found an explaination here . http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Germany/Land_Rheinland_Pfalz/Koblenz-45795/Things_To_Do-Koblenz-Where_Rhein_and_Mosel_meet-BR-1.html At Deutsches Eck (German Corner) you can find 3 original concrete components of the Berlin Wall. They've been established as a monument to reunion. Bronze plates are affixed to the components and the inscriptions are: "17. Juni 1953", "9. November 1989" and "Den Opfern der Teilung": 17th of June 1953 was the date of the 1st attempt of the reunion between Western and Eastern Germany. This national uprising was violently suppressed by Soviet tanks and many people died on that sad day. 9th of November 1989 was the day when the Berlin Wall finally came down and Eastern Germany opened its borders to the West. "Den Opfern der Teilung" means "Dedicated to the victims of separation". Deutsches Eck had been chosen as a site for this memorial as the place itself had served as a monument to the hope of unity for decades.
