Ostmoderne

"Frieden" (Peace) by Walter Womacka, 1988 📍Berlin, Germany

Untitled - Artist and year currently unknown 📍Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany

"Mocca-Eck", Artist Unknown, 1968 📍Berlin, Germany

A section of the "Tierwelt" (Wildlife) mosaic by Dagmar Glaser-Lauermann, 1973 📍Berlin, Germany

„Gaben der Völker“ (Gifts of the Peoples) by Irmela and Martin Hadelich, 1966 📍Halle-Neustadt, Germany

Happy 3er Oktober #TagDerEinheit

"Arbeiten für den Frieden" (Working for Peace), by Walter Womacka, 1965 📍 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany

Friedenstaube ("Peace Dove") by Ortraud Lerch, 1977 📍Berlin, Germany

This piece was originally located on a different building that was torn down in 2010. The new owners of the property decided to save the mosaic and had it restored in 2018 at the cost of roughly €15,000.

Title, Artist and Year unknown (circa 1960s). 📍Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt), Germany

Untitled by Arno Rink, 1971 📍Leipzig, Germany

A segment of the "Aus dem Leben der Kinder" ("From the Lives of Children") by Walter Womacka, 1955 📍Eisenhüttenstadt (formerly Stalinstadt), Germany

Spent the day out and about in Chemnitz. Glorious weather and lots of new material 👍🏻

Emblem of the GDR on the Leipzig Opera by Kunz Nierade and Kurt Hemmerling, 1960 📍Leipzig, Germany

"Kosmonaut“ (Cosmonaut) by Erich Enge, 1967 📍Schwedt/Oder, Germany

This neon sign was supposeldy inspired the "Go West Cowboy" in Las Vegas. The advertisement in Leipzig was put under monument protection in 1993. You used to be able to send a paid text message to a number and the sign would light up for 3 minutes. Sadly that service was discontinued in 2025.

"Die Löffelfamilie" (The Spoon Family) by Theo Hesselbarth and Jürgen Mau, 1975 📍Leipzig, Germany

Untitled - by Kurt-Hermann Kühn, 1982 📍Potsdam, Germany

“Arbeit für das Glück des Menschen” (Labour for the Happiness of People) by Walter Womacka, 1989 📍Berlin, Germany

„Sorbisches Leben“ (Sorbian Life) by Erich Enge, 1966 📍 Hoyerswerda, Germany

"Flug der Schwäne" (Flight of the Swans) by Heinz Möhrdel, 1983 📍 Halle (Saale), Germany

Untitled by Rudolf Grunemann, 1955 📍 Frankfurt(Oder), Germany

Segment of a larger mural. Name, Artist and Year currently unknown. 📍Berlin, Germany

A segment from "Unser Leben" (Our Life) by Walter Womacka, 1964 📍Berlin, Germany

After last week's break - we are back to regularly posting 👍🏻

Not too long ago, Alexanderplatz had a very different look and feel. It's only from above that you'll really notice that Womackas "Brunnen der Völkerfreundschaft" (1969) was once part of a larger spiral design, that was removed during renovations in 2006/2007. (Photo #3 by B Sigursveinsson, 2003)

"Der Weg der roten Fahne" (The Path of the Red Flag) by Gerhard Bondzin, 1969 📍Dresden, Germany

East Germany being East Germany

"Sonnenuhr" (Sundial) by Gerhard Richter, 1959. Destroyed 2003. "Restored" 2003. 📍 Hagenwerder, Germany

"Industrie und Arbeiterklasse" (Industry and Working Class) by Horst Ring, 1970 📍 Cottbus, Germany

"The Berlin U-Bahn station Magdalenenstraße, on the city’s U5 line, is the stop most people take if they are visiting the nearby Stasi Museum. It features a remarkable series of hand-painted murals depicting scenes from German labour history” www.slowtravelberlin.com/the-gdr-mura...

"Künstler" (Artists) by Wolfram Schubert, 1962 📍 Neubrandenburg, Germany

Warschau (Warsaw) by Rudolf Grunemann, 1972 📍 Frankfurt(Oder), Germany

Untitled - by Dieter Gantz / Konrad Knebel / Rolf Schubert, 1964 📍Berlin, Germany

"Babrios saure Trauben" (Babrios' Sour Grapes) by Peter Hoppe, 1982 📍Berlin, Germany

Untitled - Artist and year currently unknown 📍Köthen, Germany

Untitled - Artist and year currently unknown 📍Köthen, Germany

The mural is located in the socialist classicist city hall of Eisenhüttenstadt. Built in 1953 when the city was still known as Stalinstadt - it was meant to be one of several monumental buildings in the city, though it was the only one ever completed.

"Unser neues Leben" (Our New Life) by Walter Womacka, 1958 📍 Eisenhüttenstadt (formerly Stalinstadt), Germany

Public Service Announcement: The Tag Des Offenen Denkmals is rapidly approaching. A great opportunity to get a look behind some doors that are usually closed to the public. It's a nationwide event and they have a very useful app. In Berlin they even have a hard copy "book" for all events.

Juri-Gagarin-Schule by Gerhard Goßmann, 1975 📍 Fürstenwalde, Germany

Matroschka by Rudolf Grunemann, 1972 📍 Frankfurt(Oder), Germany

Lovely to see the followers for this account growing and that peoole are enjoying the posts! ♥️ BTW - if youre on instagram - so are we! www.instagram.com/ostmosaik

Untitled by Karl Kothe, 1960 📍 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany

Maxim-Gorki-Stele / "Lied vom Sturmvogel" (The Song of the Stormy Petrel) by Gerhard Gossmann, 1968 📍Bad-Saarow, Germany

„Gaben der Völker“ (Gifts of the Peoples) by Irmela and Martin Hadelich, 1966 📍Halle-Neustadt, Germany