Mahlwinkel Airfield and Garrison — Soviet Garrison (1957–1994)

Аэродром и военный городок Мальвинкель — гарнизон советских войск (1957–1994)

GermanyАнгерн (Мальвинкель)1957–1994Military sites

For the military airfield near the village of Mahlwinkel about 800 Morgen of pine forest were cleared in 1952. From 1957 to 1994 it was a base of Soviet and then Russian forces; from 1968 a barracks compound was built next to the airfield. The last helicopters left in May 1994. Later part of the site was used as a paintball ground, which closed in 2011.

Для военного аэродрома у деревни Мальвинкель в 1952 году вырубили около 800 моргенов соснового леса. С 1957 по 1994 год здесь находилась база советских, затем российских войск; с 1968 года рядом с аэродромом строился казарменный городок. Последние вертолёты покинули аэродром в мае 1994 года. Позднее на части территории действовала площадка для пейнтбола, закрывшаяся в 2011 году.

Property abroad

EraUSSR

FunctionMilitary site (historical)

Present ownerGermany (since the withdrawal of troops in 1994)

StatusSold, transferred or lost

As of2011-12

The troops left in 1994; according to the Volksstimme (21 December 2011), the paintball ground on the former military site had closed and the 265,000-square-metre plot was up for sale.