The record
Pieces of the Wall photographed in 2006 outside NATO's new land headquarters at Campbell Barracks; NATO left Heidelberg in 2013 and nothing since says where they are.
A Department of Defense photograph published by the United States European Command, dated 20 September 2006, shows pieces of the Berlin Wall resting outside the new Allied Land Component Command Headquarters building in Heidelberg, which had opened two days earlier as one of NATO's two operational-level land headquarters. The city of Heidelberg's site brief for the Europan 12 competition records that the new NATO headquarters building was put up between 2004 and 2006 on the Campbell Barracks site in the Südstadt, which ties the building in the photograph to Campbell Barracks.
NATO left Heidelberg in March 2013 for a command base in Izmir, and the American forces left the barracks the same year. The Land Baden-Württemberg had already said in January 2013 that it was interested in the new NATO building; it bought three of the barracks buildings in 2016 and rebuilt them for the police, with new grounds. None of these sources mentions the Wall pieces, so whether they stayed, went with NATO or the US Army, or were removed is not known. The 2006 photograph is the last record read.
How did it get here?
Provenance has not been established. Movement history, ownership, and installation dates will be added only when supported by sources.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #170.
Photograph of the new NATO headquarters, Heidelberg — United States European Command, 20 September 2006 (Wayback Machine copy) ↗
Department of Defense photograph by Army Spc. Matthis Chiroux, 20 September 2006: pieces of the Berlin Wall rest outside the new Allied Land Component Command Headquarters Heidelberg building, which officially opened on 18 September 2006 as one of two NATO operational-level land component command headquarters.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Europan 12 site brief, Heidelberg — Europan / Stadt Heidelberg ↗
Between 2004 and 2006 the new NATO headquarters building was put up on the site; the American forces and the NATO headquarters left at the end of 2013.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Closing ceremony for Campbell Barracks — Atlantic Council, NATOSource, September 2013 ↗
Excerpting The New York Times: NATO left Heidelberg in March 2013 for a command base in Izmir, Turkey.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
The Land's interest in Campbell Barracks — Stadt Heidelberg, press release, 23 January 2013 ↗
The Land's interest centres on the new NATO headquarters building and probably three to five further buildings in the listed part of Campbell Barracks.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Rebuilt police buildings in Heidelberg — Land Baden-Württemberg, press release, 6 March 2023 ↗
After the American forces and NATO units left, the Land bought three Campbell Barracks buildings in 2016, rebuilt them for the police and relandscaped the grounds; the release does not mention the Wall pieces.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 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.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 170
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