The Berlin Wall across the world
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. […]
Location: Loutra Lagadas (2012-2014) (moved to Thessaloniki) 1 Segment The history of the thermal springs Loutra Lagadas dates back to the Byzantine period in the 9th century. Since then Lagadas, located just outside of Thessaloniki, is a popular space for excursion and recreation. Today, Lagadas is a twin town of Berlin districts Steglitz/Zehlendorf. In […]
Location: Stolwerk Sloopwerken, premises (in 2023 the segments were moved to the Museum Befrijdende Vleugels in Best)5 segments Die Mauer muss weg – the people of East Germany urged. But how should this work practically? Hammer and chisel wouldn’t settle the matter. Heavy, special equipment was needed to tear down the Wall. The search for […]
Location: Bundeswehr, Lager Heuberg 2 segments In autumn 1990, the command of the demolition of the inner-German border fortifications changed from the National People’s Army to the Bundeswehr. As a result, Wall memorials were erected at numerous military bases in Germany. So in 1991 on the military training area Camp Heuberg, which was also used by […]
Location: Olympic Museum 1 segment On suggestion of Juan Antonio Samaranch, the then president of the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic Museum was established and opened in Lausanne in 1993. Already since 1915, artifacts have been collected which are representing the olympic idea from antiquity to modernity. Numerous gifts are continuously expanding the extensive collection. It […]