Rommel Monument, War memorial in Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany

The Rommel Monument is a memorial in Heidenheim an der Brenz consisting of a large, slightly arched shell-limestone stone, 2.00 m high and 0.7 m thick, 4.28 m wide at its outer curve and 4.05 m at the inner one. Its street-facing side carries Rommel's name and military rank in large letters; a long, low wall arch continues the curve sideways and sinks into the ground. A bronze plaque is set into the stone on the opposite side.

The Verband Deutsches Afrikakorps, a veterans' association, asked Heidenheim to honour Rommel for his 70th birthday; the memorial by sculptor Franklin Pühn and garden designer Hermann Aldinger was handed over on 12 November 1961, with Lucie and Manfred Rommel present. In the 2010s the local Geschichtswerkstatt group called for its removal or rededication, and in 2011 an information panel was added beside it.

The monument's rear face bears the words "von seinen Afrikanern" (from his Africans), a dedication by the veterans of the Deutsches Afrikakorps who funded it. Below, an outline of the North African Mediterranean coast marks Tobruk with the date 21 June 1942, the day the town fell and Rommel was promoted to Field Marshal. A stone tablet set about a foot from the rear commemorates German war dead in North Africa.

The memorial stands on a park-like plot with a single beech tree in the Zanger Berg district, on the site proposed by the veterans' association. The stone faces the street, with the name and rank on the front and the inscriptions on the reverse and sides. A bronze plaque set into the right side records the donor and the handover date.

The bronze plaque on the rear side records that General of Cavalry Siegfried Westphal handed the memorial to Rommel's hometown on 12 November 1961, the field marshal's 70th birthday. The plaque names the donor, the Verband Deutsches Afrikakorps e.V.