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The Wildflecken Training Area () is a
military training area A military training area, training area (Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom) or training centre (Canada) is land set aside specifically to enable military forces to train and exercise for combat. Training areas are usually out of bounds ...
near
Wildflecken Wildflecken is a municipality in the Bad Kissingen district, at the border of northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse. In 2022, its population was 2,935; the postal code is 97772 (US Forces used APO NY 09026 until July 15, 1991, when APO/FPO/DPO ...
in the
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mountains in Germany. It covers an area of over 7,000
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s. It was established in 1938 by the German
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and, after the
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was used temporarily by the
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. Today the training area and the Army Combat Simulation Centre there are used by the
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and her
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. The barracks and most of the training area are in Bavaria. The northern part of the training area lies on Hessian soil. In the winter the Americans operated a ski lift in the Hessian part of the training area.


Bibliography

* Christa Jäckel: ''Wie aus einer Kulturlandschaft ein Truppenübungsplatz wurde.'' In: ''Rhönwacht.'' Heft 3. Fulda 2007, , S. 109–111. * Joachim S. Hohmann: ''Landvolk unterm Hakenkreuz – Agrar- und Rassenpolitik in der Rhön.'' Frankfurt am Main 1992. * Manfred Neidert: ''Der Truppenübungsplatz Wildflecken entsteht.'' Kreisausschuss des Landkreises Fulda, Fulda 1996, S. 253–257. * Burckhard, Paul ''Die Truppenübungsplätze Grafenwöhr, Hohenfels, Wildflecken.'' Weiden 1989. * Gerwin Kellermann: ''475 Jahre Wildflecken 1524–1999.'' Marktgemeinde Wildflecken, Wildflecken 1999. * Adam R. Seipp: ''Strangers in the Wild Place. Refugees, Americans, and a German Town, 1945–1952.'' Indiana University Press, Bloomington/Indianapolis 2013, ISBN 978-0-253-00677-6 (englisch).


External links


Geschichte des Standortes Wildflecken ("History of the Wildflecken Base")
deutschesheer.de

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rhoenline.de

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Fläche des Truppenübungsplatzes bei Openstreetmap

Information on events and route for the public hiking days on the area
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Wildflecken Wildflecken is a municipality in the Bad Kissingen district, at the border of northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse. In 2022, its population was 2,935; the postal code is 97772 (US Forces used APO NY 09026 until July 15, 1991, when APO/FPO/DPO ...
Wildflecken Wildflecken is a municipality in the Bad Kissingen district, at the border of northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse. In 2022, its population was 2,935; the postal code is 97772 (US Forces used APO NY 09026 until July 15, 1991, when APO/FPO/DPO ...
Bad Kissingen (district) Fulda (district) Geography of Hesse Rhön Mountains Geography of Bavaria