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 1. Hammonds Bks, Seckenheim (KB) |
 2. Patton Bks (KB) |
 3. US Army Hospital (KB) |
 4. Tompkins Bks, Schwetzingen (KB) |
 5. Heidelberg AAF (KB) |
 6. Stem Ksn (KB) |
 7. Campbell Bks, Heidelberg, 1968 (KB) |
 8. Tompkins Bks, Schwetzingen, 1968 (KB) |
 9. Heidelberg Shopping Center, 1968 (KB) |
| 1951 Heidelberg Town Plan. The map was prepared by the 524th Engineer TOPO Company in April 1951. It shows US installations and facilities in the Heidleberg area. Click on the thumbnail to view a larger format of the same map. |
 City of Heidelberg, HMP Installations and Facilities (2.7 MB - BIG!) |
| 1951 Heidelberg Downtown. This strip map shows US facilities in the downtown area of Heidleberg. Click on the thumbnail to view a larger format of the same map. |
 Downtown Heidelberg, HMP Facilities (168 KB) |
| 1980 Topographical maps of Heidelberg 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. |
 Heidelberg West (328 KB) |
 Heidelberg East (328 KB) |
| June 2004
Panoramic view of the southern part of Heidelberg where most of the US facilities are located. View is from the Königstuhl hill. (Source: Sean White) Click on the thumbnail to view a larger format of the same photo. |
 Heidelberg South from Königstuhl (286 KB) |
 1. 3rd US Army/Heidelberg Telephone Directory, October 1945 |
 2. Heidelberg Telephone Directory, March 1947 |
 3. Heidelberg Telephone Directory, 25 January 1949 |
 4. Heidelberg Telephone Directory, 28 January 1950 |
 5. Heidelberg Telephone Directory, 15 October 1955 |
 6. USAREUR Telephone Directory, 25 July 1959 |
 7. USAREUR Telephone Directory, Spring 1980 |
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 A. Grossdeutschland Kaserne, late 1930s |
 B. Grossdeutschland Kaserne, 1930s |
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 1. Campbell Barracks, 1945 (163 KB) |
 2. HQ EUCOM, Heidelberg, prob 1950 Click here to supersize (401 KB) |
 3. Farewell Review, Campbell Bks, July 1952 |
 4. Campbell Barracks, mid-1950s (364 KB) |
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 5. Campbell Barracks, 1962-63 (KB) |
 6. Campbell Barracks, 1962-63 (KB) |
 7. Mark Twain Village, 1962-63 (KB) |
 8. Heidelberg, 1962-63 (KB) |
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 1. Patton Bks, 1960 (KB) |
 2. Patton Bks, around 1960 (KB) |
 3. Patton Bks Main Gate, 1970 (116 KB) |
 4. Patton Bks Main Gate, late 1950s (KB) |
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 5. Flaming Sword Service Center, late 1950s (KB) |
 6. Main gate (KB) |
 7. Kirchheimer Weg (KB) |
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 9. Post chapel (KB) |
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 5. Heidelberg AAF, 2005 |
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 1. Nachrichten Kaserne, Heidelberg, 1952 |
 2. 130th Sta Hosp main gate, early 1950s (KB) |
 3. 130th Sta Hosp, early 1950s (KB) |
 4. 130th Sta Hosp, early 1950s (KB) |
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 5. 130th Gen Hosp, early 1950s (KB) |
 6. 130th Gen Hosp, early 1950s (KB) |
 7. 130th Gen Hosp, early 1950s (KB) |
 8. 130th Gen Hosp, early 1950s (KB) |
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 1. UNRRA Headquarters, Heidelberg, 1945-46 (KB) |
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 A. Panzer Kaserne |
 B. Panzer Kaserne |
 C. Panzer Kaserne |
 D. Panzer Kaserne |
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 1. Sketch of Tompkins Bks, 1968 |
 2. Building in center (bottom) is Bowling Alley (KB) |
 3. Building in center houses Barber Shop, Service Club, Snack Bar, and PX (KB) |
 4. Burned out remains after a fire at 541st Engineer Co (KB) |
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 5. Headquarters Building for Tompkins Barracks (KB) |
 6. Float Stock Yard at Tompkins, 1962 (KB) |
 7. 964th Float Stock Yard (KB) |
 8. 964th Float Stock Yard (KB) |
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Heidelberg is located on the Neckar River in Baden-Wuerttemberg, approximately 55 miles south of Frankfurt. Community Commander for Heidelberg was the Chief of Staff, HQ USAREUR. Geographic Locations identified as part of Heidelberg MILCOM in USAREUR Reg 10-20, 14 Dec 1978 (1):
(1) The list of remote sites associated with Heidelberg MILCOM in the 1978 Reg was incomplete. Some of the missings sites: Schwetzingen local training area and Oftersheim Firing Ramge. Additional information and details would be appreciated! Contact the webmaster. On 16 October 1991, under the Community Command Plan, USMCA Heidelberg was redesignated as the 94th Base Support Battalion and assigned to the 26th Area Support Group, also located in Heidelberg. Later, the 94th would be redesignated as the 411th BSB. |
Reorganization creates 26th Area Spt Gp and Heidelberg Base Support Battalion Some of the change sweeping through U.S. forces in Europe came to Heidelberg Oct. 1, as the Community Command Plan was put into effect in a short ceremony at the Patton Barracks flagpole. Heidelberg's 26th Support Group became the 26th Area Support Group, responsible for "providing base operations support for an area from Worms in the north to the Swiss border in the south," said Col. James B. Stafford, 26th ASG commander. This area includes the former Mannheim and Karlsruhe military communities. Stafford had been the Heidelberg deputy community commander, a title that no longer exists. The community concept, in effect since the mid-1970s, has given way to the Area Support Group, or "Hub Community" concept. Heidelberg is the hub for Karlsruhe and for Mannheim, which had already consolidated with the formerly independent community of Worms. Within Heidelberg, the Support Battalion (Provisional), commanded by Lt. Col. Richard Welter, changed its name to the 94th Support Battalion. Its mission of providing support to headquarters USAREUR has not changed. (The 94th Spt Bn was activated Oct 16, 1991.) Providing support to the U.S. forces residents of Heidelberg will be the new Base Support Battalion Heidelberg, commanded by Lt. Col. David Huff. His duties will include most of those formerly handled by the deputy community commander, including base operations support, security, and community transition to war planning. "We have been waiting on 1 Oct. to arrive," said Stafford, "and a tremendous amount of work has been accomplished to prepare for the implementation of the community command plan. We have many challenges as we go through the procedural changes that must take place any time you have a reorganization. "But I am confident that together we will continue to provide outstanding support to our customers throughout the area." |
26th Area Support Gp. has new commander By Michael Mowrer Col. John T. Revelle became the second commander of the 26th Area Support Group in an Aug. 10 ceremony at Campbell Barracks, succeeding Col. James B. Stafford. Oklahoma native Revelle, 46, has been in Heidelberg for about a year, in a succession of jobs at HQ USAREUR in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics. His most recent ODCSLOG job was as chief of the Base Operations Division. Asked what are the biggest challenges coming up for Heidelberg and the 26th Area Support Group, he says, "As we've come to recognize in USAREUR over the last several years, change is the main challenge that we have to deal with. And while I think we've been through most of the very difficult change, we have to recognize that there will continue to be change in the future. "The inclusion of Kaiserslautern, Pirmasens and Miesau (in the 26th ASG) is the first major change and challenge that we have, and we want to make sure that transition is very smooth. "The second challenge that we have -- a little bit longer range -- is the announced move of V Corps to the Heidelberg area. We're deeply into the planning of that for next summer." Also, "There is a budget challenge for fiscal year 1994. But I have every confidence that by properly identifying what our requirements are, the senior leadership of the Army is going to make sure that those requirements are met." Despite the rapid change USAREUR is undergoing, Revelle says, "We're going to find that the Heidelberg community is going to remain relatively stable," though the internal demographics are changing with the arrival of HQ, Land Forces Central Europe soldiers and family members. The drawdown that has seen Heidelberg drop from a population of 24,000 soldiers, civilian employees and family members to 18,000 will be countered with V Corps headquarters coming in next year. The 26th ASG mission "The 26th ASG is really a command and control headquarters. Our job is to establish policy and then provide the resource guidance for seven battalions. Five of those battalions provide the installation support for the communities in our area, and that's our main business. But I've also got a support battalion that basically supports HQ USAREUR, and then a signal battalion that also supports HQ USAREUR. "We have a power protection responsibility, as any installation does, and then we have the installation management responsibilities. "Under the community command plan, those installation management responsibilities right now include Heidelberg, Mannheim and Worms, and Karlsruhe. Beginning Oct. 1 we'll be picking up Kaiserslautern and Pirmasens" (including Miesau). |
26th ASG welcomes Kaiserslautern by Michael Mowrer On Oct. 1 Kaiserslautern's Army elements and the subcommunities of Pirmasens and Miesau were welcomed into the fold of the Heidelberg-based 26th Area Support Group. The 29th Area Support Group of Kaiserslautern became the 29th Support Group, giving up its base support mission to focus on its tactical mission. Kaiserslautern's 415th Base Support Bn., which provides base operation support for Army facilities in Kaiserslautern, and the 294th BSB, supporting Pirmasens and Miesau, now fall under the 26th ASG. The 294th will reorganize to an area support team under the 415th later this coming year. The boundaries of the 26th Area Support Group now extend from Karlsruhe through Heidelberg, Mannheim. Worms and Pirmasens-Miesau. The mission to take on Kaiserslautern, Pirmasens and Miesau is a significant change for the 26th Area Support Group," said 26th ASG Commander Col. John T. Revelle. "We'll be doing the same work, but it is a huge increase in the area and population that we're responsible for and adds another major headquarters." (Also), "the unique makeup of the Kaiserslautern Military Community, with its Air Force-Army interrelationship is quite different than what we have with the other communities within the ASG. "We're looking forward to the challenge and the opportunity because we're in the business of providing community support, and we can do it, and we can do it well." "I like to remind people that the 26th Area Support Group now supports five very different communities and their subcommunities: the Heidelberg community, the Karlsruhe community, the Mannheim and Worms community, the Kaiserslautern community, and the Pirmasens and Miesau communities. Each of those has a different command structure, a different demographic makeup and a different mission that is supported. So each community has to be dealt with based on its own characteristics. "And the change continues, because during this year we will be drawing the Karlsruhe community down to an area support team under Heidelberg, and we'll be drawing the Pirmasens BSB into an area support team under Kaiserslautern. These decisions that were made at Hq USAREUR "realign the community support business," said Revelle, "and our job is to make it work well for the citizens of each of the communities. "Right now as we look in the crystal ball for 1994 we are still faced with the reality that the '94 budget will offer us some additional challenges. It's my responsibility from the 26th ASG perspective to see that each community gets its fair share of the resources. And that will happen." The Kaiserslautern area is home to the biggest concentration of Americans outside the continental United States, about 60,000 strong. The major headquarters include Hq, U.S. Air Forces, Europe, and Hq, 21st Theater Army Area Comd. Lt. Col. Howard C. Butler, commander of the 415th Base Support Bit., said "There's a new spirit rising in Kaiserslautern." Expansion of the 26th Area Support Group's area of command and control to include Kaiserslautern "can only enhance and add to the quality of life for family members and soldiers in Kaiserslautern Military Community;" said Butler. Esther Lee, chief of staff for the 26th Area Support Group, said, "The (26th) ASG is in a much better position right now to take on a new base support battalion than we were two years ago when we came originally under the Community Command Plan. At that time the 26th Area Support Group was just beginning its existence, and the BSBs were "changing their complexion" from communities to becoming base support battalions. "We now have in place policies and procedures and methods for how we do business. We were figuring that out two years ago. "The ASG has all the BSBs at heart equally," said Lee, "and that it is our intent and objective to provide the best quality of life that is absolutely possible all the way across the ASG and not to accentuate or emphasize life in one community as opposed to another. "We are blessed throughout the ASG with having a group ofextremelytalentedprofessionalandinnovative folks," said Lee. "I think it will be a mutually supportive relationship with the new blood that we'll have coming from the K-town area both accentuating and being integrated into the currently existing ASG. As in any marriage, however, the intermarriage of Kaiserslautern and Heidelberg will require "tremendous communication," said Lee, and this has and is taking place in the form of a series of in-progress reviews between Kaiserslautern and 26th ASG officials. Some consolidation has already taken place. There is nowone nonappropriated fund civilian personnel office for the entire area support group, one NAF warehouse, and one "One Fund" pool of nonappropriated fund money. In other developments, said Revclle, "The 26th ASG has two other major challenges that arc facing us at this time. The first one is the redeployment of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Div. from Mannheim back to the States. The second one is the movement of V Corps headquarters from Frankfurt into Heidelberg and Mannheim. So all of these changes will make for an exciting year." In related news, USAREUR has announced that the 6th Area Support Group will remain in Stuttgart and be responsible for Stuttgart, Augsburg and areas to the east. Original plans had been for the 26th Area Support Group to include Stuttgart and Augsburg, too. |
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Farewell 549th - bridgebuilding engineers deactivate Oct. 24. - By Walter Kunz, October 24, 1985
649th Engineer Battalion - Mapping the way for USAREUR units. - By Ken Blackburn, April 2, 1987
(Source: Heidelberg Herald-Post (Heidelberg MILCOM newspaper), Nov 3 1988)
Autobahn Kaserne renamed Autobahn Kaseme was renamed Brig. Gen. David H. Stem Kaseme Oct. 1 in honor of the late general. Stem once served as commander of 2nd Region Criminal Investigation Command, Europe, which has, its headquarters at the casem, Iocated on the side of the autobahn between Heidelberg and Mannheim. He was also the first chief of the military police corps regiment and commander of the 95th Military Police Battalion, Mannheim. He died in a military aircraft accident in the United States in January 1987 while serving as deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Chemical and Military Police Center and commandant of the U.S. Army Military Police School. During 27 years of active Army service, Stem served 10 years with and in support of USAREUR and 7th Army. |
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The casern was constructed in 1937 by the German goverment as an autobahn maintenance and administrative center as part of Adolf Hitler's autobahn building program. It was confiscated by U.S. Forces in 1945 and used as a gas station. The casern belonged to the Mannheim Military Commumty until 1975 when it was transferred to Heidelberg. The gas station is now closed. |
I was stationed at Hammonds Barracks from 1948 to 1950. I was the Chief Dispatcher of the Motor Pool. We moved our living quarters to the Flughafen (Air Field) in Neuostheim ... attached to Hammond Barracks. I left Germany in July for separation. Then the Korean War started in June and I was extended for one year and sent to Yokahama Japan for a few weeks and over to Korea. I was discharged on August 23rd, 1951 Anthony Balliro |
Heidelberg Village Officially Named For Mark Twain HEIDELBERG, Germany (Special) -- A 708-apartment U.S. military housing development opposite USAREUR Hq here has officially become Mark Twain Village, named in honor of the author who wrote of the beauties of two valleys, the Mississippi of America and the Neckar of Germany. The village was formerly known to both Americans and Germans as "Little America," although the title was unofficial. But since three other military developments in Headquarters Area Comdd bear the names of well-known Americans -- Patrick Henry near Heidelberg, Benjamin Franklin at Mannheim and Paul Revere at Karlsruhe -- it was decided to fit the headquarters village into the pattern. The author of "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn" traveled widely in Germany in the late 19th Century, making nine visits to Heidelberg. |
Seventh Army Symphony - A very nice site dedicated to the veterans of the 7th Army Orchestra between 1952 - 1962
The Story of a Caserne - Campbell Barracks, Heidelberg - USAREUR History web page
529th MP Co MSN Group web site - Les and Debra Hintz are the points of contact