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U.S. ARMY INSTALLATIONS - BAD KREUZNACH
 
MAPS
Installation Maps - late 1970s

1. Rose Barracks, 1970s (70 KB)
2. Minick Kaserne, 1970s (29 KB)

3. George C. Marshall Kaserne, 1970s (37 KB)
4. Bad Kreuznach Army Hospital, 1970s (40 KB)

5. De La Marne Kaserne, 1970s (17 KB)
6. Bad Kreuznach Army Airfield, 1970s (17 KB)
1. Rose Barracks (142 KB)
1980

Topographical maps of Bad Kreuznach and surrounding area. These maps are reproduced from the "U.S. Military Installation Atlas" published by the 37th Transportation Group in 1980.

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Bad Kreuznach (KB)

1990s 

Topographical map of Bad Kreuznach. This map was provided by Rodrigo Gebhard, Germany.

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List of Installation:
1. Marshall Kaserne
2. Bad Kreuznach AAF
3. Minick Kaserne
4. Rose Barracks
5. Housing Area
6. Hospital Kaserne
7. Rheingrafenstein LTA



Bad Kreuznach (KB)
 
2001

After the last units had left the community, a stone memorial was erected by the City of Bad Kreuznach to commemorate the friendships developed over the past 50 years between the US Army and the local German populace. (Image submitted by Rodrigo Gebhard, Germany)

PHOTOS
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Bad Kreuznach Kasernes

 

A. Des Gouttes Kaserne
B. Hindenburg Kaserne
C. Hindenburg Kaserne		  

1. Main Gate, 1961 (93 KB)
2. Inside Des Gouttes Kaserne, "A" Battery personnel enjoying a Saturday in the Summer of 1961 (107 KB)

3. Looking north from the main gate, AutoHaus Walter von Hoff (87 KB)
 4. Mess Hall (left side of bldg) and EES facilities (47 KB)

5. 580th Engineer Company barracks (67 KB)
6. MP (and others) barracks in bldg on left (102 KB)
7. Retreat Ceremony (92 KB)
  

8. Former BK Hospital, 2005 (KB)
9. Main gate, BK Hospital, 2005 (KB)
10. BK Hospital, 2005 (KB)		  

11. BK Hospital, 2005 (KB)
12. Main entrance, BK Hospital, 2005 (KB)
13. Barracks, BK Hospital, 2005 (KB)		  

14. BOQ (?), 2005 (KB)		      

14. Family Housing, 2005 (KB)
15. Family Housing, 2005 (KB)
16. Family Housing, 2005 (KB)
17. Family Housing, 2005 (KB)

18. Family Housing, 2005 (KB)
19. Family Housing, 2005 (KB)
20. Family Housing, 2005 (KB)
21. Family Housing, 2005 (KB)

22. Family Housing, 2005 (KB)
Family Housing map, 1980s
Index of facilities
Satellite View, BK Housing 		 

23. Former Rheingrafenstein Storage Area, 2005 (KB)
24. Former Rheingrafenstein Storage Area, 2005 (KB)
25. Former Rheingrafenstein Storage Area, 2005 (KB) 		 

26. Former Rheingrafenstein Storage Area, 2005 (KB)
27. Former Rheingrafenstein Storage Area, 2005 (KB)


28. Location of Storage Area, 1957 (KB)

  

29. Main gate, 2006 (KB)
30. Barracks bldg, 2006 (KB)
31. Former NCO Club (KB)
32. Post chapel (KB)

33. RTO, 2006 (KB)
34. RTO, 2006 (KB)		    

35. Warehouse (KB)
36. Warehouses (KB)
37. Barracks (KB)
38. QM Laundry? (KB)

39. Barracks (KB)
40. Motor pool (KB)
41. Gas station (KB)
42. Tracks to railhead (KB)

43. 8th Inf Div Hqs, Rose Bks, 1967 (308 KB)		  
Installation Map with Sat view
 

44. Main gate (KB)
45. Main gate (KB)
46. Main gate (KB)
47. Main gate (KB)

48. Bldg 5300 (KB)
49. Bldg 5300 (KB)
50. Bldg 5300 (KB)
51. Bldg 5300 (KB)

52. Bldg 5300 (KB)
53. Bldg 5301 (KB)
54. Bldg 5301 (KB)
55. Bldg 5301 (KB)

56. Bldg 5302 (KB)
57. Bldg 5302 (KB)
58. Bldg 5303 (KB)
59. Bldg 5303 (KB)

60. Bldg 5303 (KB)
61. Bldg 5304 (KB)
62. Bldg 5304 (KB)
63. Bldg 5304 (KB)

64. Bldg 5304 (KB)
65. Bldgs 5304, 5306 & 5328 (KB)
66. Bldg 5305 (KB)
67. Bldg 5305 (KB)

68. Bldgs 5305 & 5306 (KB)
69. Bldg 5306 (KB)
70. Clock tower (KB)
71. Bldg 5309 (KB)

72. Bldg 5309 (KB)
73. Bldg 5309 & Rose Theater (KB)
74. Rose Theater (KB)
75. Rose Theater & motor pool (KB)

76. (KB)
77. Bldg 5325 (KB)
78. Bldg 5325 (KB)
79. (KB)

80. Motor pool (KB)
81. Motor pool (KB)
82. Motor pool (KB)
83. Motor pool (KB)

80. Motor pool (KB)
81. Bldg 5339 (KB)
82. Bldg 5348 (KB)
83. Motor pool across Alzeyerstrasse (KB)

80. NCO Club (KB)
81. NCO Club (KB)



81. Bldg 5331 (KB)
82. Bldg 5331 (KB)
83. Bldg 5331 (KB)

84. Perimeter road (KB)
85. Bldg 5332 (KB)
86. Bldg 5332 (KB)
87. Bldg 5333, mess hall (KB)

88. Bldg 5333 (KB)
89. Bldg 5333 (KB)
90. Bldg 5334 (KB)
91. Bldg 5334 (KB)

92. Bldg 5335 (KB)
93. Bldg 5325 (KB)


Bingen Kaserne

 

1. Bingen aerial (KB) 		     
       

Dexheim Kaserne

 

1. Anderson Barracks, 1960 (KB)
2. View from IFC guard shack (KB)
3. B 1-5 barracks, USO Club and gym (KB)
4. Pay Meyers (KB)

5. Post gym (KB)
6. PX and Snack Bar, middle (KB)
7. Gooch next to car made of plywood (KB)
8. Mess Hall (KB)

9. Ron Meyer (KB)
10. Barracks buildings (KB)
11. B 1-5 deuce-and-a-half (KB)
12. 12th Engr Bn HQ bldg (KB)

13. USO Club (KB)
      
HISTORIES & MISC. INFORMATION
 
HISTORY OF THE BAD KREUZNACH INSTALLATIONS

Source: 410th Base Support Battalion files (former Bad Kreuznach MILCOM), 1992
ROSE BARRACKS  
12 November 1937 The City of Bad Kreuznach officially becomes a garrison of the German Wehrmacht. The German soldiers are housed in emergency quarters pending the construction of suitable billets.
23 October 1938 Construction of kaserne/billets is completed and named Hindenburg Kaserne.
March 1945 Hindenburg Kaserne is evacuated by the German Wehrmacht soldiers. Between 16-18 March, US forces take and occupy Bad Kreuznach. They move into Hindenburg Kaserne.
March - July, 1945 US forces are stationed in Hindenburg Kaserne and perform occupation duties.
10 July, 1945 Bad Kreuznach becomes part of the French Occupation Zone in Germany. The French Army moves into Hindenburg Kaserne recently vacated by the US troops and renames the installation Marshal Foch Caserne.
July 1951 The US 2nd Armored Division takes over the kaserne and renames it Maurice Rose Kaserne, in honor of MGen Maurice Rose, a hero of WWII.
December 1957 The 2nd Armd Div is replaced by the 8th Infantry Division under the "Gyroscope" program.
17 January 1992 The 8th Inf Div (Mech) is inactivated as part of the US drawdown in Europe. The division is then redesignated as the 1st Armored Division which had previously been located in Ansbach in Bavaria.
 
MINICK KASERNE  
WWI After World War I (1914-1918), French troops occupy Bad Kreuznach and the area left of the Rhine River. They stay in Bad Kreuznach until 1930 and build the town's first barracks, Des Gouttes Caserne.
1968 Des Gouttes Kaserne is renamed John W. Minick Kaserne. Minick was killed in action in November 1944.
 
HOSPITAL KASERNE  
1929 The building complex on Franziska-Puricelli-Strasse is ereceted as a catholic home for children.
WWII The original structures including the chapel are taken over by the German Wehrmacht at the outset of World War II as a military hospital.
March 1945 When the 4th Armored Division and the 1303rd Engineer Battalion of Gen Patton's Third US Army occupy Bad Kreuznach between 16-18 March 1945, US Army medical troops take over the installation as a field hospital. American as well as German wounded soldiers are hospitalized there and treated.
July 1945 The field hospital is turned over to medical authorities of the French Army.
July 1951 The hospital reverts back to the US military as the 2nd Armored Division assumes responsibility for the Bad Kreuznach area. The installation is now called the 14th Field Hospital.
post 1951 US Army constructs additional buildings in Hospital Kaserne.
 
MARSHALL KASERNE  
1951-52 The kaserne was constructed with DM funds to be able to supply and support all units located in the Bad Kreuznach Military Sub-Post. For some 20 years it did not have a name but was referred to as "Sub-Post" or "R&U and QM Area."
mid-1970s The facility was renamed Marshall Kaserne in honor of general and statesman George C. Marshall (1880-1959).
 
ANDERSON BARRACKS  
Aug 1951 Construction of the kaserne was begun. The facility was completed in 1953.
30 May 1953 The facility was named after Technical Sergeant Fourth Class Ameth Anderson, a WWII hero.
1953-54 Anderson Barracks is home of the 17th Armored Engineer Bn (2nd Armd Div).
1954-91 Anderson Barracks is home of the 12th Engr Bn (8th Inf Div).
 
(Source: Installation Management Command, Europe Reagion website)

Short History of Dexheim Anderson Baracks

  • Anderson Barracks, Dexheim was established in 1951..
  • Missile Station (Nike Site) was built 2 years later.
  • During the following years several Facilities were added.
  • In 1953 the 17th Engineer Battalion moved to Dexheim.
  • In 1957 the 17th Engineer Battalion was replaced by the 12th Engineer Battalion.
  • The 123rd Maintenance Battalion came after the 12th Engineer Battalion.
  • In 1983 the Dexheim Missile Site was deactivated .
  • This Facility was later used as a Storage area.
  • During the same year, 1983, the Health Clinic was built.
  • In 1984/85 the Patriot Site (up on Hill) changed it's function. New Troop Billets, HQ Building and Motor pool with workshops was built.
  • Between the years 1987/89 the Elementary School has been upgraded and enlarged.
  • During the same years the townhouses, Building No 6400 to 6417 were constructed.
  • During 1988 to 1990 the new Commissary was built.

 
 
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