Special Engineer Battalion 464

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Special
Pioneer Battalion 464 - SpezPiBtl 464 -
II

SpezPiBtl464.jpg

Internal association badge
active April 1, 2003 to December 31, 2015
Country Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Logo Streitkraeftebasis with lettering.svg Force Base
Branch of service Pioneer troop
Subordinate troops

6 companies (formerly 8 companies)

Strength 700 soldiers (formerly 1149 soldiers)
Insinuation Coat of arms LogKdoBw.jpg Logistics command of the Bundeswehr
Speyer Kurpfalz barracks
commander
commander Lieutenant Colonel Stefan Jeck

The Special Pioneer Battalion 464 was a pioneer association of the Bundeswehr . The battalion was stationed in the Kurpfalz barracks in Speyer-Nord . As part of the armed forces base , it performed special tasks by building and operating field camps for up to 12,000 soldiers and field tank farms . The battalion was involved in all Bundeswehr missions abroad. The placement of soldiers for KFOR , EUFOR and ISAF began in spring 2004.

The special pioneer battalion 464 was created on April 1, 2003 through a change of task and renaming of the heavy pioneer battalion 330 in Speyer ( floating bridge pioneers ), which at the same time switched to the armed forces base. At the same time, the field camp operations company 400 from Speyer and the technical special pioneer company 400 from Zweibrücken changed to the armed forces base and were subordinated to the special pioneer battalion 464. On July 1, 2003, the special pioneer company 501 in Speyer and the special pioneer company 500 from Bruchsal were incorporated into the special pioneer battalion 464.

The celebratory roll call took place on June 25, 2015 in front of the Speyer Cathedral . The Speyer location was closed on December 31, 2015.

Current structure and tasks

A modern military field camp : Camp Marmal in Afghanistan
Caterpillar bulldozer at the Reffenthal water training area of ​​the 464 Special Engineer Battalion
Vehicles of the Special Pioneer Battalion 464 in Reffenthal

Since October 1, 2005 the Special Pioneer Battalion 464 consisted of five field camp operating companies of 120 soldiers each and a pipeline pioneer company with 179 soldiers as well as the Spezialpioniercompanie, a staff and supply company of 203 soldiers including 48 recruits. In 2009 the association was strengthened by a special pioneer company B with 167 soldiers to the current (2010) size. Of the total of 1149 posts, around 150 are occupied by Luftwaffe soldiers.

Numerical structure:

1. / SpezPiBtl 464 (StVersKp)
2. / SpezPiBtl 464 (field camp) (dissolved on September 30, 2013)
3. / SpezPiBtl 464 (field camp)
4. / SpezPiBtl 464 (field camp)
5. / SpezPiBtl 464 (field camp)
6. / SpezPiBtl 464 (field camp)
7. / SpezPiBtl 464 (pipeline)
8. / SpezPiBtl 464 (Fire Protection Kp) (dissolved on March 31, 2014)

1. Special pioneer company

The 1st special pioneer company as a staff and supply company leads the subordinate forces and ensures their personnel and material readiness for action,

  • she investigates the situation, plans and monitors the battalion's operations
  • she represents the pioneers in the command post of the logistics regiment (support cell)
  • it carries out the basic training of the recruits
  • it operates the battalion's communication and information systems
  • it ensures the drinking water supply in the operational area
  • she supplies the battalion in action.

The five camp company companies

Each of the five field camp operating companies, each with 120 soldiers, operates up to two field camps for around 900 soldiers each at different locations in the operational area, thus ensuring the stationary accommodation of units in the operational area. To this end

  • The companies explore the situation in the operational area and if there is no infrastructure there or if there is insufficient quality, they plan and build camps and set them up,
  • run these camps and manage the camp material.

The field camp operations essentially include u. a. the self-sufficient power supply, water treatment and supply as well as waste water disposal, provision and management of accommodation containers, field camp fire brigade for fire fighting. The field camp security is ensured by the commandant of the field camp with his own security company or platoon as well as stationed forces (security service for all troops).

Typical modern field camps, such as those set up by the field camp operating companies for the German armed forces, are Camp Marmal and Camp Warehouse in Afghanistan .

Pipeline pioneer company

The pipeline pioneer company

  • supports the civilian operating company of the military pipeline systems Central Europe Pipeline System and North European Pipeline System in basic operations ,
  • builds and operates field tank farms in stationary military pipeline systems ,
  • builds and operates field pipeline systems in the logistics base of the country of operations to support the follow-up fuel supply for the emergency services,
  • repairs damage to pipelines and fuel supply systems at military airfields,
  • carries out oil defense measures and helps with environmental and disaster protection measures,
  • checks the quality of the fuel before delivery.

Special pioneer company B

supports the construction of field camps, field tank farms and pipeline systems

  • Provision of large equipment
  • ensures defensive fire protection of field camps
  • provides fire fighting and oil defense forces for airfields and field airfields
  • provides forces and resources for assistance in coordination with the territorial services and
  • supports civil agencies in the deployment of their auxiliaries within the framework of civil-military cooperation .

Sponsor communities of the companies

The following communities have sponsored the companies :

1. / SpezPiBtl 464 (StVers): Verbandsgemeinde Dudenhofen
2. / SpezPiBtl 464 (field camp): Ortgemeinde Otterstadt
3. / SpezPiBtl 464 (field camp): City of Schifferstadt
4. / SpezPiBtl 464 (field camp): Municipality of Altrip
5. / SpezPiBtl 464 (field camp): Municipality of Römerberg (since June 28, 2005)
6. / SpezPiBtl 464 (field camp): Local community Waldsee (since October 14, 2006)
7. / SpezPiBtl 464 (pipeline): Lingenfeld municipality (since 2005)
8. / SpezPiBtl 464 (military fire protection): Limburgerhof municipality (since January 14, 2010)

The Speyer location, Kurpfalzkaserne and other properties

The M2B Alligator rapid floating bridge pioneer vehicle from EWK Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern, Deutz, is a reminder of the long years of floating bridge pioneers in Speyer
Reffenthal water exercise area, formerly the Riberpray district
Reffenthal water area of ​​the Special Pioneer Battalion 464, formerly the Riberpray district, view of the Angelhofer Altrhein .

The special pioneer battalion 464 was stationed in the 23.22 hectare Kurpfalz barracks in the very north of the Speyer-Nord district of the city of Speyer am Rhein.

Since then, in December 1962 and January 1963, the parachute pioneer company 260 from Mannheim and the airborne artillery battalion 265 from Großengstingen moved into a newly built barracks north of the settlement. In order to create living space for the soldiers' families, GEWO built apartment blocks west of Spaldinger Straße in the forest area.

Immediately to the south of the Bundeswehr branch in the Rhine valley between Binsfeld and Angelhofer Altrhein, with the opportunity to practice in the Angelhofer Altrhein, there has long been a location for French bridge pioneers, the Riberpray quarter , which was later shared by the Bundeswehr. The Reffenthal water exercise area took up an area of ​​66.5 hectares.

West of the B 9 and the Speyer-West district, south of Iggelheimer Straße and the forest recreation in the Speyer Forest , the battalion had a large military training area. Parts of the areas kept free by the practice run form a sandy inland dune landscape that offers a habitat for numerous rare plants and insects. The military training area was 96.61 hectares. It was divided into the fenced pioneer training area and the on-site training area.

At the intersection of the B 9 and the B 39 was the so-called polygon area, where driving school was once used on 17.93 hectares.

The location during the cold war

In the time of the Cold War, pioneer bridges were regularly built over the Rhine for training purposes. In the very south of the city there was a floating bridge on a body of water in the Speyer alluvial forest near the current mooring point for the Rheinhausen ferry .

At several points along the Rhine there were landing stages for floating bridges and solid NATO roads to these points. The fuel supply was also prepared by means of a pipeline.

In the Palatinate Forest, vehicles and war equipment for American soldiers were stored in large depots, which should have been flown in in the event of a Soviet attack and which should have been used to pull them to the front using this equipment.

The barracks also looked after an ammunition depot north of the barracks in the Schifferstadt forest, where Patriot anti-aircraft missiles were stored. These were later delivered to Israel during the Iraq war for the purpose of repelling Scud rocket attacks, and the site was closed.

The German pioneers worked in partnership with the French pioneers from the Normand barracks stationed in Speyer and the French Spahi Regiment 1 er régiment de Spahis , which was also stationed here . From 1945 to 1984 the Spahi tank reconnaissance regiment was housed in the Martin barracks. The extensive barracks complex now houses the Speyer Technology Museum . Today the regiment that took part in the Gulf War is stationed in Valence in the Rhone Valley . In the forest between Speyer-Nord and Speyer-West to the west of the railway line there was a French vehicle depot, the Lyautey quarter. The buildings were demolished and replaced by an industrial park. (The Normand barracks was built in 1888 by Franz Schöberl for the second Bavarian Pioneer Battalion, which had moved to Speyer in 1874 and was stationed in Speyer until 1918. During the French occupation from 1918–1930 after the First World War , the French 12th Pioneer Regiment was stationed in Speyer. Its commanding general was chosen by the French to give its name to the Normand barracks during its use after the Second World War, 1945–1997. Today the barracks area, the buildings of which are listed, is a 12 hectare residential area, the Normand quarter .)

The location after the closure

The Kurpfalz barracks have been used as a branch of the reception facility for asylum seekers in Trier since September 2015. From September 23, 2015, 600 refugees should move into the barracks.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the special battalion of 464 from red and white diagonally left divided . The red field bears, in black, the stylized Speyer Cathedral , the coat of arms of the garrison town of Speyer. The white field bears a stylized black bridge, the military symbol of the pioneers, in front of a vertical green oak leaf . The stylized bridge in front of the vertical oak leaf is framed by the oak wreath, the beret badge of the pioneers.

device

In addition to extensive field camp material, collapsible tanks , pipeline pipes and hoses, taps, pumps, etc. for setting up field tank farms, the battalion has special large-scale equipment:

literature

  • Christin Désirée Rudolph: Throwing anchor: The pioneers and special pioneers of the Bundeswehr. 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-613-03155-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ March 27, 2014 - Decommissioning and relocation of logistic associations
  2. ↑ Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.) Holger Heine: Greetings from the site elder and commander, Special Pioneer Battalion 464 , in Lieutenant Colonel Holger Heine (overall responsible): Speyer Your location , Speyer 2010, page 4
  3. ^ The Bundeswehr in Speyer , in Lieutenant Colonel Holger Heine (overall responsible): Speyer Your Location , Speyer 2010, page 20
  4. ↑ The Special Pioneer Battalion 464 in Lieutenant Colonel Holger Heine (overall responsible): Speyer Your Location , Speyer 2010, page 25
  5. ↑ www.metropolnews.info: 200-year history of the garrison town of Speyer ends on June 25, 2015. Accessed on August 24, 2015 .
  6. ^ The special pioneer battalion 464 in Lieutenant Colonel Holger Heine (overall responsible): Speyer Your location , Speyer 2010, pages, 23,35
  7. ↑ a b The Special Pioneer Battalion 464 in Lieutenant Colonel Holger Heine (overall responsible): Speyer Your Location , Speyer 2010, page 27
  8. ↑ The special pioneer battalion 464 in Lieutenant Colonel Holger Heine (overall responsible): Speyer Your Location , Speyer 2010, page 28
  9. ↑ The Special Pioneer Battalion 464 in Lieutenant Colonel Holger Heine (overall responsible): Speyer Your Location , Speyer 2010, page 29
  10. ↑ a b c d Christian Berger: Deduction lets conservationists flourish . in Die Rheinpfalz , Speyerer Rundschau from November 19, 2011
  11. ↑ Loft houses and town villas - living in the former Normand barracks ( Memento from September 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Spezialpionierbataillon 464  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files