Heuberg Training Area

The Truppenübungsplatz Heuberg is a proving ground of the Bundeswehr in the districts of Sigmaringen and Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg. It was since the establishment of the Wilhelmine Empire always a reflection of German history.

On the Großer Heuberg, a plateau in the southwest of the Swabian Jura in an altitude of 800–970 meters, is the area between Albstadt in the north, Stetten am kalten Markt with Lager Heuberg and Albkaserne (both army) in the southeast, Schwenningen in the south and Meßstetten with the Zollernalb barracks (air force with air traffic control) in the northwest.

The barracks, the training area and the proving ground comprise approximately 47.9 km². Of these, 2,480 ha are exercise area, of which 1,245 ha are suitable for tracked vehicles. The two sites of the Bundeswehr in Stetten am kalten Markt - Lager Heuberg and Albkaserne - account for 141.8 hectares, where approximately 1620 hectares to the boundaries of the municipality Stetten am kalten Markt and 129 hectares in the district of the Municipality Schwenningen are omitted.

The city of Meßstetten had to sell in 1909 nearly 40% of their district area to the Reich Treasury.

In connection with the training area Heuberg a radome on the "Weichenwang" (district Meßstetten) and the following external firing positions were created in:

The training area Heuberg goes back to the demands of the XIV. Army Corps in 1885. Its desire was formulated to receive a new military proving ground that is sufficient to Military exercise On August 1899 the Grand Duchy's Ministry of Finance was informed by the General Command in Karlsruhe about the requirements for a future proving ground. In addition to many criteria, the future proving ground should not be elevated, have a railway terminal and should be approximately circular. The search by the mandated domain directorate soon realized that the wishes of the military could be met by none of the candidates.

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