The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: in front of the Berlaymont building 1 segment To commemorate the fall of the Wall and the German reunification 25 years ago, a piece of the Berlin Wall, the Kennedy piece, was set up in front of the Berlaymont building, European Commission’s headquarter, on November 9, 2015. Also it shall remind, that a peaceful […]
Location: Bahnhofstraße 1 segment from Potsdamer Platz The Bund der Berliner und Freunde Berlins Landshut came up with the idea, the Sparda-Bank Ostbayern provided active support: In 2011 they brought two Wall segments to lower bavaria. Thereby, Sparda-Bank, a cooperative society, expresses its solidarity with people and history. Furthermore, it matches its annual theme bridges […]
Location: Landshut-West 1 segment The Bund der Berliner und Freunde Berlins Landshut came up with the idea, the Sparda-Bank Ostbayern provided active support: In 2011 they brought two Wall segments to lower bavaria. Thereby, Sparda-Bank, a cooperative society, expresses its solidarity with people and history. Furthermore, it matches its annual theme bridges as a symbol […]
Location: Das gastliche Dorf 2 segments Das gastliche Dorf in Delbrück, located west of Paderborn, is a popular destination in East Westphalia. Original restored farmhouses and other buildings from the 16th and 18th century are grouped around a small idyllic village pond. Behind one of the buildings, the Shepherds Chapel, two segments of the Berlin […]
Location: Schoenstatt-Marienberg 1 segment The Marienberg was a widely blocked NATO missile site during the Cold War. After the fall of the Wall and the collaps of the Soviet Union this site was closed. Marienberg was turned into a meeting place for the Schoenstatt movement, an apostolic faith community. A plaque declares the rededication:This original […]
Location: close to the Stadtschule 1 segmentIn summer/autumn 1989, before the Wall came down, GDR citizens were allowed to travel into Czechoslovakia without having a visa. Thousands of them seized the opportunity and fled into the German Embassy in Prague. More and more arrived. Up to 4,000 people had to wait for weeks on the […]
Location: square at Holzhäuserstraße 2 segments Leipzig was in a sense the center; the peaceful revolution began with the Monday prayers in Leipzig’s Nikolai Church. Within a short time, from these Mondays arose a rebellion of an oppressed people that finally led to the fall of the Wall. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary […]
Location: close to the Anne-Frank-School 1 segment It was even before November 9th 1989 when the Council of the Westphalian municipality Havixbeck, located in the western Muensterland, intented to partner with a community in the other part of Germany. The opening of the Berlin Wall gave this desire a whole new dimension. By the Federation […]
Location: in front of the Museum in der Runden Ecke 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’s segment was erected in the city of Leipzig in front of the Museum in der […]
Location: Stiepel Monastery 1 segment from Potsdamer Platz Immediately after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Bochum Cistercians from Stiepel Monastery established contacts to Berlin in order to secure a segment of the symbolic Wall. For many years their Wall segment was stored in Berlin. Finally it was set up and blessed in the […]