Staufer barracks

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GermanyFlag of Germany (state) .svg Staufer barracks
country Germany
local community Pfullendorf
Coordinates : 47 ° 55 '  N , 9 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 54 '50 "  N , 9 ° 15' 27"  E
Opened 1957 to 1959
Stationed troops
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Staufer barracks (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Staufer barracks

Location of the Staufer barracks in Baden-Württemberg

The Staufer barracks is a barracks of the Bundeswehr in Pfullendorf in the Sigmaringen district . From 1964 to 2013 it was called Colonel General von Fritsch Barracks .

history

The barracks were built from 1957 to 1959. The advance detail from Füssen arrived on April 20, 1959. The garrison has existed since 1959. The Pfullendorf site was named after Colonel General Werner von Fritsch in October 1964 .

At the height of the Cold War , the Pfullendorf site comprised up to 2500 soldiers. These belonged mainly to the 10th Artillery Regiment and the associated battalions. After the end of the Cold War, the barracks were mainly used by hunter units, including the 10th Jägerregiment. From 1997, the Bundeswehr International Remote Spying School moved from Weingarten to Pfullendorf. In 2003 this was reorganized as the Special Operations Training Center . This facility, which is unique in Europe and has nine member states, serves their armed forces to train special and specialized forces, for soldiers from Germany primarily for the Rapid Forces Division (DSK) and the Special Forces Command (KSK). The location also includes a combat training simulation system, the Fernspählehrkompanie 200, and the Pfullendorf service team responsible for managing the location.

As a result of the fundamental reorientation of the Bundeswehr decided in 2010, under Federal Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg ( CSU ) the Federal Cabinet decided on July 1, 2011 to suspend conscription in Germany . This had a marginal impact on the location, as there were hardly any conscripts in Pfullendorf.

On October 26, 2011, Federal Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière ( CDU ) presented the 2011 deployment concept to the Federal Cabinet after the Pfullendorf site was retained. The organizational measures, however, provide for a reduction of the 580 posts to 310, the reorganization of the “Special Operations Training Center” into a “Special Operations Training and Exercise Center” and the dissolution of the Tele-Watching Company 200.

In addition to around 500 soldiers, around 70 civilian employees are employed at the Pfullendorf site. These belonged to the Bundeswehr Service Center (BwDLZ) Immendingen. With the dissolution of the BwDLZ in Immendingen in mid-2014, the staff was assigned to the Bundeswehr service center in Stetten am kalten Markt .

The Bundeswehr is an important economic factor in the city of Pfullendorf, a site closure would have meant a loss of purchasing power of six million euros annually.

Bullying allegations

At the end of January 2017 serious misconduct was reported in the combat medic training in the Staufer barracks, which among other things led to the fact that the barracks commander, Colonel Thomas Heinrich Schmidt, as well as two other staff officers and two non-commissioned officers were immediately transferred to irrelevant posts "To enable a new beginning". During the training there were inhuman rituals, investigations were initiated within the Bundeswehr. There were repeated ill-treatment of soldiers. Der Spiegel reported on "sexual-sadistic [n] practices".

Investigations by the responsible public prosecutor's office in Hechingen came to the conclusion that insufficient suspicions could be established to suspect criminal behavior on the part of those involved. The report was critical of the defense ministry's offensive approach.

Equipment of the barracks

The barracks cover 46 hectares and the on-site training area 147 hectares. The barracks has its own water and sewage supply, gym, sports field, accommodation building and shooting range. By 2012 the infrastructure of the barracks was modernized, rebuilt and optimized for 80 million euros. For this purpose, 100 to 200 employees from civilian external companies worked on renovations and renovations in the barracks.

Current units

The following units are stationed in the Staufer barracks in Pfullendorf:

Former units

The following units of the Bundeswehr were stationed in the barracks:

  • Artillery Regiment 10 (H) (1960–1991)
    • Field Artillery Battalion 101 (H) (1959–1991)
    • Rocket Artillery Battalion 102 (H) (1960–1991)
    • Observation Battalion 103 (H) (1960–1991)
    • Companion battery 10 (H)
    • Field Replacement Battalion 102
  • Jägerregiment 10 (H) (1991-1997)
    • Jägerbataillon 101 (H) (1991–1997)
    • Jägerbataillon 102 (partially active) (H) (1991–1997)
    • Jägerbataillon 108 (not active) (H) (1991–1997)
  • International Remote Spying School (H) (1997-2003)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Abbreviation database
  2. ^ Siegfried Volk: Soldiers from the very beginning remember . In: Südkurier of July 8, 2009
  3. ↑ a b c d (as of January 2011) 5000 employees work in four barracks in the Sigmaringen district . In: Südkurier of January 13, 2011
  4. ↑ a b Simone Dürmuth: Series. There are more than 4600 soldiers in the district . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from October 30, 2010
  5. ↑ Federal Ministry of Defense: Federal government lays down the cornerstones of the restructuring of the Bundeswehr. marine.de, December 15, 2010, accessed on May 19, 2013 .
  6. ^ The effects of the stationing concept in the state of Baden-Württemberg. (PDF; 233 kB) Federal Ministry of Defense, October 26, 2011, archived from the original on October 26, 2011 ; Retrieved October 26, 2011 .
  7. ↑ Michael Hescheler / fxh: Civilians care for the soldiers . In: Ders .: Sorge: 800 civilians are on the troop's drip. The head of the service center of the Bundeswehr expects changes - he doesn't know anything concrete . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from February 4, 2011
  8. ^ Bundeswehr scandal: Sadistic rituals in paramedic training , Spiegel Online , January 27, 2017, accessed on January 28, 2017
  9. ↑ tagesschau.de: Scandal about rituals of violence in Bundeswehr barracks. Retrieved February 11, 2017 .
  10. ^ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg Germany: Bundeswehr scandal: Sadistic rituals in paramedic training - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Politics. Retrieved February 11, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Christian Thiels: Pfullendorf allegations are not enough for proceedings . In: tagesschau.de , June 6, 2017. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. 
  12. ^ Siegfried Volk: "Pfullendorf location has good cards". In: Südkurier of March 14, 2011
  13. ↑ Barracks are being rebuilt for 70 million . In: Südkurier of April 7, 2010
  14. ^ Siegfried Volk: "We stand for the Bundeswehr" . In: Südkurier of January 13, 2011

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