The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: on a schoolyard 2 segments In November 1997 two segments of the Berlin Wall were set up on the schoolyard of the Gymnasium Grafing as historical artefact. The segments were a donation by Christian Kilger, who graduated from this school years before. After the Fall of the Wall, Kilger was involved in the dismanteling […]
Location: on a meadow 7 segments Shortly after the fall of the Wall, Matthias Marek, entrepreneur from Augsburg, had to work on a construction site in Köpenick. There, he was offered seven segments of the Wall for 2,000 Mark. Marek made it, without considering. But where to store? For 20 years they were standing in a […]
Location: Square An der Riviera, north of the old town 1 segment During the Wall’s sell off, the City of Ansbach purchased quickly a slab of the Wall for 2,000 or 3,000 DM, as mayor Ralf Felber remembered. It was set up in the little Franconian town in October 1990. In the course of the years, […]
Location: in front of the State Parliament, Schlossgarten 1 segment On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, the Axel Springer SE donated one segment of the Berlin Wall to each federal state. In Baden-Wuerttemberg the segment was erected in front of the State Parliament in Stuttgart on November 9, 2009. The segment […]
Location: Patch Barracks 3 segments The formerly Kurmaerker Barracks served for the German Wehrmacht, before they were occupied by French colonial troops and from 1950 by the 7th US Army. The division are serving under US European Command, Special Operations Command Europe, Defense Information Systems Agency and NSA/CSS Europe’s offices. The segments are standing in […]