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United States Army Garrison Heidelberg
The U.S. Army Garrison Heidelberg was made up of a number of United States military installations in and around Heidelberg, Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg, along with Germersheim Depot in the neighboring German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition, some NATO facilities were present on the installations. In June 2010, USAG Heidelberg was inactivated and consolidated into its parent unit, U.S. Army Garrison Baden-Wuerttemberg. This was a preparatory move for a complete relocation away from Heidelberg: From 2012 to 2015 the relocation of all U.S. military units (many to Wiesbaden, Germany) marked an end point in the history of the U.S. Army Garrison Heidelberg. The U.S. Army, Europe (USAREUR) headquarters, located in Heidelberg since 1952 as part of the garrison, was moved to Wiesbaden to a newly built installation at Lucius D. Clay Kaserne in 2012. All military installations in Heidelberg were handed over to the German state by 2015 for conversion to civilian use. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Base
A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations. A military base always provides accommodations for one or more units, but it may also be used as a command center, training ground or proving ground. In most cases, military bases rely on outside help to operate. However, certain complex bases are able to endure on their own for long periods because they are able to provide food, water and other necessities for their inhabitants while under siege. Bases for military aviation are called military air bases, or simply "air bases". Bases for military ships are called naval bases. The environmental impact of a given military base is dependent on its size and the manner of operation conducted at the base. Commonly, habitat destruction, reductions in soil quality, chemical contamination, and noise pollution are among the environmental damages ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidelberg-Kirchheim
Kirchheim (literally German for "Churchville") is a southern district town of the city of Heidelberg in north-west Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History First traces of a settlement here derive from vessels found dating back to 3500-1800 BC and Germanic tribes settled here during the early Roman period known as the "neckarsuebische". The town is first mentioned in the year 767 AD as Chirichheim in the Lorsch Codex. It belonged to the Kurpfalz and formed the heart of an administrative unit called Zent. The early medieval village was composed of three fields, where related settlements were combined by the formation of a central church of representatives of the "fraenisch" kingdom. Hence the name Kirchheim. The village was largely destroyed in the Thirty Years' War and reconstruction efforts were subsequently thwarted when the village was once again burned during the Palatine war of succession. Kirchheim repopulated slowly, with 350 people in 1766 and 2,000 in 1861. The building of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of United States Army Installations In Germany
The United States Army has 40 military installations in Germany, two of which are scheduled to close. Over 220 others have already been closed, mostly following the end of the Cold War in the 1990s. The rationale behind the large number of closures is that the strategic functions of the bases, designed to serve as forward posts in any war against the USSR, are no longer relevant since the end of the Cold War. Existing installations # Artillery Kaserne, Garmisch-Partenkirchen #Barton Barracks, Ansbach # Bismarck Kaserne, Ansbach #Bleidorn Housing Area, Ansbach #Coleman Barracks, Mannheim #Dagger Complex, Darmstadt Training Center Griesheim (scheduled to close after the new one in Wiesbaden is built) #Edelweiss Lodge and Resort, Garmisch-Partenkirchen #Lucius D. Clay Kaserne (formerly Wiesbaden Army Airfield), Wiesbaden-Erbenheim # Germersheim Army Depot, Germersheim #Grafenwöhr Training Area, Grafenwöhr/Vilseck #Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels (Upper Palatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammonds Barracks
Hammonds LLP, also known as Hammonds Suddards, was an international law firm headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom, with offices in Beijing, Berlin, Birmingham, Bradford, Brussels, Hong Kong, Leeds, Madrid, Manchester, Munich and Paris. The firm had associate relationships with Rossotto, Colombatto & Partners in Italy and with Zhigachoff in Russia (with offices in Moscow and St Petersburg). Hammonds merged with the US-based law firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in January 2011. History Hammonds' origins dated back to the founding of a legal practice in Yorkshire in 1887. In 1989 Hammond Suddards represented South Yorkshire Police during and after the Hillsborough disaster. The firm wrote a letter saying that it would like police inspector Robert Purdy to review his original statement about the events, "to reduce the graphic content and render it rather more prosaic and factual". In 2000 Hammond Suddards and Edge Ellison merged, forming Hammond Suddards Edge, at that time the 11t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidelberg Army Airfield
Heidelberg (; Palatine German: '''') is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914, of which roughly a quarter consisted of students. Located about south of Frankfurt, Heidelberg is the fifth-largest city in Baden-Württemberg. Heidelberg is part of the densely populated Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region. Heidelberg University, founded in 1386, is Germany's oldest and one of Europe's most reputable universities. Heidelberg is a scientific hub in Germany and home to several internationally renowned research facilities adjacent to its university, including the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and four Max Planck Institutes. The city has also been a hub for the arts, especially literature, throughout the centuries, and it was designated a "City of Literature" by the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Heidelberg was a seat of government of the former Electorate of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nachrichten Kaserne
''Nachrichten'' ('News') was a Volga German communist newspaper, published between 1918 and 1941.Geschichte der Wolgadeutschen"НАХРИХТЕН"/ref> ''Nachrichten'' was the organ of the Communist Party in the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The newspaper was founded under the name ''Vorwärts'' ('Forward') by the German Commissariat in Saratov in March 1918. ''Vorwärts'' was the first Bolshevik newspaper directed towards the Volga German colonists. It carried the by-line 'Organ of the Socialists in the German Volga territory' (''Organ der Sozialisten des deutschen Wolgagebiets'').Geschichte der Wolgadeutschen. Schiller, Franz P., Literatur zur Geschichte und Volkskunde der deutschen Kolonien in der Sowjetunion für die Jahre 1764 – 1926' The name was changed to ''Nachrichten'' in June 1918, as the Bolsheviks wanted to avoid any association with the SPD organ ''Vorwärts''.Heitman, Sidney. Germans from Russia in Colorado'. Fort Collins, Colo: Western Social S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilbourne Kaserne
Kilbourne may refer to: Places United States * Kilbourne, Illinois * Kilbourne, Louisiana * Kilbourne, Ohio United Kingdom * Kilburn, Derbyshire, historically also spelled Kilbourne Other uses * Kilbourne (DJ) * Kilbourne (surname) Kilbourne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ashe Kilbourne, DJ * Amos Kilbourne, English footballer * Charles E. Kilbourne (1872–1963), United States Army general * Edward C. Kilbourne (1856–1959) * Edwin D. Kilbourne (19 ... * Kilbourne High School, high school in Columbus, Ohio {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tompkins Barracks
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Tompkins may refer to: Places *Tompkins, New York, USA *Tompkins County, New York, USA * Tompkins Township, Warren County, Illinois, USA * Tompkins Township, Jackson County, Michigan, USA *Tompkins, Saskatchewan, Canada *Tompkins, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Other uses * Tompkins (surname), including a list of people with the name See also * Tompkins Table, an annual ranking of Colleges of the University of Cambridge * Tompkin, a surname * Tomkins (other) * Justice Tompkins (other) Justice Tompkins may refer to: *Arthur S. Tompkins, justice of the New York Supreme Court *Daniel D. Tompkins, associate justice of the appellate court that was then called the Supreme Court of New York and later Vice President of the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Henry Village
Patrick Henry Village (PHV), was a United States Army family housing area located in the vicinity of Heidelberg, Germany, adjacent to and just south of the small town of Eppelheim. It opened in 1947 after World War II and was named after Patrick Henry, first and sixth Governor of Virginia. PHV was at its height populated with up to 16,000 Americans. The housing area closed on 6 September 2013. For the vast majority of its existence, PHV was not fenced, gated, or in any other way not completely open to entry and transit by the general public. After the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, fences were built around the living quarters so that no one could enter without an authorized U.S. government ID card. Also, the yearly German-American 'Volksfest' was moved to nearby Patton Barracks, for security reasons. In 2002, the US Army planned a large extension of the housing area. However, soon afterwards the Army announced the closure of all Heidelberg and Mannheim facil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USAREUR
United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) is an Army Service Component Command (ASCC) /Theater Army responsible for directing United States Army operations throughout the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of responsibility. During the Cold War, it supervised ground formations primarily focused upon the Warsaw Pact to the east as part of NATO's Central Army Group. Since the revolutions of 1989, it has greatly reduced its size, dispatched U.S. forces to the Gulf Wars of 1990-91 and the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Kosovo War, the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and increased security cooperation with other NATO land forces. In 2020, the Army announced that United States Army Africa would consolidate with U.S. Army Europe to form a new command, U.S. Army Europe and Africa. The two commands were consolidated on November 20, 2020. History World War II The European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA) was a Theater of Ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwetzingen
Schwetzingen (; pfl, Schwetzinge) is a German town in northwest Baden-Württemberg, around southwest of Heidelberg and southeast of Mannheim. Schwetzingen is one of the five biggest cities of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district and a medium-sized centre between Heidelberg and Mannheim. The city is most famous for Schwetzingen Palace and the Schlosstheater. The palace grounds also feature a mosque, the oldest in Germany. Although not functional, it was used by Muslim prisoners in the Franco-Prussian War. Geography Schwetzingen is located in the ''Rhine-Neckar-triangle'' in the plain of the Rhine river, lying west of the Odenwald and in the east of the Rhine. A small stream, the Leimbach, runs through the city before joining the Rhine. Neighbouring municipalities The following municipalities, listed clockwise beginning in the north, border on the city limits of Schwetzingen: Mannheim, Plankstadt, Oftersheim, Hockenheim, Ketsch and Brühl. The municipal area of Schwetzing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patton Barracks
George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military Academy at West Point. He studied fencing and designed the M1913 Cavalry Saber, more commonly known as the "Patton Saber". He competed in modern pentathlon in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Patton entered combat during the Pancho Villa Expedition of 1916, the United States' first military action using motor vehicles. He fought in World War I as part of the new United States Tank Corps of the American Expeditionary Forces: he commanded the U.S. tank school in France, then led tanks into combat and was wounded near the end of the war. In the interwar period, Patton beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
