The Schweinfurt Panzerkaserne (or Adolf-Hitler-Kaserne) was built in 1935-36 for Panzerregiment 4, and was located on Niederwerrnerstraße. This post is now used by the U.S. Army as Ledward Barracks. This postcard view shows the Panzerkaserne in 1940. The eagle in the photo below can be seen on the building to the right of the gate. Click here to see other period views of the Schweinfurt Panzerkaserne.  (MapQuest Map Link)
Click here to visit Heinz Leitsch's page on the USAG Schweinfurt (in German - auf Deutsch).

The Reichsadler (or Hoheitsadler), minus its swastika, remains on a building beside the main gate.

The Panzerkaserne was hit several times during the bombing of Schweinfurt, beginning with the first attack on 17 August 1943. The Kaserne is the group of buildings near the upper left corner, with bombs falling on the buildings closest to downtown Schweinfurt.  (National Archives, RG 342-FH)

Some of the barracks buildings of the Panzerkaserne were decorated with military and historical theme sculptures.  These appear above the doorways on several of the buildings.

During much of the war, the Panzerkaserne was used as a training center for Sturmgeschutz (assault gun) vehicles. In the 1943 photo at left, a crew is training in a chassis with the cannon removed, for driver training. While the exact location of this photo on the Panzerkaserne is unknown, the motor pools have changed very little and are still in use today.  (private collection)

Adjacent to the Panzerkaserne was the Panzerabwehrkaserne, built across the street to the east to house Panzerjäger Abteilung 38 (38th Anti-Tank Battalion). This monument near the east gate of Ledward Barracks honors the dead of PzJgrAbt. 38, which served in the 2nd Panzer Division. Only three buildings of the Panzerabwehrkaserne still exist, behind the park where this monument is located (this park, the adjacent Youth Center, the Schweinfurt Stadtwerke (city services) complex, and the Mercedes-Benz complex now occupy the area of the former Panzerabwehrkaserne). Click here to see a monument to Panzerregiment 4 in Schweinfurt.

A Flugplatz or Fliegerhorst was built on the western outskirts of Schweinfurt in 1937. Training for Stuka pilots was conducted here. This Luftwaffe eagle appears on the gate building at the main entrance. The post is used today as U.S. Army Conn Barracks.

This underground structure in the back section of the post is said to have been an air raid shelter, but it was more likely a munitions storage bunker.
(MapQuest Map Link)

The bunker entrance features a Luftwaffe eagle over the doorway. This bunker had entrances at both ends.

The spa town of Bad Kissingen in northern Bavaria was garrisoned by Wehrmacht motorcycle troops in the late 1930s. In 1936-37 Manteuffel Kaserne, named in honor of Freiherr von Manteuffel of old dragoons fame, was built to house these troops. Later, units of the 2nd Panzer Division occupied the barracks. Following the end of World War II, the area was briefly occupied by the U.S. Army Air Forces XII Tactical Air Command. In the early 1950s the post was occupied by U.S. Army border guard troops and renamed Daley Barracks. The major tenant during most of the Cold War was the 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (formerly the 14th Armored Cavalry). 2/11ACR used the old Manteuffel Kaserne HQs building as its dining facility. (Click here to visit the area of OP Sierra, one of the border sites guarded by 2/11ACR.)

Daley Barracks was closed following the reunification of Germany and returned to the German government ca. 1995. Most of the old military buildings were torn down in 1998, but a few remain. The former headquarters building now houses several businesses, and additional business buildings are being built on the site.  (MapQuest Map Link)

  (Some period views and historical information in this section from the Border Trooper page, http://members.nbci.com/bordertrooper/manteuff.htm, except where noted; period postcard views also from "The Crusader" newspaper, Vol. 8, No. 43, 31 October 1984, page 7.)

The front gate was guarded by a stone pillar with the national insignia on top. The building at the left of the photo is the former headquarters building. The barracks building on the right has been torn down. The building in the distance of the modern photo is one of the new business buildings built ca. 1998.

Soldiers marching through the front gate. This photo and the next two period photos are from the service album of a soldier who was stationed at Manteuffel Kaserne (private collection). An exact corresponding view today is blocked by the post-war building at the left of the modern view.

A sentry stands guard at the main gate, with the headquarters building behind. (private collection)

The eagle and swastika Hoheitszeichen are long gone, but the gate pillar still proclaims the site as Manteuffel Kaserne.

Motorcycle troops in front of their motor pool maintenance shops. Some of the former motor pool buildings are still standing.

Military review on the parade ground of Manteuffel Kaserne, ca. 1938.  (period photo from a private collection)

The spa facilities in the town of Bad Kissingen were popular with the garrison troops. The Arcade is seen here in a view from a soldier's photo album - note the swastika hanging in the center of the upper story.  (private collection)

The quaint Marktplatz downtown was also popular for soldier visits.  (private collection)

On 20 April 1939 the buildings on the Marktplatz were decorated in commemoration of Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday.

(Stadtarchiv Bad Kissingen)

The display for the March 1939 Tag der Wehrmacht (Armed Forces Day) included 150mm artillery pieces at  Hindenburg Kaserne. This post no longer exists, but the photo on the right from ca. 1979 shows the same view.  (Stadtarchiv Würzburg; modern photo courtesy Tom Crowder)

A large military hospital complex was built in Würzburg in 1936-37. When the U.S. Army moved into the area in April 1945, this facility was taken over by the 107th EVAC Hospital, and it continues to serve as a U.S. Army hospital today.  (1945 photos courtesy Frank Tompkins - visit Frank's site about the 107th EVAC Hospital)  (MapQuest Map Link)

Looking from the hospital entrance, past the gates, to the Main River valley and the vineyards on the hills beyond.

These military sculptures (and others) appear on the façade of the hospital, between the center windows on the upper story (see overall views above). On the left, a soldier in a helmet and field gear goes over a map held by a soldier in a panzer uniform (including the early panzer beret).

Illesheim is a small town located some 40 kilometers southeast of Würzburg. In 1939 an airfield and ammunition storage area were built on the outskirts of town - the airfield housed the 1st Staffel of Zerstörergeschwaders 52. After the war, the U.S. Army occupied this post as Storck Barracks.  (photos courtesy Robert Gargano)  (MapQuest Map Link)

A Fliegerhorst, or Luftwaffe post, was built in Fürth (near Nürnberg) from 1934-39, by modernizing and enlarging an existing World War I airfield. The photos above show the front gate. The post was used by the U.S. Army as Montieth Barracks from 1945-1995. It is now partly in use by small businesses.  (U.S. Army in Germany page)  (MapQuest Map Link)

On the left is a view ca. 1937 showing bi-planes and their crews - the hangers and administration building in the background can be seen in the modern view.

Another Kaserne in the Nürnberg area was the Nachrichtenkaserne (Signals Post) in Schwabach. This post was built in 1936-37 for Signals Battalion 17. After the war it was used by the U.S. Army as O'Brien Barracks, but was returned to German control in the early 1990s. Many of the buildings have since been torn down, but some remain - the gate building on the left is now the city museum.  (U.S. Army in Germany page)  (MapQuest Map Link)