Fritsch barracks (Koblenz)
 Fritsch barracks
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| Surname | 1964-1998 | ||
| local community | Koblenz | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 22 ' N , 7 ° 38' E | ||
| Opened | 1937 | ||
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| 1937–1945 1945–1949 1949–1957 1957–1964 |
Flak barracks Camp Thelen Quartier Dejean Flak barracks |
  
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| Flak strain battery Koblenz 3. Algerian spahi regiment Panzerkampfgruppe C 5 Panzerbrigade 15 Panzerbataillon 5 Panzerbataillon 25 repair battalion (electronics) 310 Panzerbataillon 14 Panzerbataillon 143 Panzerbataillon 151 (mixed) Panzerbataillon 153 supply company 340 supplies battalion 350 (Unit) tank engineer company 340 Armored Engineer barrier company 741 (not active) armored reconnaissance 150 Quartermaster Company 2 Staff and Telecommunication Battalion 5 2nd / Maintenance Battalion 5 Technical Battalion Special Weapons 360 5th / Field Hunters Battalion 740 Training Company 12/5 Field Equipment Depot Company 606 Field Hunters Battalion 390 Corps Anti-Aircraft Command 3 Air Defense Command 3 |
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Location of the Fritsch barracks in Rhineland-Palatinate |
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The Fritsch barracks , originally called Flak barracks, was a barracks in Koblenz . It was built in 1937 as one of several new barracks during the armament of the Wehrmacht on the Niederberger Höhe . In 1964 the barracks was renamed after Werner von Fritsch . Since its abandonment in 1998, the facility has been gradually put to new uses.
history
On the elevation called Elling in the run-up to the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, another fortress was to be built in the second half of the 19th century to strengthen the Oberehrenbreitstein system. For this purpose, the state of Prussia bought the site in March 1865. As the project was abandoned a little later in favor of an expansion of the Nöllenkopf plant , the Elling remained undeveloped. The area was subsequently used as a parade ground.
Only in 1937 was the area finally built on with a few permanent buildings and a few barracks . Built as a pure flak barracks, it subsequently housed the only air force unit stationed in Koblenz, the Flak main battery . After the Second World War , a camp for displaced persons was set up here, before the American (as Camp Thelen) and later the French army (as Quartier Dejean) took over the site. In 1957 the latter handed over the barracks to the Bundeswehr . Initially referred to as anti-aircraft barracks again, it was renamed Fritsch barracks in 1964.
After the last soldiers left the barracks in 1998, the Landesbetrieb Liegenschafts- und Baubetreuung Rheinland-Pfalz (LBB) Mainz acquired around 18,500 m² of the site, including superstructures, in 2000. After extensive renovation and renovation work, the Koblenz traffic department and the 22nd riot police moved into the building in 2001. A utilization concept presented in 2003 for the remaining area provided for the relocation of the military technical study collection from Koblenz-Lützel to the former Fritsch barracks, but this has not yet taken place. The Koblenz branch of the State Archeology has also been located on the site since 2007, and part of the former technical area has been used as a car park since the 2011 Federal Horticultural Show . Since January 2014 there has been a discussion about converting the entire area into a new residential area. In 2018 negotiations on the sale of the site were concluded.
Occupancy
From 1937 the barracks were occupied by the Flak main battery, but how long the unit stayed here is not known.
While the use of the facility by the French army, the 3rd Algerian was spahi - regiment stationed here.
The 5th tank battalion of the Bundeswehr, which was set up on September 1, 1956 at the Hohenfels training area, was relocated on February 7, 1957 to the anti-aircraft barracks taken over by the French army. On January 1, 1959, the unit was renamed "Panzer Battalion 143". On June 1, 1969, the tank battalion finally moved into the Augusta barracks in Koblenz.
From April 1, 1957, the Panzerkampfgruppe C 5 was formed in the anti-aircraft barracks due to personnel levies from the Panzerkampfgruppe A5. This association was renamed " Panzerbrigade 15 " in 1959 . In 1988 the brigade was given the nickname "Westerwald". With the end of the Cold War, the brigade was decommissioned on June 25, 1993. Along with the brigade, their reconnaissance platoon (Panzerspähzug 150 and Brigadespähzug 15) was also based in the barracks.
Quartiermeisterkompanie 2, set up in 1956 in the Freiherr-vom-Stein barracks in Diez , was relocated to the flak barracks in Koblenz in 1957 and remained at the site until 1959.
On October 16, 1957, the 25th Panzer Battalion was set up in the barracks. On March 16, 1959, the name was changed to "Panzerbataillon 153". On July 1, 1959, the 153 tank battalion was split up in order to set up the 14 tank battalion. The unit remained in the barracks until September 30, 1992, but on October 1, 1992 it was reclassified into a cadre of junior battalion with management personnel and relocated to Westerburg . Here it was disbanded on September 6, 2002.
Panzerbataillon 14 remained in the flak barracks for only one month until August 1, 1959 and was then transferred to Stadtoldendorf .
The Feldzeugdepotkompanie 606 was set up in Oranienstein Castle in Diez in 1957 and relocated to the flak barracks in Koblenz in 1958.
The 2nd company of Repair Battalion 5 was in the barracks from 1958 until it was disbanded on September 30, 1993.
On July 1, 1960, the Corps Air Defense Command 3 was formed in the Flak Barracks, in 1972 it was reclassified to Air Defense Command 3 and temporarily housed in the Boelcke Barracks in Koblenz. This association was dissolved on September 30, 1993.
In 1962 the training company 12/5 was set up in the flak barracks, but was relocated to Schwarzenborn in the same year .
The "Technische Bataillon Sonderwaffen 360" (Technical Battalion Special Weapons 360), which was set up in 1965 and was formed for the maintenance of nuclear weapons at corps level, found its home in the barracks from 1966 onwards. On October 1, 1975 it was reclassified to the Electronics Repair Battalion (ELO) 310 and existed at the site until 1993. It was finally reorganized as the 310 Repair Battalion in Montabaur in the same year .
The supply battalion 350 was set up as a device unit in the mobilization base of the barracks in 1970, but was relocated to Diez an der Lahn in 1971.
Between 1972 and December 31, 1979, the barracks housed the military police battalion 390. From January 1, 1980, this unit was replaced by the 6th Company of the 740 military police battalion, which remained in the Fritsch barracks until 1986.
On January 1, 1980, the (mixed) tank battalion 151 was set up in the barracks by donations from tank battalions 153 and 154. It remained here until its dissolution on September 30, 1992.
The inactive Panzerpioniersperrkompanie 741 was housed in the mobilization base of the barracks between 1980 and 1990.
From 1972 to 1981 the supply company 140 was in the Fritsch barracks, was renamed to supply company 340 in 1981 and remained until it was dissolved in 1992/93.
Between October 1, 1981 and the day of its dissolution, March 31, 1993, the Panzer Pioneer Company 340 was stationed in the Fritsch barracks.
The driving school group Koblenz 6 was in the barracks from the 1980s until March 31, 1994. On April 1, 1994, the driving school groups were combined to form the Koblenz driving training center in the Falckenstein barracks.
The 5 Staff and Telecommunications Battalion was established in Grafenwöhr on August 1, 1956 as the 5 Armored Telecommunications Battalion and was relocated to Niederlahnstein on March 8, 1957 . In October 1957 it moved into the Falckenstein barracks in Koblenz-Lützel. From April 1, 1959, the unit was named "Fernmeldebataillon 5". From March 1969 to September 30, 1993 the battalion was housed in Diez. With the end of the Cold War, the battalion was merged with Telecommunications Battalion 330 on October 1, 1993 to form Staff and Telecommunications Battalion 5 and housed in the Fritsch barracks. On November 1, 1998, the last soldiers left the Fritsch barracks with this unit when they were transferred to Niederlahnstein in the Deines-Bruchmüller barracks. The staff and telecommunications battalion 5 in Niederlahnstein was initially renamed to telecommunications battalion 283 on July 1, 2003, but received a new designation as "Command Support Battalion 283" on October 1, 2005. The liquidation finally took place on March 31, 2015.
Between July 1, 1972 and September 30, 1997, the medical area 41/15 was equipped with material for medical care. In addition, a dental station H 014/2 was added from October 1, 1966, which was reclassified to the dental station (Terr) H 416 on October 1, 1972 and renamed to the 409/2 dentist group on April 1, 1981. The dental group was dissolved on December 31, 1998.
literature
- Koblenz city archive: (StAK) DB 8 military, 07 barracks: 3.26 flak barracks, from 1964 Fritsch barracks.
- Matthias Kellermann: The Prussian fortress Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein. On the history of the fortifications on the right bank of the Rhine. 2nd, revised edition. Fölbach, Koblenz 2011. ISBN 978-3-934795-63-1 .
- Rüdiger Wischemann: The Koblenz Fortress. From the Roman fort and Prussia's strongest fortress to the largest garrison of the Bundeswehr. Rhenania Buchhandlung, Koblenz 1978, p. 146, (note: outdated in many ways, but still the best representation for an overview).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wischemann: The Koblenz fortress. 1978, p. 146.
- ↑ Chronicle of the Pz-Btl 343/143/5 of the Freundeskreis Panzerbataillon 343-143
- ↑ Fritsch barracks to become the new Koblenz district in: Rhein-Zeitung , January 27, 2014
- ↑ https://konversion-koblenz.bundesimmobilien.de/
- ↑ Chronicle of the Pz-Btl 343/143/5 of the Freundeskreis Panzerbataillon 343-143
- ↑ Chronicle of the Pz-Btl 343/143/5 of the Freundeskreis Panzerbataillon 343-143
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r 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 the Federal Archives for the Armored Brigade 15
- ↑ Chronicle of Panzerbataillon 14 of the traditional association Panzerbataillon 14
- ↑ Chronicle of the Telecommunications Battalion 5