Milovice military training area

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Milowitz military camp

The military training area Milovice was located near Milovice ( Milowitz ) north of Prague .

history

The military training area Milowitz was created in 1904 by the Austro-Hungarian army . Until 1907, the village of Mladá was relocated four kilometers to the southwest. The military training area covered an area of ​​3465 hectares with a firing range and a large training area in the Konczina and Mordwald forests. During the First World War there was a barrack camp for Italian and Russian prisoners of war on its premises . After 1919 the newly established Czechoslovak Army used the military training area. In 1921 a military airport was also built. After the so-called smashing of the rest of the Czech RepublicIn 1939 the German Wehrmacht used the site. During this time, the following German units were stationed on the site:

  • Milowitz Infantry Division ( Shadow Division )
  • Milowitz Panzer Reconnaissance Company
  • Milowitz tank destroyer company
  • Tank destroyer unit H of the Milowitz tank destroyer school
  • 493rd Infantry Replacement Regiment
  • Milowitz tank training department
  • Milowitz tank reconnaissance course
  • Milowitz tank course
  • Landesschützen Replacement and Training Battalion 14
  • Reserve-Landesschützen-Battalion 14
  • School VII for Infantry Officer Candidates
  • School VII for Ensigns of the Infantry
  • SS riding and driving school

as well as the following departments:

  • Site headquarters Milowitz
  • Milowitz deployment staff

Towards the end of the Second World War during the Prague uprising , the military training area served as a gathering point for German units that were to be used to crush it. From 1945 to 1968 the Czechoslovak Army (since 1954 the Czechoslovak People's Army ) used the training area. On February 5, 1952, it was expanded to include the Lipník municipality . After the crackdown on the Prague Spring , the area was used by the Soviet Army between 1968 and 1991 . The military airfield Boží Dar was created by the Soviet occupation forces. Milovice was the headquarters of the Soviet armed forces in Czechoslovakia : Central Group of Troops ( Центральная группа войск (ЦГВ) ). In 1991 the Soviet troops withdrew from the Milovice military training area. On December 31, 1991, the training area status was revoked.

Nature reserve Pod Benáteckým vrchem

Display board in the nature reserve

In 1996 the revitalization of the military area began. In 2002 the nature reserve Pod Benáteckým vrchem was established on an area of ​​69 hectares .

In January 2015, a herd of 14 Exmoor mares entered the area, to which an Exmoor stallion was added in April of the same year. The aim of grazing is to push back the grass species that have appeared invasively since the withdrawal of the troops, such as land riding grass , which threaten the biodiversity of the flora. A herd of Tauros cattle , consisting of five cows and one bull, followed in October 2015 . Horses and cattle complement each other in their grazing behavior and create a natural grazing mosaic that represents an optimal habitat for the native flora and fauna.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Město Lysá nad Labem: "Pod Benáteckým vrchem." ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2016 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. Oficiálni informačni server města Lysá nad Labem. June 5, 2013, last updated September 17, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2016 (Czech) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mestolysa.cz
  2. ↑ European Wildlife: "Historical event: wild horses are returning to Central Europe after centuries." European Wildlife News article, January 28, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015 (English)
  3. ↑ European Wildlife: “The herd of wild horses is complete; a stallion has joined a group of mares. " European Wildlife News Article, April 6, 2015. Accessed October 15, 2015 (English)
  4. ↑ Karel Janicek: "Czechs import wild horses to save biodiversity."  ( 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. The Seattle Times, March 23, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.seattletimes.com  
  5. ↑ Karel Janicek: "Wild aurochs-like cattle reintroduced in Czech Republic." Daily Herald, October 13, 2015. Accessed October 15, 2015 (English)
  6. ^ European Wildlife: "The Uruz is rising from the dead. Scientists are reviving the aurochs; the first herd is coming to the heart of Europe tomorrow. " European Wildlife News article, October 12, 2015. Accessed October 15, 2015.

Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 9 ″  N , 14 ° 55 ′ 19 ″  E