The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Parc Leopold, in front of the European Parliament 1 segment from Potsdamer Platz It took three years to find a suitable location: The Wall segment in Parc Léopold was donated by EU Commissioner Michaele Schreyer to the capital of Europe. It symbolizes the end of the Cold War, the unification of Europe and the beginning of the […]
Location: Kurpark 1 segment Since October 3, 1990, the day of the German reunification, a Wall segment is in the Kurpark of Oberstdorf, Bavaria. Further details unknown. Additional information can be uploaded via comment on this side. click to enlarge: Photo above and background:“OberstdorfBerlinerMauer” by Lokilech – Own work. Licensed under Wikimedia Commons.
Location: Centre de commerce mondial, World Trade Center 1 segment The Berlin Wall segment was given as a gift from Berlin to Montreal on occasion of the 350th anniversary of the Canadian metropolis and the 160th anniversary of the town charter at the same time. Since then, the Wall segment and related text panels are standing in the Centre de […]
Location: Berlin square (Cheonggyecheon-ro near Samilgyo bridge) 3 segments The installation of Wall segments along with a Berlin bear and a gas lantern on the Berliner Platz in Seoul was erected in 2005. Seoul is twinned with Berlin, the installation was donated by the Berlin Senate under the Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit to a likewise divided country as a […]
Location: In front of Solidarnos Gdansk offices 1 segment The Polish labour movement Solidarnos was model for numerous civil and human rights movements in the former Eastern Bloc. In 1980 with the Gdansk Convention, the movement became an official labour union and paved the way for the end of the communism in Poland. In August […]