Hessen barracks
 Hessen barracks
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| country | Germany | ||
| local community | Stadtallendorf | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 49 ' N , 9 ° 3' E | ||
| Opened | 1955-1959 | ||
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| Panzerbataillon 44 Panzerbataillon 63 Panzerbataillon 64 Feldjäger training company 445 training company 7/2 Panzerjäger company 60 armored engineer company 60 Panzergrenadier battalion 341 Panzerbataillon 143 Panzerbataillon 144 (1992: not active) 3./Panzerbataillon 141 4./Panzerbataillon 141 Panzerjäger company 140 training company for bar service / military drivers 2/5 training company Stadtallendorf Motor vehicle training company Driving simulator chain Motor vehicle training center Driving simulator chain Stadtallendorf Landeskommando Hessen - parts of Stadtallendorf Civil vocational training and further education care center Stadtallendorf Material test team Stadtallendorf |
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Location of the Hessen barracks in Hessen |
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The Hessen-Kaserne is a barracks of the Bundeswehr in Stadtallendorf near Marburg in Hessen with a total area of around 30 ha. It was built on the site of the former explosives factory of the Westphalian-Anhaltische Sprengstoff-Actien-Gesellschaft ( WASAG ), which was commissioned by the High Command of the Marine had produced Hexyl for ammunition manufacture during World War II. The barracks were handed over in 1959 and until 2003 mainly housed armored units . According to the Bundeswehr stationing concept 2011, it should be closed at the end of 2018 according to the original plan. In the course of an evaluation of the Bundeswehr stationing concept, the Hessen barracks will be retained as a location. The barracks are located in the immediate vicinity of the Herrenwald barracks .
history
With the completion of the barracks on April 1, 1959, Panzerbataillon 63 was set up from staff from the Border Guard Center of the Federal Border Guard and from the disbanded Panzerjäger Battalion 2. The battalion belonged to Panzer Brigade 6 of the 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division, which was designated as the 2nd Jägerdivision from October 1, 1970. Panzerbrigade 6, like Panzerbrigades 14 and 34, participated in the testing of Army Model 4 from July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1977. As a result of this attempt, Panzerbrigade 6 was subordinated to the 5th Panzer Division from January 1, 1977 and renamed to 14 Panzer Brigade on October 1, 1981. This also led to changes in the nomenclature of all units subordinate to the tank brigade. On October 1, 1981, tank battalion 63, stationed in the Hessen barracks, became tank battalion 143. It remained at the site until June 30, 2003 and was then disbanded. Since the 5th Panzer Division was decommissioned in 2001, it has belonged to the 7th Panzer Division .
The Armored Engineer kompanie 60 was in 1959 Hannoversch Munden created from parts of the engineer battalion 2nd In the same year she moved to her new location in the Hessen barracks in Stadtallendorf. This was where she lived until September 30, 1981. On October 1, 1981, she was not only renamed Panzerpionierkompanie 140, but also moved to the Herrenwald barracks in Stadtallendorf.
On April 1, 1961, tank battalion 64 was created at the site from personnel levies from tank battalions 63, 134 and 194. It was also assigned to Panzer Brigade 6 until 1981, then to Panzer Brigade 14. On October 1, 1981, it was renamed to Panzer Battalion 144. It was an active battalion until June 30, 1992. From July 1, 1992 until its final dissolution on March 31, 1981 March 2003 it remained in the barracks as a non-active unit.
From September 1961 to 1975 the training company 7/2 was based in the Hessen barracks.
On January 2, 1962, the tank battalion 44 was set up in the Hessen barracks, but shortly afterwards it was moved to the Prinz-Eugen barracks in Bad Arolsen- Mengeringhausen, where it was divided and renamed into tank battalions 342 and 343 on April 1, 1975 rose.
The Feldjäger training company 445 , which was set up in the Hessen barracks on November 1, 1962 , was relocated to Mayen in November 1966 in the then General Delius barracks (from 2015: Oberst-Hauschild barracks) and finally dissolved on December 31, 1972.
The Panzerjägerkompanie 60 formed on October 16, 1967 in the Hessen barracks was renamed to Panzerjägerkompanie 140 on October 1, 1981 and existed here until it was decommissioned on March 31, 1992.
The Panzergrenadierbataillon 341 saw its creation on April 1, 1975 in the Hessen barracks. On August 1, 1976, it was relocated to the Pomerania barracks in Wolfhagen and renamed Panzergrenadierbataillon 62 on October 1, 1981.
With the formation of Panzer Battalion 141 (mixed) in the course of Army Structure 4 on October 1, 1981, its 3rd and 4th companies were formed in the Hesse barracks. With the end of the Cold War , the battalion was disbanded. The 3rd and 4th companies were decommissioned on January 17, 1992 and merged with the 143 tank battalion.
In the 1980s, a training company for staff service / military drivers was stationed in the Hessen barracks. In addition, there was the Stadtallendorf 3 driving school group from 1985 and the Stadtallendorf 2 driving school group from January 1, 1986 in the barracks. Driving school groups 1 to 3 in Stadtallendorf were combined on April 1, 1994 to form the Stadtallendorf motor vehicle training center, which was located in the Hessen barracks until March 31, 2007. Between April 1, 1994 and December 30, 2004, the driver training company driving simulator chain existed. From July 1, 2002, the driver training center driving simulator chain was finally set up.
From July 1, 1994 to September 30, 2006, the Stadtallendorf specialist training company existed in the Hessen barracks. Between October 1, 2006 and 2015, the Stadtallendorf care center for civilian vocational training and further education was located in the barracks.
Parts of the Hesse State Command of the Bundeswehr were housed at the site from January 1, 2007 to January 31, 2013.
Between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2015, the material testing team II / 5 was stationed in the barracks. This unit was renamed to Materialprüftrupp III / 5 on July 1, 2015 and is still based in the barracks today.
From March 1, 1965 to September 30, 1972, the dental station H 06 was used as a brigade dental station for medical care, and the dental station (Terr) H 410 and the dentist group 417/1 between October 1, 1972 and March 31, 1981 Established between April 1, 1981 and December 31, 1998. From January 1, 2007 to September 30, 2015, sub-units of the Stadtallendorf medical center were formed in the Hessen barracks. Between July 1, 1972 and September 30, 1998, medical area 47/4 was equipped with material.
Plans to close the barracks and conversion measures
With the stationing concept from October 2011, the posts at the Stadtallendorf site were reduced from 1,400 to 900. Linked to this was the planning to abandon the Hessen barracks by 2018.
In order to cope with the refugee crisis in Germany , the state government of Hesse announced in November 2015 that an initial reception facility for 600 people should be created in the Hesse barracks by December 2015. In addition, further expansion phases were planned to increase the capacity to up to 1,200 people.
In August 2016, the Ministry of Finance of the State of Hesse announced that the initial reception facility for refugees would in fact be closed. Projected for a total of 1,050 refugees, capacities had been created to accommodate 602 people, but the facility only had an average of 250 people. The last refugees left the Hessen barracks in mid-September 2016. They were taken to other accommodations.
According to a press report from October 2016, the new construction and renovation measures in the Herrenwald barracks threatened not to be completed by the end of 2018, which is why the clearance of the Hessen barracks was delayed.
In May 2017, the state's initial reception facility in the Hessen barracks was only in a "standby mode" as a reserve as a result of the lower number of refugees. A lease between the federal government and the state for the accommodation of refugees has been concluded until the end of 2018. In addition, the Bundeswehr used three accommodation buildings for the headquarters company of the Rapid Forces division from the neighboring Herrenwald barracks as well as a dental station. Despite the fact that the state of Hesse had partially refurbished buildings for use as refugee accommodation and the Bundeswehr was growing at the Stadtallendorf site, the Bundeswehr made it clear in May 2017 that the Hessen barracks could not be used economically and that the decision made in the 2011 deployment concept was changed for them out of the question. After the Bundeswehr had given up the location, the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks was supposed to take over the marketing of the barracks. The problem of contaminated sites and the creation of public transport links for the area played a role. It should also be taken into account that the new federal highway 49 will run nearby.
Continued use of the barracks as a location for the Bundeswehr
With the coalition agreement of the coalition of CDU / CSU and SPD for the 19th legislative period of the German Bundestag, it was agreed that the future needs of the Bundeswehr would be checked again before the final handover of properties. In addition, the Federal Government stated that the security policy developments in recent years required a new focus in the area of national and alliance defense. Therefore, a new capability profile for the Bundeswehr was decided. In this context, the planned closure of the Hessen barracks was also questioned. On August 30, 2019, the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, Eberhard Zorn, announced in a daily order that the barracks would be preserved and will continue to be used by the Bundeswehr in the future.
In September 2019, it was reported that the barracks would in future be home to 200 soldiers from the Rapid Forces division. Before that, the barracks buildings have to be renovated and investments made in the property after large parts of the barracks have been unused for years and are in poor condition. The federal government will provide around 100 million euros for this in the coming years. The barracks will not be used in parts, but completely again by the Bundeswehr.
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal Ministry of Defense: Stadtallendorf: A location with a future. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 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
- ^ Location database of the Bundeswehr in the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the training grounds used by the Bundeswehr abroad of the Bundeswehr Center for Military History and Social Sciences, according to which the unit was set up in Neustadt (Hesse) in 1959 in the Ernst Moritz Arndt barracks; however, this barracks was not yet completed at that time
- ^ Federal Ministry of Defense (ed.) .: The stationing of the Bundeswehr in Germany, October 2011, p. 73
- ↑ "Bundeswehr location Rotenburg closes in 2016", welt.de/N24 of June 12, 2012
- ↑ Michael Rinde: "Refugee accommodation decision made on Hessen barracks", in: Oberhessische Presse from November 6, 2015
- ↑ Matthias Mayer: "Refugees leave the Hessenkaserne", in: Oberhessische Presse from August 31, 2016
- ↑ Peter Gassner: "Residents leave initial reception", in: Oberhessische Presse from September 16, 2016
- ↑ Michael Rinde: "Future of the Stadtallendorfer Bundeswehr area: Hessen barracks remain indispensable", in: Oberhessische Presse from October 4, 2016
- ↑ Michael Rinde: "Hessen-Kaserne: Ministry sees no more need", in: Oberhessische Presse from May 16, 2017
- ↑ Federal Government: Response of the Federal Government to the minor question from the MPs Christian Sauter, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Grigorios Aggelidis, other MPs and the parliamentary group of the FDP. Printed matter 19/6801 on the subject of the continuation of the stationing concept. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
- ↑ General Inspector of the Bundeswehr Eberhard Zorn: General Inspector: Order of the day to the Hessen barracks in Stadtallendorf. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Michael Rinde / Oberhessische Presse: The DSK gets the largest part. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .