The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: in front of the State Parliament, Schlossgarten 1 segment On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, the Axel Springer SE donated one segment of the Berlin Wall to each federal state. In Baden-Wuerttemberg the segment was erected in front of the State Parliament in Stuttgart on November 9, 2009. The segment […]
Location: Patch Barracks 3 segments The formerly Kurmaerker Barracks served for the German Wehrmacht, before they were occupied by French colonial troops and from 1950 by the 7th US Army. The division are serving under US European Command, Special Operations Command Europe, Defense Information Systems Agency and NSA/CSS Europe’s offices. The segments are standing in […]
Location: in the city park 1 segment Immediately after the building of the Berlin Wall, the City of Leonberg has got in contact with Berlin’s district Neukoelln, to make a contribution against people’s feeling of isolation. Finally, in 1970 they became twin towns. In 1990, a segment of the Wall, originated from Neukoelln’s border sector, was […]
Location: in front of the IBM headquarter 1 segment When the Wall came down, Hans Olaf Henkel was director of IBM Germany, as well as chairman of the Federation of German Industries and government advisor during the transitional period. It was his initiative, to set up one segment each in front of IBM’s sites in Stuttgart and […]
Location: state horticultural show 1 segment On occasion of Baden-Wuerttemberg’s state horticultural show in 2013, one Wall segment was erected in the exhibition area. As well as the segment remains as further details are unkown. Additional information can be uploaded via comment on this side. To upload a photo, please follow this link.
Location: Villa Haiss, Museum of contemporary art 5 segments from district Treptow Since 1997, the museum of contemporary art in South Baden is homed in an industrialist’s manor and is displaying modern art spanning six decades. The collection, curated by Walter Bischoff, includes works by important photographers, painters, sculptors, graphic designers and object artists. Bischof, architect […]
Location: on a meadow, private property 8 segments from the end of Sonnenallee Initially, Elke Brand’s family, who is living there, wanted to give her only one segment of the Berlin Wall as a birthday present – to remind on her stay in Berlin and her missing of the fall of the Wall. Due to high transportation […]
Location: Europa-Park 2 segments The Europa-Park Rust, close to the French border, is a leisure park with various themed areas, partially by countries, and a number of attractions, hotels and a movie theater. At the entrance, close to the station Alexanderplatz, the themed area Germany starts: Franconian half-timbered buildings, Weimar neoclassicism, black-red-golden flags, and two segments […]
Location: Museum against oblivion 1 segment Klaus Knabe was born in 1939 in Pohrsdorf near Dresden as son of an engaged member of the Confessing Church and grew up in a Christian faith. His father was imprisoned due to his faith by the Nationalsozialisten. Later he was imprisoned again, now by the Soviets, and was starving […]
Location: in front of the townhall 2 segments The two segments were donated by the media entrepreneur Werner Kimmig from Oberkirch, on occasion of the 50th anniversary of the community in the southwest of the Black Forrest in 1998. As a 13 year old boy he was visiting Berlin on that day, the building of the […]