Fürstenberg barracks
 Fürstenberg barracks
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| local community | Donaueschingen | ||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 58 ′ N , 8 ° 30 ′ E | ||
| Opened | 1936 | ||
| Stationed troops | |||
 Jägerbataillon 292 3rd / Company Franco-German Supply Battalion
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| Formerly stationed units | |||
75th Infantry Division 
110e regiment d'infanterie (110th French infantry regiment) Armored Engineer Company 550 |
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Location of the Fürstenberg barracks in Baden-Württemberg |
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The Fürstenberg barracks in Donaueschingen is a location of the German-French Brigade , the Jäger Battalion 292 and the 3rd Company of the German-French Supply Battalion are stationed there.
The barracks were built in 1935/36 for the staff and regimental units of the 75th Infantry Regiment , the 13th and 14th companies of the regiment and several replacement units. The barracks is named after the Swabian noble family Fürstenberg .
history
Planning for Donaueschingen as a regimental location
Due to its geographical proximity to France, the Donaueschingen location played a decisive role as a potential location for military units from an early stage. In the Franco-Prussian War , the railroad played a key role as a means of transport for the transfer of troops to the Western Front.
The well-developed railway connection and the geographical proximity to France, which had been the hereditary enemy of the German Empire since the war , brought Donaueschingen's importance as a strategic location into the focus of the commanders-in-chief. As an incentive for the construction of a barracks, the city of Donaueschingen provided 42,100 m² of space free of charge for the construction of the barracks buildings; on August 12, 1913, a corresponding contract was signed with the War Ministry .
When the Baden 170 Infantry Regiment marched through Donaueschingen and moved into some barracks on October 4, 1913, Donaueschingen officially became a garrison town. Even after the First World War , interest in maintaining the garrison persisted and in 1920 the completed infantry barracks replaced the barracks as accommodation, which had been commissioned in June 1913 and built in July.
Construction of the Fürstenberg barracks
In 1935/36, the Fürstenberg barracks were built for the staff and regimental units of the 75th Infantry Regiment , the 13th and 14th companies of the regiment and several replacement units.
France took over the barracks after the Second World War
After the Second World War , the barracks were used by French troops . Part of the barracks complex was renamed Quartier Turgis de Colbert . After the war ended, France installed a rifle regiment made up of Moroccan colonial troops . In the following years, the 110th Motorized Infantry Regiment, parts of the French rocket infantry or auxiliary troops of the French armed forces alternated.
In 1990, German soldiers returned to Donaueschingen with the Bundeswehr Pioneer Company 550 . At the same time as the German-French Brigade was set up, the Armored Engineer Company 550 was set up and the equipment of the non-active Engineer Company 550 was moved from Renningen to Donaueschingen.
With the relocation to the Immendingen location in 1992 , the company also took over the material from the decommissioned Panzer Pioneer Company 290.
In 1993 the newly established Jäger Battalion 292 was relocated from Immendingen to Donaueschingen after the merger of Jäger Battalion 552 and Panzergrenadier Battalion 292 .
Withdrawal of the French troops and handover to the Federal Republic of Germany
The barracks is a location of the Franco-German Brigade . The 110th French infantry regiment was stationed in Donaueschingen until it was disbanded. At the end of June 2014, the French soldiers left Donaueschingen after a parade . The withdrawal comprised around 1000 French soldiers and around 800 family members.
Comprehensive modernization measures were implemented in 2014, for example the construction of the sanitary supply center in the Foch barracks . The total investment was 2.8 million euros. The local shooting range was also modernized .
The German Jäger Battalion 292 with a strength of approx. 900 soldiers and the 3rd / Company of the Franco-German Supply Battalion are currently stationed in the barracks .
Subdivision of the barracks area
The properties previously claimed by the French armed forces were successively returned to the Federal Republic of Germany:
- The evacuated site and building units comprised 239 residential units on 6.4 hectares, which were previously inhabited by the French military personnel and their families.
- 10.4 hectares of barracks area ( Foch barracks ) with functional military buildings.
- Part of the Lyautey barracks (7.5 hectares) with functional military buildings.
- The Bundeswehr Jäger Battalion 292 currently occupies the Turgis / Colbert barracks (6.3 hectares), which includes areas for technology, a training area, a shooting range and an ammunition depot with approx. 32 ha.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grief God, you proud regiment. In: Black Forest Messenger . October 3, 2013 ( schwarzwaelder-bote.de ).
- ^ A b Franco-German Brigade. Retrieved August 25, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Brief request from the Abg. Guido Wolf (CDU) and answer from the Ministry of Finance and Economics. State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, 15th electoral term, Printed matter 15/4400, November 29, 2013.
- ^ Bundeswehr remains loyal to the Donaueschingen location. In: Black Forest Messenger. July 25, 2017 ( schwarzwaelder-bote.de ).