US European Command (EUCOM), the Department of Defense Unified Combatant Command for Europe & Northern Asia.The US 7th Army was headquartered here from 1950 until 1967 when EUCOM was relocated to Patch from Camp-de-Loges near Paris, France, and the 7th Army relocated to Heidelberg. ![]() Subsequently, American troops took over the facility, which hosted the US Constabulary during the multilateral occupation of Germany following World War II. After the Second World War, Kurmärker Kaserne was temporarily occupied by French colonial troops. During World War II, it served as the headquarters and barracks for the Wehrmacht's 7th Panzer Regiment with associated unit shooting ranges and training areas located at the nearby Panzer Kaserne (literally 'tank barracks'). ![]() ![]() Patch Barracks was renamed from the German Kurmärker Kaserne in 1952 it was originally built for use by the German Army (Heer) in 1936–1937.
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