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Three sections with a Berlin street lamp and a painted Berlin bear, a gift from Berlin's governing mayor when the plaza opened in 2005.
The three sections stand beside the Samilgyo bridge on the restored Cheonggyecheon stream, and the Berlin bear is painted with the Namdaemun and the Brandenburg Gate. The plaza opened in October 2005. The framing is unambiguous and official: a gift from a city that was divided to a city in the last divided country.
How did it get here?
A gift from the governing mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #259 and by the Berlin Wall Archive as #385.
Berlin square — Trazy ↗
The plaza's contents and its October 2005 opening.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Seoul, ROK – Cheonggyecheon — The Wall Net ↗
Site record and the Wowereit gift.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
독일이 서울시에 기증한 ‘베를린 장벽’ 그라피티로 훼손 ↗
Kyunghyang Shinmun, 2018: three sections of the original Wall at Berlin Square, Cheonggyecheon, given by the Berlin Senate in 2005 with the completion of the stream restoration, damaged by graffiti.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
[거리 미술관] 6. 서울 베를린 광장(Berlin Platz) ↗
Seoul Shinmun: Berlin Square at the south end of the Samilgyo bridge, established with Berlin funding in 2005; original Wall segments, a Berlin bear and old German street lamps.
Press reportSource 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 259
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 385
Source-reported segments: 3. This is not a separately verified count.
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