Der Eintrag
Ein Stück der Mauer in einem dörflichen Apfelpark, das letzte Projekt des langjährigen Vorsitzenden des örtlichen Vereinsrings, gedacht, um der Jugend zu zeigen, dass Deutschland einmal geteilt war.
Die ausführliche Geschichte, die Herkunft und die Quellenangaben dieses Eintrags liegen bislang nur auf Englisch vor.
The piece stands in the middle of the Apfelpark — the „Stedter Äppelpark“ — in Oberstedten, a district of Oberursel, behind the square the village named after Willi Steffek.
Steffek led the Vereinsring Oberstedten, the umbrella of the village's clubs, until 2017: for fifteen years by the Frankfurter Neue Presse's count, twenty by the Taunus-Nachrichten's. When he stood down, the Frankfurter Neue Presse listed what his committee had done — the roundabout with its fountain at the edge of the village, the Apfelpark, the Christmas lights along the Hauptstraße — and called setting up a piece of the Berlin Wall in the Apfelpark his last project, meant above all to show young people that Germany had once been a divided country. In 2019, when the town gave him its medal of honour, the Taunus-Nachrichten noted that he had had the original piece of the Wall carted to the park himself.
The Wall Net dates its arrival to the autumn of 2014, gives its origin as Potsdamer Platz, and says its graffito was reworked and a map of divided Germany added.
Wie kam es hierher?
Brought to Oberstedten on the initiative of Willi Steffek, chairman of the Vereinsring Oberstedten; The Wall Net dates it to autumn 2014 and gives its origin as Potsdamer Platz.
Quellen
Gelistet vom Berlin Wall Archive als #306.
Steffek-Team überlässt Jüngeren das Vereinsring-Ruder — Frankfurter Neue Presse ↗
Willi Steffek, who led the Vereinsring Oberstedten with his committee for fifteen years, stood down; among the committee's projects were the roundabout with fountain, the Apfelpark and the Christmas lights on the Hauptstraße, and his last was setting up a piece of the Berlin Wall in the Apfelpark, meant above all to show young people that Germany was once a divided country.
PresseberichtQuelle abgerufen am 2026-09-17
Ehre für Mr. Oberstedten und für Mr. Stierstadt — Taunus-Nachrichten ↗
A report of 28 May 2019 on the town of Oberursel's medal of honour for Willi Steffek, chairman of the Vereinsring Oberstedten for twenty years until 2017: behind the Willi-Steffek-Platz lies the Stedter Äppelpark, another of his projects, and he had the original piece of the Berlin Wall in its middle carted there.
PresseberichtQuelle abgerufen am 2026-09-17
Oberursel, HE — The Wall Net ↗
One segment from Potsdamer Platz in the Apfelpark in Oberstedten since autumn 2014, on the initiative of Willi Steffek of the Vereinsring Oberstedten; the graffito reworked and a map of divided Germany added.
Allgemeine ReferenzQuelle abgerufen am 2026-09-17
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
VerzeichniseintragQuelle abgerufen am 2026-09-17 · Quelleneintrag 306
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