The Babenhausen Kaserne

       Downtown Babenhausen



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The Hexenturm

-2012-


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The Coat of Arms of the City of Babenhausen


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©HGV Babenhausen

The road to the railhead, with the Deutscher Hof in the background.This picture was taken after the 12/24/44 bombing raid on Babenhausen.



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Babenhausen

in the 20's-30's & 40's





























Special thanks to Thorsten Muench


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Babenhausen in 1950's





Marktplatz and Rathaus

-1953-


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©Wayne Dixon

Downtown Babenhausen

-1953-




©Marion Young

The city mill

-1951-


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Babenhausen in the 1960's




©Helmuth Mewes

A convoy of M113 APCs rumble through downtown
-1960-



Snowy downtown Babenhausen

-1961-


©Helmuth Mewes

The "Hexenturm"

1960 



©Helmuth Mewes

The "Hexenturm"

-1960-


Birds view of "Downtown"

-ca 1962-




Babenhausen Castle

-1962-



Picture of the Babenhausen city limits


 



View from the Train station looking at downtown



Babenhausen in 1962




A look from the other side of town, the Michelsbrau brewery is on the left.



Babenhausen

-1962-


Babenhausen

- 1963-


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All Photos © Walt Leon 



The Babenhausen Swimming pool

-1962-

The Babenhausen Swimming pool

-1962-

At the Babenhausen Swimming pool

-1962-



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-1965-



-1965-


The Justus Arnold Strasse

-1965-



The Justus Arnold Strasse

-1965-


What a coincidence, the web masters house is behind the house in the center, my yard door can be seen on the left of the house.



The "Fahrstrasse"


The famous "hole in the wall"

Later off limits to U.S.

Personal.



Used with permission from Lars Hagen ©2011


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Babenhausen in the 1970's



©Marcus Wayne Morrow

The old and new Catholic churches
The church on the left was torn down in 1978.
The rubble was used to fill the Rifle and Pistol ranges at the Rod & Gun Club after it closed.


©Marcus Wayne Morrow

The Michelsbrau, many may remember it......


©Gene Langford

The Babenhausen Schloss


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All photos © Carl Akers


"Gasthaus Zum Herrngarten"

-1974-


The Babenhausen Bahnhof

-1974-










Used with permission from Carl Akers ©2011



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Used with permission from Janie Highsmith ©2010

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Babenhausen 2010


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