Former Bad Kreuznach Army Hospital

Ehemaliges Bad Kreuznach Army Hospital

1929 - The building complex on Franziska-Puricelli-Straße is ereceted as a catholic home for children.
WWII - The original structures including the chapel are taken over by the German Wehrmacht at the outset of World War II as a military hospital.
March 1945 - When the 4th Armored Division and the 1303rd Engineer Battalion of Gen Patton's Third US Army occupy Bad Kreuznach between 16-18 March 1945, US Army medical troops take over the installation as a field hospital. American as well as German wounded soldiers are hospitalized there and treated.
July 1945 - The field hospital is turned over to medical authorities of the French Army.
July 1951 - The hospital reverts back to the US military as the 2nd Armored Division assumes responsibility for the Bad Kreuznach area. The installation is now called the 14th Field Hospital.
post 1951 - US Army constructs additional buildings in Hospital Kaserne.