Bad Hersfeld

This page is being developed to offer an updated view of the Bad Hersfeld region and provide links to related web sites of interest.  Those of you who revisit the city are requested to send information and photographs which can be helpful to others who are thinking of going back to have a look.  If you have some questions about the area that other troops may be able to answer post them on the Message Board.

McPheeters Barracks was vacated in 1993 when the 3-11 ACR completed its duty in Kuwait and returned directly to the United States

Up to 2002 the US force based closest to Bad Hersfeld was the cavalry squadron of the 1st Armored Division based at Budingen.  Rotations to Iraq may have altered this disposition.

Some information about the cities that we knew may be seen at the following links:

Bad Hersfeld OP Alpha	Eisenach
Italicized sites	are in English

Bad Hersfeld's population has grown from     in 1950 to over    today.  The autobahn link from Kassel to Wuerzburg was completed in the 1960s.  The link from Frankfurt via Hanau is complete with the exception of the last 15 km at the Fulda end.  A major problem is the cost of the 1 mile long tunnel through the ridgeline at Schluechtern that connects the Vogelsberg to the Rhoen.

Driving time from Frankfurt Airport to Bad Hersfeld is approximately xx minutes.  As you approach Bad Hersfeld from either Fulda or Frankfurt you will certainly notice how much growth has taken place since our time.  And you will hardly believe the autobahn traffic.  The autobahn connection to the East which during the Cold War dead-ended at the Iron Curtain is now one of the most heavily traveled routes in Germany.

In recent reunions our troopers have chosen to stay at the following hotels. 

For a real time view of the northwest corner of the kaserne see click here.  The site may take more than a few seconds to download