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Reinsehlen Camp (Camp Reinsehlen)

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Reinsehlen Camp (German: Camp Reinsehlen) is a largely treeless area of around 100 hectares (250 acres) close to the village of Reinsehlen near the town of Schneverdingen in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is known for its calcareous grassland and most of the area is now a nature reserve. In the past, the area served as a military airfield, a Displaced Persons camp and a military training area. From 1950 to 1994 the Canadian and British armed forces used the area as base camp for extensive tank exercises in the Lüneburg Heath — thus the name "Camp".

1 Ecology
2 History
1. 2.1 Military airfield (1938-45)
  1. 2.1.1 Establishment
  2. 2.1.2 Operations
  3. 2.1.3 End of the war
2. 2.2 Post-war military use (1945-50)
3. 2.3 Displaced Persons camp (1946-50)
  1. 2.3.1 Establishment
  2. 2.3.2 Operations
  3. 2.3.3 Hospital
  4. 2.3.4 Dissolution
4. 2.4 Military training area (1950-94)
3 Today
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

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Heidschnucken on the open grassland.
Former DP camp huts, now private property.
Former hospital, now private property.
Former officers' mess, today conference venue of the Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz and hotel restaurant.
Second to last remaining ammunition bunker in 2012, since demolished.
Hangar originally built by the German air force, used today by glider pilots at Airfield Höpen
Tank tracks crossing a path near Wilsede, circa 1960.
Sewagepump Station, built by the British Armed Forces, now disused.
Storage shed, originally built by the British Armed Forces.
The former British garrison HQ, today used as a hostel.
Transformer station built by the British Armed Forces, featuring the painting Zwischenräume and with one of the benches of Parcours next to it