Monument to German Unity
The Monument to German Unity is a memorial in Munich. It is intended to commemorate the German reunification on October 3, 1990.
location
The memorial is located on the Zur Deutschen Einheit in the Denning district of Munich in the 13 Bogenhausen district . It was built by the sculptors Peggy Meinfelder and Klaus Herta and inaugurated on October 3, 2005 on the 15th anniversary of German reunification.
description
The monument consists of a concrete stele about three meters high and one meter wide. The stele is oriented in the east-west direction. Slightly below half the height, this stele is broken up by the writing “3 OCT 1990”, which shows the date of reunification. This lettering is not closed off by the stone on the left and right (i.e. in the east and west), but breaks through its edge to the outside, which indicates the opening of the borders.
Concrete benches are arranged on both sides of the wall. The seated people can look through the openings in the wall, a further indication of the opening of the wall.
About ten meters east of the monument there is a transformer house , which is connected to the monument by a paved path. On the back of the transformer house facing the monument, thoughts on German unity and impressions of reunification are affixed to the plaster in profile writing.
literature
- Association for District Culture in the Munich Northeast eV (Ed.): Monument "To German Unity". Nord-Ost-Verlag, Munich 2005
Web links
- Monument to German Unity on the website of the Association for District Culture in the Munich Northeast eV
Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 3 ″ N , 11 ° 38 ′ 37 ″ E