The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Landshut-West 1 segment The Bund der Berliner und Freunde Berlins Landshut came up with the idea, the Sparda-Bank Ostbayern provided active support: In 2011 they brought two Wall segments to lower bavaria. Thereby, Sparda-Bank, a cooperative society, expresses its solidarity with people and history. Furthermore, it matches its annual theme bridges as a symbol […]
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 […]