Artillery barracks (Kempten)
 Artillery barracks
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Artillery barracks in Kempten |
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| country | Germany | ||
| local community | Kempten (Allgäu) | ||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 44 ' N , 10 ° 20' E | ||
| Opened | 1937 | ||
| Old barracks names | |||
| 1937-1945 | Scharnhorst barracks |
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| Formerly stationed units | |||
| Mountain Medical Battalion 8 Mountain Medical Regiment 42 Mountain Artillery Battalion 81 Artillery Regiment 27 Repair Training Company-9 / II |
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Location of the artillery barracks in Bavaria |
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The artillery barracks was a 1937 for the army of the Wehrmacht built, most recently by the Bundeswehr used property in Kempten (Allgäu) . The barracks were originally supposed to be called Scharnhorst barracks, but it has become common practice to call them only artillery barracks after their first occupant, the 1st division of the 27th Artillery Regiment.
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The barracks on Kaufbeurer Strasse were built in 1937 by around 100 prisoners who were forced to work in ten months. The large area comprised 18 buildings, from the staff building to the hospital stables. In 1937, the 1st Division of Artillery Regiment 27 ( 27th Infantry Division ) moved into the new barracks. It was given the name Scharnhorst-Kaserne, which did not catch on in linguistic usage. Usually it was only called artillery barracks after its first occupation. Division I / 27 was initially set up with a staff, 1st and 2nd battery. The department's commander was Lieutenant Colonel Walter Wißmath (1893–1972). The 3rd battery was set up in 1938 and also moved into the barracks. Opposite the barracks was the army site administration, which was converted into a residential building after the war. In the north of the barracks, the Army auxiliary witness office built from 1939 to 1941 was attached. Due to the bombing at the end of the war, its buildings were badly damaged or completely destroyed. After the war, emergency shelters were built in the barracks buildings.
After the establishment of the Bundeswehr, the barracks was the location of the Mountain Artillery Battalion 81 ( 1st Mountain Division ) from 1970 to April 1993 . This battalion was equipped with the M107 175mm, M110 203mm, the field howitzer FH70 155mm and briefly for training purposes for gunnery officers also with the self-propelled howitzer M109 . In addition, the battalion was equipped with cannon tank destroyers without tubes, which served as observation vehicles.
In the end the barracks consisted of 20 parts of the building and housed the mountain medical regiment 42 "Allgäu". The property had a rail connection to the Ostbahnhof .
On May 20, 2009 the then Federal Minister of Defense Franz Josef Jung was at the solemn pledge of the recruits of the Mountain Medical Regiment 42 "Allgäu" in Kempten. On this day, the 50th anniversary of the Mountain Medical Regiment 42 "Allgäu" could be celebrated.
As a result of the realignment of the Bundeswehr decided in 2010 , the then Federal Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière ( CDU ) presented the stationing concept 2011 in the Federal Cabinet on October 26, 2011 , according to which the Kempten location with its 870 posts (as of October 26, 2011) was reduced to 6 and is no longer referred to as "location". After the 42 Mountain Medical Regiment was dissolved at the end of 2015, the barracks were closed in the course of 2016.
Former units
In October 2011 the following units were stationed in the barracks:
- Mountain Medical Regiment 42 "Allgäu" ( ZMZ ) (ZSan)
- other small offices
In addition, the following units were stationed outside the barracks at the Kempten site:
- Haubensteigweg 19 property
- Medical center Kempten (ZSan)
- Hinterm Siechenbach property 1–5
- District Military Replacement Office Kempten (WV)
