Ernst Moritz Arndt barracks (Neustadt (Hessen))
 Ernst Moritz Arndt barracks
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| country | Germany | ||
| local community | Neustadt (Hesse) | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 50 ' N , 9 ° 6' E | ||
| Opened | Late 1950s to 1961 | ||
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Panzerbrigade 6 Panzerbrigade 14 Panzergrenadier battalion 62 armored engineer battalion 142 Panzerjäger company 60 armored engineer company 60 supply company 60 supply company 140 repair company 60 repair company 140 training company 14/2 7./Sanitätsbataillon 2 4./Feldjägerbataillon 251 4./Feldjägerbataillon 740 2./Panzerbataillon 141 4./Luftwaffensanitätsausbildungsbataillon . 6 / Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion 131 3rd and 4th / Leadership Support Battalion 286 5th / Logistics Battalion 51 BWI Informationstechnik GmbH Neustadt |
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Location of the Ernst Moritz Arndt barracks in Hesse |
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The Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Kaserne was a barracks of the Bundeswehr in Neustadt (Hesse) . It covered an area of 33 hectares. The barracks on Niederkleiner Strasse, named after Ernst Moritz Arndt , were divided into an accommodation area and a technical area. Construction of the barracks began in the late 1950s and was completed in 1961. However, the first units of the Bundeswehr moved into the location as early as 1960. From 1960 to 2008 the barracks was the seat of Panzer Brigade 6 and Panzer Brigade 14 respectively . During the Cold War it housed mainly tank and armored infantry units . It is currently used as a reception center for refugees.
history
The Ernst Moritz Arndt barracks in Neustadt (Hesse) were built parallel to the Hessen barracks and the Herrenwald barracks , both in Stadtallendorf , for the troops of the 6th Panzer Brigade of the 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division. On July 1, 1956, Combat Group A2 was set up as the predecessor of Panzer Brigade 6 from parts of Border Guard 4 in Hannoversch Münden and relocated to the Jäger barracks in Marburg on November 12, 1956 . On April 1, 1959, the name was changed to Panzerbrigade 6 and on June 21, 1960 the company moved to Neustadt (Hesse) to the newly built Ernst-Moritz-Arndt barracks. Panzerbrigade 6 was involved with Panzerbrigades 14 and 34 in the testing of Army Model 4 from July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1977. This resulted in the renaming to Panzerbrigade 14 on October 1, 1981 and subordination to the 5th Panzer Division . The brigade remained at its location in Neustadt (Hesse). With the order for the regrouping in Army Structure 5 on September 27, 1991, Panzer Brigade 6 became partially active. On August 14, 1992 she was given the nickname "Hessian Lion". On June 30, 2008, the 14th Panzer Brigade was finally disbanded. In the 1970s there was an air force liaison command to the Brigade Command of Panzer Brigade 6/14 at the site.
Grenadier Battalion 2 of the 2nd Grenadier Division, set up in Fulda on July 1, 1956, was transferred to Marburg that same year. With the takeover of Army Structure 2 on April 1, 1959, it was given the new name Panzergrenadierbataillon 62 within the 2nd Panzergrenadier Division, which was also renamed. In 1960 the company finally moved to the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt barracks in Neustadt (Hessen). On October 1, 1981, it was renamed the Panzergrenadierbataillon 142. With the end of the Cold War, the reclassification to a non-active unit took place in August 1991 and the long-term storage of the device in Pirmasens until the Panzergrenadierbataillon 142 was finally disbanded on December 31, 2002.
From the supply battalion 66 of Panzer Brigade 6, which was set up in the Herrenwald barracks in Stadtallendorf on April 1, 1959 and which was disbanded on June 30, 1972 when Army Structure 3 was taken, was established at Neustadt (Hesse) in Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Barracks the repair company 60 and the supply company 60.Both companies were given new names as supply company 140 and repair company 140 on October 1, 1981 as part of the renaming of tank brigade 6 to tank brigade 14. With the end of the Cold War, both companies became 31 Disbanded March 1993. The repair company 140 was absorbed into the repair battalion 51.
Between 1964 and 1968 the 4th / Air Force Medical Training Battalion was stationed in the barracks. The company was moved to Giebelstadt in 1968 and integrated into the Air Force medical school in 1972 .
The Panzerjäger company 60 of the tank brigade 6 was formed in the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-barracks in Neustadt (Hessen) on October 16, 1967th It resulted from the training company 9/2 and the PzjgZg of the 5/62. It remained at the site until May 1972 and was then moved to Stadtallendorf in the Hessen barracks. There it was renamed to Panzerjägerkompanie 140 on October 1, 1981 and its dissolution on September 30, 1996.
From the 1960s until September 30, 1972, the training company 9/2 was based in the barracks. On October 1, 1972, it was reclassified as an equipment unit in 7th / Medical Battalion 2 and in November 1972 it was moved to the mobilization base in Marburg- Ockershausen . There the 7./Sanitätsbataillon 2 was disbanded on September 30, 1992.
The 2./Panzerbataillon 141 (mixed) was set up as another unit of the Panzer Brigade 14 in the course of Army Structure 4 on October 1, 1981 in the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt barracks. With the end of the Cold War, this unit was also dissolved on September 30, 1992.
The 4th / Feldjägerbataillon 740 was set up on October 1, 1980 in the Jäger barracks in Kassel. In 1992 it was relocated to the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt barracks in Neustadt (Hesse). On October 1st, 2002 it was renamed 4./Feldjägerbataillon 251 and in 2008 it was moved to Rotenburg an der Fulda . Here it was dissolved on April 30, 2014.
Between October 1, 2002 and June 30, 2008, the 6th / Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion 131 was based at the site . It was then moved to Bad Frankenhausen as the 6th / observation tank artillery battalion 131 .
In the course of the establishment of the first logistics battalion of the Bundeswehr in Stadtallendorf with effect from October 1, 2002 , its 5th / logistics battalion 51 was stationed in the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt barracks. In the course of taking the "Structure 2010", the logistics battalion 51 was dissolved again with effect from June 30, 2008.
From 2008 to 2013, the 3rd and 4th / Command Support Battalions 286 were stationed in the barracks .
BWI Informationstechnik GmbH Stadtallendorf was established at the site from August 1, 2009 until the barracks were closed .
In the 1980s, the Neustadt / Hessen driving school group existed in the Ernst Moritz Arndt barracks. The location telecommunications system 415/202 and the location ammunition defeat 471/1 were also assigned to the barracks .
The dental station (Terr) H 436 and the dentist group 417/3 between April 1, 1981 and December 31, 1998 were set up at the site for medical care between April 1, 1977 and March 31, 1981. From July 1, 1972 to September 30, 1998, the medical area 47/5 was equipped with material. In the 1980s, a troop doctor and an auxiliary worker on site physician Neustadt were stationed in the barracks.
If the departmental concept of the Federal Minister of Defense from 2001 provided for the maintenance of the property with 680 posts, the Neustadt (Hessen) location was put on the cross-off list with the 2004 deployment concept. The closure was carried out in two steps: In 2008 the technical area of the barracks was released. In 2013 the site was given up altogether.
Conversion and re-use
The land use plan was changed in 2008 and 2009 for the subsequent use of the barracks and the development plan no. 25 “Vor der Dieck” was drawn up for the technical area of the former barracks with an area of 15.8 hectares, which provides for continuous commercial use of this area . In February 2010, 80 percent of the land abandoned by the Bundeswehr in the technical area had already been sold to a forwarding company. In addition, a further part of the site could be rented to a trading company. The state of Hesse supported the municipality's conversion management with funding. When the last soldiers from the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt barracks were bid farewell in June 2013, the mayor of the city expressed concerns about the speedy marketing of the remaining space. In a printed matter published by the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Transport and State Development, "Conversion in Hessen", it is pointed out that the suitability of the location is that in Neustadt (Hessen) the demand for living space is low and is directed towards building plots for single-family houses and semi-detached houses, not apartment buildings.
In December 2014 it became known that due to the wave of refugees, the barracks' accommodation buildings will be used by the State of Hesse as another branch of the Hessian initial reception facility for refugees from January 2015 . The accommodation of 800 refugees was planned here. The worsening situation in the course of 2015 finally forced the capacity to be increased to 1,100 people in September 2015. While the state of Hesse announced the closure of several initial reception facilities in March 2017 due to the lower number of refugees, the accommodations in the Ernst Moritz Arndt barracks in Neustadt (Hesse) were not included.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j 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
- ^ Holdings of Panzerbrigade 6 at the German Digital Library / Federal Archives
- ^ Holdings of Panzerbrigade 14 at the German Digital Library / Federal Archives
- ^ Location database of the Bundeswehr in the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the training grounds used by the Bundeswehr abroad of the Bundeswehr Center for Military History and Social Sciences, according to which the grenadier battalion is said to have been in Neustadt (Hesse) between 1956 and 1959; however, the barracks was not completed during this period
- ^ History of Artillery Battalion 131
- ^ Stationing concept of the Federal Minister of Defense 2004, PDF
- ^ "Last roll call in the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Kaserne", in: neustadt-hessen.de, ed. from the city council of Neustadt (Hessen) ( Memento from September 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Departmental concept of the Federal Minister of Defense 2001, PDF
- ^ Stationing concept of the Federal Minister of Defense 2004, PDF
- ↑ "Development plan No. 25" Vor der Dieck ", Neustadt (Hessen)", at GKU Standortentwicklung GmbH
- ^ "Working group conversion EMA barracks", in: neustadt-hessen.de, ed. from the city council of Neustadt (Hessen) ( Memento from September 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ "Conversion Management EMA-Kaserne", in: neustadt-hessen.de, ed. from the city council of Neustadt (Hessen) ( Memento from September 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ "Last roll call in the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Kaserne", in: neustadt-hessen.de, ed. from the city council of Neustadt (Hessen) ( Memento from September 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Hessian Ministry for Economy, Transport and State Development (ed.): Conversion in Hessen, Wiesbaden undated, at Hessen Trade & Invest
- ↑ Michael Rinde: “Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Kaserne will be the first point of contact for refugees arriving in Hesse”, in: Oberhessische Presse of December 30, 2014
- ^ "Initial admission: Soon 1100 refugees in the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Kaserne", in: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine from September 22, 2015
- ↑ Pitt von Bebenburg: "State of Hessen closes refugee homes", in: Frankfurter Rundschau of March 8, 2017