hohenfels germany

[james s.]

Hi everyone, one of my good friends is going to be stationed in hohenfels germany,just checking to see if there is any good places to visit that has military history that is close by ,I was thinking like museums, fortifications or battlefields. Anything you guys can think of would be great...

Thank you very much
James

[hoover]

Hi,

first POIs should be

Tank Museum Munster,
Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung Koblenz
and if he has some time left the greart
Oorlogsmuseum Overloon (directly behind the German/Dutch border)

Battlefields: Ardennes of course, with the great museums like Baugnez, La Gleize, Diekirch

[TWS]

It's Europe. Everything is close by.

I was stationed in Germany twice and highlights of what I did would be a staff ride the officers of my battalion conducted on the Battle of the Bulge and a trip I took to Normandy... ironically with a German buddy.

I did a lot of other traveling, but those would be two of the best excursions.

[Geoff Walden]

So, closer to Hohenfels ...


- Flossenbürg Concentration Camp site
- Nazi Party Rally Grounds and Dokumentation Center museum in Nuremberg
- Other museums in Nuremberg such as the Art Bunker and War Crimes Trials site
- Burg Veldenstein castle that was owned by Goering


Advise your friend to visit www.thirdreichruins.com and search around for sites he might be interested in in Franken and Bavarian, or maybe further afield.

[james s.]

Thank you guys for all the help ,I will let him know your suggestions, if you think of any more just let me know..
Thank you
James

[Robert H]

US soldiers still make its way to Germany.
Wonder when some will move to Poland?

Hi everyone, one of my good friends is going to be stationed in hohenfels germany,just checking to see if there is any good places to visit that has military history that is close by ,I was thinking like museums, fortifications or battlefields. Anything you guys can think of would be great...

Thank you very much
James

[THATGUY]

I was sent to Hohenfels for a 3 week training 'deployment' with the National Guard in 2016. Tell your buddy that the cantonment area is the former Wehrmacht huts built in 1938 I believe and then turned into a Stalag for British POWs and then turned into a displaced persons camp after the war.

Also, Lutzmanstein is a very fascinating non wartime village that was forcibly abandoned by the Germans when they made Hohenfels a training area and then the U.S. did as well in 1945. It is located 'in the box' on base.

Sam

[james s.]

Thank you sam, I'll till him tomorrow. I was stationed in Schweinfurt for 2 years and we went there twice a year for training but didn't get to look around much.

James