Duke of Braunschweig barracks

Duke of Braunschweig barracks
country	Germany
local community	Minden
Coordinates :	52 ° 17 ' N , 8 ° 52' E Coordinates: 52 ° 16 '44 " N , 8 ° 52' 20" E
Opened	1959
owner	Federal Republic of Germany
Workforce	650
Stationed troops
Panzerpionierbataillon 130; 23rd AmphPiZg	;
Formerly stationed units
Pioneer Command 1 ; Pioneer Brigade 100 Pioneer Brigade ; 20 ; Pioneer Brigade 40 ; Pioneer Regiment 100; Pioneer Battalion 110 ; PiSpezSperrKp 100 ; LLPiKp 270 ; KfAusbZentr Minden	; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Location of the Herzog von Braunschweig barracks in North Rhine-Westphalia

The Herzog-of-Braunschweig barracks in Minden ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a property of the armed forces , in the 650 soldiers , most of them from the tank engineer battalion 130 (PzPiBtl 130) are stationed.

Location

The barracks are located three kilometers west of Minden city center in the Rodenbeck district north of the federal highway 65 on Wettiner allee. The western and northern borders of the barracks are formed by the small river Bastau .

The barracks has several accommodation and staff buildings, a farm building, a casino , a medical area, a guard, a technical area with a repair hall, a sports field , a tennis court, a helicopter landing pad and an obstacle course .

The site facilities used by the military units of the barracks include the 23.5 hectare pioneer training area Wasser on the Weser , located three kilometers to the east, and the 51.2 hectare land pioneer training area located six kilometers south-east in Porta Westfalica - Lerbeck and eight and a half kilometers away the on- site shooting range in Bückeburg , Lower Saxony , district of Cammer . The latter is also used by the International Helicopter Training Center in Bückeburg. Nine and a half kilometers north was the local ammunition defeat 352/1 (StOMunNdlg 352/1; 1971–1994) in Heisterholz in Petershagen , seven kilometers east the local ammunition defeat 352/2 (StOMunNdlg 352/2; 1981–1994) in Porta Westfalica- Nammen . The on- site practice area in Hille- Wickriede is also used. Three and a half kilometers to the north is the former military property "Gut Denkmal".

Next to the barracks is a branch of the Bundeswehr Service Center Augustdorf.

The battalion commander stationed in the barracks Armored Engineer Battalion 130, Lieutenant Colonel Stefan Klein is location elder of the site Minden. Barracks commander is the deputy battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Jörg Friedland.

Naming

The barracks was named after Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg . During the Seven Years' War he was commander-in-chief at the head of the Allied troops, which won a victory over the French - Electoral-Saxon army on August 1, 1759 in the battle of Minden .

history

The city of Minden looks back on a long history as a garrison and fortress city. In 1956, the Herzog von Braunschweig barracks were rebuilt on the site of the former "Gut Rodenbeck", and in 1959 Minden became the location of the Bundeswehr.

From 1970 to 1978 the pioneer special block train 100 was stationed in the barracks. In 1978 it was converted into a company and one year later incorporated into the 110 Engineer Battalion. His job was to relocate and deploy tactical nuclear weapons and atomic demolition ammunition at the 1st Corps level .

On June 13, 2014, the "Duke of Braunschweig Barracks Military History Collection" was opened in the barracks. The British 23rd Amphibious Engineer Squadron (23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron) from Hameln with 57 soldiers and five civilian employees led by a captain has been stationed in the barracks since October 15, 2014 . Since the beginning of 2016, the military guard in the barracks has been replaced by civilian guards. An open day took place in the barracks on July 7, 2018 .