Prince Franz Barracks
 Prince Franz Barracks
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The Prinz-Franz-Kaserne as an administration building (2012) |
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| country | Germany | ||
| today | see conversion | ||
| local community | Kempten (Allgäu) | ||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 44 ' N , 10 ° 19' E | ||
| Opened | 1936 | ||
| Formerly stationed units | |||
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Location of the Prinz-Franz-Kaserne in Bavaria |
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The Prinz-Franz-Kaserne in Kempten (Allgäu) was built in 1936 during the armament of the Wehrmacht . From August 1, 1956 to 1992, it was used by the Bundeswehr .
History of the barracks
The barracks , named after Prince Franz of Bavaria , was located in the center of the city on a 5.4 hectare site near the St. Lorenz Basilica , the Prince Abbey of Kempten , the orangery and the court garden . The newly formed 1st Battalion of the 91st Infantry Regiment moved into the barracks as the first unit in 1937 . Within the battalion a cavalcade which 13 were mortars - Company and the 14th Anti-Tank Company set up. The battalion participated in the Anschluss of Austria on March 12, 1938 and the subsequent de facto annexation by the National Socialist German Reich . The Infantry Replacement Battalion 91 was set up for the battalion at the end of 1938, which then moved into the barracks.
On August 1, 1956, the establishment and stationing of the Airborne Fighter Battalion 19 of the Army of the German Armed Forces at the Prinz-Franz-Kaserne location in Kempten began. On December 5, 1956, 300 volunteers were sworn in . On February 27, 1957, another 178 men were added. On April 1, 1957, the first conscripts entered to do their basic military service , in the same month the battalion reached its target strength of 900 men. On June 3, 1957, the Iller accident occurred , in which 15 soldiers of the battalion died.
conversion
In 1992 the barracks were closed. The entire area became part of a conversion program of 8.2 million euros from the Bavarian state . In the meantime, 400 civilian jobs - mostly in the public sector - have been created in the parts of the barracks building. The following government agencies are now based on the area:
- State building authority Kempten
- Kempten Water Management Office
- Kempten office of the South Bavaria Autobahn Directorate
- Traffic Police Inspection Kempten
- Financial control of illegal work at the main customs office in Augsburg.
Former military units
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Wehrmacht :
- 1st Battalion Infantry Regiment 91 of the Wehrmacht, which took part in the occupation of Austria.
- cavalcade
- 13th mortar company
- 14th anti-tank company
- 1st Battalion Infantry Regiment 91 of the Wehrmacht, which took part in the occupation of Austria.
- Infantry Replacement Battalion 91, which was set up after the 1st Battalion had moved into the field from Kempten in 1938.
- Armed forces:
- Luftlandejägerbataillon 19 of the Bundeswehr, which was divided into:
- Headquarters company
- 1. Hunter company
- 2. Hunter company
- 3. Hunter company
- Luftlandejägerbataillon 19 of the Bundeswehr, which was divided into:
- Supply Battalion (Geb) 226 from 1960 to 1966
- Training company 9/8
- Training company 12/8
- Training company 16/2 1970 to approx. 1974
- Medical Battalion 210
- 2nd Ambulance Battalion 230
- 6th / Company Medical Battalion 210 (training company)
- Mountain Medical Battalion 8
Individual evidence
- ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine : Military conversion - The chance after the soldiers have withdrawn July 27, 2009 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
