Europaviertel (Wiesbaden)
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The Europaviertel (European quarter) in Wiesbaden is a former barracks area named Gersdorff Kaserne at the edge of the city center of the Hessian state capital, approximately 2 kilometers southwest of the Marktkirche.
Barracks (1868–1945)
Between 1868 and 1945, three different barracks, a military hospital and a laundry occupied the site of today's "European quarter".
Lindsey Air Station (1945–1993)
After
All of the streets in "Camp Lindsey" were named for the 31 American fatalities from "Operation Vittles," the 1948-49 Berlin Airlift. From 1954 to 1973, Lindsey Air Station was, among other things, home to the
United States Military Forces & Installations in Europe listed units at Lindsey as including the 7100th AB Wing, HQ, Air Force Technical Applications Center Europe, 7001st CSW, 701st ABG, 1st CCS, 1157th TCHOS, 1802nd Support Squadron, 1836th EIG, District 70 AFOSI, Det. 3 FTD, HQ ESAA, 2063rd Comm. Squadron, 1st Combat Communications Group, 7122nd Support Squadron, 7225th Support Squadron, 7260th Support Squadron, 7405th Support Squadron, 7499th Support Squadron, 621st TCF, and 7055th Ops Flight.[2]
The 7100th Combat Support Wing was active at the base between 1985 and 1993, after which Lindsey Air Station was transferred back to the Army.
Europaviertel (since 1993)
In 1993, Lindsey Air Station was returned to the Federal Republic of Germany and renamed Europaviertel. The buildings at Lindsey now house certain offices of the German Federal Investigation Bureau
References
- ^ Watson, Jr., George M. "Chief Historian, Office of the Air Force Surgeon General" (PDF). USAF Medical Service Digest (Fall 1992): 11–14. Retrieved 12 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 0198291329, p.146, listed under Wiesbaden