Lager Heuberg (48°9′N 9°1′E) is a Bundeswehr barracks to the south of training camp (Truppenübungsplatz) Heuberg (Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

) near Stetten am kalten Markt

Stetten am kalten Markt

Stetten am kalten Markt is a municipality in the Sigmaringen district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.-Towns:The towns of Nusplingen, Frohnstetten, Storzingen and Glashütte are part of Stetten am kalten Markt.-History:...

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From March to December 1933 it was one of the first concentration camps. Among the inmates was Kurt Schumacher

Kurt Schumacher

Dr. Kurt Schumacher , was chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1946 and first Leader of the Opposition in the West German Bundestag parliament from 1949 until his death...

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At Truppenübungsplatz Heuberg, about 3 kilometres from Lager Heuberg, the first vertical take-off manned rocket flight took place on 1 March 1945 and crashed, killing its pilot, Lothar Sieber

Lothar Sieber

Lothar Sieber was a German test pilot who was killed in the first vertical take-off manned rocket flight, in a Bachem Ba 349 "Natter"....

, in the Bachem Ba 349

Bachem Ba 349

The Bachem Ba 349 Natter was a World War II German point-defence rocket powered interceptor, which was to be used in a very similar way to a manned surface-to-air missile. After vertical take-off, which eliminated the need for airfields, the majority of the flight to the Allied bombers was to be...

 "Natter" rocket.

History

• 1910 XIV Armeekorps of the German Imperial Army establishes Lager Heuberg and the training camp
• 1914 POW camp
• 1917 5,000 soldiers and 15,000 POW's
• 1920–1933 Treaty of Versailles
  Treaty of Versailles
  The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The other Central Powers on the German side of...
  
   limits German Army to 100,000. Camp is converted into a children's home and hospital
• 1933 Converted into the first concentration camp in Württemberg/Baden, in use for 9 months
• 1934 Taken over by Reichswehr/Wehrmacht
  Wehrmacht
  The Wehrmacht – from , to defend and , the might/power) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe .-Origin and use of the term:...
  
  
• 1940 Camp for Reichsarbeitsdienst
  Reichsarbeitsdienst
  The Reichsarbeitsdienst was an institution established by Nazi Germany as an agency to reduce unemployment, similar to the relief programs in other countries. During the Second World War it was an auxiliary formation which provided support for the Wehrmacht.The RAD was formed during July 1934 as...
  
   with 400 barracks
• 1940-41 Mobilisation camp for the 4th Mountain Division
• 1943–1945 Indische Legion, Division Italia
  29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian)
  The 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS or Legione SS Italiana was created on 10 February 1945 as the second SS-Division numbered 29. The first on the 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS , was disbanded. The new unit created in November 1943, was based on the Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade...
  
  , 2nd Division of Russian Army of Liberation and Militia of Vichy
  Vichy
  Vichy is a commune in the department of Allier in Auvergne in central France. It belongs to the historic province of Bourbonnais.It is known as a spa and resort town and was the de facto capital of Vichy France during the World War II Nazi German occupation from 1940 to 1944.The town's inhabitants...
  
  
• 1945 1 March. First vertical take-off manned rocket flight, piloted by Luftwaffe lieutenant, Lothar Sieber
  Lothar Sieber
  Lothar Sieber was a German test pilot who was killed in the first vertical take-off manned rocket flight, in a Bachem Ba 349 "Natter"....
  
  , who was killed in the Bachem Ba 349
  Bachem Ba 349
  The Bachem Ba 349 Natter was a World War II German point-defence rocket powered interceptor, which was to be used in a very similar way to a manned surface-to-air missile. After vertical take-off, which eliminated the need for airfields, the majority of the flight to the Allied bombers was to be...
  
   "Natter" rocket
• 1945 22 April French troops arrive and free 20,000 Red Army
  Red Army
  The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
  
   POW's
• 1957 Newly founded Bundeswehr
  Bundeswehr
  The Bundeswehr consists of the unified armed forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities...
  
   arrives
• 1976 Former hospital demolished
• 1997 French 3rd Regiment of Dragoons leaves after 51 years

During 1962-1963, U.S. troops (357th Artillery Detachment) are reputed to have kept nuclear warheads at Lager Heuberg that would have been issued for the use of French Nike-Hercules Missile

Nike-Hercules Missile

The MIM-14 Nike-Hercules , was a solid fuel propelled two-stage surface-to-air missile, used by US and NATO armed forces for high- and medium-altitude air defense...

 units had a war with the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

occurred.

German units recently quartered at Lager Heuberg

• Panzergrenadierbataillon 294
• Feldjägerbataillon 452
• Zentrum für Kampfmittelbeseitigung der Bundeswehr
• Truppenübungsplatzkommandantur Heuberg
• 5. Kompanie (schwer) / Jägerbataillon 292
• V. und VI. Inspektion ABC/Se Schule Sonthofen
• Sanitätszentrum Stetten a.k.M.
• III. Inspektion der Schule für Feldjäger und Stabsdienst Sonthofen
• Bundeswehrdienstleistungszentrum Stetten am kalten Markt

Literature

• Markus Kienle: Das Konzentrationslager Heuberg bei Stetten am kalten Markt. Klemm & Oelschläger, 1998, ISBN 3-932577-10-8