Your Bruchmüller barracks
 Your Bruchmüller barracks
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| country | Germany | ||
| local community | Lahnstein | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 19 ' N , 7 ° 37' E | ||
| Opened | 1937-1938 | ||
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| Motor vehicle training center Lahnstein Family care center Lahnstein parts Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr |
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| 1938-1945 1947-1957 |
Deines-Bruchmüller-Kaserne Caserne Général Gaston Billotte |
 
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| Artillerieregiment 70 artillery replacement section 70 Army artillery department 511 messages replacement section 34 Technical use battalion O HK (mot.) Technical parts and training battalion 2 tanks Artillerieregiment 5 field artillery regiment 2 field artillery battalion 45 field artillery battalion 545 Panzer Jägerbataillon 2 tanks engineer battalion 5 engineer battalion 5 battalion of 320 heavy pioneer regiment 706 pioneer Brigade 40 tanks Fernmeldebataillon 5 staff and Fernmeldebataillon 5 Fernmeldebataillon 283 guide support battalion 283 Panzerartilleriebataillon 155 Panzerartilleriebataillon 65 Feldersatzbataillon 51 supply battalion 146 field Jägerbataillon 742 (unit) antiaircraft test regiment air defense artillery battalion 11 antiaircraft battalion 2 antiaircraft battery 60 Airborne artillery battery 9 corps Fernmeldebataillon 213 Regional Center for material conservation and technical work protection Federal for information management and information tech nik of the Bundeswehr Department C |
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Location of the Deines Bruchmüller barracks in Rhineland-Palatinate |
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The Deines-Bruchmüller-Kaserne is a barracks of the Bundeswehr in the city of Lahnstein near Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate with a total area of approx. 27.5 hectares . The barracks was built at the time of National Socialism and houses parts of the Bundeswehr Procurement Office .
history
The facility was completed on November 13, 1938, and originally housed the 70th Artillery Regiment of the Wehrmacht with the 1st (horse drawn) department in the Deines (to the right of the old guard) and the 2nd (motorized) department in the Bruchmüller barracks. The property is named after the artillery generals Gustav Adolf von Deines and Georg Bruchmüller . During the Second World War the Artillery Replacement Department 70, the Army Artillery Department 511, the Intelligence Replacement Department 34, the Technical Operations Battalion O HK (mot), the Technical Replacement and Training Battalion 2 as well as were in the barracks a home horse hospital stationed. At least 8 soldiers were killed by air strikes, the parade hall was completely destroyed and an accommodation building and the armory were badly damaged.
On March 27, 1945, US troops occupied the barracks. Former Nazi forced laborers were then housed here before they returned to their home countries. From 1947 French occupation troops took over the barracks and named them after the French general Gaston Henri Gustave Billotte . In July 1956, the site was finally handed over to the Bundeswehr .
The Field Artillery Regiment 2 with rod and bar battery was set up in Fulda on July 1, 1956, moved already on July 17 in 1956 after Niederlahnstein into your-Bruchmüller barracks. The 1st / Field Artillery Regiment 2 was created in Kassel on July 1, 1956 and came to Niederlahnstein on July 30, 1956. The staff and staff battery were moved to the Scharnhorst camp (later: Steuben barracks ) on January 15, 1957 , while the 1st / Field Artillery Regiment 2 initially remained in Lahnstein. In June 1958 the 3rd / Field Artillery Regiment 2 was set up in the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks, which moved to Fritzlar on March 15, 1959 . There, on March 16, 1959, the unit was reclassified to Armored Artillery Battalion 21. The I./Feldartilleriebataillon remained in Lahnstein, but was renamed Field Artillery Battalion 45 on April 1, 1959. This battalion was based in the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks until November 7, 1961, but then came to Bad Arolsen- Mengeringhausen.
In 1956, the anti-aircraft test regiment was set up in the Deines Bruchmüller barracks in Niederlahnstein . In 1957 the staff of this regiment moved first to Schleswig and then to Putlos in the Wagrien barracks. The I./Flugabwehrversuchsregiment reached Hamburg via Schleswig in 1958. The III / anti-aircraft test regiment finally came to Putlos via Flensburg and Schleswig in 1957 .
From August 15, 1956, the 5th Panzer Artillery Regiment was set up at the Grafenwöhr military training area and in March 1957 it was moved to the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks in Lahnstein. On April 1, 1959, it had to set up the tank artillery battalions 145 and 155 through extensive personnel charges. In 1960 it was relocated to Diez an der Lahn , where it was renamed Artillery Regiment 5. It remained there until December 31, 1979. On January 1, 1980, the unit finally merged with the Artillery Training Regiment in Idar-Oberstein to form Artillery Training Regiment 5.
The Panzerfernmeldebataillon 5 set up in Grafenwöhr on August 1, 1956, was relocated to Niederlahnstein on March 8, 1957 . In October 1957 it moved into the Falckenstein barracks in Koblenz-Lützel. From April 1, 1959, the unit was named " Fernmeldebataillon 5 ". From March 1969 to September 30, 1992 the battalion was housed in Diez an der Lahn. With the end of the Cold War , the battalion was merged with Telecommunications Battalion 330 on October 1, 1993 to form Staff and Telecommunications Battalion 5 and housed in the Fritsch barracks. On November 1, 1997, the battalion left the Fritsch barracks and found a home again in Niederlahnstein in the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks. The staff and telecommunications battalion 5 in Niederlahnstein was initially renamed to telecommunications battalion 283 on July 1, 2003, but received a new designation as "Command Support Battalion 283" on October 1, 2005. The liquidation finally took place on March 31, 2015.
The establishment of the corps telecommunications battalion 213 began on April 15, 1957 in the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks. Shortly afterwards, however, the unit moved to the Falckenstein barracks in Koblenz and was given the new name of Telecommunications Battalion 310 on August 1, 1959.
The heavy Pioneer Regiment 706 , which was set up in the pioneer barracks in Koblenz on May 16, 1957 , was transferred to Niederlahnstein on October 14, 1957 to the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks and was stationed here until September 1, 1958. It then moved to the old artillery barracks in Mainz and remained there until it was renamed the Heavy Pioneer Regiment 85 on April 1, 1972.
Panzerjäger Battalion 2 , which was set up in Wildflecken on July 1, 1956 , was relocated to the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks after a stay in the Aulenbach camp near Baumholder . The battalion then moved to the Tannenberg barracks in Marburg , where it was absorbed into the newly established 63rd Panzer Battalion on March 16, 1959.
The Panzer Pioneer Battalion 5 was set up in the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks on October 1, 1958, after the unit of the same name from Hannoversch Münden had been renamed to Pioneer Battalion 2. On April 1, 1959, it was renamed the 5th Pioneer Battalion. The battalion spent its service as a unit of the 5th Panzer Division at its location in Niederlahnstein until March 31, 1991, the day it was disbanded.
On April 1, 1959 the supply battalion 146 was set up in the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks, which served here until September 30, 1972. On October 1, 1972, the disbanded unit became the supply company 140 and the repair company 140, both with new locations in Koblenz.
From parts of the 5 armored artillery regiment, the 145th armored artillery battalion was established in the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks on April 1, 1959. It belonged to the 14th armored brigade. On July 1, 1980, it was reclassified as part of Army Structure 4 to the 545 field artillery battalion and the 54th Homeland Security Brigade at the Home Security Command 16 assumed. On July 1, 1986, Airborne Artillery Battery 9 was formed from the 5th battery of the battalion. Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the battalion was disbanded on April 1, 1990. His staff should be used to form an army sergeant school of III. Corps are used in Lahnstein, but was used for the establishment of the same facility at the II Corps.
The 155th Panzer Artillery Battalion was formed in the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks on April 1, 1959, also from levies from the 5th Panzer Artillery Regiment. It was subordinate to the 15th Panzer Brigade. It remained in Lahnstein until its dissolution on September 30, 1991.
On April 1, 1959, the 65 armored artillery battalion was finally set up in the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks, but it was moved to its final location in Stadtallendorf in August. It belonged to Panzer Brigade 6. With Army Structure 4, it was reorganized on October 1, 1981 in Stadtallendorf to the 145th Panzer Artillery Battalion of 14th Panzer Brigade. It was disbanded on March 31, 1993.
The anti-aircraft artillery battalion 2, formed on June 1, 1956 from parts of the Border Guard Division III / 3 in Eschwege, was housed from July 9, 1956 in the barracks "An der Iserlohner Straße" or "Nachrichtenenkaserne" in Unna. With a change of position on December 1, 1958 to the 7th Panzer Grenadier Division, the unit was renamed 7th anti-aircraft artillery battalion, but remained in Unna. In March 1959 there was another name change to anti-aircraft artillery battalion 11. On August 25, 1959, the battalion moved to the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks in Niederlahnstein. On September 1, 1959, it was renamed to Air Defense Battalion 2 and relocated to Fritzlar on September 20, 1961 .
The anti-aircraft battery 60 was formed from the 3./Panzerflugabwehrbataillon 5 on September 1, 1959 as a brigade battery of the 6th Panzer Brigade . The move from the Augusta barracks to the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks did not take place until the spring of 1960 due to infrastructure measures at the new location. On September 2, 1961, the move to the Georg-Friedrich barracks in Fritzlar took place. The unit was decommissioned on November 16, 1962.
The 742 Feldjägerbataillon (equipment unit) had existed since 1979 and was stored in the barracks mobilization base.
Field Replacement Battalion 51 was at the site in the 1980s.
The Lahnstein driving school group, which was formed on January 1, 1986, was given the new name “Lahnstein Motor Driver Training Center” on April 1, 1994 and is still active as such today.
On July 1, 1986, Airborne Artillery Battery 9 was formed from the 5th Battery of Field Artillery Battalion 545. In the event of an incident, she would have been subordinate to the 1st Airborne Division. With the dissolution of the 545 field artillery battalion, the battery was relocated to the Salm barracks in Philippsburg on April 1, 1990 . It remained there until it was dissolved in 1996.
The requirement set in Koblenz pioneer barracks from 1 July 1956 Engineer Battalion Koblenz , which later than 16 May 1957 as a heavy engineer battalion 717 , from 1 April 1971 as a heavy engineer battalion 850 as and finally from 1 October 1979 Engineer Battalion 320 was designated , came to Niederlahnstein on July 14, 1994 when his location was closed. It stayed here until it was decommissioned on September 30, 2003.
The Pioneer Brigade 40, which was set up on October 1, 1993 from parts of Pioneer Command 3, moved into the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks on July 1, 1994 with staff and headquarters and was based here until it was disbanded on December 31, 2003.
From April 1, 2002 to September 30, 2012, the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks housed the Federal Office for Information Management and Information Technology of the Bundeswehr with Department C.
Between January 1, 2009 and June 30, 2015, the Lahnstein Regional Office for Material Conservation and Technical Occupational Safety was set up in the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks.
From October 1, 1966 to September 30, 1972, the dental station H 014/4, and between October 1, 1972 and March 31, 1981, the dental station (Terr) H 414 and the dentist group 410/1 were at the site for medical care Established between April 1, 1981 and November 30, 1998. From October 1, 1982 to September 30, 1997, the medical center 410 was, between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2006 the control center 230 Lahnstein and from January 1, 2007 to September 30, 2015 the medical center Lahnstein, for the a reinforcement reserve was established in the barracks. Between July 1, 1972 and September 30, 1997, the medical area 41/18 was equipped with material.
With the stationing concept of October 2011, the federal government planned a further reduction in the number of posts in the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks from 1,190 to 510. The Lahnstein medical center and the 283 command support battalion were intended to be closed. The Lord Mayor of Lahnstein then campaigned for it to be preserved.
In 2012, the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr took the place of the military departments. Information technology, with around 400 employees, was the first to move in. To accommodate departments E (Purchasing) and S (Sea), which had initially moved into container structures from December 2012, five four-story office buildings were built between July 2014 and February 2015 at a total cost of 28.4 million euros.
Situation today
The Deines-Bruchmüller barracks have been home to the Lahnstein driver training center since April 1, 1994, the BWI Informationstechnik GmbH SC Koblenz VOS Lahnstein since August 1, 2009, the Southwest driver's license test since January 1, 2013, and the Lahnstein family care center since February 1, 2013 has housed parts of the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr ( BAAINBw ) since 2012 .
In May 2016 it was announced that the Bundeswehr will give up a property in Koblenz in 2019 and that a further 800 posts from the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr will be moved to the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks. This will increase the location to 2,600 posts, 2,450 of which are assigned to the Federal Office. To accommodate the employees, a new building will be built in Lahnstein in the barracks for 37 million euros.
In July 2016, the Lord Mayor of Lahnstein confirmed that the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks is being discussed as the new location for the Defense Technical Study Collection in Koblenz of the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr.
Individual evidence
- ^ The barracks in Koblenz-Lahnstein. Army Command, archived from the original on July 27, 2013 ; Retrieved July 19, 2017 .
- ^ Rhein-Zeitung of January 2, 2014: Lahnstein has been a garrison town for 75 years
- ^ Rhein-Zeitung of January 2, 2014: Lahnstein has been a garrison town for 75 years
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p location database of the Bundeswehr in the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the training grounds used by the Bundeswehr abroad of the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr
- ^ Missile School of the Air Force USA (ed.): Chronicle of the anti-aircraft and anti-aircraft missile troops, 5th edition, Fort Bliss, January 1995
- ↑ Lahnstein artillerymen - the 155er e. V .: History of the Panzerartillery Battalion 155 - From the installation to the dissolution (taken from the book "Memories of PzArtBtl 155" by Hansjörg Zak) 1959 - 1969 ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chronicle of the Telecommunications Battalion 5
- ↑ Chronicle of the Telecommunications Battalion 310 at diefernmelder.de
- ^ Chronicle of the former Panzerartilleriebataillon 145 then Feldartilleriebataillon 545
- ↑ History of the Panzerartilleriebataillon 155 (short version), in: Lahnsteiner Artilleristen - the 155er eV
- ↑ Kurt Häußner: The history of FlaBtl 2 / FlaRgt 2, comradeship of the former Fla 2 e. V.
- ↑ Kurt Häußner: The Fla Btr 60, comradeship of the former Fla 2 e. V.
- ↑ Chronicle of the former tank artillery battalion 145, then field artillery battalion 545
- ↑ Chronicle of the Pioneer Battalion 320, introduction
- ↑ Chronicle of Pioneer Battalion 320
- ↑ Cf. location database of the Bundeswehr in the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the training grounds used by the Bundeswehr abroad of the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr, which the Pioneer Brigade incorrectly assigns to the Minden location
- ↑ Press release of the city of Lahnstein from February 1, 2012: Downsizing in the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks: Lord Mayor Labonte asks members of the Bundestag for support
- ↑ Station decision for Rhineland-Palatinate on www.bundeswehr.de, PDF ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Doris Schneider: Parts of the ex-BWB are moving from Koblenz to Lahnstein, in: Rhein-Zeitung of December 10, 2012
- ↑ Tobias Lui: Barracks become a modern location for authorities, in: Rhein-Zeitung of December 18, 2014
- ↑ Peter Burger: New building: Bundeswehr invests 37 million euros in Deines-Bruchmüller-Kaserne Lahnstein, in: Rhein-Zeitung of May 13, 2016
- ↑ City administration Lahnstein informs: BAAINBw goes to Deines-Bruchmüller-Kaserne, press release of the city of Lahnstein from July 5th, 2016
- ↑ Karin Kring: Is the military engineering study collection moving from Koblenz to Lahnstein? in: Rhein-Zeitung of July 13, 2016
