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The Sennelager Training Area (German: Truppenübungsplatz Senne) is a military training area in Germany, under the control of British Forces based in Paderborn Garrison. It covers an area of 116 square kilometres (45 square miles), and belongs to the German Government, which discharges its responsibility through its Institute for Federal Real Estate. The area was first used for military purposes at the end of the 19th century. The Field Marshal Rommel Barracks, Augustdorf is located nearby.




Location


The training area lies north of Paderborn, on the western edge of the Teutoburg Forest in the middle of the Senne, at a height of between 113 metres (371 ft) and 382 m above sea level (NN). The Stapel Exercise Area in Lage, north of Augustdorf, also belongs to the Sennelager Training Area, and covers some 550 hectares (1,400 acres). The land on which the training area is established falls within the boundaries of the following towns and villages: (clockwise beginning in the north): Augustdorf, Detmold, Schlangen (Lippe), Bad Lippspringe, Paderborn, Hövelhof (Paderborn district), and Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock (Gütersloh district).




History






Current and future use


The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 concluded that the British Forces Germany would close the Sennelager military training area, and repatriate all troops and equipment back to the United Kingdom by 2020.
In November 2021, due to increasing threats of potential hostility from Russia, the British Government updated their stance to reflect the increased level of threat. The defence secretary announced the British Army would return to Germany to form one of three land hubs for the Army. The British Army is to base around 250 tanks and armoured vehicles in Germany, to be ready to respond to a potential Russian invasion.




Gallery






See also


Westfalen Garrison
Barker Barracks
Category: British Army barracks in Germany




References






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Hils, Claudio; et al. (2 July 2000). Red Land Blue Land. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Publishers. ISBN 3-7757-0930-4. OCLC 45010296. OL 12876676M.
Piesczek, Uwe (1992). Truppenübungsplatz Senne. Zeitzeuge einer hundertjährigen Militärgeschichte. Chronik, Bilder, Dokumente. Paderborn Bonifatius. ISBN 3-87088-730-3. OCLC 644038781.




Further reading


Makos, Adam (19 February 2019). Spearhead: an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II (1st ed.). New York, USA: Ballantine Books. p. 269. ISBN 9780804176729. LCCN 2018039460. OL 27342118M.




External links



Forces bases: Truppenübungsplatz Senne (in German) — at Streitkraeftebasis.de, via Archive.org
Royal Air Force Sport Parachute Association - Finding A Dropzone — at RAF.MoD.uk, via Archive.org
Biologische Station Paderborner-Land – Naturschutz auf dem Truppenübungsplatz Senne (in German) — (en) Paderborner Land Biological Station – Conservation on the Sennelager Training Area — at Biologische-Station-Paderborner-Land.de, via Archive.org
Stadt Bad Lippspringe – Sperrzeiten Truppenübungsplatz Senne (in German) — (en) City of Bad Lippspringe – Closing times for the Senne military training area — Bad-Lippspringe.com, via Archive.org

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