- King George VI mess plaque of the Corps of Royal Engineers.
- 211 MCAG, Royal Engineers.
- The Royal Pioneer Corps.
Horrocks Barracks | |
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Schloss Neuhaus | |
Coordinates | 51°44′43″N08°42′44″E / 51.74528°N 8.71222°E |
Type | Barracks |
Site information | |
Operator | British Army |
Site history | |
Built | 1257 – present |
Built for | Prince Bishop of Paderborn |
In use | 1945 – 1992 (BAOR) |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | Paderborn Garrison |
Horrocks Barracks was a military installation in Schloss Neuhaus, Germany. [1]
Horrocks Barracks was located in the grounds of Schloss Neuhaus, about four kilometres from the Paderborn city centre, and covered approximately 30 acres (12 hectares) of land. The barracks was bordered by the rivers Pader, Lippe and Alme ("Castle Island") and the Residenzstrasse. [2]
Construction of the castle began in 1257 under bishop Simon I. zur Lippe (1247–1277). Around 1370 and after numerous attacks bishop Heinrich von Spiegel (1361–1380) built the still existing part of the castle ("Haus Spiegel") and made it the constant palace of the prince bishops of Paderborn. [3] [4] Extensions are:
In 1736 the garden next to the castle was completed. It is now part of the Garden Heritage Network - EGHN. [5]
Additional historic buildings around the castle from that period are:
The Kingdom of Prussia officially annexed the whole site August 3, 1802. In 1804 the Prince Bishop finally left the castle and moved to Hildesheim.
Before being used as a military installation the different buildings served as a cloth factory with 120 to 130 employees (1806-1819, Zurhelle & Delhas, from Lippstadt), [6] a Royal Prussian Field Hospital (1805) and a prison (1810-1814, during the French period).
The "Schloss-Kaserne" was then home to
The following buildings date back to the Prussian use of the site [11] [12]
The site was captured by troops of the U.S. 9th Army April 3, 1945, at 18.00, during the battle of the Ruhr Pocket. [13] [14] [15] The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket involved the British Second Army, part of the 21st Army Group. These two formations took over command at Neuhaus May 5, 1945, and became British Army of the Rhine August 25, 1945. [16] [17]
For use by the British Army, the barracks was named after Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks. The allocated British Forces Post Office number was 16. Over the years it was home to several units. Among them are:
1957 marked the 700th anniversary of the castle and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II gifted the community a pair of Thames swans, [27] handed over by Major J L Jordan, OC 211 MCAG RE BAOR, in June 1957.
In 1959 the British Forces handed back the Schloss itself to the Federal Republic of Germany. It was then purchased by the City of Paderborn June 25, 1964. [28] and it was officially handed over to the community July 19, 1964.
The NAAFI shop at Schloss Neuhaus was in the spotlight November 28, 1981, when a 2-year-old child, Katrice Lee, went missing during a shopping expedition with her family. [29]
Horrocks Barracks closed, after 47 years, July 20, 1992.
The whole Schloss-area was handed back to the German authorities in 1992 to create what was the "Landesgartenschau 1994". 211 MCAG RE undertook the construction of six twin city partnership gardens as a Military Aid to the Civil Community (MACC) task. [30] The former NAAFI-shop-building was first known as the "Bürgerhaus" and nowadays as the "Schlosshalle".
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