Feldwebel-Schmid-Kaserne
 Feldwebel-Schmid-Kaserne
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Old main entrance to the barracks (2011) |
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| country | Germany | ||
| today | Solar park | ||
| local community | Rendsburg | ||
| Coordinates : | 54 ° 19 ' N , 9 ° 38' E | ||
| Opened | 1940 | ||
| owner | Thielen project sponsoring company | ||
| Old barracks names | |||
| 1940–1945 1945–1954 1964–2000 |
Flak Kaserne Kingsway Barracks Rüdel-Kaserne |
 
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| Formerly stationed units | |||
| Air Defense 3rd Medium Regiment RA Medical Company Army Air Defense School Telecommunications Battalion 610 Anti-aircraft missile training battalion 610 Air defense regiment 600 Repair battalion 610 |
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Location of the Feldwebel-Schmid-Kaserne in Schleswig-Holstein |
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The Feldwebel-Schmid-Kaserne was a military facility of the German Armed Forces in Rendsburg in Schleswig-Holstein from 1956 to 2010. Already built in the Second World War , it served as a barracks for the Wehrmacht's air defense . From 1964 to 2000 it was named after Günther Rüdel .
history
The core building of the barracks was built in 1940 for the air defense of the Wehrmacht. After the end of the Second World War, Allied troops occupied the barracks. On July 7, 1956, she was again subordinated to the Bundeswehr and occupied with anti-aircraft troops. In addition, the barracks were expanded and upgraded to an Army Air Defense School with a test center. From 1957 to 1964 she was in the meantime subordinate to the Air Force and from 1964 went under the command of the Army. With this renewed change, it bore the name Rüdel-Kaserne until May 2000. Already after the end of the Cold War , units of the barracks were disbanded piece by piece. As part of the army restructuring, it was decided to move the Army Air Defense School to Munster . On July 7, 2007, the Army Air Defense School celebrated its 50th anniversary. In the autumn of the same year, the reclassification to the Army Air Defense Force Training Center followed and preparations for the relocation began. In these 50 years up to 150,000 soldiers from all branches of the armed forces had been trained there. The last units of the Bundeswehr left the barracks in 2010.
The naming
When the Bundeswehr was rebuilt, the barracks of the Army Air Defense School in Rendsburg was named after Günther Rüdel in 1964 . This led to controversy in the late 1990s after it became known that Rüdel had been appointed an honorary assessor at the People's Court . In the course of the dispute, the then Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping ordered the renaming of the accommodation to Feldwebel Schmid barracks on May 8, 2000 . Anton Schmid said to have up to 300 Jews rescued and was in favor of a court-martial of the Army sentenced to death and shot . It later emerged that Rüdel (as one of around 150 honorary judges) had only participated in a single trial and had not been involved in terrorist judgments, as previously alleged. In addition, Rüdel had obtained an acquittal at this hearing . Defense Minister Peter Struck then agreed to a rehabilitation of Rüdel in 2002, and the assembly hall in the officers' quarters of the now Feldwebel-Schmid-Kaserne was named after Günther Rüdel.
Troops
The following troops were last stationed in the barracks:
- Training center for the Army Air Defense School
- 3rd / Maintenance Battalion 610 (until 2009)
- 7./Fernmeldebataillon 610 (until 2007)
Former units that were previously disbanded:
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Anti-aircraft missile battalion 610 (until 2001) |
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Air Defense Regiment 600 (until 1993) |
Training device
During the time in Rendsburg, the officers and crews were trained on the following equipment (selection)
- M16 half-track with anti-aircraft gun
- Weapon system Flak 40mm L70
- M42 Duster
- Cheetah 1A2
- Roland on Marder chassis and MAN 15t truck
M42 Duster
Cheetah 1A2
Roland on a marten chassis
Roland on MAN ( Air Force )
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Todays use
The barracks have been provided with a solar park by the Thielen project management company. In addition, some roofs of the buildings were fitted with solar panels. The first buildings have also been resold for subsequent use. The nearby old railway line should possibly be revived, which would give the barracks a train station, which could contribute to increasing its attractiveness.
See also
Web links
- 50 years of the Army Air Defense School on deutschesheer.de ( Memento from November 29, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Funding for solar systems: Solar park in the ex-barracks in danger , on shz.de
- ↑ Kingsway Barracks on baor-locations.org