Sennelager Training Area

The Sennelager Training Area (German: Truppenübungsplatz Senne) is a military training area in Germany, under the control of British Forces based in Paderborn Garrison. It covers an area of 116 square kilometres (45 square miles), and belongs to the German Government, which discharges its responsibility through its Institute for Federal Real Estate. The area was first used for military purposes at the end of the 19th century. The Field Marshal Rommel Barracks, Augustdorf is located nearby.

Sennelager Training Area
Senne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Badge of Sennelager Training Area
Sennelager Training Area insignia
Sennelager Training Area is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Sennelager Training Area
Sennelager Training Area
Coordinates51°51′N 8°47′E
TypeMilitary training area
Area116 km2 (45 sq mi)
Site information
OwnerGerman Government
OperatorBritish Army
Controlled byUK Ministry of Defence
Garrison information
GarrisonBritish Army Germany

Location

The training area lies north of Paderborn, on the western edge of the Teutoburg Forest in the middle of the Senne, at a height of between 113 metres (371 ft) and 382 m above sea level (NN). The Stapel Exercise Area in Lage, north of Augustdorf, also belongs to the Sennelager Training Area, and covers some 550 hectares (1,400 acres). The land on which the training area is established falls within the boundaries of the following towns and villages: (clockwise beginning in the north): Augustdorf, Detmold, Schlangen (Lippe), Bad Lippspringe, Paderborn, Hövelhof (Paderborn district), and Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock (Gütersloh district).

Current and future use

The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 concluded that the British Forces Germany would close the Sennelager military training area, and repatriate all troops and equipment back to the United Kingdom by 2020.

In November 2021, due to increasing threats of potential hostility from Russia, the British Government updated their stance to reflect the increased level of threat. The defence secretary announced the British Army would return to Germany to form one of three land hubs for the Army. The British Army is to base around 250 tanks and armoured vehicles in Germany, to be ready to respond to a potential Russian invasion.[1]

Sennelager Training Area
  • Location of the Sennelager Training Area.
    Location of the Sennelager Training Area.
  • Guardpost with vehicle access control barrier, and red 'danger' flag aloft its flagstaff. The circular signs on the pole to the right indicate 'no pedestrians' (top) and 'no vehicles' (bottom).
    Guardpost with vehicle access control barrier, and red 'danger' flag aloft its flagstaff. The circular signs on the pole to the right indicate 'no pedestrians' (top) and 'no vehicles' (bottom).
  • Barracks.
    Barracks.
  • North-western part of the Sennelager Training Area (Stapel exercise area). The Teutoburg Forest is in the background.
    North-western part of the Sennelager Training Area (Stapel exercise area). The Teutoburg Forest is in the background.
  • Typical training area landscape: tank tracks can be clearly seen.
    Typical training area landscape: tank tracks can be clearly seen.
  • Assorted collection of former target objects.
    Assorted collection of former target objects.
  • Observation tower.
    Observation tower.
  • Senne Aerodrome, on the edge of the Sennelager Training Area, north of Bad Lippspringe. This was regularly in use by the Royal Air Force Sports Parachute Association (RAFSPA).
    Senne Aerodrome, on the edge of the Sennelager Training Area, north of Bad Lippspringe. This was regularly in use by the Royal Air Force Sports Parachute Association (RAFSPA).

See also

References
  1. Brown, Larisa (26 November 2021). "British Army returns to Germany in face of Russian threat". www.TheTimes.co.uk. Times Newspapers Limited. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 27 December 2021. Three new bases will open but troop numbers cut from 82,000 to 73,000

Bibliography
  • Hils, Claudio; et al. (2 July 2000). Red Land Blue Land. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Publishers. ISBN 3-7757-0930-4. OCLC 45010296. OL 12876676M.
  • Piesczek, Uwe (1992). Truppenübungsplatz Senne. Zeitzeuge einer hundertjährigen Militärgeschichte. Chronik, Bilder, Dokumente. Paderborn Bonifatius. ISBN 3-87088-730-3. OCLC 644038781.

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