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| Sennelager Training Area | |
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| Senne,North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
 Sennelager Training Area insignia | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Military training area |
| Owner | German Government |
| Operator | British Army |
| Controlled by | UK Ministry of Defence |
| Location | |
  Sennelager Training Area | |
| Coordinates | 51°51′N08°47′E / 51.850°N 8.783°E /51.850; 8.783 |
| Area | 116square kilometres (45 sq mi) |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | British Army Germany |
TheSennelager Training Area (German:Truppenübungsplatz Senne) is amilitary training area in Germany, under the control ofBritish Forces based inPaderborn Garrison. It covers an area of 116square kilometres (45square miles), and belongs to theGerman Government, which discharges its responsibility through itsInstitute for Federal Real Estate. The area was first used for military purposes at the end of the 19th century. TheField Marshal Rommel Barracks, Augustdorf of theGerman Army is located nearby.
The training area lies north ofPaderborn, on the western edge of theTeutoburg Forest in the middle of theSenne, at a height of between 113 metres (371 feet) and382 m above sea level (NN). The Stapel Exercise Area inLage, north ofAugustdorf, also belongs to the Sennelager Training Area, and covers some 550 hectares (1,400 acres). The land on which the training area is established falls within the boundaries of the following towns and villages: (clockwise beginning in the north):Augustdorf,Detmold,Schlangen (Lippe),Bad Lippspringe,Paderborn,Hövelhof (Paderborn district), andSchloß Holte-Stukenbrock (Gütersloh district).
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TheStrategic Defence and Security Review 2010 concluded that theBritish Forces Germany would close the Sennelager military training area, and repatriate all troops and equipment back to the United Kingdom by 2020.
In November 2021, due to increasing threats of potential hostility from Russia, theBritish Government updated their stance to reflect the increased level of threat. Thedefence secretary announced the British Army would return to Germany to form one of three land hubs for the army. The British Army is to base around 250 tanks and armoured vehicles in Germany, to be ready to respond to a potential Russian invasion.[1]
Three new bases will open but troop numbers cut from 82,000 to 73,000
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