Wildflecken Training Area (german: Truppenübungsplatz Wildflecken) is a
military training area near
Wildflecken
Wildflecken is a municipality in the Bad Kissingen district, at the border of northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse. In 2005, its population was 3,285; the postal code is 97772 (US Forces used APO NY 09026 until July 15, 1991, when APO/FPO/DPO ...
in the
High Rhön
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mountains in Germany. It covers an area of over 7,000
hectares. It was established in 1938 by the German
Wehrmacht and, after the
Second World War was used temporarily by the
US Army. Today the training area and the
Army Combat Simulation Centre
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there are used by the
Bundeswehr and her
NATO allies
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. The barracks and most of the training area are in Bavaria. The northern part of the training area lies on
Hessian
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*Hessian (soldier), eighteenth-century German regiments in service with the British Empire
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soil. In the winter the Americans operated a ski lift in the Hessian part of the training area.
Literatur
* Christa Jäckel: ''Wie aus einer Kulturlandschaft ein Truppenübungsplatz wurde.'' In: ''Rhönwacht.'' Heft 3. Fulda 2007, , S. 109–111.
* Joachim S. Hohmann: ''Landvolk unterm Hakenkreuz – Agrar- und Rassenpolitik in der Rhön.'' Frankfurt am Main 1992.
* Manfred Neidert: ''Der Truppenübungsplatz Wildflecken entsteht.'' Kreisausschuss des Landkreises Fulda, Fulda 1996, S. 253–257.
* Burckhard, Paul ''Die Truppenübungsplätze Grafenwöhr, Hohenfels, Wildflecken.'' Weiden 1989.
* Gerwin Kellermann: ''475 Jahre Wildflecken 1524–1999.'' Marktgemeinde Wildflecken, Wildflecken 1999.
* Adam R. Seipp: ''Strangers in the Wild Place. Refugees, Americans, and a German Town, 1945–1952.'' Indiana University Press, Bloomington/Indianapolis 2013, ISBN 978-0-253-00677-6 (englisch).
Weblinks
Geschichte des Standortes Wildflecken ("History of the Wildflecken Base") deutschesheer.de
un
rhoenline.de
vnausbzbw.de
Fläche des Truppenübungsplatzes bei OpenstreetmapInformation on events and route for the public hiking days on the area wildflecken.de
References
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Wildflecken
Wildflecken is a municipality in the Bad Kissingen district, at the border of northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse. In 2005, its population was 3,285; the postal code is 97772 (US Forces used APO NY 09026 until July 15, 1991, when APO/FPO/DPO ...
Wildflecken
Wildflecken is a municipality in the Bad Kissingen district, at the border of northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse. In 2005, its population was 3,285; the postal code is 97772 (US Forces used APO NY 09026 until July 15, 1991, when APO/FPO/DPO ...
Bad Kissingen (district)
Fulda (district)
Geography of Hesse
Rhön Mountains
Geography of Bavaria