The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Pan-European Picnic Memorial Park1 segment Near the Hungarian town of Sopron, located on the Austrian-Hungarian border, history was made on 19 August 1989: Under the agreement of both countries, a border crossing on the old Pressburger Landstrasse between St. Margarethen in Burgenland and Sopronköhida (Steinambrückl) in Hungary was supposed to be symbolically opened for […]
Location: Dammsfeldstraße between Untermainhalle and schools1 segment On October 3, 1991, the first anniversary of German reunification, a segment of the Berlin Wall was set up in Elsenfeld on the initiative of Ivo Trützler, then chairman of the district council. The inscription on an attached plaque reads: Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit – Landkreis Miltenberg […]
Location: Commando bunker1 segment The command bunker of Kemmel was built in the early 1950s as a command centre for the air defences of five countries (Belgium, France, Great Britain, Luxembourg and the Netherlands). However, due to the implementation of an integrated air defence system by the NATO, the structure was never used for its […]
Location: Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe2 segments Shortly after the opening of the Berlin Wall, thousands of GDR citizens took the opportunity to leave the country. Refugee camps were set up in western Germany, where they were cared for by numerous aid services. In the following months, as West German states helped the new states rebuild their administrations, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe […]
Location: American Heritage Museum1 segment The American Heritage Museum is dedicated to American conflicts, from the Revolutionary War to the present. The exhibits invite visitors to engage with the heritage of history and learn more about the American efforts to develop new technologies of warfare and the human impact of the American struggle to preserve […]
Location: Landgalerie Mark-Brandenburgmore than 20 segments The Landgalerie Mark-Brandenburg is Brandenburg’s largest gallery, according to its owner Karl Witzleben. More than 500 works of art are exhibited on the approximately 30,000 sqm farmstead in Märkisch Oderland: Paintings, photographs, graphics, caricatures, sculptures and – on the outdoor grounds – about two dozen wall segments that once […]
Location: private property 1 segment With the novel Edge of Eternity (German title: Kinder der Freiheit), set in the Cold War era, British best-selling author Ken Follet concluded his three-volume chronicle of the 20th century. Edge of Eternity takes the reader to post-war Germany, at a time when the world is still in turmoil. A […]
In September 2020, on the anniversary of German reunification, the Kester Haeusler Foundation erected and inaugurated a segment of the Berlin Wall. It will be placed in the Foundation’s garden as a document of contemporary history to commemorate the division and reunification of Germany. Speakers at the inauguration included Manfred Walther, who was the last […]
Location: Boulevard de l’Empereur, premises 1 segment Former President of the European Council and Prime Minister of Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy, together with the German Ambassador, Martin Kotthaus, and other dignitaries have unveiled a fragment of the Berlin Wall at Elia’s site in Schaerbeek. The Belgian system operator bought the piece of the Berlin Wall […]
Lovation: At the Eichbergschule 1 segment During the Cold War, numerous West German cities and municipalities entered into partnerships with Berlin boroughs. Lauterbach‘s friendship and partnership with the Berlin district of Reinickendorf dates back to 1964 and also includes a school partnership. Due to a territorial reform, this partnership was continued from 1973 by the […]