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Wehrmacht Posts
/ Kaserne
Part 3
Part 3 features Wehrmacht
military posts in the following locations: Thüringen - Meiningen.
Note: This page shows only a few such sites
... I would be very pleased to hear from anyone who would like to share similar
then-and-now photos from other Wehrmacht posts in Germany. Contact me at:
walden01 (at) comcast.net.
To view various Wehrmacht
Kaserne sites in northern Germany, visit the Forgotten
History page.
Meiningen
(Thüringen)
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Kaserne were built in the southern Thüringen city of Meiningen during
the Third Reich period, and other older posts were remodeled during the
1930s. These postcards show the Artillerie-Kaserne, or Barbara-Kaserne
(St. Barbara being the patron saint of artillerymen). The
Barbara-Kaserne was built from 1935-36 to house units from the 2nd and
(later) 4th Panzer Divisions. (MapQuest
Map Link) |
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Drachenberg-Kaserne was built in 1935 for the staff of Panzer-Brigade 2,
and other units. The Drachenberg-Kaserne was used after the war by East
German Border Guards, and is still in use today by German border troops
(the buildings have been somewhat modified from their 1930s
appearance). (period postcards) |
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Hauptkaserne (Main Kaserne) was built in 1865-67, with further
modifications through the 1930s. The remaining buildings have been
preserved as business offices. (1934-dated postcard) |
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The
Barbara-Kaserne was used by the Soviet military forces (parts of the 39th
Guards Motorized Rifle Division) during the Cold War, but the buildings
were abandoned following the Soviet pull-out in 1991. Note the similarity of these
buildings to those at Manteuffel Kaserne in
Bad Kissingen, which became Daley Barracks under the U.S. 2/11th ACR - the
opponents of the Soviet forces here in Meiningen.
(Note - this particular building was torn down ca. 2002, and the
destruction of this site will apparently continue.) |
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Artillery units of the 2nd and 4th Panzer Divisions were
stationed here prior to World War II, then the post was used as a hospital
during the war. Since the pullout of
Soviet troops these buildings have become derelict, although they retain some
interesting reminders of their previous occupants, such as Russian
newspapers used as wallpaper backing, and flag holders above the doors
with Red Star insignia. |
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| Buildings
of the Barbara-Kaserne as they appeared in 2005. These remaining
buildings were demolished in 2010 (thanks to Nicolas Flamel for info). |
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