Lehnin military training area
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Lehnin military training area |
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 Internal association badge |
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| Lineup | 1956 |
| Country |
 Germany
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| Armed forces | armed forces |
| Organizational area |
 Force Base
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| Insinuation | Territorial Tasks Command of the Bundeswehr |
| Location | Bridge |
The Lehnin military training area is a military training area in the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark in the state of Brandenburg in Germany.
location
The military training area (TrÜbPl) Lehnin is located around 25 kilometers southwest of Potsdam and is surrounded by pine forests in the Brandenburg region . It takes its name from the place Lehnin , in which a Cistercian abbey was founded in 1180 . Secularized in 1542 , the Lehnin Monastery today houses the Luise Henrietten Stift of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg with diaconal institutions.
The following cities and municipalities border the Lehnin military training area, they are named starting in clockwise direction in the north and belong to the Potsdam-Mittelmark district: Emstal , Busendorf , Kanin , Fichtenwalde , Borkwalde , Neuendorf , Brück , Freienthal , Damelang , Cammer , Oberjünne, Rädel , Michelsdorf and Lehnin Monastery .
management
The management of the practice area moved to Brück in 2005. Since April 1, 2007, the training area has been managed by the Klietz military training area command in the Stendal district.
The personnel of the training area consists of shooting security personnel, instructors of the infantry school of the Bundeswehr, civilian employees of the service center of the Bundeswehr and the Bundeswehr fire brigade of the military training area.
history
The Lehnin military training area was set up in 1956 for the GDR's National People's Army (NVA) under the code name “Darkroom” . In 1984 the construction of the local combat facility (OKA) Rauhberg (then named after the commander of the training area "Stadtkampfobjekt (SKO) Scholzenslust"), which was released for use in 1989, began. The paratroopers of the NVA ( Luftsturmregiment 40 ) were first stationed on and later on the northern edge of the training area during the 1980s.
In October 1990 the Bundeswehr took over the place, which expanded it even further in the period that followed.
use
With its almost 7500 hectares , Lehnin is one of the smaller German military training areas, but it is used intensively. 550 soldiers can be accommodated in the Fläming barracks and another 450 in the bivouac .
Because of the exercise possibilities described below in an urban environment, the exercise area is used by Bundeswehr units from all over Germany, troops from other allied nations, the state and federal police , the security group of the Federal Criminal Police Office and civil non-governmental aid organizations such as the German Red Cross (DRK) and the Technical Relief Agency (THW ) utilized.
Exercise facilities
The practice area is mainly used for exercises in urban terrain (urban warfare ). The practice facilities are in detail:
- Three local fighting systems (OKA)
- OKA 1 (Rauhberg) village with a big city character; Everything that characterizes a city is there at around 1000 x 500 meters. Over 70 houses with different basic structures, sewer networks, underpasses, train stations, schools, airports and much more. Systems for displaying building fires and loudspeakers for simulating battle noise. In Rauhberg, practice ammunition (plastic training ammunition) can be used to shoot electrically controlled targets. Snipers can practice the sharp shot here, which is unique in Europe.
- OKA 2 (old military camp "Taubental") and
- OKA 3 (old command office "Möllendorf") here operations in urban terrain can be trained with maneuver ammunition.
- Three forest firing ranges for shooting with handguns, some with obstacles, hilly and partly built-up terrain.
- A special obstacle course, suitable for overcoming obstacles at great heights and rescuing injured people at and from great heights.
- Five more firing ranges for handguns and anti-tank handguns.
- Anti-aircraft shooting range.
- Two blasting sites for exercises with hand grenades and explosives.
Web links
- Bundeswehr - description of the training facilities of the infantry school on the training area
- Description of a DRK disaster control exercise
- Bundeswehr - training facility for local and forest combat Lehnin
Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 53 ″ N , 12 ° 47 ′ 22 ″ E