European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse V corps communities Baum older i facility map no. Education Center 1 Chapel 2 Burger King 3 multipurpose fitness gym .4 Rod & gun club .5 school of standards 6 class six store 7 Minnick Field 8 Gas station 9 Library 10 Hall of champions .11 to land 2 Post office 13 Wagon wheel theater 14 Welcome Center 15 pm 16 commissary. .17 Pathfinder club 18 officers and civilians club 19 lager of 20 Baum older German Hospital 21 Smith 2 Smith elementary 23 co 24 dispensary 25 child care Center 25 my station 6 Wetzel elementary 27 Baum older area or or. High school. 28 Baum older playhouse 29 outdoor recreation Center and Pool. 30 Chapel 1 .31 Community recreation Center 32 my Field 33 Auto Craft shop. 34 banking facilities 5 finance 36 ship with its German hosts. The Community is an Active participant in the City s annual Spring cleanup. It also takes part in Volski Tarsches walking events. However the yearly big event is the German american Volk fest Carni Val which is held in the summer. The natural Beauty of the Nahe Valley combined with the army facilities and ser vices make being stationed in bad Kreuz Jiachi Derheim a Plum assignment. Baum older known As the Home of champions greater Baum older is located in the wooded Hills of Western palatinate 30 Miles from the French and Luxem Bourg Borders. . Smith Barracks is the Community Headquarters As Well As the Home of the 1st armoured division s 2d brigade division artillery and division no 4. -. Academy. The Community has a population of More than 23,000 service members families and civilian employees. The greater Baum older Community is com prised of two sub communities Strassburg Kaseane in nearby Idar Oberstein and Neu Brucke near the county seat of Birkenfeld. Neu Brucke houses a variety of . Air Force elements in support of Allied forces Central Europe accent Headquarters As Well As other . Army non divisional tactical and support units. Strassburg sub Community is Home to an a 1st armoured division artillery Bat Talion and several support elements. Nah Bollenbach army depot near Strassburg houses elements of the army Materiel command am and the european redistribution facility erf. Vein Perhauch storage area 12 Miles Southeast of Klar Obei Stein houses . Equipment for nato forces. Five air defense artillery Sites and a fire direction Center Are located in the huns pick and Eifel Mountain ranges. Baum older today represents the largest concentration of . Army com Bat units outside conus. The military training area is now used by varied nato forces. Six major housing areas provide 2,01 i government owned units for the members of the Baum older Community. An additional 583 families Are housed in government leased quarters. Tin remaining personnel reside in 9 8 private and 372 government 1hr1 rentals in some 15 towns and villages. A total of 1,087 buildings at 12 installations covering 12,275,000 Square feet of enclosed working and living space make
