Sennelager

Paderborn- Sennelager is commonly regarded as a borough of the city of Paderborn, which lies within the district Schloss Neuhaus / Sande. According to the main statute of the city of Paderborn, however Senne camp does not have the status of an official part of the city, but is predominantly part of the district Schloss Neuhaus, which forms the Municipality Schloss Neuhaus / Sande together with sand. Senne camp was built as a military camp for the nearby military training ground Senne.

Geography

Senne camp is situated on the northern outskirts of Paderborn ( about 8 miles from downtown ), on the western edge of the Senne. It belongs to the municipality of the castle Neuhaus / Sande and includes parts of two former municipalities that had come together in 1969. Neuhaus Castle is located south, west sands Sennelager. To the north of Paderborn city limits Hovelhof the community and the city of Bad Lippspringe.

Its geographical coordinates are 51 ° 46 ' N, 8 ° 43' O51.7666666666678.7166666666667Koordinaten: 51 ° 46 ' N, 8 ° 43 ' E at 109 m above sea level. NN.

History

Senne camp was founded in 1851 as a Prussian cavalry training camp ( hence the name) in the former district of Neuhaus belonging almost deserted part of the Senne. Later took place, especially in the period of the German Empire in 1890, the further expansion of the military training area.

The training ground Senne was taken on November 10, 1847 by the city of Paderborn and " put into service ". 1881 this was called " cavalry parade ground " expands on Diebesweg. On November 24, 1888, declared in the course of further enlargement of this as a " cavalry training ground ". As a " military training ground Senne 'shall mean the place since 1882.

The Nazis dissolved in 1941, the monastery of Salvatorianer Sennelager ( house Saviour peace ) on. They expelled the religious, which they imposed travel restrictions in the Rhineland and Westphalia.

At the time of the Second World War here was a loading station for the location in the Senne military sites, were tested on inter alia the Tiger tank and put into service. On 10 July 1941 the first Russian prisoners of war arrived at the training course and were housed provisionally. Other transports followed, a POW camp was built. On 26 November 1944, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp was established in Sennelager well. Until the dissolution of the beginning of April 1945, 10-34 prisoners were housed.

The military part came after 1945, initially as an internment camp under British administration and is nowadays the base of both the UK armed forces and NATO.

Infrastructure and economy

Traffic

Rail transport

The station " Senne camp" located on the Senne -Bahn, which runs on the same regional train 74 Bielefeld - Senne city of Paderborn in rail passenger transport.

The regional rail transport is carried out by the North Western Railway, the diesel railcar of the DB - 643 series starts.

For the entire public transport of high pin - rate of nph a transitional tariff is, in the direction of Bielefeld Tarifverbund " The Six " (OWL Transport GmbH) and collective space border of the NRW - tariff.

Sennelager is connected via the A 33 to the trunk road network. The junction 24 Paderborn- Senne camp is north at the intersection with the road Bielefeld, Bielefeld - Senne between the city and Paderborn to the road L 756 demoted former B 68

Economy

The economy is mainly determined by the operation of the training area. Is the Normandy Barracks called barracks of the British forces stationed at the Bielefelderstraße.

Education

Senne camp has a communal primary school, a Catholic and an urban kindergarten ( " St. Michael" and " Senne Wind "). Secondary schools there are in the center of the district Schloss Neuhaus and in the core city of Paderborn.

Sports

End of the 1960s played the first football men's team of TuS 1910 Sennelager partly in the fifth division. 1973 merged the club with the TuS Schloss Neuhaus to TuS 07 /10 Schloss Neuhaus ( "07 " for the Year of TuS Schloß Neuhaus and "10 " for the Year of TuS Sennelager ). This team played in the 1982/83 season in the 2nd Bundesliga.

Handball is still a popular sport in Senne camp. End of the 1980s, it managed to play three years in the regional league.

Tennis is only in the recent past, the most successful athletic sport in Senne camp. To this day, there play teams in the association and district leagues and classes.