The end of the cold war in the early 90's led to a reduction of armed forces in Germany. In those days Delmenhorst was one of the biggest garrisons of German forces in the northwest of Germany. At its peak more than 3800 people were employed in the following different barracks and facilities:

• Caspari Kaserne (Delmenhorst-Deichhorst) - home for Flarak (SAM) units of the Air Force
• Feldwebel-Lilienthal-Kaserne (former Boelcke Kaserne) (Delmenhorst-Adelheide) - home for units of 11^th Armoured Infantry Division and 31^st Armoured Infantry Brigade
• Barbara Kaserne (Delmenhorst-Adelheide) - home for units of 11^th Artillery Regiment
• general premises administration of Delmenhorst - buildings in Caspari Kaserne and at training ground in Schlutter
• Flarak (SAM) site in Schoenemoor - for 2./FlarakBtl. 24
• Flarak (SAM) site in Syke - for 4./FlarakBtl. 24

Furthermore there were training grounds in Schlutter (former ammunition depot) and Adelheide (Grosse Hoehe) and a nuclear storage site in Duensen, secured by Begleitbatterie 11, stationed at Feldwebel-Lilienthal-Kaserne in Adelheide.

The end of the Cold War and following disarmament led to serious changes for the garrison of Delmenhorst. 11^th Armoured Infantry Division and FlarakBtl. 35 were disbanded, 31^st Armoured Infantry Brigade merged with 27^th Parachute Brigade, FlarakBtl. 24 moved to Oldenburg (former airbase). In 1994 Caspari Kaserne was closed.

In 2000/2001 most of the buildings were demolished, a concept for their further use was missing. Nowadays the site has become a new residential area, only a few buildings of the former technical area in the south - that was constructed after WW2 - and two buildings of the former general premises administration have remained.

The history of the barracks comprises the following:
history until 1939 history until 1945 history after 1945 history after 1958
memorial stone / naming hut camp Duesternort ammunition depot Schlutter current situation

The entire history can be downloaded here (PDF document).