Adams Barracks

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The Adams Barracks were barracks in the Middle Franconian town of Zirndorf .

history

Gendarmerie barracks

Even before the Second World War , there was a barracks in the Hirtenacker district of Zirndorf, in which gendarmerie units were stationed. These militarily structured police forces belonged to the system of the National Socialist Ordnungspolizei .

In the later course of the war, units of the fire protection police, which were integrated into the structure of the order police, were also housed here. In mid-1942, among other things, the regimental staff of III. Fire brigade regiment of the fire police stationed in the Zirndorfer Gendarmerie barracks to ensure fire protection in the nearby city of Nuremberg after bombing .

Adams Barracks

After the war, the US Army continued to use the facilities and renamed the barracks Adams Barracks. The units of the 16th (US) Infantry Regiment were stationed here, an association to which the namesake of the Pinder Barracks , also located in Zirndorf , John J. Pinder Jr., belonged. Staff and support units from other neighboring troops were also housed in the barracks.

In the early 1950s, however, the units of the Nuernberg Military Community were restructured and the Adams Barracks closed for American units.

Central reception center for asylum seekers (ZAE)

In April 1955, with the approval of the US Escapee Program (UEP), the Adams Barracks, which were still confiscated as a result of the war, was made available to the Free State of Bavaria as a collection camp for foreigners . The designation as gendarmerie barracks in the determination of the assembly camp for foreigners in Zirndorf (Krs. Fürth) (1955) of the Federal Ministry of the Interior . The reception capacity at that time after an initial renovation and adaptation after the use of the barracks was 350 places.

In 1961 the Federal Office for the Recognition of Foreign Refugees was moved to the vicinity of the reception facility. In the following years, the central reception facility for asylum seekers in Zirndorf became known nationwide as a transit station for asylum seekers before they were distributed to the federal states.

A police and military barracks had become the first point of contact for people seeking asylum in Germany.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Information from the Federal Archives. Accessed on November 23, 2008
  2. ↑ Federal Archives. Accessed on November 23, 2008

Coordinates: 49 ° 25 '59.4 "  N , 10 ° 57' 9.5"  E