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Osnabrück Garrison was a major British garrison with facilities located at Osnabrück in Lower Saxony and Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was home to 4th Armoured Brigade and most of its subordinate units. It formed a major part of British Forces Germany. ==History== The oldest part of Osnabrück Station was ''Caprivi Kaserne'' (named after after General Leo von Caprivi), dating back to 1899; this became Scarborough Barracks after the Second World War and is now being used as the University of Applied Sciences.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Scarborough Barracks )〕 ''Scharnhorst Kaserne'' (named after General Gerhard von Scharnhorst) was built in the 1930s; this went on after the War to be Belfast Barracks and is now being used as the Osnabrück Innovations Centre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Osnabrück Konvision )〕 Meanwhile, ''Winkelhausen Kaserne'' (named after Colonel Willy Carl Winkelhausen) was also built in the 1930s; this went on after the War to become Roberts Barracks and is now being used as a freight hub.〔 ''Am Limberg Kaserne'' (probably named after the Duchy of Limberg) was built during the War in Osnabrück as an ammunition factory for the Wehrmacht;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=70 ha barracks area in start position for new uses )〕 this was expanded in the early 1950s to became Imphal Barracks (for cavalry and tank regiments) and Mercer Barracks (for infantry regiments) and is now being redeveloped for housing.〔 The site on ''Landwehrstraße'' which was occupied by the British Army as Quebec Barracks in the 1950s is now also being redeveloped for housing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Osnabrück: demolition of the barracks in Atter begins )〕 ''Loddenheide Kaserne'' (Loddenheide being a part of the Gremmendorf district of Münster) was built in the 1930s; this expanded after the War and broken up into Buller Barracks, Swinton Barracks, Waterloo Barracks and York Barracks and its future use is now the subject of a local planning consultation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Conversion )〕 Meanwhile, ''Hermann Göring Kaserne'' (named after Reich Marshal Hermann Göring) evolved to become Oxford Barracks after the War.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Oxford Barracks )〕 The garrison became the largest British military base outside the UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=British soldiers march out of Osnabrück after 63 years )〕 It was the target of the Osnabrück mortar attack on 28 June 1996 when Quebec Barracks were hit by three Mark 15 mortar devices.〔Geraghty, Tony (2000). ''The Irish War''. Johns Hopkins University Press, p. 193. ISBN 0-00-255617-0〕 The barracks closed in 2009.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Osnabrück Garrison」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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