USAREUR - Cities - Bad Kreuznach

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U.S. ARMY INSTALLATIONS - BAD KREUZNACH

ANDERSON BARRACKS	DE LA MARNE KASERNE	MARSHALL KASERNE
BAD KREUZNACH AIRFIELD	DES GOUTTES KASERNE	MINICK KASERNE
BAD KREUZNACH MISC.	HOSPITAL KASERNE	ROSE BARRACKS

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MAPS

Installation Maps - late 1970s

1. Rose Barracks, 1970s	2. Minick Kaserne, 1970s	3. George C. Marshall Kaserne, 1970s	4. Bad Kreuznach Army Hospital, 1970s
5. De La Marne Kaserne, 1970s	6. Bad Kreuznach Army Airfield, 1970s	7. Rose Barracks
8. Anderson Barracks	9. QM and R&U Area	10. Marne Kaserne

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. Click on the thumbnail to view a larger format of the same map. Click here for a list of the installations.	Bad Kreuznach (KB)
1990s Topographical map of Bad Kreuznach. This map was provided by Rodrigo Gebhard, Germany. Click on the thumbnail to view a larger format of the same map. 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

Hospital Ksn

Hospital Kaserne, Bad Kreuznach, possibly late 1950s (Walter Elkins)

Aerial photo of Hospital Kaserne, Bad Kreuznach (Bernd K. Holderbaum)

Hospital Kaserne, Bad Kreuznach

1. Former BK Hospital, 2005	2. Main gate, BK Hospital, 2005	3. BK Hospital, 2005
4. BK Hospital, 2005	5. Main entrance, BK Hospital, 2005	6. Barracks, BK Hospital, 2005
7. BOQ (?), 2005

Bad Kreuznach Army Hospital, 1952 (Webmaster's collection)

Retreat at the 20th Station Hospital (Webmaster's collection)

Parking lot, Bad Kreuznach Army Hospital (Webmaster's collection)

8. Catching the shuttle bus

9. Hospital parking lot

10. Hospital MP

11. West wing

Rose Bks

8th Infantry Division Headquarters, Rose Barracks, 1959

8th Infantry Division Headquarters, Rose Barracks, 1967

1. Main gate, 2006	2. Barracks bldg, 2006	3. Former NCO Club	4. Post chapel
5. Warehouse	6. Warehouses	7. Barracks	8. QM Laundry?
9. Barracks	10. Motor pool	11. Gas station	12. Tracks to railhead
Installation Map with Sat view
13. Main gate	14. Main gate	15. Main gate	16. Main gate
17. Bldg 5300	18. Bldg 5300	19. Bldg 5300	20. Bldg 5300
21. Bldg 5300	22. Bldg 5301	23. Bldg 5301	24. Bldg 5301
25. Bldg 5302	26. Bldg 5302	27. Bldg 5303	28. Bldg 5303

Rose Barracks, c. 1958

20th Transportation Battalion motor pool, Rose Barracks, 1960

Leonard Yniguez, A Co, 20th Trans Bn, walks past the entrance to the Snack Bar, 1961

Rose Barracks dispensary, mid-1960s (Walter Saka)

29. Bldg 5303	30. Bldg 5304	31. Bldg 5304	32. Bldg 5304
33. Bldg 5304	34. Bldgs 5304, 5306 & 5328	35. Bldg 5305	36. Bldg 5305
37. Bldgs 5305 & 5306	38. Bldg 5306	39. Clock tower	40. Bldg 5309
41. Bldg 5309	42. Bldg 5309 & Rose Theater	43. Rose Theater	44. Rose Theater & motor pool
45.	46. Bldg 5325	47. Bldg 5325	48.
49. Motor pool	50. Motor pool	51. Motor pool	52. Motor pool
53. Motor pool	54. Bldg 5339	55. Bldg 5348	56. Motor pool across Alzeyerstrasse
57. NCO Club	58. NCO Club

Main gate, Rose Barracks, 1971 (Mac Bentley)

HHC, 8th Infantry Division sign in front of barracks (Mac Bentley)

Partial view of the post from the HHC barracks (Mac Bentley)

The 'Flaming Arrow' mess hall on Rose Barracks (Mac Bentley)

59. Bldg 5331	60. Bldg 5331	61. Bldg 5331
62. Perimeter road	63. Bldg 5332	64. Bldg 5332	65. Bldg 5333, mess hall
66. Bldg 5333	67. Bldg 5333	68. Bldg 5334	69. Bldg 5334
70. Bldg 5335	71. Bldg 5325

Des Gouttes Ksn
Minick Bks

8th S & T Battalion at Bad Kreutznach, 1964-66 (Walter Saka, YouTube video)

1. Main Gate, 1961

2. Inside Des Gouttes Kaserne, "A" Battery personnel enjoying a Saturday in the Summer of 1961

3. Looking north from the main gate, AutoHaus Walter von Hoff

4. Mess Hall (left side of bldg) and EES facilities

5. 580th Engineer Company barracks

6. MP (and others) barracks in bldg on left

7. Retreat Ceremony

Marshall Ksn

Bad Kreuznach QM and R&U Area, 1953 (Webmaster's collection)
(If you have additional maps, photos or information on the QM and R&U Area from the 1950s, I would
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Bad Kreuznach Misc.

1. Family Housing, 2005

2. Family Housing, 2005

3. Family Housing, 2005

4. Family Housing, 2005

5. Family Housing, 2005

6. Family Housing, 2005

7. Family Housing, 2005

8. Family Housing, 2005

9. Family Housing, 2005

Family Housing map, 1980s
Index of facilities

Satellite View, BK Housing

10. Former Rheingrafenstein Storage Area, 2005

11. Former Rheingrafenstein Storage Area, 2005

12. Former Rheingrafenstein Storage Area, 2005

13. Former Rheingrafenstein Storage Area, 2005

14. Former Rheingrafenstein Storage Area, 2005

15. Location of Storage Area, 1957

16. RTO, 2006

17. RTO, 2006

De La Marne Ksn

Marne Kaserne at Bingen, 1953 (Webmaster's Collection)
(If you have additional maps, photos or information on De La Marne Kaserne from the 1950s, I would
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De La Marne Kaserne at Bingen, mid-1950s

1. Bingen aerial (KB)

Anderson Bks

Oppenheim Cantonment (Anderson Barracks), Dexheim, 1953

Anderson Barracks, Dexheim, c. 1954

Anderson Barracks, Dexheim (Mike Smith)

1. Anderson Barracks, 1960	2. View from IFC guard shack	3. B 1-5 barracks, USO Club and gym	4. Pay Meyers
5. Post gym	6. PX and Snack Bar, middle	7. Gooch next to car made of plywood	8. Mess Hall
9. Ron Meyer	10. Barracks buildings	11. B 1-5 deuce-and-a-half	12. 12th Engr Bn HQ bldg
13. USO Club

USMCA Bad Kreuznach (APO 09111) - Garrison History & Operations

Area of Responsibility of the Bad Kreuznach Military Community, 1970s-80s

Bad Kreuznach merges into 53rd ASG, October 1992

HISTORIES & MISC. INFORMATION

Research Request

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2. Aerial & ground photos of kasernes & housing areas
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View of the southeast side of the Kurhaus Hotel, early 1950s after having
been derequisitioned by the US Army

Bad Kreuznach, 1950s - Kurhaus Hotel and Annex with the Kur Park (bottom left);
the Bad Kreuznach Army Hospital can be seen in the distance

(Source: 1952 Command Report, Western Area Command)

The Kurhaus Hotel in Bad Kreuznach, with its annex, was the hub of the Bad Kreuznach District's activities in the early 1950s.

Headquarters offices were located in the Annex. The main building of the Kurhaus housed the American Officers' and Civilians' Club, with Class "B" Mess, Bachelor Officer Quarters, and billets for transients.

The basement of this building accommodated the District's Kindergarten and Class VI store.

While the large hotel was occupied for the most part by the US Forces for their facilities, the top floor of the building was reserved for use by the German owner.

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).

		Service Station next to Dependent Housing in Bad Kreuznach, 1954

(Source: Installation Management Command, Europe Region 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.

Related Links:
6912th Radio Squadron, Mobile (USAF), Bingen (1955 - 1958?) - Broken Link
8th Infantry Division - Broken Link

		Rodrigo Gebhard personal website - Rodrigo is a frequent contributor to the usarmygermany website. He is a resident of Bad Kreuznach and veteran of the German Air Force. His website includes a lot of great photos of all the former US Army installations in BK as well as some interesting pages on NATO air defense radar and command and control sites in southern Germany.
		8th Infantry Division Veterans - Steven J. Dong and Jimmy Cohea are the moderators of this Facebook Page for former members of the Pathfinder Division and their families.