Gustav Heinemann barracks

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GermanyFlag of Germany (state) .svg Gustav Heinemann barracks
Former barracks buildings

Former barracks buildings

country Germany
today Lenovo Medion Campus
local community Food kray
Coordinates : 51 ° 28 '  N , 7 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '36 "  N , 7 ° 3' 40"  E
Opened 1936
owner Medion AG
Federal Finance Directorate
Old barracks names
1936-1945
1945-1960
1976-2003
Flak-Kaserne
Meeanee Barracks
Gustav-Heinemann-Kaserne
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United KingdomUnited Kingdom
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Formerly stationed units
Anti-aircraft
1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders
Telecommunications Battalion 71
Telecommunications Battalion 284
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United KingdomUnited Kingdom
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Gustav Heinemann Barracks (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Gustav Heinemann barracks

Location of the Gustav Heinemann barracks in North Rhine-Westphalia

The Gustav-Heinemann-Kaserne was used from 1936 to 2003 barracks in Essen district Kray .

location

The former barracks area is located north of the Am Zehnthof street in the Essen-Kray district, directly south of the A40 federal motorway and covers a total area of ​​around 202,000 m².

history

The barracks were built in 1936 when the Wehrmacht was arming the anti-aircraft cartillery. After 1945 it was used by the British Army of the Rhine until May 27, 1960, when the 1st German Corps was commissioned to set up Telecommunications Battalion 71 there.

In March 1962, the Signal Battalion was 71 of Army Group North of NATO assumed and part was connected to the NORTHAG SIGNAL SUPPORT GROUP so that the deployment of NATO unit in the barracks. In October 1970 the battalion was named Fernmeldebataillon 840 NORTHAG. In 1994 the 890 telecommunications battalion moved CENTAG from the Philippsburger Salm barracks to Essen and "merged" with the 840 telecommunications battalion to form the 990 telecommunications regiment, which was reclassified to the 990 telecommunications battalion in 2002 and finally renamed the 284 telecommunications battalion in June 2002 .

With a solemn vow and march out of the Essen location, the telecommunications battalion 284 said goodbye on March 21, 2003 as the last association from the Ruhr area and moved its headquarters to the Schill barracks in Wesel , where it continues to exist in a modified form. The eight-meter-high copper-clad wooden frame bell tower of the Catholic site chapel was dismantled and also brought to Wesel.

Naming

The barracks got its name in 1978 after the former Federal President Gustav Heinemann who died in Essen on July 7, 1976 .

Others

The namesake Gustav Heinemann resigned from his position as Federal Minister of the Interior due to the rearmament of the Federal Republic initiated by Konrad Adenauer in 1950 .

In the barracks there was a collection point for “Lachen help eV”, the private initiative of German soldiers to help children in war and crisis areas, until it was closed.

Most of the site was sold to Medion AG in the same year that the telecommunications operators were withdrawn , and they operate a technology park there on an area of ​​around 170,000 m². In addition, the customs administration settled there and bundled its activities in Essen. The Turkish Consulate General in Essen (formerly Alfredstrasse) has also been located on the former barracks site since 2011 .

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