List of American military locations in northern Germany
The list of American military locations in Northern Germany lists all military facilities of American units in Northern Germany (areas NORTHAG / 2ATAF and LANDJUT), both closed and still existing. In order to preserve originality, the place names - as far as it seemed reasonable - follow the names used by the US armed forces (i.e. later community reforms are not taken into account).
From 1945 onwards, only a very small part of northern Germany belonged to the American zone of occupation. Only the Bremen exclave in the British zone with the important supply port of Bremerhaven and the American sector in Berlin were included. An American unit took control of Checkpoint Alpha in Helmstedt to secure the overland route to Berlin. It was not until the allied NATO armed forces were equipped with American nuclear-capable carrier weapons from 1958 onwards that the nationwide US military presence also resulted in Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. In order to do justice to the principle of the two keys in access to nuclear weapons, US detachments were stationed for the nuclear storage of nuclear weapons in northern Germany with the Honest John or Lance weapon systems (land forces) and the anti-aircraft missiles of the Nike type (air forces). The nuclear weapons stored there were also guarded by an American detachment at the Nörvenich air base. Since Belgian, Dutch and temporarily British and Canadian units were also equipped with American nuclear weapons, corresponding US detachments were found at their garrisons in northern Germany. From 1976 a US brigade was stationed in Garlstedt . The United States Air Force had also relocated air surveillance forces mainly to Hessisch Oldendorf . There were also telecommunication facilities everywhere, in particular for the management of the nuclear components and the connection to Berlin. With the reunification of Germany and the end of the Cold War, American troop stationing in northern Germany ended.
Basics
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Berlin
US Armed Forces locations in Berlin |
| Location | property | Previous user | Troops | Year of dissolution | Reuse | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin-Kreuzberg | Checkpoint Charlie (Kochstrasse) | USAREUR | 1991 | Checkpoint to Berlin (East), deliberately set up only provisionally. | ||
| Berlin-Reinickendorf | Tegel Navigational Aid Annex | Berlin Tegel Airport | USAFE | 1994 | Berlin Tegel Airport | Property in the French sector |
| Berlin-Schöneberg | Supreme Court at Kleistpark | Higher Regional Court ( Higher Regional Court ) | Allied Control Council ( Allied Control ) | 1948/1991 | ||
| Berlin-Steglitz | Andrews Barracks | Lichterfelder Kadettenanstalt / Adolf Hitler Barracks ( Leibstandarte ) | Berlin Military Post (USAREUR) | 1994 | Federal Archives | Lichterfelde |
| Oliver Barracks | US Constabulary | 1951 | Lankwitz | |||
| Roosevelt Barracks | Guard rifle barracks (Wehrmacht) | USAREUR | 1992 | Lichterfelde | ||
| Podbielskiallee 28 | Villa Joachim von Ribbentrop | AFN Berlin | 1969 | 1969 move to Saargemünder Str. 24. | ||
| Parks Range | USAREUR | 1994 | US house fighting system in Lichterfelde | |||
| Berlin-Tempelhof | Tempelhof Air Station | Berlin-Tempelhof Airport , Air Force (Wehrmacht), TG 172, ObdL reconnaissance group | USAFE | 1994 | Berlin-Tempelhof Airport | Tempelhof Central Airport. Most important airport of the Berlin Airlift 1948–1949. |
| Tempelhof Terminal Station (TPF) | 5th Signal Command (USAREUR) | 1994 | European Tropospheric Scatter Army (ET-A). DEBS station | |||
| 6912th Marienfelde Field Site, Marienfelde Communications Annex | USAFE | 1994 | ||||
| Marienfelde Terminal Station (MFD) | 5th Signal Command (USAREUR) | 1994 | ||||
| Berlin-Wilmersdorf | Teufelsberg Communications Facility | USAFE | 1992 | Monitoring system on the rubble mountain , which was raised in the Grunewald from the rubble of Berlin in the British sector after the Second World War (FmElo Aufkl). | ||
| Teufelsberg Terminal Station (TEP) | 5th Signal Command (USAREUR) | 1992 | Property in the British sector. European Tropospheric Scatter Army (ET-A). | |||
| Berlin-Zehlendorf | Gene. Lucius D. Clay Headquarters | Luftgaukommando | USGCC (US Group Control Council) | 1991 | Dahlem | |
| Gene. Lucius D. Clay Headquarters | Luftgaukommando | USAREUR | 1994 | U.S. Consulate General | Dahlem | |
| McNair Barracks | Main plant and headquarters of the AEG subsidiary Telefunken | USAREUR | 1994 | Zehlendorf | ||
| Turner Barracks | USAREUR | 1994 | Dahlem | |||
| Berlin Relay Station (BLN) | 102nd signal Bn (USAREUR) | 1995 | Wannsee. DEBS station (BLN) | |||
| La Fit Claire Facility, Wannsee | 11th AD signal Bn (LFV) | 1992 | Wannsee. La Fit Claire was also part of the LFV system | |||
| Berlin Brigade Family Housing | 1994 | Dahlem. Built between 1950 and 1957, a total of 866 residential units in Berlin | ||||
| Am Dreipfuhl ("Duck Pond") Family Housing | 1994 | Dahlem. Built between 1950 and 1957, a total of 866 residential units in Berlin | ||||
| Düppel Family Housing | 1994 | Zehlendorf. Built between 1950 and 1957, a total of 866 residential units in Berlin | ||||
| Pückler Family Housing | 1994 | Dahlem. Built between 1950 and 1957, a total of 866 residential units in Berlin | ||||
| Sundgauerstrasse Family Housing | 1993 | Dahlem. Built between 1950 and 1957, a total of 866 residential units in Berlin | ||||
| Truman Plaza | USAREUR, USAFE | 1994 | Shopping center in Dahlem. | |||
| Roberts American High School | Girls' high school of the Gertraudenschule, 1953 Hüttenweg 40, near Truman Plaza | DODEA (DoDDS) | 2008 | Alfred Wegener High School | Accredited as a high school in 1947, with boarding school. 1953 move to Hüttenweg, 1965 to Hegewinkel. | |
| Saargemünder Str. 24 | AFN Berlin | 1994 | AFN with TV studio in Dahlem. | |||
| US Army Hospital | 279th Station Hosp (USAREUR) | 1994 | Dahlem | |||
| Checkpoint Bravo (Dreilinden) | USAREUR | 1991 | Wannsee. Motorway checkpoint, with permanent buildings since 1979. | |||
| Rose Firing Range | USAREUR | 1994 | Nikolassee | |||
| Keeran's Range | South curve of the AVUS | USAREUR | 1994 | Nikolassee |
Brandenburg
| Location | property | Previous user | Troops | Year of dissolution | Reuse | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potsdam | Wildlife Park West, from 1958: Villa von Diringshofen , Am Lehnitzsee 8 in Neu-Fahrland | USMLM (United States Military Liaison Mission) | 1992 | Brandenburg Economic Development Agency | USAREUR military mission , accredited by GSTD |
Bremen
| Location | property | Previous user | Troops | Year of dissolution | Reuse | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bremen | Bremen barracks | USAREUR | 1949 | |||
| Bremen Port Command | USAREUR | 1949 | ||||
| Bremen Army Airfield | USAREUR | 1949 | ||||
| Camp Grohn | USAREUR | 1949 | ||||
| Bremen American High School | DoDDS | 1949 | ||||
| Vahrer Strasse | "House of the Empire" | AFN Bremen | 1949 | 1949 relocation to Bremerhaven. | ||
| Bremerhaven | Bremerhaven Port of Embarkation | USAREUR | 1993 | |||
| Carl Schurz barracks | USAREUR | 1998 | ||||
| Carl Schurz barracks | AFN Bremerhaven | 1993 | 1949 Relocation from Bremen. | |||
| Military hospital | 33rd Station Hosp (USAREUR) | 1998 | ||||
| Bremerhaven Port | Labor Service Unit (B) (NAVFORGER) | 1957 | see. Main article Labor Service Unit (B) | |||
| Blink Family Housing | 1997 | Built between 1950 and 1957, a total of 821 residential units in Bremerhaven | ||||
| Engemoor Family Housing | 1993 | Built between 1950 and 1957, a total of 821 residential units in Bremerhaven | ||||
| Bremerhaven American High School | DoDDS | 1993 | Accredited as a high school in 1948 | |||
| Bremerhaven Terminal | MTMC (Military Traffic Management Command) | 1998 | Bremerhaven Terminal is the largest MTMC terminal in the world | |||
| Bremerhaven Terminal Station (BRN) | 5th Signal Command (USAREUR) | 1998 | European Tropospheric Scatter - Army (ET-A), Nodal Site 52 |
Lower Saxony
US armed forces locations in Lower Saxony ( nuclear safekeeping)   |
| Location | property | Previous user | Troops | Year of dissolution | Reuse | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurich | ACE HIGH Troposcatter Terminal (AEMZ) | USAFE | 1995 | Forward scatter connection for SHAPE 1970-1995 (instead of Emden). AFCENT Microwave System (CIP 67) 1967-1995. | ||
| Bad food | Tiling Kazerne | US Custodial Team (Team C, 509th USAAD) | 1975 | Nuclear custody for D Sqn, 1964 121 Sqn / 1 GGW (NL-Nike). | ||
| Bad Münder | Bad Münder Communications Site | USAFE | 1993 | CRP. DEBS station, call sign FANBELT | ||
| Barnstorf (Eydelstedt) | Hülsmeyer barracks | US Custodial Team (42nd USAAD) | 1988 | Nuclear custody for FlaRakBtl 25 (Nike) 1961–1988. | ||
| Hülsmeyer barracks | US Custodial Team (Team A, 42nd USAAD) | 1988 | Nuclear custody for 2./FlaRakBtl 25 (Nike). | |||
| Bar wand | Barwedel Radio Relay Station | 11th AD signal Bn (LFV) | 1992 | |||
| Basdahl | Basdahl Communication Facility | USAFE | 1993 | call sign GALLEY. 1993 relocation to Bitburg | ||
| Bocksberg | Bocksberg Relay Station (BBG) | Co A / 102nd Signal Bn (USAREUR) | 1995 | DEBS station (BBG) | ||
| Bocksberg Communications Station | 11th AD signal Bn (LFV) | 1992 | ||||
| Delmenhorst | Barbara barracks (Adelheide) | US Custodial Team (5th USAFAD) | 1992 | Nuclear custody for RakArtBtl 112 | ||
| Feldwebel-Lilienthal-Kaserne (Adelheide) | Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht) KG 27 "Boelcke" | US Custodial Team (51st USAAD) | 1989 | Nuclear custody for FlaRakBtl 24 (Nike) 1961–1989. | ||
| Caspari barracks (Deichhorst) | US Custodial Team (Team B, 51st USAAD) | 1989 | Nuclear custody for 2./FlaRakBtl 24 (Nike). | |||
| Delmenhorst Dependents School | DoDDS | 1991 | ||||
| Dornum | Blücher barracks | US Custodial Team (Team D, 35th USAAD) | 1989 | Nuclear custody for 4./FlaRakBtl 26, Aurich (Nike). | ||
| Dörverden (Barme) | Lower Saxony barracks | US Custodial Team (25th USAFAD), Dünsen | 1992 | Nuclear custody for RakArtBtl 32 from 1971 | ||
| Regency Net Communications Facility Dörverden | 801st Telecommunications "R", C&C Sqn | 1997 | ||||
| Regency Net Communications Facility Thinning | 801st Telecommunications "R", C&C Sqn | 1997 | ||||
| Edewecht | Oldenburg Air Base | US Custodial Team (Team C, 51st USAAD) | 1989 | Nuclear custody for 3./FlaRakBtl 24 (Nike). | ||
| Elsfleth | Wesermarsch barracks | US Custodial Team (Team A, 51st USAAD) | 1989 | Nuclear custody for 1./FlaRakBtl 24 (Nike). | ||
| Emden | ACE HIGH troposcatter terminal (AEMZ) | USAFE | 1970 | Forward scatter connection for SHAPE 1962–1970, replaced by Station Aurich (AEMZ). | ||
| Garlstedt | Lucius D. Clay barracks | HQ FWD Division (USAREUR) | 1993 | Logistics school of the Bundeswehr | Erected 1975–1978 for Brigade FY 75. | |
| Garlstedt Terminal Station (GST) | 5th Signal Command (USAREUR) | 1993 | ||||
| Helmstedt | Checkpoint Alpha | USAREUR | 1991 | Motorway checkpoint, with permanent buildings since 1970. DEBS station | ||
| Hesepe (Nordhorn) | Rheine-Bentlage Airport | US Custodial Team (Team C, 508th USAAD) | 1975 | Nuclear custody for 222 Sqn / 2 GGW 1970-1975 (NL-Nike), 1964-1970 in Twenthe (NL). | ||
| Hessian Oldendorf | Hessisch Oldendorf Air Station, CRC | HQ Command and Control 2 ATAF Area (USAFE) | 1991 | Acquired by RNAF in 1975 | ||
| Hohenkirchen | Wangerland barracks | US Custodial Team (35th USAAD) | 1989 | Nuclear custody for FlaRakBtl 26 (Nike) 1973–1989. | ||
| Wangerland barracks | US Custodial Team (Team A, 35th USAAD) | 1989 | Nuclear custody for 1./FlaRakBtl 26 (Nike) 1973–1989. | |||
| Jever | Jever Air Base | Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht), JG Nord, KG 25, fighter pilot German Bight | US Custodial Team (35th USAAD) | 1973 | Nuclear custody for FlaRakBtl 26 (Nike) 1963–1973, relocation to Hohenkirchen. | |
| Jever Air Base | COB (USAFE) | 1994 | Advanced deployment base | |||
| Langendamm | Regency Net Communications Facility Langendamm | 801st Telecommunications "R", C&C Sqn | 1997 | For Custodial Team Nienburg | ||
| Rewards | Barracks at the Landwehr | US Custodial Team (Team C, 42nd USAAD) | 1988 | Nuclear custody for 4./FlaRakBtl 25 (Nike). | ||
| Luebberstedt | Ammunition depot Lübberstedt | USAREUR | 1993 | Prestock Point | ||
| Nienburg | Liebenau camp | US Custodial Team (32nd USAFAD) | 1992 | Nuclear custody for RakArtBtl 12 | ||
| Nordholz | Nordholz Air Base | Nordholz Air Base | USAFE | 1947 | 1957 MFG 3 | |
| Nordholz Air Base | COB (USAFE) | 1992 | Advanced deployment base | |||
| Obernkirchen | RAF Obernkirchen / Harden Barracks | USAFE | 1992 | Joint use of the British FmElo Aufkl position. | ||
| Obernkirchen Terminal Station (OKN) | 5th Signal Command (USAREUR) | 1992 | ||||
| Radenbeck | Telecommunication device | USAREUR | 1992 | FmElo Aufkl | ||
| Rodenkirchen | Stadland barracks | US Custodial Team (Team B, 35th USAAD) | 1989 | Nuclear custody for 2./FlaRakBtl 26 (Nike). | ||
| Schledehausen | Schledehausen Dependents School | DoDDS | 1991 | |||
| Sögel | Mühlenberg barracks , nuclear depot (Lahn central warehouse) | US Custodial Team HQ (552nd USAAG) | 1992 | Warheads and nuclear ammunition for I. (GE) Corps and I (NL) Corps | ||
| Regency Net Communications Facility Sögel | 801st Telecommunications "R", C&C Sqn | 1997 | ||||
| Sögel Dependents School | DoDDS | 1991 | ||||
| Syke (Leerßen) | Caspari barracks (Delmenhorst-Deichfeld) | US Custodial Team (Team D, 51st USAAD) | 1989 | Nuclear custody for 4./FlaRakBtl 24 (Nike). | ||
| Varrel bush | Ahlhorn Air Base | US Custodial Team (Team D, 42nd USAAD) | 1988 | Nuclear custody for 1./FlaRakBtl 25, Ahlhorn (Nike). | ||
| Vörden | US Custodial Team (Team B, 509th USAAD) | 1975 | Nuclear custody for A Sqn, 1964 118 Sqn / 1 GGW, Bramsche-Hesepe (NL-Nike). | |||
| US Custodial Team (509th USAAD) | 1987 | Nuclear custody for 12 GGW, Bramsche-Hesepe (NL-Nike) 1975–1987. | ||||
| US Custodial Team (Team A, 509th USAAD) | 1987 | Nuclear custody for 118 Sqn / 12 GGW, Bramsche-Hesepe (NL-Nike). | ||||
| Wagenfeld | Auburg barracks | US Custodial Team (Team B, 42nd USAAD) | 1988 | Nuclear custody for 3./FlaRakBtl 25 (Nike). | ||
| Walsrode | US Custodial Team (25th USAFAD) | 1971 | Nuclear custody for RakArtBtl 32, 1971 relocation to Dörverden. Prestock Point until 1992 | |||
| Wanna | Wanna Communication Facility | USAFE | 1991 | call sign COMPOSE, EDUCATE | ||
| Wiesmoor | Fehn barracks | US Custodial Team (Team C, 35th USAAD) | 1989 | Nuclear custody for 3./FlaRakBtl 26 (Nike). | ||
| Wobeck | Wobeck Electronic Test Facility | USAREUR, USAFE | 1992 | FmElo Aufkl | ||
| Wobeck Communications Station | 11th AD signal Bn (LFV) | 1992 | ||||
| Wunstorf | Wunstorf Terminal Station (WUF) | 5th Signal Command (USAREUR) | 1993 | European Tropospheric Scatter Army (ET-A). | ||
| Wurmberg | Wurmberg Communications Station | 11th AD signal Bn (LFV) | 1992 |
North Rhine-Westphalia
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US Armed Forces locations in North Rhine-Westphalia ( nuclear safekeeping)    |
| Location | property | Previous user | Troops | Year of dissolution | Reuse | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bad Godesberg | Bad Godesberg Dependents School | DoDDS | 1999 | |||
| Bad Godesberg American High School | DoDDS | 1999 | ||||
| Blankenheim | Camp Blankenheim | US Custodial Team (Team D, 43rd USAAD) | 1989 | Nuclear custody for 51 Sqn / 13e Wing (BE-Nike) 1964–1989. | ||
| Borgholzhausen | US Custodial Team (Team D, 509th USAAD) | 1975 | Nuclear custody for C Sqn, 1964 120 Sqn / 1 GGW (NL-Nike). | |||
| Camp Borgholzhausen | US Custodial Team (Team B, 509th USAAD) | 1987 | Nuclear custody for 120 Sqn / 12 GGW (NL-Nike). | |||
| Büecke | Belgian training site | US Custodial Team (Team A, 66th USAAD) | 1987 | Nuclear custody for 2./FlaRakBtl 21, Echtrop , Graf-Yorck-Kaserne (Nike). | ||
| Burbach | Siegerland barracks | US Custodial Team (52nd USAAD) | 1988 | Nuclear custody for FlaRakBtl 22 (Nike) 1960–1988. | ||
| Siegerland barracks | US Custodial Team (Team A, 52nd USAAD) | 1988 | Nuclear custody for 2./FlaRakBtl 22 (Nike). | |||
| Büren | Nuclear depot (central warehouse) | US Custodial Team HQ (5th USAAG) | 1992 | 1994-2015 JVA, then accommodation facility for Büren who are obliged to leave the country | Warheads for all 38 positions in Germany with anti-aircraft missiles Nike (BE, GE, NL stocks). | |
| Regency Net Communications Facility Büren | 801st Telecommunications "R", C&C Sqn | 1997 | ||||
| Büren Dependents School | DoDDS | 1992 | ||||
| Dates | Haard barracks | US Custodial Team (Team D, 66th USAAD) | 1987 | Keller Pyro GmbH | Nuclear custody for 4./FlaRakBtl 21 (Nike). | |
| Dülmen | St. Barbara Barracks | US Custodial Team (81st USAFAD) | 1992 | Nuclear custody for ArtRgt 7 | ||
| Regency Net Communications Facility Dülmen | 801st Telecommunications "R", C&C Sqn | 1997 | Long-distance radio station Letterhausstraße / Olfener Weg | |||
| Tower barracks | St. Barbara barracks (Wehrmacht) | Material depot (USAREUR) | still existing | 2014 Takeover of the British Armed Forces, APS Army Prepositioned Set | ||
| Düren (Drove) | Camp Bodart | US Custodial Team (43rd USAAD) | 1991 | Nuclear custody for 13e Wing (BE-Nike), Drove 1964–1991. | ||
| Camp Général / Camp Generaal Bastin | US Custodial Team (Team A, 43rd USAAD) | 1984 | Nuclear custody for 50 Sqn / 13e Wing (BE-Nike) 1964–1984. | |||
| Alder-Schermbeck | Kamp alder | US Custodial Team (Team B, 508th USAAD) | 1975 | Nuclear custody for 221 Sqn / 2 GGW (NL-Nike) 1967–1975, transfer of the position to Belgium. | ||
| Camp / Camp Alder | US Custodial Team (Team B, 507th USAAD) | 1983 | Nuclear custody for 57 Sqn / 9e Wing (BE-Nike) 1975–1983, assumption of the position from the Netherlands. | |||
| Euskirchen | Caserne / Kazerne Loncin | US Custodial Team (Team C, 43rd USAAD) | 1983 | Nuclear custody for 52 Sqn / 13e Wing (BE-Nike) 1964–1983. | ||
| Geilenkirchen | Selfkant barracks (Teveren) | US Custodial Team (85th USAFAD) | 1992 | Nuclear custody for FKG 2 (Pershing 1A) | ||
| Grefrath | Grefrath barracks | USAREUR | 1995 | |||
| Grefrath barracks | US Custodial Team (507th USAAD) | 1984 | Nuclear custody for 9e Wing (BE-Nike) 1970–1984. | |||
| Grefrath barracks | US Custodial Team (Team A, 507th USAAD) | 1984 | Nuclear custody for 56 Sqn / 9e Wing (BE-Nike) 1970–1984. | |||
| Regency Net Communications Facility Hinsbeck | 801st Telecommunications "R", C&C Sqn | 1997 | ||||
| Greven | Greven Dependents School | DoDDS | 1991 | |||
| Hamminkeln | Regency Net Communications Facility Hamminkeln | 801st Telecommunications "R", C&C Sqn | 1997 | |||
| Hehn | ACE HIGH troposcatter terminal (AHEZ) | USAFE | 1992 | Forward scatter connection for SHAPE 1962-1995. AFCENT Microwave System (CIP 67) 1967-1995. | ||
| Hemer | Fort Prince | US Custodial Team (69th USAFAD) | 1970 | Nuclear custody for Canadian artillery units of 4 CMBG in Soest until 1970. | ||
| Herongen | Herongen Storage Area, POMCUS Depot | USAREUR | 1995 | |||
| Holzwickede | Emscher barracks | US Custodial Team (Team C, 66th USAAD) | 1987 | Nuclear custody for 3./FlaRakBtl 21 (Nike). | ||
| Hops | General Wever Barracks | US Custodial Team (Team D, 508th USAAD) | 1975 | Nuclear custody for 223 Sqn / 2 GGW (NL-Nike) 1967–1975. | ||
| General Wever Barracks | US Custodial Team (Team D, 509th USAAD) | 1987 | Nuclear custody for 223 Sqn / 12 GGW (NL-Nike). | |||
| Kalkar | Kalkar Communications Site | USAFE | SOC | |||
| Kalkar Family Housing | 1995 | |||||
| Chapels | Camp / Kamp chapels | US Custodial Team (Team C, 507th USAAD) | 1985 | Nuclear custody for 55 Sqn / 9e Wing (BE-Nike). | ||
| Caster | US Custodial Team (Team B, 43rd USAAD) | 1983 | Nuclear custody for 53 Sqn / 13e Wing (BE-Nike) 1964–1983. | |||
| Kerpen | Kerpen Dependents School | DoDDS | 1991 | |||
| Cologne-Dellbrück | Caserne Moorslede Kazerne | US Custodial Team (33rd USAFAD) | 1992 | Nuclear custody for Belgian artillery units of the I (BE) Corps in Cologne-Weiden. | ||
| Köterberg | Köterberg Radio Relay Site | USAFE | 1993 | |||
| Köterberg Terminal Station (KOG) | 5th Signal Command (USAREUR) | 1993 | DEBS station (KBG) | |||
| Linderhofe | Linderhofe Communication Station (LDF) | USAREUR | 1993 | European Tropospheric Scatter - Army (ET-A), Nodal Site 51.1. Over-the-horizon radio link to West Berlin. DEBS station (LDF) | ||
| Marienheide | Hermannsberg barracks | US Custodial Team (Team D, 52nd USAAD) | 1988 | Nuclear custody for 4./FlaRakBtl 22 (Nike). | ||
| Mehlem ( Bonn-Bad Godesberg ) | Mehlem Terminal Station (MLM) | 5th Signal Command (USAREUR) | 1999 | Seat of the US embassy from 1951 to 1999 | ||
| Menden (Sauerland) | Northumberland Barracks | US Custodial Team (69th USAFAD) | 1992 | Nuclear custody for British artillery units of the I (BR) Corps in Bielefeld from 1970. | ||
| Munster-Handorf | Telgte-Schirlheide central warehouse (nuclear depot) | Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht), JG 27 | US Custodial Team HQ (570th USAAG) | 1992 | Warheads and nuclear ammunition for I (BR) Corps, 4 (CDN) CMBG, I (BE) Corps | |
| Air Force barracks | US Custodial Team (509th USAAD) | 1975 | Nuclear custody for 1 GGW (NL-Nike) 1962–1975. | |||
| Air Force barracks | US Custodial Team (Team A, 509th USAAD) | 1975 | Nuclear custody for B Sqn, 1964 119 Sqn / 1 GGW (NL-Nike). | |||
| Norvenich | Nörvenich Air Base | US Custodial Team (7502 MUNSS Detachment) | 1996 | Nuclear custody for JaboG 31 | ||
| Nörvenich Air Base | FOB (USAFE) | 1992 | FOB for A 10 of the 81st TFW, RAF Bentwaters | |||
| Oedingen-Elspe | Sauerland barracks | US Custodial Team (Team B, 52nd USAAD) | 1988 | Nuclear custody for 1./FlaRakBtl 22 (Nike). | ||
| Olfen | Ammunition depot Olfen | USAREUR | 1993 | Prestock Point | ||
| Paderborn | Barker Barracks | US Custodial Team (15th USAFAD) | 1992 | Nuclear custody for British artillery units of the 1 (BR) Armored Division in Verden. | ||
| Dempsey Barracks | US Custodial Team (22nd USAFAD) | 1992 | Nuclear custody for British artillery units of the I (BR) Corps in Bielefeld. | |||
| Barker Barracks | US Custodial Team (26th USAFAD) | 1992 | Nuclear custody for British artillery units of the I (BR) Corps in Bielefeld. | |||
| Rheinberg | Reichel barracks | Supply Command (USAREUR) | 1991 | |||
| Simpson Barracks | USAREUR | 1992 | ||||
| Windberg Barracks | USAREUR | 1996 | ||||
| Rheindahlen | South Park Storage Area | USAREUR | 1994 | |||
| POMCUS depot | USAREUR | 1994 | ||||
| Roetgen ( Lammersdorf ) | ACE HIGH troposcatter terminal (ALAZ) | USAFE | 1995 | Forward scatter connection for SHAPE with BAOR / RAFG. LANDCENT Microwave System 1952–1962, AIRCENT Microwave System 1952–1958, AFCENT Microwave System (Station 22) 1962–1967, ACE High 1962-1995 | ||
| Schoeppingen | US Custodial Team (508th USAAD) | 1975 | Nuclear custody for 2 GGW (NL-Nike), 1975 relocation to Vörden. | |||
| US Custodial Team (Team A, 508th USAAD) | 1975 | Nuclear custody for 220 Sqn / 2 GGW (NL-Nike), 1975 relocation to Borgholzhausen. | ||||
| US Custodial Team (Team B, 509th USAAD) | 1975 | Nuclear custody for 220 Sqn / 12 GGW (NL-Nike). | ||||
| Schwelentrup | Schwelentrup Communications Annex | USAFE | 1995 | call sign CITRIC, BRAHMA | ||
| Soest-Büecke | Herzog-Johann-von-Cleve barracks | US Custodial Team (66th USAAD) | 1987 | Bundeswehr until 1989 | Nuclear custody for FlaRakBtl 21 (Nike) 1959–1987. | |
| Straelen | POMCUS depot | USAREUR | 1994 | |||
| Twisted | Twist the Ammo Area | USAREUR | 1993 | Prestock Point | ||
| Uedem | ACE HIGH troposcatter terminal (AUEZ) | USAFE | 1995 | Command bunker "Udo". Forward scatter connection for SHAPE 1962–1995. AFCENT Microwave System (CIP 67) 1967-1995. | ||
| Waldbröl | Nutscheid barracks | US Custodial Team (Team C, 52nd USAAD) | 1988 | Bundeswehr until 2003, Panarbora Park | Nuclear custody for 3./FlaRakBtl 22 (Nike). | |
| Werl | Caserne / Kazerne Houthulst | Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht), JG 26 "Schlageter", ZG 26 "Horst Wessel" | US Custodial Team (4th USAFAD) | 1992 | Nuclear custody for Belgian artillery units in Werl, Soest and Spich. | |
| Wesel | Schill barracks | US Custodial Team (1st USAFAD) | 1992 | Nuclear custody for RakArtBtl 150 (Lance) | ||
| Western Churches | Münsterland barracks (Warendorf) | US Custodial Team (Team B, 66th USAAD) | 1987 | Nuclear custody for 1./FlaRakBtl 21 (Nike). | ||
| RAF Wildenrath | US Custodial Team (MUNSS Detachment) | 1984 | Nuclear custody for RAF Wildenrath and RAF Brüggen | |||
| Xanten | Camp Sonsbeck | US Custodial Team (Team D, 507th USAAD) | 1985 | Nuclear custody for 54 Sqn / 9e Wing (BE-Nike). |
Saxony-Anhalt
| Location | property | Previous user | Troops | Year of dissolution | Reuse | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle | Autobahn aid station | Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht), B 16 pilot school | USAREUR, BAOR | 1991 |
Schleswig-Holstein
| Location | property | Previous user | Troops | Year of dissolution | Reuse | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breitenburg | Barracks von Fritsch barracks | US Custodial Team (75th USAFAD) | 1971 | Nuclear custody for RakArtBtl 650, 1973 relocation to Flensburg | ||
| Flensburg | Briesen barracks | US Custodial Team HQ (294th USAAG) | 1992 | Garden city turnout | Nuclear custody for LANDJUT / AFNORTH | |
| Briesen barracks | US Custodial Team (75th USAFAD) | 1992 | Nuclear custody for RakArtBtl 650 from 1971 | |||
| Regency Net Communications Facility Flensburg | 801st Telecommunications "R", C&C Sqn | 1997 | ||||
| Flensburg Dependents School | DoDDS | 1992 | ||||
| Kellinghusen | Liliencron barracks , nuclear depot (central warehouse) | Det US Custodial Team HQ (294th USAAG) | 1992 | Warheads and nuclear ammunition for LANDJUT / AFNORTH | ||
| Liliencron Barracks | US Custodial Team (13th USAFAD) | 1992 | Nuclear custody for RakArtBtl 62 | |||
| Regency Net Communications Facility Kellinghusen | 801st Telecommunications "R", C&C Sqn | 1997 | ||||
| leak | Leck Air Base | COB (USAFE) | 1994 | Advanced deployment base | ||
| Rantum | LORAN -C station | US Coast Guard | 2015 | The only US Coast Guard base in Germany | ||
| Schleswig | US Army Field Station (USAFS) | FWD Ops Bn Schleswig (USAREUR) | 1992 | FmElo Aufkl |
Abbreviations
| abbreviation | text |
|---|---|
| ACE | Allied Command Europe |
| AFCENT | Allied Forces Central Europe |
| AFN | American Forces Network |
| AFNORTH | Allied Forces Northern Europe |
| AIRCENT | Allied Air Forces Central Europe |
| ArtRgt | Artillery Regiment |
| ATAF | Allied Tactical Air Force |
| BAOR | British Army of the Rhine |
| BE | Belgian, Belgium |
| Bn | Battalion |
| BR | British, UK |
| BSD | Belgian Strijdkrachten in Duitsland |
| CMBG | Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group |
| Co | Company |
| COB | Collocated Operating Base |
| C&C | Command and Control |
| CRC | Control and Reporting Center |
| CRP | Control and Reporting Post |
| DoDDS | Department of Defense Dependents Schools |
| DODEA | Department of Defense Education Activity |
| DEBS | Digital European Backbone System |
| Det | Detachment |
| FBA | Forces Belges en Allemagne |
| FOB | Forward Operating Base |
| FKG | Missile Squadron |
| FlaRak | Anti-aircraft missiles |
| FlaRakBtl | Anti-aircraft missile battalion |
| FmElo Aufkl | Telecommunication and electronic reconnaissance |
| FWD | Forward |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| GE | German, Germany |
| gene | general |
| GGW | Groep Geleide Wapen |
| Hosp | hospital |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| JaboG | Fighter-bomber squadron |
| LANDCENT | Allied Land Forces Central Europe |
| LANDJUT | Allied Land Forces Jutland |
| LFV | La Faire Vite communications network |
| Kind regards | Naval Aviation Squadron |
| MUNSS | Munitions Support Squadron |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NAVFORGER | United States Naval Forces Germany |
| NL | Netherlands, Netherlands |
| NO | Norwegian, Norway |
| NORTHAG | Northern Army Group |
| POMCUS | Prepositioned Organizational Material Configurated to Unit Sets |
| PSP | Prestock Point |
| RA | Régiment d'Artillerie |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RAFG | Royal Air Force Germany |
| RakArtBtl | Missile Artillery Battalion |
| RNAF | Royal Netherlands Air Force |
| SHAPE | Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe |
| SOC | Sector Operations Center |
| Sqn | Squadron |
| TFW | Tactical Fighter Wing |
| USAAD | United States Army Artillery Detachment |
| USAAG | United States Army Artillery Group |
| USAFAD | United States Army Field Artillery Detachment |
| USAFE | United States Air Force in Europe |
| USAREUR | United States Army in Europe |
See also
- Foreign military bases in Germany
- List of American military locations in Germany
- List of American military locations in southern Germany
- List of British military bases in Germany
- List of French military locations in Germany
- List of Belgian military locations in Germany
- List of Canadian military locations in Germany
- List of Dutch military locations in Germany
- List of other military locations in Germany
- List of Soviet military bases in Germany
- Allied headquarters in Berlin
- Territorial organization of the US armed forces in Germany
- 59th Ordnance Brigade
- Weapon Storage and Security System WS3
- United States Constabulary
- American field post in the Cold War
literature
- Benz, Wolfgang (ed.), Germany under Allied occupation 1945–1949/55, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1999.
- Cunningham, Keith B. and Andreas Klemmer, Restructuring the US Military Bases in Germany, Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) Report 4, Bonn 1995.
- Duke, Simon W., United States Military Forces and Installations in Europe, Oxford 1989.
- Duke, Simon W. and Wolfgang Krieger (Eds.), US Military Forces in Europe. The Early Years 1945-1970, Westview Press, Boulder - San Francisco - Oxford 1993.
- Elder, Christine and Elizabeth G. Sammis (Eds), 50 years Americans on the Rhine, US Embassy Bonn, Bonn 1999.
- Haglund, David G. and Olaf Mager (eds.), Homeward Bound ?, Allied Forces in the New Germany, Westview Press, Boulder 1992.
- Harder, Hans-Joachim, Guarantors of Peace and Freedom: The US Forces in Germany 1945–1990, in: Maulucci, Thomas W. Jr. and Detlef Junker, GIs in Germany, Cambridge University Press, New York 2013, 37–54.
- Henke, Klaus-Dietmar, The American Occupation of Germany, Oldenbourg-Verlag, Munich 1996.
- Lemza, John W., American Military Communities in West Germany. Life on the Cold War Badlands 1945 - 1990, McFarland, 2016.
- Leuerer, Thomas, The Stationing of American Forces in Germany. Military communities of the US Army in Germany since 1945, Ergon-Verlag, Diss.University of Würzburg 1996.
- Mako, William P., US Ground Forces and the Defense of Central Europe, Brookings Institution, Washington DC 1983.
- Nelson, Daniel J., A History of US Military Forces in Germany, Westview Special Studies in Military Affairs, Boulder - London 1987.
- Seiler, Signe, American soldiers in Germany, in: Grieswelle, Schlau (Ed.), Allied Troops in Germany, Bonn 1990.
- Snyder, Thomas and Daniel F. Harrington, Historical Highlights. United States Air Forces in Europe 1942–1997, USAFE Office of History, Ramstein Air Base, 1997.
- Stützle, Walther, United States Military Forces and Installations in Europe, SIPRI, Stockholm 1989.
- Stützle, Walther, Europe After an American Withdrawal, SIPRI, Stockholm 1990.
Literature on individual garrisons
- Berlin
- Domentat, Tamara, Coca-Cola, Jazz and AFN. Berlin and the Americans, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 1995.
- Grathwol, Robert P. and Donita M. Moorhus, Berlin and the American Military, New York University Press, New York 1999.
- Heidenfelder, Gabriele, From Duppel to Truman Plaza. The Berlin American Community from 1965 to 1989, Lit Verlag, Hamburg 1998.
- Wetzlaugk, Udo, The Allies in Berlin, Berlin 1988.
- Stivers, William and Donald A. Carter, The City Becomes a Symbol: The US Army in the Occupation of Berlin, 1945-1948, Center of Military History, Washington DC 2017
Web links
- Restructuring the US Military Bases in Germany: Scope, Impacts, and Opportunities . BICC report 4, 1995
- Page on the history of the American armed forces in Germany (English)
- The transformation of the US armed forces in Europe
- US bases in Germany (English)
- Allied Museum, Berlin Allied Museum, Berlin
- Paul Schäfer (Ed.): US Armed Forces in Germany ( Memento from January 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (including legal basis and consequences of the stationing for Germany; PDF; 3.21 MB)
- www.zone-interdite.net Flash animated world map with military zones (German / English)
- www.zone-interdite.net Flash animated world map with military zones (German / English)
- The history of the US Army in Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1951 to 1991 (German, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Constituted on July 30, 1945, initially at the US HQ. The Soviet Union, like every other place in the Soviet sector, had rejected the originally planned seat, the former Reich Aviation Ministry in Leipziger Strasse in the Mitte district (later the house of the GDR ministries, 1990 seat of the Treuhand, from 1999 office building of the Federal Ministry of Finance ). The Control Council for Germany met 82 times until the Soviet exit on March 20, 1948. The principle of unanimity prevailed. The coordination committee and the control staff with 12 directors carried out the work between the meetings. No German executive body.
- ↑ named after Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews (1884–1943), Commander in Chief US Forces in the European Theater of Operations during the Second World War.
- ↑ named after LTC Francis M. Oliver, who died on August 9, 1944 near Sillé-le-Guillaume in France (General Order May 16, 1947).
- ↑ named after General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., who had served with distinction in both world wars and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in September 1944.
- ↑ See Miller, Roger G., To Save a City. The Berlin Air Lift 1948–1949, Air Force History and Museums Program, US Government Printing Office, 1998. See also: Harrington, Daniel F., “The Air Force Can Deliver Anything!” A History of the Berlin Airlift, USAFE Office of History, Ramstein Air Base, 1998.
- ↑ See Steury, Donald P. (Ed.), On the Front Lines of the Cold War: Documents on the Intelligence War in Berlin, 1946 to 1961, CIA History Staff, Washington DC 1999.
- ↑ named after General Lucius D. Clay (April 23, 1897 to April 16, 1978), Commander in Chief US Forces in Europe and Military Governor of the American Zone 1947–1949.
- ^ HQ London October 1944 directed by General Cornelius W. Wickersham (originated from the German Country Unit, set up in Shrivenham in spring 1944), Spring 1945 Versailles, June 15, 1945 Frankfurt am Main-Höchst directed by General Lucius D. Clay, 3. August 1945 Berlin. The move to Berlin immediately after the Potsdam Conference was of programmatic importance for General Clay because - in contrast to the French attitude, which kept their decision-making center in Baden-Baden - he wanted to document the joint responsibility of the Four Powers. October 1, 1945 reclassification to OMGUS (Office of Military Government United States), US-FET-5 to OMGUSZ (US zone). The formula "unconditional surrender" was announced by President Roosevelt on January 24, 1943 at the Casablanca Conference.
- ↑ named after General Leslie J. McNair (May 25, 1883 - July 25, 1944), KG US Army Ground Forces on the European theater of war, killed in Normandy in an accidental bombing by the Eighth Air Force.
- ↑ named after Sergeant 1st Class Charles W. Turner, who died on September 1, 1950 at Yongsun in Korea (General Order February 7, 1952).
- ↑ named after Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 to December 26, 1972), President of the USA 1945–1953.
- ↑ named after Colonel Thomas Arnett Roberts Jr., the commander of the 2nd Artillery Division, who died on the landing in Normandy on August 4, 1944.
- ↑ named after Maj Gen Maurice Rose, who fell as commander of the 3rd AD on March 30, 1945 in Germany (General Order April 24, 1947).
- ↑ named after Brig Gen Charles L. Keerans, who died as deputy commander of the 82nd Airborne Division on July 11, 1943 during the Allied landing in Sicily (Operation Husky).
- ↑ named after Carl Schurz (March 2, 1829 to May 14, 1906), who emigrated from Germany after the failed revolution of 1848, Union Army General 1862–1865 and US Secretary of the Interior 1887–1881.
- ↑ named after General Lucius D. Clay (April 23, 1897 to April 16, 1978), Commander in Chief US Forces in Europe and Military Governor of the American Zone 1947–1949.
- ↑ The operators of the Wurmberg tower were US Army units, including the 11th Air Defense Signal Battalion and parts of the 94th Air Defense Artillery Brigade. The USA called the station "La Faire Vite, north tower", the southern counterpart was in northeast Bavaria on the corner stone. In April 1992 the American specialists withdrew, a year later the huge antenna supports were dismantled and on August 22, 1994 the demolition took place. Today only a few remains of concrete remind of this facility.
- ↑ Retention of the British barracks name, named after the royal palace "Tower of London".
- ↑ ACE High was a USAFE operated communications facility for NATO. It was a forward scatter connection with the headquarters at SHAPE. From 1960 to 1966 the control center in Paris was on the Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel control center) and "Paris Nord" near Beauvais. The connection with BAOR / RAFG was established via Roetgen. In Europe there were 49 tropospheric scatters and 41 microwave (line of sight) stations. After France withdrew from military integration, a new connection was established from Casteau and Chièvres (Belgium) via Kindsbach and Feldberg / Black Forest to Dosso di Galli on Lake Garda (Italy).
- ↑ See The Link with Home - and the Germans listened. The radio stations of the Western powers from 1945 to 1994, catalog of the Allied Museum, Berlin 2001.
- ↑ The "La Faire Vite" microwave network was set up in 1976, the main components were type AN / FSQ-91 devices from Harris from Melbourne, Florida. These are Doppler direction finders from two stations that pass their data on to an evaluation point via multiplexers. The data from the Eastern Bloc countries and Western Europe, received and processed with the aid of the latest technology, was forwarded directly to the LFV headquarters, the Field Station Augsburg-Gablingen, via fiber optic cables.
