Welfen barracks (Weingarten)
 Welfen barracks
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| country | Germany | ||
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| Coordinates : | 47 ° 49 ' N , 9 ° 39' E | ||
| Closed | 1997 | ||
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| 1956-1976 | Gallifet district |
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International remote spying school Fernspählehrkompanie 200 |
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Location of the Welfen barracks in Baden-Württemberg |
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The Welfen barracks in Weingarten ( Baden-Wuerttemberg ) was a property of the German armed forces and the seat of the international remote surveillance school . On June 2, 1997 the school moved to Pfullendorf, 30 kilometers northwest, and is now the Special Operations Training Center . There was also the Argonne barracks in Weingarten .
location
The barracks was northeast of the center of Weingarten. The troops of the two Weingartener barracks used the training area Ness vines about a kilometer southeast of the barracks. At Neuhaselhaus one and a half kilometers to the east, a shooting range was to be built.
designation
The barracks was named after the noble family of Guelph that you in Weingarten grave Lege have.
history
The barracks were initially used by the French armed forces in Germany . In 1956 the 5e régiment de hussards moved in from Fritzlar . At this time the barracks was named Quartier Gallifet after Général Gaston de Gallifet , prince de Martigues (1830-1909), Minister of War in the Waldeck-Rousseau government 1899-1900 during the Dreyfus affair. After the regiment was relocated to Stetten am kalten Markt and the French withdrew, the barracks were handed over to the Bundeswehr. On July 12, 1979, the International Fernspähschule was founded in Neuhausen ob Eck and relocated to Weingarten on May 1, 1980. On June 2, 1997, the military use of the barracks ended when the school was relocated to Pfullendorf . Some of the buildings, some of which are listed , were given residential use, another part is used by the Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences .
Departments
The following departments were stationed in the barracks:
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International remote spying school
- Staff group
- I. inspection
- II. Inspection
- Special ATV staff (evaluation, troop tests, regulations)
- Fernspählehrkompanie 200 (until March 31, 1993 Fernspählekompanie 200)
- Fernspähauswertekompanie ( device unit )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Search term “Welfen-Kaserne” and “Weingarten”. In: Bundeswehr location database . www.zmsbw.de, accessed on May 26, 2020 .
- ↑ BT-Drs. 8/4512 ; BT-Drs. 10/1084
- ↑ The Guelphs. In: Discover regional studies online. Baden-Württemberg State Archive , accessed on May 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Conversion of a listed barracks complex into a residential complex in Weingarten: Welfenpalais Weingarten “Europahaus” and “U-Gebäude”. Rainer Dietz, freelance architect, accessed on May 26, 2020 (with photos of the former barracks buildings).