Taylor Barracks, Aschaffenburg (Source: Author's private collection) The Army Exchange System depot at Aschaffenburg, March 1946. The AES Depot at Aschaffenburg was one of three AES bulk warehouses in Germany at the time - Bremerhaven, Schierstein (Wiesbaden) and Aschaffenburg. The A-burg depot received goods from Bremen, such as manufacturing equipment, soda fountains, barber shop equipment, and all other heavy equipment for AES facilities in the US Zone.