Somme barracks
 Somme barracks
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The former officers' mess of the Somme barracks |
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| country | Germany | ||
| local community | Augsburg warrior | ||
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 23 ' N , 10 ° 52' E | ||
| Opened | 1934/1935 | ||
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| 1953-1994 | Part of the Reese barracks |
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| Artillery Regiment 27 |
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Location of the Somme barracks in Bavaria |
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The Somme barracks in the Augsburg district of Kriegshaber was built by the Wehrmacht in 1934 and 1935 and housed the 27th Artillery Regiment . The name was derived from its location on the Somme road again after the Battle of the Somme in World War I was named.
Since the barracks remained largely undamaged during World War II , around 2,000 Russian displaced persons were accommodated here in the first months after the end of the war . On July 15, 1946, the US Army officially took over the barracks, but initially used them primarily as accommodation and less for military purposes. Together with the Arras and Panzerjäger barracks , it was integrated into the complex of the American Reese barracks .
The former officers' mess of the Somme barracks is now used as the Abraxas Culture House for cultural events, and other buildings are part of the "West Culture Park".
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Augsburg: "War and Peace" - Open Monument Day 2005, p. 4f ( Memento from February 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).
- ^ City of Augsburg: Reese-Kaserne ( Memento from October 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ).