The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Bundeswehr, Lager Heuberg 2 segments In autumn 1990, the command of the demolition of the inner-German border fortifications changed from the National People’s Army to the Bundeswehr. As a result, Wall memorials were erected at numerous military bases in Germany. So in 1991 on the military training area Camp Heuberg, which was also used by […]
Location: Olympic Museum 1 segment On suggestion of Juan Antonio Samaranch, the then president of the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic Museum was established and opened in Lausanne in 1993. Already since 1915, artifacts have been collected which are representing the olympic idea from antiquity to modernity. Numerous gifts are continuously expanding the extensive collection. It […]
Location: district Wartberg 1 segment Already since the first anniversary of the German reunification, on October 3rd, 1991, a Berlin Wall memorial is standing in Wartberg, a district of Wertheim. The Wall segment was donated to the city of Wertheim by Ivo Tützler, a former local contractor. On the occasion of the inauguration, the then […]
Location: Oberstedten, Apfelpark 1 segment from Potsdamer Platz In memory of the division and reunification of Germany, a Wall segment is standing in Oberstedten, a suburb of Oberursel in the Hochtaunuskreis, since end of 2014. The idea to build this memorial came from Willi Steffek, the longtime chairman of the Vereinsring Oberstedten, an alliance of […]
Location: private property 3 segments At the time as the Berlin Wall came down, Oskar Pack, a management consultant from Kreuzweingarten near Euskirchen, stayed in Berlin. Facing the Mauerspechte, trophy hunters and profiteers, he quickly recognized the value of the Berlin Wall. End of November, back home Pack appealed in a letter to the […]
Location: Buergerpark/Ginkgopark 1 segment For more than 1,500 GDR refugees who managed to escape via Hungary to West Germany in September 1989, Vilshofen was the gateway to freedom. They were warmly welcomed in a tent city, where they could calm down and become familiar with the West. At the suggestion of the Vilshofen mayor Georg […]
Location: üstra Glocksee work yard 1 segment The Wall as a canvas for Pop Art: Already in 2012, the English pop artist Tim Davies, who is living in Hanover, painted the robots, a female and a male figure, who break through the wall in order to get together. Initially the segment was set up in […]
Location: Weißekreuzplatz 2 segments The Weißekreuzplatz is a small green area in the district Oststadt of the capital of Lower Saxony. It is unknown, when the Wall memorial was set up. Between 1961 and 1989, at least 139 people were killed at the Berlin Wall or died under circumstances directly connected with the GDR […]
Location: town center (before: former municipal jail) 1 segment from Waldemarstreet/Kreuzberg In January 1991, Jeannot Weißenberger and his wife bought two Wall segments from the German Ministry of Defence for 1,000 marks. One of the segments shows the graffito Fallen Angels (presumably by Kiddy Citny), which became famous by Wim Wender’s film Wings of […]
Location: industrial area (before: former municipal jail) 1 segment In January 1991, Jeannot Weißenberger and his wife bought two Wall segments from the German Ministry of Defence for 1,000 marks. One of the segments shows the graffito Fallen Angels (presumably by Kiddy Citny), which became famous by Wim Wender’s film Wings of desire. Both […]