- Ordensburg Sonthofen
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Exterior view (2007)
The Generaloberst-Beck-Kaserne are barracks of the armed forces of Germany, the Bundeswehr, in Sonthofen in Oberallgäu.
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History
The estate was built in 1934 as NS-Ordensburg Sonthofen by the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront) for the NSDAP.
Three NS-Ordensburgen existed:
- Ordensburg Krössinsee, in Pomerania
- Ordensburg Sonthofen, Allgäu
- Ordensburg Vogelsang, Eifel
A fourth one was planned at (the historic) Ordensburg Marienburg, in West Prussia
It was planned by architect Hermann Giesler. It served as Adolf-Hitler-School for the education of party cadres. The international wellknown actor Hardy Krüger went to this school. In the last year of the war it was used as sickbay.
Commander of the Ordensburg was the Reichstag deputy Robert Bauer (NSDAP) from 1936 to 1941.
In November 1937 Adolf Hitler visited the Ordensburg Sonthofen.
After the war at first French troops acquired the Castle. Later the US Army created the central educational place of the task force US-Constabulary there.
In 1956 the Castle was acquired by the Bundeswehr and was named after the member of resistance and former chief of the general staff of the army General Ludwig Beck.
Current use
The Generaloberst-Beck-Kaserne hosts schools of the Bundeswehr (Military Police (Feldjäger) and Staff Service). The Bundeswehr replace their schools to other locations (Hannover - Emmich-Cambrai-Kaserne) in 2009.
The Castle is landmarked.
The barracks aren't part of a big tunnel system.
Literature
- Hartmut Happel: Die Allgäuer Ordensburg in Sonthofen. Eberl, Immenstadt 1996, ISBN 3-920269-01-2
- Gerhard Klein: Die NS-Ordensburg Sonthofen 1934 bis 1945. In: Paul Ciupke u. Franz-Josef Jelich (Hrsg.): Weltanschauliche Erziehung in Ordensburgen des Nationalsozialismus. Zur Geschichte und Zukunft der Ordensburg Vogelsang Geschichte und Erwachsenenbildung, Bd. 20. Essen 2006. S. 65 - 84
External links
- Round tour (in German)
- The Ordensburg in Sonthofen, Allgäu (English and German)
Categories:- Castles in Bavaria
- Nazi architecture
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