page_title: Heuberg Training Area
section_title: First and Second World War
hierarchical_section_title: Heuberg Training Area / History / First and Second World War
caption_attribution_description: English: Memorial for the Bachem Ba 349 „Natter“ at the Ochsenkopf near Stetten am kalten Markt; Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The stylised Balkenkreuz on the wings is not conform to facts. The site is in a restricted military area. Deutsch: Gedenkstein für die Bachem Ba 349 „Natter“ am Ochsenkopf bei Stetten am kalten Markt; Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland. Das stilisierte Balkenkreuz auf den Flügeln entspricht nicht den Tatsachen. Die Stelle ist in militärischem Sperrgebiet.
context_page_description: The Truppenübungsplatz Heuberg is a training ground of the Bundeswehr in the districts of Sigmaringen and Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg. Since the establishment of the Wilhelmine Empire it has always been a reflection of German history.
context_section_description: In May 1914, shortly before the war began, the training area was opened. The Prussian Ministry of War. gave careful consideration to the naming of the training area.
  In addition to the proposals as "Truppenübungsplatz Stetten", "Truppenübungsplatz Heuberg" was ultimately selected  and approved by the Minister of War. In both World Wars a prisoner-of-war camp was established at the site.
  At the beginning of 1933 the existing buildings on the Heuberg north of the facility were used as one of the first concentration camps of the Nazi regime. Up to 2,000 people, mostly political opponents of the regime, were taken  in protective custody. After nine months, Concentration Camp Heuberg was dissolved. Most prisoners were then deported into larger concentration camps, such as Dachau.
  On March 1, 1945, on the Ochsenkopf about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the Camp Heuberg, 23-year-old Luftwaffe test pilot Lothar Sieber made the initial (and only) test flight of the Bachem Ba 349 "Natter"— the world's first manned flight of a vertical take-off rocket plane. He was killed shortly after take-off in a crash near Nusplingen, in Stetten am kalten Markt. In March Sieber was buried with military honors in the cemetery of Stetten am kalten Markt. The grave is still there today; also still to be seen at the launch point are the concrete launch pad and the wooden stump of the launching ramp.
caption: Memorial for the Bachem Ba 349 „Natter“ on the Ochsenkopf.
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