The memorial with the steel girder from the remains of the World Trade Center in New York stands in the avenue of Oberviechtach on a plinth made of granite from Upper Palatinate as a visible sign against all forms of terror, violence and extremism. This steel beam part is the only steel part in Germany from the remains of the twin towers destroyed on September 11, 2001. oberviechtach.de/index.php?article_id=148

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February 10, 2025

"9-11 WTC Memorial Oberviechtach"

The memorial is an artifact with two glass columns modeled on the World Trade Center. Next to it is a 160-centimeter-long piece of the original steel girder from the rubble of the destroyed World Trade Center. The memorial stands in the avenue of Oberviechtach on a base made of Upper Palatinate granite. This makes the small Upper Palatinate town the only place in Germany that has a piece of the destroyed twin towers.

As Oberviechtach Mayor Rudolf J. Teplitzky told Bavarian Radio, the idea for the memorial goes back to a long friendship between the two fire departments. There have long been connections with mutual visits between members of the Oberviechtach fire department and members of the Freeport Fire Department in New York.

The two started talking during a joint visit to the memorial at "Ground Zero" in New York. "It was said there that there were steel parts that were to be erected as memorials all over the world, and that's where the idea came from to bring one of these memorials to Oberviechtach."

Martin Zimmermann, the then chairman of the Association of German-American Firefighters and Friends, had applied for a piece of rubble from the World Trade Center and was awarded the contract.

Source: br.de/nachrichten/bayern/einziges-deutsches-denkmal-fuer-9-11-steht-in-der-oberpfalz

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