Ostmark barracks
 Ostmark barracks
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| country | Germany | ||
| local community |
 Willows in the Upper Palatinate
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| Coordinates : | 49 ° 40 ′ N , 12 ° 8 ′ E | ||
| Opened | 1935 | ||
| owner | Federal Republic of Germany | ||
| Workforce | 1200 | ||
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| Artillery Battalion 131 |
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| Old barracks names | |||
| 1935-1966 | Metzer barracks | ||
Location of the Ostmark barracks in Bavaria |
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The Ostmark barracks in Weiden is a property of the Bundeswehr , in the artillery battalion 131 (ArtBtl 131) of the Bundeswehr its location has. Barracks commander is Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Schmidt and Site Elder Sven Zickmantel, at the same time battalion commander of ArtBtl 131.
location
The barracks are located in the west of Weiden in the Upper Palatinate at the junction of the federal highway 93 . About three kilometers northwest of the barracks is an on- site shooting range , about two kilometers southwest an ammunition depot and 15 kilometers west the Grafenwoehr military training area .
history
The barracks were built for the Wehrmacht and opened in 1935. Weiden has been a garrison town since then . It was named Metzer Kaserne after the German city of Metz in Lorraine from 1871 to 1918 . After the Second World War , the Bundeswehr moved in in 1956. On the occasion of a visit from the Weiden sponsored town of Issy-les-Moulineaux in France in 1964, the renaming of the barracks was suggested and implemented two years later. Since then it has been named after the Bavarian Ostmark . A renaming to " Major- Radloff-Kaserne" is discussed. Jörn Radloff was killed in the Good Friday battle in Afghanistan in 2010 .
Departments
The following departments are or were stationed in the barracks, among others:
current:
- Artillery Battalion 131 (ArtBtl 131)
- 5. / Panzerbataillon 104 (5./PzBtl 104)
- Sanitary supply center Weiden
- Protestant military parish in Weiden
- Catholic military parish in Weiden
- Support staff for the site elder Weiden
historical:
- Panzergrenadierbrigade 10 (1959–1970; 1981–1993)
- Jägerbrigade 10 (1970-1981)
- Army NCO school (1990-2003)
- Army NCO School , Teaching Group C (2003-2010)
- Army NCO School, Teaching Group D (2010–2012)
- Panzerartilleriebataillon 105 (1977-1992)
- Panzergrenadierbataillon 101 (partially active; 1981–1992)
- Panzerjägerkompanie 100 (1959–1971)
- Panzerpionierkompanie 100 (1962–1992)
- 3./Raketenartilleriebataillon 132 (today 3./ArtBtl 131)
- Training support company 122 (today 5./PzBtl 104)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Commander Zickmantel: News on the renaming of the Ostmarkkaserne. In: Onetz. February 26, 2020, accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ^ Josef-Johann Wieder: 65 million euros for the Bundeswehr in Weiden. In: Onetz. March 2, 2020, accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Tobias Gräf: Commander confirmed: Radloff as favorite for new barracks name. In: Onetz. June 16, 2019, accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ^ Weiden 70 years of garrison towns. In: Onetz. August 19, 2005, accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Franz Kurz: Discussion about barracks names: Where did the Ostmark barracks get their name from? "Unfortunate Name". In: Onetz. May 17, 2017, accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Simone Baumgärtner: Soon a new name for "Ostmark-Kaserne". In: Onetz. June 5, 2019, accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Search term "Ostmark-Kaserne". In: Bundeswehr location database . www.zmsbw.de, accessed on April 30, 2020 .
- ^ Simone Baumgärtner: Weiden: New supply center for barracks. In: Otv. August 7, 2018, accessed April 30, 2020 .