The Berlin Wall across the world
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 […]
Location: Rond-point des Droits de l’Homme1 segment Expression of 30 years of city twinning: In 2022 – with a 1-year delay due to Corona – a segment of the Berlin Wall was set up in the municipality of Tavaux in the French Jura and unveiled in the presence of a delegation from the municipality of […]
Location: Av. de l’Europe/company site3 segments In 2011, these three segments were set up on the grounds of the Sika company, a supplier to the construction and automotive industries, northwest of Paris. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the segments were initially placed on the grounds of the Ciments Francais, a concrete plant, near […]
Location: Lensing Media, Westenhellweg 2 segments To mark its 150th anniversary, the publishing house Lensing Media (Ruhr Nachrichten) set up two segments of the Berlin Wall have on its premises on Dortmund’s Westenhellweg in September 2020. “We want to enable our visitors and employees to walk past these open pieces of the Wall and reflect […]
Location: Nothern Arizona University/Martin-Springer Institute fragment “In 2013, The Martin-Springer Institute had a leading role in creating an exhibit on the Berlin Wall that contextualized the 1961 building and 1989 dismantling of the wall that separated the two Germanies. A big piece of the original Berlin Wall had been donated to Nothern Arizona University by […]