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Obermehler-Schlotheim Airfield — Soviet Garrison (1957–1991)
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Obermehler-Schlotheim Airfield — Soviet Garrison (1957–1991)
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Obermehler-Schlotheim Airfield — Soviet Garrison (1957–1991)

Аэродром Обермелер-Шлотхайм — гарнизон советских войск (1957–1991)
GermanyНоттерталь-Хайлингер-Хёэн (Обермелер)1957–1991Military sites
The site near Obermehler and Schlotheim was acquired by the state in 1955; in 1957 Soviet forces began building a garrison and a grass runway about 2,500 metres long. In the 1960s airborne and aviation units were based at the airfield, and from 1966 helicopter units; the garrison had housing, shops and a school for officers' families. The troops left in 1991; in the same year the municipality decided to turn the site into a business and residential area, and in 1997 a civil airfield with a new runway was opened.
Участок близ Обермелера и Шлотхайма был выкуплен государством в 1955 году; в 1957 году советские войска начали строить здесь военный городок и грунтовую взлётно-посадочную полосу длиной около 2500 метров. В 1960-е годы на аэродроме размещались десантные и авиационные, с 1966 года — вертолётные подразделения, при гарнизоне были жильё, магазины и школа для семей офицеров. Войска ушли в 1991 году; в том же году община решила превратить территорию в промышленную и жилую зону, а в 1997 году здесь открыли гражданский аэродром с новой полосой.

Property abroad

EraUSSR
FunctionMilitary site (historical)
Present ownerGermany (since the withdrawal of troops in 1991)
Acquisitionbuilt, 1957
StatusSold, transferred or lost
As of2017-12
The troops left in 1991; according to the chronicle on the airfield's website, which runs to 2017, the civil airfield has operated since 1997 and in 2017 the shares in the operating company passed to private investors.

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