Dr. Leo Löwenstein Barracks
 Dr. Leo Löwenstein Barracks
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Part of the Dr. Leo Löwenstein barracks |
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| local community | Aachen | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 45 ' N , 6 ° 6' E | ||
| Opened | 1938 | ||
| owner | federal agency for Real Estate tasks | ||
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| 1938–1945 1945–1961 1961–2014 |
Gallwitz barracks barracks Ronsele Gallwitz barracks |
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Location of the Dr. Leo Löwenstein barracks in North Rhine-Westphalia |
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The Dr.-Leo-Löwenstein-Kaserne (until January 21, 2014 Gallwitz-Kaserne ) is one of three barracks in Aachen ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). It houses part of the Land Systems Technology Training Center - Army technical college for technology . Your address is Kornelimünsterweg 27.
Built as Gallwitz-Kaserne , it was renamed to Dr.-Leo-Löwenstein-Kaserne on January 21, 2014 due to the anti-democratic and anti-Semitic attitudes of the eponym Max von Gallwitz . Leo Löwenstein was a Jewish physicist, chemist and artilleryman from Aachen who was captain of the reserve in the artillery testing commission during the First World War and who developed the sound measurement to readiness for use.
From 1951 to 1961 it was used by Belgian troops and was given the name "Ronsele Kazerne" .
Together with the two Aachen barracks Lützow and Theodor-Körner as well as the Donnerberg barracks in neighboring Eschweiler , the Dr. Leo Löwenstein barracks is part of the Land Systems Training Center. Since the restructuring of the training structures at the Technical School Landsysteme - Technical College of the Army for Technology (old name until June 2015) in 2007, the focus here has been on training as a state-certified technician, the IHK master craftsman training in the fields of metal and electrics and Motor vehicle mechanics , ammunition specialist knowledge and, based on this, the courses in shooting safety and ammunition system technology (fireworks) for Bundeswehr soldiers and the conversion of teaching to the ISO 9001 quality standard .
In addition, was located in the Dr. Leo Loewenstein barracks the only Bundeswehr swimming pool for the Bundeswehr in Aachen, not only for the official scheduled port of the soldiers was available, but also from Aachen swimming clubs or club departments was used. This was demolished in 2017 because it was too expensive to renovate.
Brigadier General Klaus-Dieter Cohrs has been the barracks commandant of the Dr.-Leo-Löwenstein-Kaserne barracks since March 2018 .
Departments
- Evangelical Military Parish Aachen I
- Catholic military rectory in Aachen
- Land systems technology training center - Army technical college
- Support staff for barracks commander Aachen 2
history
The barracks were built in 1938 as part of the remilitarization of the Rhineland and named after the German General Max von Gallwitz (1852-1937) in Gallwitz barracks . The Lützow barracks and the Theodor-Körner barracks were built almost at the same time . From 1945 onwards, the Belgian armed forces in Germany used the barracks under the name Caserne Ronsele or Ronsele Kazerne , before handing them over to the Bundeswehr in 1961. Until it was renamed on January 21, 2014, the barracks had their original name again.
See also
- List of Bundeswehr locations in North Rhine-Westphalia
- List of Belgian military locations in Germany
Individual evidence
- ^ Aachener Zeitung: Aachen: The former Gallwitz barracks has a new namesake. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Minister attends the Technical School Land Systems and the Army Technical School for Technology
- ↑ https://www.blauer-bund.de/page.php?modul=Downloads&op=download&did=1246 History of the barracks in Aachen
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: change of staff in the Gallwitz barracks; Report in the Aachener Zeitung from January 31, 2008 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr (ZMSBw): Bundeswehr location database .
