The record
Two Thierry Noir elements from the Potsdamer Platz, bought by a Düsseldorf eye doctor and given to the town of Meerbusch, inaugurated at the public edge of the schoolyard on 23 May 2011.
The Federal Foundation's essay on the Wall in Germany tells the story: the Düsseldorf ophthalmologist Dr Joachim Zeitz bought three segments in the early 1990s that had been part of the border at the Potsdamer Platz, because the painting on them by Thierry Noir appealed to him. One stands in his garden; the other two he later gave to the town of Meerbusch. The head of the Meerbusch-Gymnasium had shown interest and proposed the schoolyard, and the choice fell on its publicly accessible edge in Strümp, where the two were inaugurated on 23 May 2011, the sixty-second anniversary of the Basic Law.
The Wall Net, a general reference, has the purchase in 1990 from NVA stocks, almost twenty years on a company car park, and the gift to the school in 2009, which fits the Foundation's account of the gift but not its date for the inauguration; both are given here. The Berlin Wall Archive lists the site under Düsseldorf with one segment; the Foundation and The Wall Net both say two.
How did it get here?
Bought by Dr Joachim Zeitz in the early 1990s (1990, by The Wall Net's account) from the Potsdamer Platz stretch, painted by Thierry Noir; given to the town of Meerbusch and inaugurated at the Gymnasium on 23 May 2011.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #108.
Die Berliner Mauer in Deutschland — Die Berliner Mauer in der Welt, Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung ↗
The Foundation's own essay, not a listing: Dr Joachim Zeitz, a Düsseldorf ophthalmologist, bought three segments from the Potsdamer Platz border in the early 1990s for their Thierry Noir painting; one stands in his garden, two he gave to the town of Meerbusch; the school head proposed the schoolyard and the publicly accessible edge of the Meerbusch-Gymnasium's yard in Strümp was chosen; the two segments were inaugurated there on 23 May 2011, the sixty-second anniversary of the Basic Law.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Düsseldorf, NW – Meerbusch — The Wall Net ↗
In 1990 the Düsseldorf ophthalmologist Joachim Zeitz bought two segments with Thierry Noir graffiti from NVA stocks; they stood almost twenty years on a company car park; in 2009 he gave them to the Städtisches Meerbusch-Gymnasium, where they stand on the schoolyard; two segments from the Potsdamer Platz.
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 108
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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