Augusta barracks

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GermanyFlag of Germany (state) .svg Augusta barracks Koblenz
country Germany
local community Koblenz
Coordinates : 50 ° 21 '  N , 7 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 20 '32 "  N , 7 ° 37' 0"  E
Opened 1936
Stationed troops
Bundeswehr Service Center Koblenz GermanyFlag of Germany (state) .svg
Old barracks names
1938-1945
1948-1957 		Augusta barracks
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Formerly stationed units
II./Infanterieregiment 80
7th Regiment des Tirailleurs algériens
Anti-aircraft battalion 5
Medical battalion 5
Panzerjägerkompanie 140
Panzer battalion 143
Panzer battalion 341 (partly active)
Panzer battalion 343
Panzerjägerkompanie 340
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Augusta barracks Koblenz (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Augusta barracks Koblenz

Location of the Augusta barracks in Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate

The Augusta barracks is a barracks of the Bundeswehr in Koblenz , Rhineland-Palatinate. The Augusta barracks is one of the smaller military facilities of the Koblenz garrison and is located on the right bank of the Rhine in the middle of a residential area.

history

The barracks were built after the remilitarization of the Rhineland from 1936 as part of the expansion of the Koblenz garrison. It was named after Empress Augusta in 1938 . In the Wehrmacht , the barracks were used by the 2nd Battalion of the 80th Infantry Regiment. The last parts of the Wehrmacht left the barracks on April 2, 1945, which had survived the Second World War without damage, with the exception of a bomb hit during the Allied air raids on Koblenz .

From April 1945, former Nazi forced laborers of various nationalities were housed in the barracks and waited there for their journey home.

From 1948 French troops occupied the barracks until October 1957, at the same time it was given a new name for this period: "Caserne Bercenais". The “7. Regiment des Tirailleurs algériens ”. During this time the officers' mess was opened.

In October 1957, the anti- tank battalion 5, which was set up in Grafenwoehr on August 1, 1956 and had now been renamed Air Defense Battalion 5, moved into the barracks, which were again called "Augusta barracks". This makes it the first Bundeswehr barracks in Germany to be given the name of a woman and was the only one when the Dr. Dorothea Erxleben barracks was taken out of service in 2007. The anti-aircraft battalion 5 was relocated to its new location in the Rheingau barracks in Lorch on September 1, 1965 .

For this purpose, the medical battalion 5 set up in Brannenburg on March 1, 1957, moved into the barracks. On April 30, 1969, it was moved to its final location in the Alsberg barracks in Rennerod .

On June 1, 1969, the tank battalion 143 was transferred to the Augusta barracks. This battalion, formed on September 3, 1956 in Hohenfels, was initially designated as Panzerbataillon 5 and had moved into quarters in the Fritsch barracks in Koblenz on February 7, 1957, where it was renamed Panzerbataillon 143 on April 1, 1959. On January 1, 1977 there was a change of position with the 14th Panzer Brigade from the 5th Panzer Division to the 12th Panzer Division. With effect from October 1, 1981, the battalion, located in the Augusta barracks, was renamed Panzerbataillon 343. At the same time, Panzer Brigade 14 changed its number and became Panzerbrigade 34. With the end of the Cold War, Panzer Battalion 343 was reclassified into Panzergrenadier Battalion 343 on September 18, 1992 and finally decommissioned on March 15, 2003.

Right from the start, the tank battalion shared the property with Panzerjägerkompanie 140, which was set up on August 29, 1967, and repair training company 10/5 (referred to as repair training company 5/5 from the introduction of Army Structure 4). On October 1, 1981, Panzerjägerkompanie 140 was also renamed Panzerjägerkompanie 340 and decommissioned on March 31, 1992.

As the fourth battalion of the 34 Panzer Brigade, the mixed tank battalion 341 was formed on October 1, 1981, based in the Augusta barracks. The active companies of this partially cadre unit were divided among the active battalions of the brigade and subordinated to them, for example the 2./Panzerbataillon 341 to the Panzergrenadierbataillon 342, the 3./Panzerbataillon 341 to the Panzerbataillon 343 and the 4th/Panzerbataillon 341 to the Panzer Battalion 344.

Until September 30, 2013, one was military police command in the barracks (3rd Company based in Mainz Military Police Battalion 251, previously 5./FJgBtl 740).

Currently (as of 2016) the barracks is home to the Information Technology Competence Center (KIT) Koblenz, the Bundeswehr Service Center (BwDLz) Koblenz and parts of the Inner Guidance Center (ZInFü).

building

  • several accommodation buildings
  • Guard building
  • Repair halls, formerly used as stables
  • the former riding school, now used as a parking lot
  • Multipurpose, parade hall

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Koblenz garrison after 1936. Geschichtsverein Siershahn e. V., accessed April 9, 2017 .
  2. ↑ The history of the Augusta barracks. Freundeskreis Panzerbataillon 343-143, accessed on April 9, 2017 .
  3. ^ Judith Höhn-Engers: About the search for residence and employment documents for former forced laborers. A research report from the Koblenz city archive (PDF). (PDF) Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
  4. ↑ The history of the Augusta barracks. Freundeskreis Panzerbataillon 343-143, accessed on May 26, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Maria Countess von Maltzan (1909–1997): A veterinarian in the resistance (PDF) , accessed on August 29, 2016
  6. ↑ The history of the Augusta barracks. Freundeskreis Panzerbataillon 343-143, accessed on May 26, 2016 .
  7. ↑ 50 years of the Bundeswehr location Lorch. Rheingau Echo, September 19, 2013, accessed on April 9, 2017 .
  8. ^ Sponsorships from the city of Rennerod. City of Rennerod, accessed April 9, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Chronicle of the Panzer Battalion 143/343. Freundeskreis Panzerbataillon 343-143, accessed on May 26, 2016 .
  10. ^ Panzerbrigade 14 (inventory) at the Federal Archives. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
  11. ^ Panzerbrigade 34 - Koblenz - (inventory) at the Federal Archives. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Jürgen Jahraus: History of the PzGrenBtl 142/342. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
  13. ^ Panzerbrigade 34 - Koblenz - (inventory) at the Federal Archives. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Chronicle of the Panzer Battalion 143/343. Freundeskreis Panzerbataillon 343-143, accessed on May 26, 2016 .
  15. ^ Panzerbrigade 34 - Koblenz - (inventory) at the Federal Archives. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Jürgen Jahraus: History of the PzGrenBtl 142/342. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Chronicle of the Panzer Battalion 143/343. Freundeskreis Panzerbataillon 343-143, accessed on May 26, 2016 .
  18. ↑ Feldjägerdienstkommando Koblenz. City of Koblenz, accessed April 9, 2017 .
  19. ↑ There were only three left. Decommissioning of the 8 military battalions and commissioning of the 3 military police regiments on September 26, 2013 in the Scharnhorst barracks in Hanover. Comradeship of the Feldjäger e. V., accessed April 9, 2017 .
  20. ^ Bundeswehr Service Center Koblenz. In: www.iud.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved August 24, 2016 .
  21. ↑ Feldjägerdienstkommando Koblenz. City of Koblenz, accessed April 9, 2017 .
  22. ^ Bundeswehr Service Center Koblenz. City of Koblenz, accessed April 9, 2017 .