Fürst-Wrede-Kaserne

names
founding name Verdun-Kaserne
(Nazi use)
1945 to 1972 Will Kaserne
(U.S. use)
current name Fürst-Wrede-Kaserne
(Bundeswehr use)

Fürst-Wrede-Kaserne has been a military facility in Munich, Germany, since 1936 when it was built by the Munich Heeresbauamt (army construction bureau) under its original name Verdun-Kaserne. After World War II the U.S. forces renamed it Will Kaserne, and the Bundeswehr renamed it once more in honor of Karl Philipp von Wrede on 17 April 1972.

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