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U.S. ARMY INSTALLATIONS - GARMISCH
 
MAPS
1950

Map of the Berchtesgaden Recreation Area. Map published by Zimmermann, Garmisch, 1950.

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Berchtesgaden Area (West - 555 KB; East - 498 KB)
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1954

Map of the Garmisch (Southeastern Area Command) Area. Map published in 1953 or 54.

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Garmisch Area (182KB)

  
 
Installation Maps

1. Hawkins Barracks, Oberammergau, late 1950s

 
 
Looking for installation maps and information on US Army kasernes in and around Regensburg. If you have any, please contact the webmaster.
 
COMMAND AND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS
NOTE: I plan to post extracts from the command, unit and community newspapers sometime in the near future - if I see that there is any interest.
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The Pass Times- Some of the issues published while in Germany

1. The Pass Times, 13 June 1953 (362 KB)

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PHOTOS
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Garmisch Kasernes

 

A. Krafft-von-Delmensingen Kaserne, 1930s
B. Gebirgsjäger Kaserne, late 1930s
C. Platterhof Hotel

Sheridan Barracks, Garmisch, recent (Mike Smith)
 

Shopping Center, Bahnhofstrasse, Garmisch 1980
 

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bahnhof, 1950s
 

1. Garmisch, 1950

2. Artillery Kaserne, 1950
3. Sheridan Barracks, 1950

3. Garmisch-Partenkirchen

4. Green Arrow Inn
5. Hotel Eibsee
6. Hotel Eibsee, 1950

7. Casa Carioca
8. Marshall Center
9. Alpenhof Hotel, 1947

 
 
Berchtesgaden      

A. Gebirgsjäger Kaserne
B. Gebirgsjäger Kaserne
C. Gebirgsjäger Kaserne

D. Gebirgsjäger Kaserne

General Walker Hotel and complex, Berchtesgaden, 1954 (Harold Badten)
 

Berchtesgaden Billeting Office, 1954 (Herb Williamson)
 

Enjoying the scenery at Berchtesgaden, 1954 (Harold Badten)

1. Berchtesgaden 1946
2. "The Take Ten" Snack Bar, 1947-48
 

3. Alpine Inn
4. Berchtesgadener Hof
5. Hotel Deutsches Haus
6. Hotel Bellevue

7. View from terrace, Gen Walker Hotel
8. Gen Walker Hotel, 1954
9. Gen Walker Hotel, early 1950s

10. Alpine Inn
11. Take Ten Snack Bar, Berchtesgaden 1949-50

12. Hotel on Koenigsee

Additional explanations and details on these photos would be very much appreciated!
13. Koenigsee

14. Koenigsee 		     

15. AFRC Bldg, Berchtesgaden
16. Berchtesgaden
17. Berchtesgaden
18. Berchtesgaden

19. Berchtesgaden
20. Berchtesgaden
21. Berchtesgaden
22. Berchtesgaden

23. Bowling Center, Berchtesgaden
24. Bowling Center, Berchtesgaden


25. Leave and Recreation Center, early 1950s
26. Gen Walker Hotel, early 1950s		    

27. The Take Ten (KB)
28. Opa and the PX (KB)
29. QM Filling Station #6 (KB)
30. Special Services Library (KB)

31. Berchtesgadener Hof (KB)
32. TDY House (KB)		    

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36. Gen Walker Hotel (194 KB)		      
       
Chiemsee      

1. Chiemsee Leave Center
2. Chiemsee
    

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2. (KB)
 

 
 
Degerndorf      
A. Jäger Kaserne B. Jäger Kaserne
 

1. Main Gate, Degerndorf Ksn

2. Degerndorf Ksn (176 KB)
 

 
 
Mittenwald Kasernes      

A. Gebirgsjäger Kaserne
B. Gebirgsjäger Kaserne
C. Gebirgsjäger Kaserne
D. Gebirgsjäger Kaserne

1. Jäger Kaserne, Mittenwald, mid 1950s

 



 
Oberammergau      

A. Hötzendorf Kaserne
B. Hötzendorf Kaserne
C. Hötzendorf Kaserne 		 

Hawkins Barracks, 1969 (John C. Dispirito)

3. EUCOM Intel-MP School, Oberammergau 1950

4. European Theater Intelligence School, 1946
5. European Theater Intelligence School, 1946
6. European Theater Intelligence School, 1946

7. European Theater Intelligence School, 1946
8. European Theater Intelligence School, 1946
9. European Theater Intelligence School, 1946		  

10. Dependent Housing area
11. Hawkins Bks from mountain top 		   
HISTORIES & MISC. INFORMATION
1949
(Source: Thanksgiving Menu, HQ Troop Detachment, 7808 SCU, Nov 24, 1949)
 
7808 Station Complement Unit, APO 172


Roster, Headquarters Troop Detachment, 1949

Page 1, Officers, MSG, SFC, SGT, CPL
Page 2, CPL cont'd, PFC
Page 3, PFC cont'd, Privates



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1958

A week at the Garmisch Rec Area - February 1958
1963
(Source: STARS & STRIPES, Nov 12 1963)
Army to Return Hotel to Germans

The Hotel Deutsches Haus will be returned to German custody on Nov. 15.

Since 1945, the hotel has been used by the Berchtesgaden Recreation Area to accommodate American servicemen.

In announcing the turn-over Southern Area Command CO Col Lee C. Miller said the release is in conjunction with Army policy of turning back German property which US forces no longer need. German and American officials will attend the Nov. 15 ceremony.
1984
(Source: Das USAREUR Echo, Feb 1984)
TMP Garmisch is 37

Original article written in German by Dr. Kurt Heil

The transportation motor pool at Garmisch was established by 3rd Army Special Services in the period immediately following the end of WWII. It was originally located at the former Rathaus (municipal building) of the town of Garmisch.

 
Sometime later the motor pool was moved to Military Government building in Garmisch (later became the PX complex). During that period, the TMP operated a bus service for military personnel to all the hotels run by the Recreation Center, such as the Post Hotel in Garmisch, Hotel Eibsee, Hotel Riesersee, Hotel Badersee, the Garmischer Hof, and several others. The buses also connected the dependent housing area with US facilities. On several occasions TMP transportation assets were used to transport General Eisenhower from the Haus Hirth to the golf course or Haus Flora.

In 1948, the TMP experienced another relocation when it was moved to Sheridan Barracks (formerly Jäger Kaserne). While stationed there the TMP was reorganized into three separate sections: a Sedan section, a Cargo section and a Bus section. In 1950, the motor pools were again consolidated.

Photo: Herr Riedmeier in a GMC deuce-and-a-half in front of the Bahnhof shortly after WWII.
In 1952 the personnel strength at the TMP was reduced by 50 percent and in 1957, the Garmisch TMP participated in moving POL from the POL storage site at Camp Texas (Oberpfaffenhofen) to French armed forces in the Lake Constance (Bodensee) area.

Between 1958 and 1968, the TMP conducted group tours for AFRC and bussed American school children from Garmisch to dependent schools at Murnau and Oberammergau.

In 1968, the TMP was relocated one last time, to Artillery Kaserne.
Related Links:
Armed Forces Recreation Center Europe - the official web site
AFRC Reunion Page - web site hosted by Paul Lambres for former AFRC employees; check out the Message Board and Archives
AFRC Timeline 1945-2004 - page with historical highlights and personal recollections compiled by Jim Carey
George C. Marshall Center - The Center is a renowned international education institution that promotes dialogue and understanding among the nations of America, Europe and Eurasia. Dedicated in 1993, the Center’s mission is to continue Marshall’s vision into the 21st Century.
Garmisch, Chiemsee and Berchtesgaden - Geoff Walden's page with pre-WWII and WWII era photos of the US Army's post-WWII recreation areas, "Third Reich in Ruins".