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Hamburg's Axel Springer segment, first put beside the motorway exit for Berlin and moved to the Elbphilharmonie square in 2012.
A segment stands on the Platz der Deutschen Einheit in front of the Elbphilharmonie. It is one of the 33 elements Axel Springer AG gave to the German federal states and cities for the twentieth anniversary — the same distribution as the Stuttgart record — and it has already moved once: it was installed in November 2009 at the Horner Kreisel, beside the motorway exit towards Berlin, and brought to HafenCity in November 2012 when the square was finished. The first siting was a joke about direction; the second is a piece of city-marketing.
How did it get here?
A gift from Axel Springer AG in 2009, marking twenty years since the Wall opened. Relocated within Hamburg in November 2012.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #160.
Hamburg, HH – Elbphilharmonie — The Wall Net ↗
The Axel Springer gift to each German state, the 2009 installation at the Horner Kreisel and the 2012 move to HafenCity.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
MAU-747 Mauerelement vor der Elphi — MAUERSPUREN, Stiftung Berliner Mauer ↗
A wall element standing in front of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, catalogued as MAU-747 and photographed in 2022.
Institutional sourceSource 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 160
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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