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Two original elements beside the European Museum Schengen, about a hundred metres from where the Schengen Agreement abolished border controls in 1985.
The two elements at Schengen stand on the Moselle, beside the agreement monument — three brass stars — and a colonnade of nations. The Schengen Agreement was signed on 14 June 1985, about a hundred metres away. It is arguably the best-sited piece in Europe: a border that could not be crossed, a hundred metres from the place where border controls were abolished.
The two did not arrive together. The Centre Européen Schengen, which runs the museum, says one was a gift from the Berlin Senate in 2010 and the other was added in 2015, painted with a peace dove and a portrait of Mikhail Gorbachev. Who gave the second is not stated.
How did it get here?
One of the two elements was a gift from the Senate of Berlin in 2010, the year the museum opened; the museum's operator records the other as added in 2015, with a peace dove and a portrait of Gorbachev, and does not say who gave it.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #140 and by the Berlin Wall Archive as #372.
Monument "Schengen Agreement" — Visit Moselle ↗
The segments stand with the agreement monument near the 1985 signing site.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
European Museum Schengen — Liberation Route Europe ↗
The museum's opening and the Berlin gift of 2010.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Schengen Museum – 4O Years of Freedom in Motion ↗
The museum operator's own account: two original segments of the Berlin Wall stand near the museum, one a gift from the Berlin Senate in 2010, the other added in 2015 with a peace dove and a portrait of Mikhail Gorbachev.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide ↗
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 140
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 372
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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