The record
One of Seoul's further sites, on the Konkuk University campus in Gwangjin-gu.
The object is a segment, made into a lettering sculpture. The university said in September 2013 that it had been given by the Mayor of Berlin in 1993 and set up, with its other sculptures of the world's scripts, on the right of the road that runs from the Sanghuh Memorial Library to the Sanghuh Gate. Nothing later was found. Seoul holds at least four documented sites — Berlin Square on the Cheonggyecheon stream, Dobong-gu, this campus and two more at the DMZ Museum near Sokcho that are not yet in the catalogue. No other capital outside Europe holds as many, which follows from the framing the Berlin Square record makes explicit: a gift from a city that was divided to a city in the last divided country.
How did it get here?
Given by the Mayor of Berlin in 1993, by the university's account of 2013.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #258 and by the Berlin Wall Archive as #387.
List of Berlin Wall segments — Wikipedia ↗
A Berlin Wall segment recorded at Konkuk University in Seoul.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Daehak Journal, 8 September 2013 ↗
8 September 2013: Konkuk University's lettering sculpture from a Berlin Wall segment, given by the Mayor of Berlin in 1993, stands with its other world-script sculptures on the right of the road from the Sanghuh Memorial Library to the Sanghuh Gate.
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 258
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 387
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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