Wildflecken
Sign in to saveWildflecken is a municipality in the Bad Kissingen district, at the border of northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse. In 2022, its population was 2,935; the postal code is 97772 (US Forces used APO NY 09026 until July 15, 1991, when APO/FPO/DPO addresses got their own "state" codes, when "NY" became "AE"). Wildflecken is in the picturesque Rhön Mountains. thumb|left
Key facts
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Wildflecken (a) COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Wildflecken in KG.svg
- German location.state
- Bayern
- German location.region
- Unterfranken
- German location.district
- Bad Kissingen
- German location.elevation
- 516
- German location.area
- 77.56
- German location.postal_code
- 97772
- German location.area_code
- 09745, 09749
- German location.licence
- KG, BRK, HAB
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 09 6 72 163
- German location.website
- www.wildflecken.de
- German location.mayor
- Gerd Kleinhenz
- German location.leader_term
- 2020–26
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- Army base
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Wildflecken is a municipality in the Bad Kissingen district, at the border of northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse. In 2022, its population was 2,935; the postal code is 97772 (US Forces used APO NY 09026 until July 15, 1991, when APO/FPO/DPO addresses got their own "state" codes, when "NY" became "AE"). Wildflecken is in the picturesque Rhön Mountains. thumb|left
==Army base== In 1937, the German Army established a large training area northeast of the village, large enough to house some 9,000 troops and 1,500 mounts. The camp (Camp Wildflecken) provings were primarily used by the land forces of the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS. During the war, several Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS divisions each were activated and trained for combat in Wildflecken. Also located in the area were an ammunition factory and two camps holding Russian, Belgian and French prisoners of war.