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An original segment unveiled on the square An der Riviera on 3 October 1990, where the city has held its Unity Day ceremony ever since.
The piece stands on the square An der Riviera, a riverside stretch on the Rezat north of the old town, in front of the former Durchgangsschulhaus — once the royal agricultural winter school, now flats and businesses — and near the beer garden, the playground and the Bay-City bridge. The Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung's memorials database records it as an original segment unveiled during the first German Unity Day celebrations on 3 October 1990, as a „Mahnmal gegen Unterdrückung“, with an inscription on the former eastern face written by the deputy mayor of the day, Wolfgang Wechsler; the inscription had faded by 2009 and was restored for the twentieth anniversary of the opening.
The city has gathered here on 3 October ever since. The mayor's 2021 speech, on the city's own site, opens with the tradition of meeting „am Berliner Mauerstück an der Riviera“ and admits the piece has become an often-overlooked part of the townscape; the Fränkische Landeszeitung reported the 2024 ceremony in the same place, and ran a feature that August on how Ansbach came by its piece, which is behind its paywall. Photographed in 2025, so this is among the more recently confirmed records in the catalogue — useful, because a listing tells you an object was somewhere once and a dated photograph tells you it was still there on a particular day.
How did it get here?
An original segment, unveiled by the city on 3 October 1990 with an inscription by the deputy mayor Wolfgang Wechsler; the Fränkische Landeszeitung's 2024 account of how Ansbach acquired it has not been read here.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #14.
Berliner Mauer in Ansbach 20250430 125229.jpg — Wikimedia Commons ↗
A piece of the Berlin Wall at the Riviera in Ansbach, photographed on 30 April 2025.
PhotographSource accessed 2026-09-17
Rede von Oberbürgermeister Thomas Deffner zur Gedenkfeier zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit — Stadt Ansbach ↗
The mayor's speech of 3 October 2021, published by the city: it is an established tradition to meet on Unity Day „am Berliner Mauerstück an der Riviera“, and the piece of the Wall has found a permanent place at the Riviera as a lasting warning.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Denkmal „Berliner Mauer“ — Orte des Erinnerns ↗
An original segment unveiled on 3 October 1990 during the Unity Day celebrations on the square An der Riviera, north of the old town, in front of the former Durchgangsschulhaus; the inscription by the deputy mayor Wolfgang Wechsler faded and was restored in 2009 for the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Wall.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Gedenkstunde in Ansbach vor einem Stück der Berliner Mauer — Fränkische Landeszeitung ↗
On 3 October 2024 the city of Ansbach held its Unity Day ceremony at the piece of the Wall at the Riviera, where the mayor Thomas Deffner spoke.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Als „Schandmal“: Wie Ansbach zu seinem eigenen Stück Berliner Mauer kam — Fränkische Landeszeitung ↗
A feature of 13 August 2024 placing the piece near the beer garden, the playground and the Bay-City bridge at the Riviera; the historian Wolfgang F. Reddig calls it a stone witness to German history. Its account of how the piece came to Ansbach is behind the paywall and is not relied on here.
Press reportSource accessed 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.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 14
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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