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Two original segments unveiled on 8 November 2009 in the park between Berchtesgadener Straße and Unghauser Straße, with a photograph and a short documentation.
The green space between Berchtesgadener Straße and Unghauser Straße in the town centre was laid out for the Bavarian state garden show of 2004 and has carried its present name since 2009, the year of the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Wall. The town's page on the memorial describes what stands there: two original parts of the Berlin Wall, an expressive black-and-white photograph and a short documentation, which it says recall the Cold War, divided families and the people who risked their lives for freedom, and also the day the Wall came down. Its photograph of the pieces is dated 22 May 2012.
The date of the unveiling comes from a private writer's project on Germany's squares of unity. Burghausen had named a small square at the edge of the old town Platz der Deutschen Einheit on 3 October 1990 and planted a lime tree there; in May 2009 the council renamed that square after Wilhelm Hoegner, and after several debates gave the name to this park instead. At the inauguration on 8 November 2009, the eve of the anniversary, the mayor, Hans Steindl, unveiled the two original pieces as a surprise, with the mayor of the Saxon partner town Hohenstein-Ernstthal present. The Wall Net also counts two. Nothing read says where in Berlin the segments stood or how the town acquired them.
How did it get here?
Two original segments unveiled by the town on 8 November 2009; their origin in Berlin and their route to Burghausen are not stated by the sources read.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #67.
Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer — Stadt Burghausen ↗
The town's page: two original parts of the Berlin Wall, an expressive black-and-white photograph and a short documentation in the Park der Deutschen Einheit between Berchtesgadener and Unghauser Straße recall the division and reunification of Germany; the photograph is credited to Gerhard Nixdorf and dated 22 May 2012.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Park der Deutschen Einheit — Stadt Burghausen ↗
The park dates from the state garden show of 2004 and has borne the name Park der Deutschen Einheit since 2009; it lies between Berchtesgadener Straße and Unghauser Straße and holds two original parts of the Berlin Wall with documentation.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Burghausen und die Deutsche Einheit — Die Plätze der Deutschen Einheit ↗
A private project on Germany's squares of unity, 31 March 2015: the town's first Platz der Deutschen Einheit was named on 3 October 1990 and renamed after Wilhelm Hoegner on 22 May 2009; the council then gave the name to the park known as the Grünzug, and at the inauguration on 8 November 2009, the eve of the twentieth anniversary, Mayor Hans Steindl unveiled two original pieces of the Berlin Wall as a surprise, with the mayor of the partner town Hohenstein-Ernstthal present.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Burghausen, BY — The Wall Net ↗
Two segments in the Park der Deutschen Einheit since 2009, with a photograph and a short documentation, quoting the town's description.
General referenceSource 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 67
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