Baumholder
Baumholder | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Baumholder  | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Birkenfeld |
| Municipal assoc. | Baumholder |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Peter Lang (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 69.47 km2 (26.82 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 420–540 m (Formatting error: invalid input when rounding ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 4,560 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55774 |
| Dialling codes | 06783 |
| Vehicle registration | BIR |
| Website | www.baumholder.de |
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 the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Baumholder.
General information
The City of Baumholder is very well known as the location of one of the biggest U.S. Army garrisons, established in the 1950s.
The city is marked economically and socially by approximately 12,000 U.S. military personnel who live in town.
Baumholder was the residence of David Willis, father of Golden Globe-winning actor Bruce Willis. Bruce was born 10 km (6.2 miles) away in the town of Idar-Oberstein.
Activities
Baumholder, like most German towns, holds regular festivals throughout the year ranging from flea markets, to carnival celebrations where large portions of the streets are closed off.
U.S. Army
Facilities
- Baumholder Training Area
- Neubrücke Kaserne, sharing the area with Environment Campus Birkenfeld
Units
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Heavy)
- 40th Engineer Battalion
- Delta Troop, 2nd Bn 5th Cavalry Regiment (BRT)
- 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment
- 3rd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment
- 4th Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment
- 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery
- C/25 TAB
- 24th BSB
- 92 MP Co
- 589th Signal Company
- 502D Military Intelligence Company
2005 Rathaus Arson
On August 10, 2005 a group of U.S. Army soldiers engaged in a crime spree within the city of Baumholder, burglarizing multiple U.S. Government buildings in Smith Barracks. The soldiers stole computer equipment, robbed a local German taxi driver, and ended their spree early the next morning by setting fire to the city Rathaus, a government building similar to a city hall..[2]
Later that day, German law enforcement, Polizei, took into custody two U.S. Army soldiers and were seeking a third for questioning. Investigators eventually questioned as many as 20 individuals, both American and German nationals, for information about the crime spree. Private First Class Zachary Watson and Specialist Samuel Bell were arrested by German authorities in connection to the crimes which totaled more than 1.5 million euro in damage. The soldiers were eventually handed over to U.S. officials.
References
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Two soldiers arrested in probe of fire at Baumholder city building www.stripes.com. Saturday, August 27, 2005. Retrieved 2009, 07-10.
>Two soldiers arrested in probe of fire at Baumholder city building www.stripes.com. Saturday, August 27, 2005. Retrieved 2009, 07-10.
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