Wäller barracks Westerburg
 Wäller barracks Westerburg
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| country | Germany | ||
| today | Wäller Park | ||
| local community | Westerburg | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 34 ' N , 7 ° 57' E | ||
| Opened | Early 1960s | ||
| Formerly stationed units | |||
| Panzer Grenadier Battalion 152 Panzer Battalion 154 4th / Armored Battalion 151 4th / Anti- aircraft Missile Battalion 23 Panzerjäger Company 150 Panzer Engineer Company 150 |
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Location of the Wäller barracks Westerburg in Rhineland-Palatinate |
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The Wäller barracks in Westerburg was a Bundeswehr location between its completion in 1966 and its abandonment in 2007 . Wäller is called "Westerwälder" after the dialect spoken in the region and thus refers to the geographic location of the barracks in the Westerwald . The location on the northwestern edge of the inner city of Westerburg covered an area of approx. 39 hectares. North to the barracks of the borders training area of. The barracks area was divided into an accommodation area as well as a section with vehicle and workshop buildings, vehicle parking areas and other technical systems. In the north there was a clothes closet, which was only completed in 2001, as well as a tank wash and sports facilities.
Deployment history
With the completion of the barracks, the 152nd Panzer Grenadier Battalion moved in on June 6, 1966. This unit emerged in March 1959 from the 25th Panzer Grenadier Regiment set up in September 1957 in the Gneisenau barracks in Koblenz . It belonged to the 15th Panzer Brigade . The battalion performed its service in Westerburg until September 30, 1981. It was then reclassified to Panzerbataillon 154 with Army Structural Reform IV. With the dissolution of Panzer Brigade 15 after the end of the Cold War in 1993, it was subordinated to Panzer Brigade 34 . Panzerbataillon 154 remained stationed in the barracks until the site was closed and was disbanded on December 31, 2006.
The 4th battery of the anti-aircraft missile battalion 23, which was set up on April 1, 1960, was initially housed in the Scharnhorst camp in Gießen, later the Steuben barracks , in August 1962 . On September 5, 1966, the company moved to the Westerburger barracks and the positions near Obersayn. The battery had nuclear weapons capable systems; the unit was therefore assigned to Team A of the 501st US Artillery Detachment until March 30, 1984, which would have handed over the nuclear warheads in an emergency . The battery was finally disbanded on December 19, 1986.
The Armored Engineer Company 150 was formed on October 1, 1966 at the site. In 1993, she switched from Panzer Brigade 15 to Panzer Brigade 34. On March 31, 2002, the company was decommissioned.
The Panzerjägerkompanie 150 was set up at the site on October 1, 1968 . It also belonged to the tank brigade 15. In 1993 the company was also assigned to the tank brigade 34 until it was finally disbanded on March 31, 1997. In the 1980s there was also the 4th / Panzer Battalion 151 at the site.
From March 1, 1965 to September 30, 1972, the dental station H 015/1, and between October 1, 1972 and March 31, 1981, the dental station (Terr) H 417 and the dentist group 415/2 were at the site for medical care Established between April 1, 1981 and December 31, 1998. From April 1, 1984 to January 31, 1997, a troop doctor was stationed in the barracks, and between July 1, 1972 and June 30, 1997, medical area 41/24 was equipped with material. In the 1980s, there was also the Air Force Medical Corps 4 anti-aircraft missile battalion 23.
The barracks also served the Site Management Westerburg, the location, telecommunication equipment 421/303, the location ammunition defeat 412/2 and practice shooting range air defense of all troops 412/2. Corps depot 353 was located near the barracks.
The last roll call in the barracks took place on September 22, 2006.
conversion
After the military had given up the barracks on December 31, 2007, the city of Westerburg passed the resolution on August 21, 2008 for a development plan with the former location as a planning area. Between May 2011 and May 2014, the authorities, public agencies and the public were involved. By resolution of the city of December 15, 2011, the development plan was given the name "Wäller Park". The development plan provides for an industrial area with approx. 3.54 hectares, several commercial areas with 16.89 hectares and mixed areas of 4.01 hectares on the former Bundeswehr site.
In April 2011 the city of Westerburg sold the barracks site to a company for urban development and conversion as a joint venture investor community, which includes a company from Trier and one from Kaiserslautern. At the end of August 2012, a school and several companies had already settled in the barracks area. In addition, two energy parks were created on the former training site for use by renewable energies. In December 2012, the state, the city of Westerburg and the Society for Urban Development and Conversion signed an urban development contract for conversion. In 2014 it was announced that the state would subsidize the measures for the conversion and rehabilitation of the barracks with 600,000 euros. This includes in particular the demolition of 9 barracks buildings and the cleaning of the drainage network of the former barracks. Work on the supply infrastructure started in mid-2016.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Justification for the “Wäller-Park” development plan of the city of Westerburg, PDF
- ↑ Overview of the barracks area and the buildings that existed in 2008
- ^ Frank Girmann: "60 Years of the Bundeswehr in Rhineland-Palatinate: A Chronicle" of November 8, 2015, in: Rhein-Zeitung
- ↑ a b c d e f g Location database of the Bundeswehr of the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr
- ^ History of the 1st / Air Defense Missile Battalion 23
- ^ Günther Krieger: The 5th Panzer Division after Army Structure IV
- ↑ Justification for the “Wäller Park” development plan of the city of Westerburg, p. 6 f. (PDF)
- ↑ Justification for the development plan "Wäller-Park" of the city of Westerburg, p. 32 and 37 (PDF)
- ^ Sold in the Wäller barracks in Westerburg, in: Rhein-Zeitung of April 15, 2011
- ^ State government of Rhineland-Palatinate: Wäller-Kaserne becomes Wäller-Park, article from August 31, 2012
- ↑ Klaus-Dieter Häring: Something is happening in the "Wäller Park", in: Nassauische Neue Presse from September 4, 2012
- ↑ Largest solar park in the Westerwald, advertising contribution from July 25, 2012
- ↑ WW-Kurier of March 5, 2014: Conversion of the former "Wäller barracks" in Westerburg
- ↑ Expansion of the supply infrastructure: One million euros for the Wäller Park, in: Nassauische Neue Presse from July 23, 2016