The Berlin Wall across the world
Standort: Berliner Platz (Berlin Square), next to the town hall 3 segments from Potsdamer Platz In 1997, SONY handed three segments of the Berlin Wall to Kronberg in the Hochtaunuskreis. On their original location in Berlin, they had to give way to the new construction of the Sony center at the Potsdamer Platz. In Kronberg, initially they were placed […]
Location: in front of the shopping centre Berliner Freiheit (Freedom of Berlin) in Bremen-Vahr 2 segments The segments in front of the shopping centre Berliner Freiheit (Freedom of Berlin) in Bremen-Vahr came with several others to the Überseestadt. Initially it was standing in a mall’s shop windwow, finally in 2012, in the course of renovation works, it […]
Location: Eduard-Schopf-Allee 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. In the city-state Bremen the segment was erected in the Eduard-Schopf-Allee in November 2009. Click to enlarge: Photo above and background:© by nachholer. Licensed under CC […]
Location: Platz der Deutschen Einheit (Square of German Unity), in front of the central station and the Überseemuseum 1 segment In 2009, Bremen was host of the official ceremonities for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall. Appropriate for the occasion, the place in front of the central station and the Überseemuseum was renamed […]
Location: Berliner Platz (Berlin Square), Ringpark 1 segment from border sector Zehlendorf/Teltow Rudi May, entrepreneur from Wuerzburg, has got private and professional contacts into the GDR. After the fall of the Wall, he wanted to use these contacts to get a complete Wall segment – without being successful. In spring 2008, he heard about an auction […]