The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Erdinger Weissbräu, premises 1 segment The beginnings of Erdinger Weissbräu date back to 1886. A century later, in the 1980’s, after Werner Brombach took over the business, the family owned firm and brand became famous all over the world. Nowadays, the output of approx. 1.6 Million hectoliter p.a. is highly demanded in Germany and […]
Location: Albert-Martmöller-Gymnasium, schoolyard 3 segments Witten owes the Wall segments to the Bildungs- & KulturInitiative: As part of artistic and cultural projects, that sets an example for Europe in the Ruhr region, three Wall segments came to the Ruhr area in 2010. After arriving, they were painted in a joint action by Thierry Noir, one […]
Location: The Wende Museum 1 segment The Wende Museum is both a museum and an educational institution dedicated to the Cold War, the division of Germany, everyday liofe and politics. The museum provides more than 100,000 objects. Justinian Jumpal, Director of The Wende Museum, explains the idea of the museum: This content from YouTube […]
Location: JELD-WEN factory premises 1 segment Inconspicuous on the northeastern edge of Europe even unnoticed by many residents a segment of the Berlin Wall is on the premises of the door and window manufacturer JELD WEN. CEO Paavo Lampinen was at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall Finnish Honorary Consul in Germany. […]
Location: business park de Immenhorst 2 segments The checkpoint de Immenhorst at the Dutch-German border was opened for freight traffic in 1987. However, a few years later it was disbanded by the regulations for the European Single Market and the abolition of border controls. Today, it is a business park of the municipality of ‘s-Heerenberg. […]