Düren tank barracks
The tank barracks in Düren , a district town in North Rhine-Westphalia , stood on the southern outskirts of the city.
An older barracks stood on today's Euskirchener Straße in the area of the supermarkets and the fire station, the Riemann barracks . The city sold the site to the Reich on March 19, 1937 for the construction of the barracks on Stockheimer Landstrasse . The topping-out ceremony was held in 1938 . In 1939 it was completed.
From 1947 the barracks were used as emergency accommodation . By November 10, 1950, the buildings were cleared by a city council resolution so that the Belgian military could move in. On October 31, 1951, a battalion with around 800 soldiers moved into the barracks. On January 14, 1972, the Belgian garrison Düren numbered 6,000 people, making it the largest outside of Belgium. The 17th Panzer Brigade left the barracks, which bore the name of Edith Cavell , after 23 years . It was followed by the 7th Panzer Regiment on June 18, 1979. The 1st Lancers' regiment from Düren said goodbye on May 14, 1980 with a large parade of troops on Annakirmesplatz .
In 1980 the Belgians had withdrawn from Düren and made room for the territorial army of the Bundeswehr . At first the Homeland Security Command 53 moved in . The repair company 530 followed in 1983.
On March 31, 1997, the Düren location, which had existed since 1914, was given up. A large part of the tank barracks was demolished. A few buildings remained. The Recontec company moved in there, refurbishing rental vehicles for resale. A large area became a commercial area with a hardware store, furniture store, gas station and many medium-sized businesses.
In 2017 it became known that the city of Düren wanted to buy up the entire area of 25 hectares.
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- http://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/dueren/stadt-will-frueheres-kasernen-areal-kaufen-1.1557072
- Dürener Zeitung of October 24, 2017, p. 17
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Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ′ 41.3 " N , 6 ° 28 ′ 56" E