Park of Remembrance (Selb)
| Park of Remembrance | |
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| Piece of the Berlin Wall with the jump to freedom | |
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| place | Same |
| Surrounding streets | Schloßstraße (west), Am Mühlgraben (south) |
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| User groups | Foot traffic ; leisure |
The Park of Remembrance is a green area in Selb in the Wunsiedel district in Bavaria . A total of four exhibits commemorate the Cold War era and German reunification .
location
The park is located in the southern part of the historic town center. To the west, Schloßstraße leads past the green area in a south-westerly direction when coming from the north. The street Am Mühlgraben runs to the south . To the north the area is limited by the Selbbach .
Design
In the northwest part there is an obelisk with the title 1989 - The Year of the People . According to an information board in the park, it is intended to remind of the “political changes in many countries” this year. There is a block of granite to the south of it . It bears the title Separation and Reunification and has been partially severed in the lower area. In the upper area it is intact and is supposed to symbolize a reunion. To the northeast is a piece of the Berlin Wall with a picture of Conrad Schumann's jump into freedom on it . The work of the Berlin artist Jakob Wanger was a gift to the city. It was created in 2013 on the occasion of the Grenzland-Filmtage as an “honor for cross-border film art during the Cold War”. The ensemble was supplemented by another memorial stone for the Ascher Ländchen . The stone commemorates the expulsion of the Sudeten Germans from the villages in the neighboring country.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information board in the Park of Remembrance, February 2020.
- ↑ Selb , website The Wall, accessed on March 9, 2020.
- ↑ Information board in the Park of Remembrance, February 2020
Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ 9.2 ″ N , 12 ° 7 ′ 55.4 ″ E