Der Eintrag
Ein Teilstück, 2004 von der Rhein-Main Air Base für das Passagierterminal des größten amerikanischen Luftwaffenstützpunkts in Europa hergebracht – eines von mehreren Stücken auf dem Stützpunkt.
Die ausführliche Geschichte, die Herkunft und die Quellenangaben dieses Eintrags liegen bislang nur auf Englisch vor.
A segment in front of the passenger terminal at Ramstein, the United States Air Force's main European hub and the airfield through which most American personnel enter and leave the continent. Placing it at the terminal rather than at a memorial means it is seen mainly by people arriving for a posting — the first and last German object a great many of them will look at.
The base newspaper, the Kaiserslautern American, reported the piece's arrival: a section 4.5 feet wide, a foot thick and more than twelve feet high, weighing over 5,000 pounds, moved from Rhein-Main Air Base at Frankfurt to Ramstein on 18 February 2004 and put into storage until the passenger terminal's design committee decided where to show it — inside the terminal, or in front of the courtyard of the planned KMC Center. The same report says three other sections were already on display in the side courtyard of the Officers' Club; in September 2021 the base's civil engineers moved those to a roundabout by the KMC Center in time for German Unity Day. Nothing read here confirms where the 2004 section finally went, so the Wikipedia list's „in front of the passenger terminal“ and the committee's two options are all kept.
Wie kam es hierher?
Moved from Rhein-Main Air Base to Ramstein on 18 February 2004, by the base newspaper's account; where the Air Force had it from is not stated.
Quellen
Gelistet vom Berlin Wall Archive als #343.
List of Berlin Wall segments — Wikipedia ↗
A segment of the wall in front of the base passenger terminal at Ramstein.
Allgemeine ReferenzQuelle abgerufen am 2026-09-17
Section of Berlin Wall moves to Ramstein — Kaiserslautern American ↗
A report of 27 February 2004 by the 435th Air Base Wing's public affairs office: a 4.5-foot-wide, one-foot-thick section more than twelve feet high and over 5,000 pounds moved from Rhein-Main Air Base to Ramstein on 18 February 2004, held in storage until the passenger terminal design committee chose between the terminal and the courtyard of the planned KMC Center; three other sections were already on display in the side courtyard of the Officers' Club.
PresseberichtQuelle abgerufen am 2026-09-17
786 CES preserves, transports piece of history — Kaiserslautern American ↗
A report of 8 October 2021 by the 86th Airlift Wing's public affairs office: Wall pieces on display since the early 2000s near the Officers' Club were moved between 14 and 30 September 2021 to a roundabout by the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center, in time for German Unity Day; it does not mention the passenger terminal.
PresseberichtQuelle abgerufen am 2026-09-17
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
VerzeichniseintragQuelle abgerufen am 2026-09-17 · Quelleneintrag 343
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