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Bought privately in 1990 and kept in a politician's own garden for years before he gave it to the Free State of Bavaria.
An original segment stands at the south-west corner of the Englischer Garten, beside the United States Consulate General on the Königinstraße and within sight of the Bavarian State Chancellery. It has been there since the beginning of October 1996: the visitor guide this record first rested on gives 3 October, German Unity Day, and the Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung's memorials database gives 2 October, with the unveiling marking the sixth anniversary of unity and a speech by the minister-president, Edmund Stoiber. The sculptor Joachim Hoppe made the segment into a memorial, with three iron plates set at an angle into the ground and leaning left and right to open a path — a breach in the Wall. The site is freely accessible at any hour, which is not true of most segments standing next to diplomatic buildings.
How did it get here?
Acquired in 1990 by Johannes Singhammer, then a member of parliament for the CSU, who set it up in his own garden. He gave it to the Free State of Bavaria a few years later, and it was installed on its present site in 1996.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #281.
Berlin Wall Munich — Englischer Garten München ↗
The Singhammer purchase in 1990, the years in his garden, the gift to Bavaria and the installation on 3 October 1996.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Munich, BY – American Consulate — The Wall Net ↗
Site record and position beside the consulate.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Denkmal „Berliner Mauer“ — Orte des Erinnerns ↗
A memorial of Wall parts erected on the Königinstraße in the Englischer Garten on 2 October 1996: the CSU member of the Bundestag Johannes Singhammer bought a segment, had it taken to his garden and later gave it to the Free State of Bavaria; the sculptor Joachim Hoppe made it into a work with three angled iron plates symbolising a breach, and it was unveiled for the sixth anniversary of German unity with a speech by Edmund Stoiber.
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 281
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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