Graf Haeseler Barracks (Kassel)
 Graf Haeseler barracks
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The barracks in 1993 |
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| country | Germany | ||
| local community | Kassel - Niederzwehren | ||
| Coordinates : | 51 ° 17 ′ N , 9 ° 29 ′ E | ||
| Opened | 1913/14 | ||
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| 1914–1937 1937–1945 1945–1956 1956–1994 |
Foot artillery barracks Graf Haeseler barracks Wilson Barracks Graf Haeseler barracks |
  
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XI. Army Corps Foot Artillery Regiment No. 18 Infantry Regiment 15 Motor Vehicle Section 5 Medical Replacement Section 9 Supply Battalion 46 Repair Battalion 310 |
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Location of the Graf Haeseler barracks in Hesse |
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The Graf-Haeseler barracks in Kassel - Niederzwehren was built in 1913/1914 and, because it was intended as the location for the Thuringian foot artillery regiment No. 18 , was given the name "foot artillery barracks ". Due to the beginning of the First World War in 1914, however, this unit was no longer used. In 1937 it was renamed “Graf-Haeseler-Kaserne” after the Prussian Field Marshal Gottlieb von Haeseler (1836-1919).
The approximately 800 m × 300 m large area is located on the eastern edge of Niederzwehren, on Dennhäuser Straße (L 3124) and immediately west of the A 49 motorway . The Fulda runs about 1 km further east . Since the abandonment of its original function, the site has been a conversion site since the mid-1990s .
history
1914-1918
The following units were stationed in the barracks until the end of the First World War : Landsturmbataillon XI. Army Corps (1914–1916), MG Substitute Division XI. Army Corps (1916), Reserve Battalion, Foot Artillery Regiment 18 (1917), Thuringian Foot Artillery Regiment No. 18 (for demobilization ) (1918–1919).
1919-1937
After the First World War, the barracks were home to the following troops: Volunteer Battery, Foot Artillery Regiment 18 (1919), 10th Company of the Jäger Battalion in Infantry Regiment 15 (1921–1925), 13th Mine Thrower Company in Infantry Regiment 15 (1925–1932), 3rd and 4th Company the Kraftfahrabteilung 5 (later: renamed Panzer-Abwehr -teilung 37) (1932-1935), communications department 34 (1935-1936), machine gun battalion 59 (1936-1939).
1937-1945
In 1937 it was renamed Graf-Haeseler-Kaserne . From 1939 to 1945 the medical replacement department 9 and the Heimatkraftfahrpark 9 were housed here.
1945-1994
After 1945, the buildings that were not destroyed by bombs also served as accommodation for US units. In 1950 they renamed the barracks "Wilson Barracks". It was named after Alfred L. Wilson, who died as a medical soldier in the medical department of the 328th IR, 26th ID on November 8, 1944 near Bezango la Petite, France.
In the years 1947-1949 were war refugees , known as displaced persons (DPs) in a DP camp of the UNRRA ( UN accommodated here), and from 1948 to 1952 for operation of the Hessian Broadcasting in one of the barracks his studio Kassel.
In 1956 the Bundeswehr took over the barracks. The Feldjägerbataillon IV , the medium campaign of the repair company 543 and the district army replacement office in Kassel moved in. From 1957 to 1960 the barracks were completely renovated. After that, the following were stationed here: Supply Battalion 46, Middle Repair Company 2 (1960), MAD Branch 42 (1964), Panzer Pioneer Company 40 (1964), Supply Battalion 2 (1972), Supply Battalion 2 (1975), Repair Company 340 (1976), Repair Company 60 (1981), 3rd / Maintenance Battalion 2 (1986), 3rd / Maintenance Battalion 310 (1993).
From 1994
The military use of the Graf-Haeseler barracks ended on April 1, 1994. The association of former members of Supply Battalion 46, Supply Battalion 2 and Supply Battalion 2, “Die Blauen aus Zwehren e. V. “, it was u. a. to the task of preserving the tradition of his former barracks. Today, a memorial stone on Graf-Haeseler-Strasse, inaugurated by the then Lord Mayor of Kassel Georg Lewandowski in 2004, commemorates the former barracks.
In the following years, the necessary infrastructure measures were completed and a large part of the space and buildings were sold to private investors. The former barracks area is now called "Niederzwehren Company Park".
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://cdm15290.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p15290coll5&CISOPTR=4615&CISOBOX=1&REC=16
- ↑ http://www.kassel.de/imperia/md/content/cms04/langesfeld/07-06-08_brachen.pdf
swell
- 25 years of Supply Battalion 2 (BW-internal chronicle) (not published)
- Association chronicle of supply battalion 2 (BW-internal chronicle) (not published)
- http://www.die-blauen-aus-zwehren.de.tl