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A segment from the border in Berlin-Mitte, found in 2003 at a disbanded barracks in Osterode by veterans of Northeim's old garrison and painted by grammar-school pupils for the town in 2009.
The segment stands on a green beside the Rhumebrücke, at the corner of Seesener Landstraße and Rückingsallee, covered in symbols of peace and freedom. It was unveiled there on 10 November 2009, for the twentieth anniversary of the opening of the Wall.
The town's own account, published for the thirtieth, is that the Kameradenkreis der ehemaligen Garnison Northeim — the association of former members of the town's garrison — under its chairman Claus Bumann found it in 2003 on the grounds of the disbanded barracks in Osterode, brought it to Northeim with the help of sponsors and gave it to the town in 2009. An art class at the Corvinianum grammar school painted the once grey concrete.
The town adds the particulars: reinforced concrete, 3.60 metres high and 1.20 metres wide on a 2-metre foot, 2.7 tonnes, carrying the number 62, from the border area in Berlin-Mitte, and one of 360 elements given away or sold in 1990.
The Wall Net fills in the years between. The Panzergrenadierbataillon 12 at Osterode had obtained two pieces through the Bundeswehr in Berlin; it gave one to the town of Osterode and set the other up in 1991 outside a company at the Rommel-Kaserne, where it stayed when the barracks closed in 2003, until the federal property agency released it to the Kameradenkreis in 2009 on condition that it not be used commercially.
How did it get here?
From the border area in Berlin-Mitte. By The Wall Net's account obtained through the Bundeswehr by the Panzergrenadierbataillon 12 and set up at the Rommel-Kaserne in Osterode in 1991; found there in 2003 by the Kameradenkreis der ehemaligen Garnison Northeim, released by the federal property agency in 2009, given to the town and unveiled on 10 November 2009.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #301.
Mauerstück an der Rhumebrücke stammt aus dem Grenzbereich Berlin Mitte — Stadt Northeim ↗
A town notice of 4 November 2019: the painted piece of the Berlin Wall at the Rhumebrücke, corner of Seesener Landstraße and Rückingsallee, was unveiled ten years earlier on 10 November; the Kameradenkreis der ehemaligen Garnison Northeim under its chairman Claus Bumann found it in 2003 on the grounds of the disbanded barracks in Osterode, brought it to Northeim with sponsors' help and gave it to the town in 2009; pupils of an art class at the Corvinianum painted it; it carries the number 62, is one of 360 wall parts given away or sold in 1990, is reinforced concrete 3.60 m high, 1.20 m wide with a 2.00 m foot and weighs 2.7 tonnes, and comes from the border area in Berlin-Mitte.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Northeim, NI — The Wall Net ↗
One segment from the Berlin-Mitte border on a municipal green at the Rhumebrücke: the Panzergrenadierbataillon 12 at Osterode obtained two pieces through the Bundeswehr in Berlin, gave one to the town of Osterode and set the other up in 1991 at the Rommel-Kaserne, where it remained after the site closed in 2003; in 2009 the federal property agency in Magdeburg released it to the Kameradenkreis der ehemaligen Garnison Northeim on condition it not be used commercially; designed by a Year 11 art class of the Corvinianum.
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 301
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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