Fürst-Wrede-Kaserne has been a military facility in

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, since 1936 when it was built by the Munich ''Heeresbauamt'' (army construction bureau) under its original name ''

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- Kaserne''. After

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forces renamed it Will Kaserne, and the

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renamed it once more in honor of

Karl Philipp von Wrede Karl (or Carl) Philipp Josef, Fürst, Prince von Wrede (; 29 April 176712 December 1838) was a Bavarian field marshal. He was an ally of Napoleonic France until he negotiated the Treaty of Ried with Austria in 1813. Thereafter Bavaria joined the c ...

on 17 April 1972.Winfried Nerdinger: ''Bauen im Nationalsozialismus'' (German), Munich, 1993. p. 498.

History

Originally, the fully motorized 7th

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Detachment (''Panzerabwehrabteilung 7'') and an

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unit used the

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. After the war the facility was enlarged and renamed by the American troops who occupied it in 1951; the 169th Infantry Regiment, 43rd Division. The 43rd Division only stayed in Germany during the Korean War time. After that, elements of the 24th Division moved into Will Kaserne and stayed there until it was returned to the German government. In 1969 the ''Bundeswehr'' acquired the installation. Until the beginning of the 1990s, the 200th

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Regiment ''Flugabwehrregiment 200'' (FlaRgt 200), the 200th Drone Battery (''Drohnenbatterie 200'') and the 4th Company of the 210th Maintenance Battalion ''Instandsetzungsbataillons 210'' (4th InstBtl 210) were stationed there. In 1993 the 1st and 3rd companies as well as the headquarters of the 760th '' Feldjäger'' (Military Police) Battalion moved from Bayern-Kaserne into the barracks. The battalion was renumbered the 451st ''Feldjäger'' Bn in 2003. Further users of the barracks have been the 60th Regional Network Control Center (''Regionales Netzführungszentrum 60''), the 663rd/900th Stationary Signal Center (''Festes Fernmeldezentrum der Bundeswehr 663/900''), the ''Kraftfahrausbildungszentrum Munich'' (motor training center) and Service Team 4 of the Munich Bundeswehr Service Center. The northern part of the barracks was sold in 2006.''München Fürst-Wrede-Kaserne''
(German), g.e.b.b. Since March 2008, the facility's infrastructure has been redeveloped as part of a public-private partnership project in conjunction with a subsidiary of Hochtief construction company.''signing of the contract for PPP project Fürst-Wrede-Kaserne''
(German), Bundeswehr.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Furst-Wrede-Kaserne Barracks in Munich Bundeswehr barracks

History

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