Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden barracks
 Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden barracks
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Main entrance to the Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden barracks |
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| country | Germany | ||
| Surname | since 1968 | ||
| local community | Achern | ||
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 39 ' N , 8 ° 4' E | ||
| Opened | 1961 | ||
| Workforce | approx. 1300 | ||
| Formerly stationed units | |||
| Supply Battalion 864 Transport Battalion 861 |
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Location of the Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden barracks in Baden-Württemberg |
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The Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden barracks was a barracks of the Bundeswehr built in 1961 in Achern in Baden-Württemberg .
In February 1968, the Heid barracks was renamed Markgraf-Ludwig-Wilhelm-von-Baden barracks in memory of Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden , known as the Türkenlouis .
history
Beginnings
Basic considerations in the city of Achern to build another barracks already existed during the Weimar Republic . However, these plans were put aside when the war broke out in 1939.
The decision to build a Bundeswehr barracks in Achern after the war was made in the 1950s . In 1961 the construction of the barracks on the site of the Acherner Heid began. On November 1, 1961, the advance command arrived in Achern, since the barracks had not yet been completed at that time, the soldiers had to be accommodated and looked after by the French armed forces in the nearby Illenau . At the beginning of 1962, the advance command was steadily strengthened in order to begin building the later transport battalion. On May 19, 1962, Major General Hellmuth Reinhardt, responsible for the state of Baden-Württemberg, officially handed over the barracks to the first battalion commander Konrad Büchner. The ceremonial handover of the barracks took place in the Achern city garden. The soldiers then marched through the city on foot to the barracks about 2 km away. In the following years the barracks was continuously expanded and modernized. The original wooden barracks for the soldiers' accommodation were not completely replaced by permanent accommodation until the mid- 1960s .
Federal Intelligence Service
In the 1970s and 1980s, the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) planned to use the barracks as a “war center” or “backup center” as part of its emergency preparations ("E-case"), because the service expected the BND property to be used in Pullach would then be exposed to enemy attacks. First of all, the main work areas of the respective departments of the BND should be relocated there in order to maintain the functionality. The barracks in Achern should be listed under the legend "Bundeswehr personnel reserve". Other work areas of the BND wanted to be housed in neighborhoods in nearby towns. In the event of immediate defense , the BND was planned to be relocated to other western countries from the 1970s.
Site closure
The last chapter in the history of the barracks began with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and thus with the peaceful overcoming of the Cold War between NATO and the Warsaw Pact . This meant that the military forces concentrated in Central Europe could be reduced. For the Bundeswehr, this meant, according to the two-plus-four treaty , that the strength of the soldiers, including NVA forces of the former GDR, had to be reduced to 370,000 soldiers by the end of 1994. The first rumors about the closure of the site arose at the beginning of 1991, and on March 31, 1992 it was certain when the Federal Ministry of Defense announced the relocations and liquidations in the course of the new army structure in a preliminary order.
This included the closure of the Achern site on December 31, 1993.
Tax waste
After Defense Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg announced the stationing concept in May 1991, despite the dissolution of the Achern garrison, the troop kitchen was renovated in November 1991 for 650,000 DM. The planning of the Territorial Command South envisaged that the majority of the soldiers stationed in Achern should be withdrawn in the first quarter of 1993.
Reuse
The military use of the Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden barracks did not end with the closure of the site by the Bundeswehr.
The French Telecommunications Regiment 42 ( 42nd Régiment de Transmissions ) continued to use the property until 1999, when this association was also relocated to France ( Laval )
Associations
The following associations were in the Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden barracks.
- Transport battalion 82 special weapons: 1961 to 1963 (relocated to Günzburg)
- Pipeline Pioneer Battalion 921: 1961 to 1963 (relocation to Kraillingen)
- Pipeline Engineer Battalion 853 (GerEinh) 1981 to 1994
- Headquarters Achern: August 1962 to September 1966 (then renamed Defense District Command 533)
- Defense District Command 533: 1966 to March 1974 (relocated to Freiburg)
- Army Aviation Training Company 431: October 1961 to September 1971
- Medical area 53/1 until 1994
- Dental group 503/3 until 1994
- Driving school group Achern (April 1986 amalgamation of the existing driving schools in the Achern location) until 1994
- Heavy Transport Battalion 921 - November 1961 to 1972 (then renamed Transport Battalion 861)
- Transport Battalion 861 (cadre) October 1972 to 1994
- 3rd / Transport Umschlagbataillon 972: November 1961 to October 1972 (then renamed to Supply Battalion 864),
- Supply Battalion 864 (partly active 2./864) October 1972 to 1994.
- Richtfunktrupp 12 from the 3: / FmRgt 12 for the WVS Hornisgrinde until 1994
- Telecommunication Service Group 516/11 until 1994
- Telecommunications Revision Service Squad 516/111 until 1994
- Homeland Security Company 5331 (GerEinh) until 1994
- Homeland Security Company 5332 (GerEinh) until 1994
- Safety train 8502 (GerEinh) until 1994
- Safety train 8503 (GerEinh) until 1994
- Safety train 8504 (GerEinh) until 1994
- Security train NATO tank farm KEHL (GerEinh) until 1994
Todays use
At the beginning of the 2000s, the buildings and the adjacent French barracks were demolished and converted into an industrial area. Today they are located there next to the Duravit logistics center.
- JH Ziegler GmbH
- Wood and stone processing industries
- Transport and logistics company
- City Archives Achern
- Urban building yard
- Micro-businesses
Individual evidence
- ↑ The occupiers become friends. Retrieved August 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Continuous rain accompanied the great holiday on May 19, 1962. Retrieved on August 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Continuous rain accompanied the great holiday on May 19, 1962. Retrieved on August 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Soldiers and heavy transporters were part of the street scene in Achern. In: Baden's latest news. December 31, 2018, accessed August 10, 2019 .
- ^ Susanne Meinl , Bodo Hechelhammer : Secret object Pullach . Ch. Links Verlag , Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86153-792-2 , p. 229 .
- ↑ Soldiers and heavy transporters were part of the street scene in Achern. In: Baden's latest news. December 31, 2018, accessed August 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Wolfgang Winter: Much speculation about the future of the heath . Ed .: Acher-Rench-Zeitung. 18th January 2019.
- ↑ The occupiers become friends. Retrieved August 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Soldiers and heavy transporters were part of the street scene in Achern. In: Baden's latest news. December 31, 2018, accessed on August 10, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Shoemaker: 42RT ACHERN: Achern 42RT. In: 42RT ACHERN. December 4, 2008, accessed August 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Bundeswehr HptFw Ahrens u. Hptm Kirsten: 25 years of the Bundeswehr in Achern - 1986 . Ed .: Achern site, Bundeswehr. 5th edition. No. 501 . Mönch Verlag, 1986, p. 32 .
- ↑ Yumpu.com: GerEinh - Micro Armor Mayhem. Retrieved August 13, 2019 .
- ↑ 25 million invested. In: Baden's latest news. June 14, 2016, accessed on August 10, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Fast Internet for the twelve companies in Acherner Heid. Retrieved August 10, 2019 .