Malmsheim airfield
| Malmsheim airfield | |
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| Characteristics | |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 450 m (1476 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Street | Perouser Street (K1013) |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1937 |
| Start-and runway | |
| 08/26 | 1035 m × 35 m grass |
The Malmsheim airfield consists of a military airfield with a reserve concrete runway and a glider airfield . The course is located northeast of the Malmsheim district of the Baden-Württemberg city of Renningen .
history
On November 13, 1936, the Luftwaffe announced the intention to build an alleged emergency landing site. The slopes were built by 1937, mostly at night. The buildings were camouflaged as a manor; the site was connected to the Renningen station of the Black Forest Railway by a standard gauge siding .
Second World War
During the invasion of France in 1940 during the Second World War , Messerschmitt Bf 110 and Junkers Ju 88 aircraft were used from Malmsheim . With the beginning of the invasion of Russia in 1941, the air force ceased operations in Malmsheim, and the site was converted into accommodation for prisoners of war who worked in agriculture. Towards the end of the war, parts of Jagdgeschwader 53 were stationed in Malmsheim.
After the war
Since the US troops initially only had a brief interest in the site after the end of the war, it was initially used again for agricultural purposes from 1945 onwards. From January 31, 1946, displaced persons were housed on the site. 1,500 people came with the first transport, using the connecting railway. The intended capacity of the camp was 11,000 people; most of those accommodated came from the Sudetenland . In 1949 the camp was given a new function as a transit station for returning German prisoners of war. Displaced persons were also temporarily housed in the camp.
From 1951 the US armed forces used the site again for military purposes . The Bundeswehr took over the site when it was founded in 1955. The planned stationing of army aviators did not occur, nor was the construction of a major airport planned in the meantime . Civil glider pilots have been using part of the site on a lease basis since around the end of the 1950s .
In 1994 the automotive supplier Bosch presented the vehicle dynamics control (ESP) at the airport .
Bosch acquired part of the airfield site in 2010 in order to set up a “center for research and advance development”. A corresponding key issues paper was signed on September 3, 2009. The site covers a total of 95 hectares, of which Bosch was initially to acquire 31 hectares in the north and 9 hectares in the south. The demolition work on the military buildings began in February 2011. Bosch invested around 310 million euros, and the center was commissioned in 2014 with around 1200 employees. The central part was acquired by the state of Baden-Württemberg, and the Bundeswehr and US armed forces may continue to use it as a training area until 2029 at the latest. The continued use for gliding is agreed for at least ten years.
Equipment and use
The northern part of the site was fenced in until the military buildings were demolished. A Bell UH-1D (SAR-Kommando 46) of the search and rescue service of the Bundeswehr was stationed there ready for action from 1998 to 2010 . In contrast to many civilian rescue helicopters, the helicopter was suitable for night flights and equipped with a rescue winch and, if necessary, supported the civilian rescue service. His area of operation covered Baden-Württemberg and parts of Bavaria, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland with an assistance period of 45 minutes.
Other buildings in the north were used by the army until 2009 to store equipment in the event of mobilization . The Special Forces Command stationed in nearby Calw and the US Armed Forces Special Operations Command Europe stationed in the Patch Barracks in Stuttgart-Vaihingen use the site for parachute jump exercises .
The approximately 800-meter concrete runway is a reserve runway that the Bundeswehr leaves to Daimler and other vehicle manufacturers for vehicle tests.
The Leonberg Sports Aviation Club is the holder of the civil glider flying site . There are two grass tracks that are around 1000 meters long and are used by different clubs. Gliders are launched by winch launch. The direction of the train is 08/26 (approximately east-west).
Since 2002, a kite festival with international competition has been held on the airfield site every year at the beginning of October .
The railway connection is out of order, the route is partially covered by the Renninger Nordrandstraße built in the 1990s, and the connection to Renningen station has been dismantled.
Individual evidence
- ^ John Weal: Jagdgeschwader 53 'Ace of Spades' (= Aviation Elite Units . Band 25 ). Osprey, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84603-204-2 , pp. 115, 127 ( google.de ).
- ↑ a b c Bosch has landed in Malmsheim , Sindelfinger Zeitung / Böblinger Zeitung , article from September 4, 2009.
- ↑ Renninger Stadtnachrichten from September 10, 2009 ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.6 MB)
- ↑ A dream will come true for the Renninger ( memento of the original from September 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Stuttgarter Nachrichten , online article from February 11, 2011.
- ↑ Bosch creates space for the future ( Memento from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Stuttgarter Zeitung , online article from February 28, 2011.
- ↑ a b Bundeswehr helicopter is to remain until 2012 , Stuttgarter Nachrichten online, February 20, 2009, accessed June 29, 2015.
- ^ Bosch instead of the Bundeswehr in Malmsheim ( memento from February 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Stuttgarter Nachrichten online, January 30, 2009.
- ↑ Arrival ( Memento of the original from August 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Sportfliegerclub Leonberg, accessed September 10, 2012.
Web links
- The neverending history of the airfield in Malmsheim ( Memento from April 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Leonberger Kreiszeitung from November 15, 2008, archive version in the Internet Archive
- The transit camp Malmsheim , Academy for Data Processing Böblingen
- www.sfcleonberg.de , website of the Sportfliegerclub Leonberg