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Ahrweiler, RP

Ahrweiler, Germany

50.437° N / 7.005° E
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A section of the Berlin Wall set in a small memorial beside a station forecourt.
The memorial in front of Ahrweiler station. · Photograph: Anton Simons, CC BY 2.0 de — source

The record

Given by the refugees themselves: East Germans who arrived from the Prague embassy on 5 October 1989 later sent the district a piece of the Wall in thanks.

A section of the Wall and a memorial plaque stand on the square in front of Ahrweiler station. On 5 October 1989 the first of the sealed special trains carrying East Germans out of the West German embassy in Prague reached this platform, having crossed GDR territory and changed at Hof. Around 800 people got off here. The minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate, Carl-Ludwig Wagner, met the train in person and handed out new identity cards and 100 D-Mark of welcome money, and the town turned out on balconies and at level crossings to wave the train in.

Of every record in this catalogue, this is the one with the most unusual provenance. Almost all the rest were given by a government, bought by a collector or acquired by a museum. This one was sent by the people who came through — a gift from the refugees to the district that received them.

How did it get here?

Given to the Ahrweiler district by the former GDR citizens who arrived on the Prague trains, as thanks for their reception.

Sources & verification

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.
Source accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 4
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.

Am 5. Oktober 1989 kommen 1000 DDR-Übersiedler auf dem Bahnhof Ahrweiler an — AW-Wiki ↗
The arrival of the Prague embassy train on 5 October 1989, the reception, and the later gift of a wall section with a plaque on Landrat-Joachim-Weiler-Platz.
Source accessed 2026-09-17

Die Mauer steht in Ahrweiler für Dankbarkeit — Rhein-Zeitung ↗
The memorial as an expression of gratitude by the arrivals.
Source accessed 2026-09-17

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