Baumholder

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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.

Baumholder is also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Baumholder, which consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):

Baumholder Berglangenbach Berschweiler bei Baumholder Eckersweiler Fohren-Linden Frauenberg Hahnweiler	Heimbach Leitzweiler Mettweiler Reichenbach Rohrbach Rückweiler Ruschberg

[edit] 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 firing ranges in Western Germany.

[edit] Facilities

• Baumholder Training Area
• Nahbollenbach Army Depot
• Neubrücke Kaserne, sharing the area with Environment Campus Birkenfeld
• Strassburg Kaserne

• 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

[edit] External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 49°37′N, 7°20′E