this desire a whole new dimension. By the Federation […]