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Hohenfels
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Location of Hohenfels within Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz district
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| Coordinates | |
| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Upper Palatinate |
| District | Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz |
| Local subdivisions | 4 Ortsteile: Hohenfels, Großbissendorf, Markstetten, Raitenbuch |
| Mayor | Bernhard Graf (Ind.) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 137.10 km2 (52.93 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 390 m (1280 ft) |
| Population | 2,064 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 15 /km2 (39 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | NM |
| Postal code | 92366 |
| Area code | 09472 |
| Website | www.markt-hohenfels.de |
Hohenfels is a municipality in the district of Neumarkt in the region of Upper Palatinate (German: Oberpfalz) in Bavaria, Germany. The town is host to the United States Army Garrison Hohenfels, which operates the Joint Multinational Readiness Center for training NATO armed forces.
The German Army originally founded a training area in Hohenfels in 1938. On April 24, 1945, Major General Stanley Eric Reinhart's 65th Infantry Division captured Hohenfels. Generalmajor Gustav Geiger, staff and guards surrendered. The PW camp with numerous British inmates was freed.
In 1951, Hohenfels became a training area for the United States military and was used primarily by United States forces until 1956. In 1955, the German Bundeswehr was founded, and in 1956 the first German unit was stationed in Camp Poellnricht until their deactivation in 2001. From 1956 to 1988, the Hohenfels Training Area was used by NATO forces consisting primarily of American, German, Canadian, and occasionally British and French forces.
In 1988, Hohenfels became the home of the Combat Maneuver Training Center (CMTC), the mission of which was to provide realistic combined arms training for the United States Army, Europe, and Seventh Army's maneuver battalion task forces in force-on-force exercises. CMTC was transformed and officially named the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in December 2005.
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