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Baumholder is a town and a municipality in the district of Birkenfeld, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated south of the Hunsrück, approx. 10 km south of Idar-Oberstein. Image File history File links Baumholder-pt. ... Birkenfeld is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... The Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz, sometimes Lower Palatinate or Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau and Speyer. ... A typical view of the Hunsrück countryside. ... Idar-Oberstein is a city in the Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. ...


Baumholder is also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Baumholder, which consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"): A Verbandsgemeinde (plural Verbandsgemeinden) is an administrative unit unique to the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate. ...

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  • Fohren-Linden
  • Frauenberg
  • Hahnweiler
  • Heimbach
  • Leitzweiler
  • Mettweiler
  • Reichenbach
  • Rohrbach
  • Rückweiler
  • Ruschberg

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U.S. military garrison in Baumholder

Baumholder is home to the largest concentration of American combat soldiers outside the United States. The installation consists of Smith Barracks, which is the main post, and the base operations area support teams of Strassburg in Idar-Oberstein and Neubrücke, near Birkenfeld. Baumholder also is home to one of the largest (and dumpiest) firing ranges in Western Germany, and it always seems to be a crap day when you go there. Strasbourg townscape Strasbourg (German Straßburg, road to castle, Alsatian Strossburi) is the capital and principal city of the Alsace région of northeastern France. ... Idar-Oberstein is a city in the Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. ... Birkenfeld is a town and municipality, capital of the district Birkenfeld, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ...


Facilities

  • HHC 2 Bde, 1AD
  • 40th EN Bn
  • G Troop, BRT
  • 1-6 Inf Bn
  • 2-6 Inf Bn
  • 1-35 Arm Bn
  • HHB, 1AD DIVARTY
  • 4-27 FA Bn
  • 1-94 FA Bn (MLRS)
  • C/25 TAB
  • 47th FSB
  • 92 MP Co
  • 1AD Band
  • 8th Finance Battalion

The Environment Campus Birkenfeld (Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld) is a branch of the largest University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule Trier) in the state Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... The 4-27th Field Artillery Battalion is a U.S. Army Field Artillery unit currently assigned to the 1st Armored Division. ...

External links

  • Official website

Coordinates: 49°37′N 7°20′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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Smith Barracks, Baumholder, Germany (642 words)
Baumholder is located in west central Germany in the state of Rheinland-Pfalz, about 70 kilometers from the French border,about two hours from Frankfurt, just off Autobahn #62, and between Kaiserslautern and Trier.
Baumholder falls under the 104th Area Support Group in Hanau, and the 222nd Base Support Battalion is the supporting and host unit for the Baumholder military community.
Baumholder is located in west central Germany in the state of the Rheinland Pfalz, about 70 kilometers from the French border and about two hours from Frankfurt/Main.
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