The record
Two segments given by a former pupil who worked on demolishing the border, set up in the schoolyard in November 1997 and made a memorial with a sculpture in 2012.
The Wall Net's entry records how the pieces came to the school: in November 1997 two segments of the Berlin Wall were set up in the schoolyard of the Gymnasium Grafing as witnesses of contemporary history, a gift of Christian Kilger, a former pupil who after the fall of the Wall had worked for a construction firm on the demolition of the border installations; the school association paid for transporting the pieces, which weigh tonnes.
The local paper reported on 26 November 2012 how they became a memorial. The pieces had arrived some twenty years earlier by a roundabout route and had lain about the schoolyard, and the pupils, born after the Wall fell, knew nothing of their history. Teachers, pupils, parents, historians, architects and artists drew designs, collected material and pictures, wrote texts and argued them over, and with sponsors — the Kreissparkasse, the Raiffeisen-Volksbank and the district office — the wall remains were set in a prominent place with an information board and a sculpture mounted above them showing a group of young people helping one another over the wall to freedom. Pupils marked the unveiling with a short play in which citizens of the GDR tore down a wall of cardboard boxes, and the head, Harald Parigger, said that memorials sharpen historical awareness. The Wall Net puts the completion in 2012 with the help of local firms.
How did it get here?
Given to the school by a former pupil, Christian Kilger, who had taken part in the demolition of the border installations; transported at the school association's expense and set up in November 1997.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #150.
Enthüllung und Mauerfall — Meine Anzeigenzeitung (Ebersberg), 26 November 2012 ↗
The Gymnasium Grafing set a tonnes-heavy piece of Wall remains in the schoolyard in a prominent place with an information board, to recall the fall of the Wall in November 1989; the pieces had come to the school from Berlin by a roundabout route about twenty years earlier and lain about the yard; teachers, pupils, parents, historians, architects and artists designed the memorial, sponsored by the Kreissparkasse, the Raiffeisen-Volksbank and the Landratsamt; a sculpture above the wall remains shows young people helping each other over the wall; pupils performed a play tearing down a cardboard wall; the head, Harald Parigger, spoke.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Grafing, BY — The Wall Net ↗
Two segments set up in the schoolyard of the Gymnasium Grafing in November 1997, a gift of the former pupil Christian Kilger, who had worked for a construction firm on the demolition of the border installations, the transport paid by the Grafing school association; in 2012 the segments were completed with a sculpture and an information board with the support of local firms.
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 150
Source-reported segments: 2. This is not a separately verified count.
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