The record
A segment given by the city of Berlin and unveiled in the spa gardens of an Alpine resort on the first anniversary of unity, about as far from the border as Germany goes.
A memorial stone with a piece of the Wall in the Kurpark at Oberstdorf, the southernmost market town in Germany, in the Allgäu Alps. It is roughly as far from the border as it is possible to be and still be in the country — which is the point of a catalogue like this one: the Wall did not stay near where it stood.
It was unveiled on 3 October 1991, the first anniversary of unity, after a mountain mass and a ceremony on the Fellberg. The Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung's memorials database records it as an original segment given to the town by the city of Berlin on the initiative of the councillor Dr Wolfgang Soergel, and set up near the unity oak planted the year before; its plaque reads „Berliner Mauer — Tag der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands, 3. Oktober 1991“. The photograph's title calls the object a memorial stone and the database a full segment; both readings are kept.
How did it get here?
Given to the market town by the city of Berlin on the initiative of the councillor Dr Wolfgang Soergel, and unveiled in the Kurpark on 3 October 1991.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #305.
Gedenkstein Kurpark (Oberstdorf) Berliner Mauer.jpg — Wikimedia Commons ↗
A memorial stone with the Berlin Wall in the Kurpark at Oberstdorf.
PhotographSource accessed 2026-09-17
Denkmal „Berliner Mauer“ — Orte des Erinnerns ↗
An original segment of the Berlin Wall, given to Oberstdorf by the city of Berlin on the initiative of the councillor Dr Wolfgang Soergel, unveiled in the Kurpark on 3 October 1991 — the first anniversary of German unity — near the unity oak planted a year earlier, with a plaque reading „Berliner Mauer — Tag der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands, 3. Oktober 1991“.
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 305
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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