Kaserne in 1900 - 1945 - US ARMY Babenhausen Kaserne 1901-2007

Kaserne History

The Kaserne 1900-1945

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All photos © HGV Babenhausen

The Babenhausen "Schloss" or castle,
home of the Red Dragoons,

from 1869- 1891

The official groundbreaking ceremony July 3, 1900

The Kaserne parade ground in 1903,
the Officers club & Commanders house in the background, with the Kaserne barracks to the left and right

The Commanders house
- 1902 -

The Commanders house
- 1902 -

-The "B26" in 1906-

This picture of the Kaserne was taken looking towards Aschaffenburg, at about the sight where the Chinese restaurant is now.

The Kaserne in 1913
The Building on the left would later be HQ 2/5
(note: the Kaserne wall)

Main gate
1902

The Officers Club in 1913
(note: the side entrance / later closed)

Kaserne Barracks and Water Tower
-1913-

A look at the Kaserne from the West
note: the early roof of the water tower

-1912-

A look at the Kaserne from the West

-1912-

The Kaserne
-1925-

The Kaserne

-1925-

A picture postcard from 1906,
showing the Officers club, and it's interior.

The Kaserne in 1906

Picture postcard from the 1920's

©Martin Stenger

Aerial Photo from 1925

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-The Kaserne in 1934-

The main gate
Note: the guardin front of his guardhouse

-The Kaserne in 1937-

Another look at the Kaserne's main gate, note there is absolutely no traffic on the B26, comparing to the 5000+ cars today.

The Kaserne based, (German) 36th Field Artillery Regiment,rides through the Babenhausen 700 year city rights parade.
-Babenhausen 1936-

A Battery of the German 36th Field Artillery Regiment
-1936-

36th Field Artillery Regiment
-1936-

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Wehrkreis Reit & Fahrschule XII

Wehrkreis Reit & Fahrschule XII

Col. Loewenich,(3rd from Left), Commanding Officer of Wehrkreis Reit & Fahrschule XII, is accompanied by a delegation of high ranking German Wehrmacht Officers. It is believed that this picture was taken in early to mid 1939.

Col. Loewenich,(Left) and German Wehrmacht Officers reviewing the troops. The Babenhausen based Soldiers were part of the Remonteschule, a Cavalry riding school. This Unit was deployed to Poland after September 1. 1939

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Gottschalk von Loewenich

Commanding Officer Wehrkreis Reit & Fahrschule XII
1938-1939

Generalmajor Gottschalk von Loewenich

Born: 14 May 1881 in Ulm
Died: 18 Nov 1960
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Promotions:

Fähnrich 22 Mar 1900
Fähnrich 18 Oct 1900
Leutnant 18 Aug 1901
Oberleutnant 18 Aug 1910
Rittmeister 08 Oct 1914
Major 01 Apr 1924
Oberstleutnant 01 Oct 1929
Charakter als Oberst 31 Jan 1931
Oberst 01 Jan 1937
Generalmajor 01 Apr 1943

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Career:

Entered Army Service
(22 Mar 1900)

Fähnrich in the 14th Field-Artillery-Regiment
(22 Mar 1900-01 Oct 1912)

Detached to the Military Riding Institute
(01 Oct 1910-30 Sep 1912)

Detached to the 5th Horse Jäger-Regiment
(01 Oct 1912-18 Aug 1913)

Squadron-Chief in the 8th Reserve-Dragoon-Regiment
(02 Aug 1914-21 Dec 1914)

Taken ill - Military Hospital
(21 Dec 1914-00 Mar 1915)

Squadron-Chief in the 6th Dragoon-Regiment
( Mar 1915- Jun 1915)

Leader of the Greater Baggage of 29th Reserve-Division
( Jun 1915- Sep 1915)

Squadron-Chief in the 8th Reserve-Dragoon-Regiment
(Sep 1915-15 Sep 1918)

Leader of I. Battalion of the 113th Infantry-Regiment
(15 Sep 1918-18 Dec 1918)

Squadron-Chief in the 5th Horse Jäger-Regiment
(18 Dec 1918-00 May 1919)

At the same time, Leader of the 5th Horse Jäger-Regiment
( Jan 1919-May 1919)

Chief of the Volunteer-Squadron von Loewenich with Freikorps Hindenburg, Border-Protection Upper Silesia
( May 1919-01 Apr 1920)

Squadron-Chief in the 5th Mounted-Regiment
(01 Apr 1920-16 May 1920)

With the Staff of the 4th Rifle-Regiment & Leader of the 44th Panzer-Platoon
(16 May 1920-01 Oct 1920)

Squadron-Chief in the 1st Mounted-Regiment
(01 Oct 1920-01 Feb 1925)

Transferred into the 16th Mounted-Regiment & Detached to the Staff of Group-Command 1
(01 Feb 1925-01 Feb 1928)

With the Staff of the 4th Mounted-Regiment & Location-Senior Perleberg
(01 Feb 1928-31 Jan 1931)

Retired (31 Jan 1931)

Employed by the Army
(01 Feb 1931)

Landwehr-Officer
(01 Oct 1933)

Supplemental-Officer
(05 Mar 1935)

Active-Officer
(01 Apr 1933)

Director of the Saddling-Extention-Station Lyck
(01 Feb 1931-01 Jul 1938)

Commander of Military-District-Saddling-School Babenhausen
(01 Jul 1938-01 Feb 1942)

Detached for Use as Field-Commandant at Krementschug
(01 Feb 1942-29 Mar 1942)

Acting City-Commandant of Kharkov
(29 Mar 1942-23 Apr 1942)

Acting Field-Commandant 197
(23 Apr 1942-11 Jun 1942)

Special Tasks with the Commander of Army-Group-Area South in Krementschug
(11 Jun 1942-30 Jun 1942)

Field-Commandant 248, Kobeljaki & Pyatigorsk
(30 Jun 1942-10 Sep 1942)

Field-Commandant 245, Novotcherkask, as well as Battle-Commandant Losovaya, Alexandria & Tulchin
(10 Sep 1942-26 Feb 1944)
Führer-Reserve
(26 Feb 1944-31 May 1944)

Retired (31 May 1944)

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