The record
Bavaria's segment from the Axel Springer distribution of 2009, on the Hallplatz between the expellees' memorial and the Way of Human Rights.
The segment stands on the Hallplatz, between the memorial to flight and expulsion and the Kartäusergasse with the columns of the Way of Human Rights, and the Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung's memorials database explains why it is here rather than in Munich. It is the Bavarian element of the 2009 distribution in which Axel Springer AG gave a segment to every federal state for the twentieth anniversary of the opening. Most went to the state capital; Bavaria's went to Nuremberg as the city of peace and human rights, and as one where an unusually large number of expellees and refugees from the GDR had settled. The 2.7-tonne, 3.60-metre element was unveiled on 12 December 2009 by the federal defence minister of the day, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg.
The photograph confirms the object; the database places it. Until October 2026 this record could say only that the piece was somewhere in Nuremberg.
How did it get here?
A gift from Axel Springer AG for the twentieth anniversary of the opening, one element to each federal state; Bavaria's was set up in Nuremberg and unveiled on 12 December 2009.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #302.
Berlin Wall segment - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC02329.jpg — Wikimedia Commons ↗
A photograph of a Berlin Wall segment in Nuremberg, released under CC0.
PhotographSource accessed 2026-09-17
Denkmal „Berliner Mauer“ — Orte des Erinnerns ↗
A 2.7-tonne, 3.60-metre segment on the Hallplatz, between the memorial to flight and expulsion and the Kartäusergasse with its human-rights columns, since 12 December 2009, unveiled by the defence minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg; Axel Springer AG's gift to the state of Bavaria for the twentieth anniversary, placed in Nuremberg rather than the state capital as the city of peace and human rights and the home of many expellees and GDR refugees.
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 302
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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