Prince Leopold Barracks (Regensburg)
The Prinz-Leopold-Kaserne in Regensburg was a barracks of the army of the Bundeswehr . It is located in the Kasernenviertel district in the southeast of the city. The entire site of the barracks has a size of 153,000 m². In the course of the abandonment of the site and the withdrawal or dissolution of the troops, the property is now for sale by the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks . The address of the barracks is: Zeißstr. 4, 93053 Regensburg.
history
The Prinz-Leopold-Kaserne was built in the 1930s when the Wehrmacht was arming. After 1945 it was first used by the US Army and then by the German Armed Forces until 2008/09, mainly as a location for numerous logistics units.
In the course of the abandonment of the site and the withdrawal or dissolution of the troops, the property is now for sale by the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks .
use
Various units and associations were stationed in the barracks; in the last few years it was primarily maintenance and logistics units and, after the Nibelungen barracks had been closed until it was closed in summer 2008, the Airborne Communication Company 100.Units that have been in use in recent years are listed as examples the Bundeswehr were stationed in the Prinz-Leopold-Kaserne:
- 5./Panzerpionierbataillon 4 (training company of the Panzerpionierbataillon 4 based in Bogen).
- Staff and parts of the 4th Repair Battalion of the 4th Panzer Grenadier Division of the Bundeswehr
- The 2nd company of the logistics battalion 471 based in Dornstadt : The company carried out repair and testing work with the REMUS measuring and testing system , and operated repair trains for optics / optronics, telecommunications equipment, SEA / air conditioning and wheeled vehicles.
- a port handling company
- a supply company
- Staff and StabsKp des GebLogRgt 8
- The motor vehicle training center ( KfAusbZ ) Regensburg 2
- A location switch and location teleprinter
- inactive device units, e.g. B. the Homeland Security Battalion 862
At the height of the KFOR mission, the US Army operated a “Convoi Support Center (CSC)” in the barracks, which was also signposted from the Burgweinting motorway junction. All material was flown in from the USA via Ramstein and transported overland with heavy goods vehicles to Kosovo. There was a planned stopover in Regensburg, which mainly served to sleep the drivers, refueling and urgent maintenance work. A turnover was not carried out in the barracks.
buildings
On the premises are:
- Two team homes
- Various accommodation buildings
- An officer's mess
- A classroom building
- A training hall
- A sports hall
- A sports field
- Two canteens
- Two gas stations
- An ABC exercise hall
- A small caliber shooting range
- A medical building
- Several repair halls
- Chamber building and workshops of the former site administration
- Parking spaces and roofs for vehicles and equipment
The so-called “New Technical Area” ( NTB ) also belonged to the former Prinz-Leopold-Kaserne , which included numerous repair halls, warehouses for the supply troops, sports facilities and access to the rail loading ramp.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated November 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://branchenbuch.meinestadt.de/regensburg/company/8259501
Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 26.1 ″ N , 12 ° 7 ′ 43.3 ″ E