The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Deutsches Eck (German Edge) 3 segments The Deutsches Eck is an artificial headland in Koblenz, where the river Mosel flows into the Rhine. In 1871 an equestrian statue of emperor Wilhelm I was erected as a memorial on this land and to remind on the establishment of the German Empire. More than a century later, three segments […]
Location: Am Rosengarten, near city park//Ruhrfestspielhaus 1 segment Further details unknown. Additional information can be uploaded via comment on this side. To upload a photo, please follow this link.
Location: Charlottenburger Street 1 segment The idea of a CDU-affiliated organization (CDU = conservative political party) was to remind of the division of Germany and to preserve the memory. Supported by others, they erected a Wall segment in Recklinghausen’s Berlin estate. This residential area dates back to the early 1960s – when Berlin was divided by the Wall. The segment came […]
Location: private property 1 segment Joachim Hohlwein has bought a Wall segment in 1991. Before he set it up in his garden, it was standing on a different location for a long period . The original graffito faded over the years, so that Hohlwein repainted the Wall with an own motive. Photo: No picture available. If you want to […]
Location: in front of a doctor’s surgery, private property 1 segment Since 2010, a Wall segment is standing in the front garden of Thomas Gripp’s doctor’s surgery. A friend of him purchased it at an auction before. Gripp associates personal memories with it, which he wants to share with his children in this way: As a 17 year old boy, as it […]
Location: Hostel Basecamp 2 segments First of all, the Hostel Basecamp Bonn addresses school classes, that stay for a study visit in Bonn, the former federal capital and its political institutions and are willing to spend a night in a caravan or a pullmann coach. They also can find illustrative material on German history just in front of the door: […]
Location: access to the parking space Zentrum 2 segments Friedhelm Drautzberg, born in Wittlich, is owner of the cult tavern Ständige Vertretung in Bonn, and offshots now also in Berlin and at the Airport Cologne/Bonn. On occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, Drautzberg donated a Wall segment, designed by Ben Wagin, to his […]
Location: Airport, security zone 1 segment Friedhelm Drautzburg, originated from the Eiffel, is well known as owner of the Rhine cult tavern Ständige Vertretung (STAEV), which he runs in Berlin and Bonn with partner Harald Grunert. In his home region, he has had erected a few segments designed by Berlin artist Ben Wagin. Another location of STAEV by […]
Location: European Biking Path R1, in front of a guesthouse 1 segment On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, a Wall segment was erected in Hoevelhof. The segment is a donation by the local entrepreneur Hartwig Limke. It should signalise, that the bike-tourists are going to a free Berlin. The European Biking Path R1, […]
Location: Berliner Straße in Herford 1 segment from Brandenburg Gate Peter Koch, machine factory owner in Berlin, secured two Wall segments just after the fall of the Wall. He donated one of them to the city of Herford, where he has built a few residential estates for senior citizens. At first, the City of Herford […]