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{{Short description|Barracks}}
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| founding name
| Verdun-Kaserne<br>(Nazi use)
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| 1945 to 1972
| Will Kaserne<br>(U.S. use)
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| current name
| Fürst-Wrede-Kaserne<br>(Bundeswehr use)
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'''Fürst-Wrede-Kaserne''' has been a military facility in [[Munich]], [[Germany]], since 1936 when it was built by the Munich ''Heeresbauamt'' (army construction bureau) under its original name ''[[Verdun]]-[[Kaserne]]''. After [[World War II]] the [[United States|U.S.]] forces renamed it '''Will Kaserne''', and the [[Bundeswehr]] renamed it once more in honor of [[Karl Philipp von Wrede]] on 17 April 1972.<ref>Winfried Nerdinger: ''Bauen im Nationalsozialismus'' (German), Munich, 1993. p. 498.</ref>
== History ==
Originally, the fully motorized 7th [[anti-tank warfare|Anti-Tank]] Detachment (''Panzerabwehrabteilung&nbsp;7'') and an [[artillery]] unit used the [[barracks]]. After the war the facility was enlarged and renamed by the American troops who occupied it in 1951; the 169th Infantry Regiment, [[43rd Infantry Division (United States)|43rd Division]]. The 43rd Division only stayed in Germany during the Korean War time. After that, elements of the [[24th Infantry Division, artillery headquarters and 92nd artillery battalion (United States)|24th Division]] moved into Will Kaserne and stayed there until it was returned to the German government.
In 1969 the ''Bundeswehr'' acquired the installation. Until the beginning of the 1990s, the 200th [[anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-Aircraft]] Regiment ''Flugabwehrregiment&nbsp;200'' (FlaRgt&nbsp;200), the 200th [[unmanned aerial vehicle|Drone]] Battery  (''Drohnenbatterie&nbsp;200'') and the 4th&nbsp;Company of the 210th Maintenance Battalion ''Instandsetzungsbataillons&nbsp;210'' (4th InstBtl&nbsp;210) were stationed there.
In 1993 the 1st and 3rd&nbsp;companies as well as the headquarters of the 760th ''[[Feldjäger]]'' (Military Police) Battalion moved from [[Bayern-Kaserne]] into the barracks. The battalion was renumbered the 451st ''Feldjäger'' Bn in 2003. Further users of the barracks have been the 60th Regional Network Control Center (''Regionales Netzführungszentrum&nbsp;60''), the 663rd/900th Stationary Signal Center (''Festes Fernmeldezentrum der Bundeswehr&nbsp;663/900''), the ''Kraftfahrausbildungszentrum Munich'' (motor training center) and Service Team&nbsp;4 of the Munich Bundeswehr Service Center.
The northern part of the barracks was sold in 2006.<ref name="verkauft">[http://www.gebb.de/Projekte/Immobilien/Portfolio/Bayern/Liegenschaften_in_Muenchen/Fuerst-Wrede-Kaserne.html ''München  Fürst-Wrede-Kaserne''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530214505/http://www.gebb.de/Projekte/Immobilien/Portfolio/Bayern/Liegenschaften_in_Muenchen/Fuerst-Wrede-Kaserne.html |date=2008-05-30 }} (German), [[Gesellschaft für Entwicklung, Beschaffung und Betrieb|g.e.b.b.]]</ref> Since March 2008, the facility's infrastructure has been redeveloped as part of a [[public-private partnership]] project in conjunction with a subsidiary of [[Hochtief]] construction company.<ref name="ppp">
[http://www.terrwv.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/terrwv/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLN_SLd3P1AslB2C6B-pFw0aCUVH1vfV-P_NxU_QD9gtyIckdHRUUA0e5Pgw!!/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfMU5fRkVK?yw_contentURL=%2FC1256F890043A792%2FW27DKBGF229INFODE%2Fcontent.jsp ''signing of the contract for PPP project Fürst-Wrede-Kaserne''] (German), Bundeswehr.</ref>
== See also ==
* [[List of barracks in Munich]]
From January 1956 until March 1957 Will Kaserne was occupied by the 88th Abn AAA Battalion of the [[11th Airborne Division]]. At that time in 1957 the 88th AAA was deactivated and the members were transferred to other units in the 11th and others.
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