The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: village center 1 segment In April 1990, the master stonemason Michael Spitzenberg from Silberhausen has bought a segment of the Berlin Wall and chiselled on it some data from GDR border guards concerning the locking bolt around Westberlin. The monument was erected in the centre of Silberhausen. (quote from Wikipedia) Click to enlarge: Photo above […]
Location: close to the cathedral 1 segment On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, the Axel Springer SE donated a segment of the Berlin Wall to each federal state. Saxony-Anhalt’s segment was erected in November 2009 close to the cathedral of its capital Magedburg. Due to vandalism the segment had to be redesigned […]
Location: in front of the savings bank Vogtland 1 segment In 1997, one segment of the Berlin Wall came as a memorial to Reichenbach, Vogtland, to the former German-German frontier zone. Initiator was the managing board of the local savings bank, supported by the regional Vereinigung der Opfer des Stalinismus e.V. (group of victims of stalinism […]
Location: Leipzig, temporarilynew site: U.S. Diplomacy Center, Washington, DC via German Embassy, Washington, DC 1 Segment On occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, the Leipziger Verbundnetz AG, a natural gasoline supplier, has bought a segment of the Wall, which was signed by Helmut Kohl, Michail Gorbachev und George Bush sen., […]
Location: Galerie SansvoiX modern Art, in the sorting room of former Imperial German Railway Post Office 12 segments Bravery and engagement of Leipzig’s citizens played an important role in the downfall of the GDR. Leipzig became the capital of the Wende. Therefore the gallery SansvoiX modern Art owns germanys most extensive collection of wall segments, which is set up beyond […]