Number of posts : 35 Age : 75 Localisation : Germany Cap Badge : RA Places Served : UK (Nuneaton/Barnard Castle/Larkhill/Bulford), Germany (Gutersloh/Lubbecke).Then worked as Civvy for Army. Registration date : 2011-06-18
Subject: Bielefeld - Other Barracks 18/6/2011, 18:11
There seems to be no mention of other Barracks in Bielefeld. Reeth Barracks - was a Civilian Warehouse (near the Autobahn) bought from Karstadt and used by Accommodations Services and Freight Services until it was sold on in 2000. Redcar Barracks - sited at Friedrich Hagemann Strasse. It was originally used by Barrack Services RAOC and also a Solid Fuel Depot (in the days when Coal & Coke were necessary). It was a 2nd world war Panzer Workshop. After the formation of 6 Ord Bn in Richmond Barracks, 64 Veh Coy were moved there from Recklinghausen. The Sports Field opposite was handed over to the German Authorities and is now the Training Centre for Arminia Bielefeld.
BobG Lt Col
Number of posts : 330 Age : 85 Localisation : Northumberland Cap Badge : REME Places Served : Rotenburg, Verden, Liebenau, Hohne, Hamm, Duisburg, Minden, Hannover, Fallingbostal, Kuwait, UK, HK, USA/Can. Registration date : 2008-02-27
Subject: Re: Bielefeld - Other Barracks 18/6/2011, 18:28
look up Bielefeld in the 'Locations within BAOR and NW Europe' loads of info on all the Bielefeld Bks. Bob
Pborn4 Brig
Number of posts : 706 Localisation : Between Hannover and Herford, off all main routes Cap Badge : Not even a reservist now - have been Pborn3 Places Served : Oswestry 1965, Paderborn to 1971, NE Dist, Munsterlager from 1974, Sennelager (1976 to 2012) Registration date : 2016-12-16
Subject: Re: Bielefeld - Other Barracks 22/7/2018, 19:27
and before you go:
A touring exhibition "British in Westfalen" will be at these venues:
From 26 Aug 18 Mindener Stadt Museum 28 Oct 18 City Archives Hamm 13 Jan 19 Ermschertal Museum Herne 17 Mar 19 Historisches Museum Bielefeld 19 May 19 Städtisches Museum Herford 21 Jul 19 Kreismuseum Wewelsburg (nr Paderborn)
The virtual tour and highlights of the original Paderborn exhibition are on-line here:
Number of posts : 706 Localisation : Between Hannover and Herford, off all main routes Cap Badge : Not even a reservist now - have been Pborn3 Places Served : Oswestry 1965, Paderborn to 1971, NE Dist, Munsterlager from 1974, Sennelager (1976 to 2012) Registration date : 2016-12-16
Subject: Re: Bielefeld - Other Barracks 2/3/2021, 21:28
Recyclable - Soldiers' Housing Neue Westfälische report as of February 25, 2021, 7:56 a.m.
Bielefeld. The former MQ houses of the British Forces are in great demand in Bielefeld. They are attractive, small but not too small and affordable. Accordingly, many Bielefeld residents are likely to make a rental request to the BImA (Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks), which manages a large quantity of the houses. Oxana F. is one of them. Most recently she turned her attention to one of the British houses on Sven-Hedin-Strasse in Bielefeld's research district. She called BimA many times since July and seems to be successful.
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Don Knight Private
Number of posts : 3 Age : 88 Localisation : West Midlands UK Cap Badge : Royal Artillery Places Served : Herford/Hildesheim 1955/56 Registration date : 2024-10-15
Subject: Re: Bielefeld - Other Barracks 16/10/2024, 12:22
No mention of the corrective trading establishment that was very active in the 50s.
Pborn4 Brig
Number of posts : 706 Localisation : Between Hannover and Herford, off all main routes Cap Badge : Not even a reservist now - have been Pborn3 Places Served : Oswestry 1965, Paderborn to 1971, NE Dist, Munsterlager from 1974, Sennelager (1976 to 2012) Registration date : 2016-12-16
Subject: Re: Bielefeld - Other Barracks 17/10/2024, 01:23
Military Corrective Training Centre moved from Dempsey Barracks Sennelager to Mossbank /Rochdale Bks, Bielefeld and used as MCTG up to 1958. (Former German Langemarck Kaserne, on Oldentrupper Strasse 65- named for a WW1 Battle site in Belgium).
Thereafter populated mainly by REME and handed back in 2013 to the Bundesanstalt für Immobilien Ausgabe (BImA); the Stadt Bielefeld started giving guided tours of the site in 2020.
(Previous comment - it may have been a corrective trading establishment had NAAFI been involved.)
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steve LE Maj
Number of posts : 1027 Age : 75 Localisation : near Cuxhaven Cap Badge : Royal Signals + Royal Engineers Places Served : Verden-Aller + Willich + Iserlohn + Hameln Registration date : 2010-02-14
Subject: Re: Bielefeld - Other Barracks 17/10/2024, 08:23
Early days!
3 Military Prison and Detention Barracks – GHQ Troops/L of C – 1 Corps District 20 Oct 45 also known as 3 Military Corrective Establishment – 7th Armoured Division 1 Jun 47 – Hannover District 15 Jan 48
Caux Barracks, Douai-F south of Lille-F – Mossbank later Rochdale Barracks Bielefeld 20 Oct 45 Detachment – Caen-F