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Hohenfels
Hohenfels, Bavaria
Coordinates	49°12′0″N 11°51′0″E / 49.2°N 11.85°E / 49.2; 11.85
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Palatinate
District	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
Local subdivisions	4 Ortsteile: Hohenfels, Großbissendorf, Markstetten, Raitenbuch
Mayor	Bernhard Graf (Ind.)
Basic statistics
Area	137.10 km2 (52.93 sq mi)
Elevation	390 m  (1280 ft)
Population	2,170  (31 December 2006)
- Density	16 /km2 (41 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	NM
Postal code	92366
Area code	09472
Website	www.markt-hohenfels.de

Hohenfels is a municipality in the district of Neumarkt in the region of Upper Palatinate (German: Oberpfalz) in Bavaria, Germany. The town is host to the United States Army Garrison Hohenfels, which operates the Joint Multinational Readiness Center for training NATO armed forces.

United States Garrison Hohenfels

The German Army originally founded a training area in Hohenfels in 1938. In 1951, Hohenfels became a training area for the United States military and was used primarily by United States forces until 1956. In 1955, the German Bundeswehr was founded, and in 1956 the first German unit was stationed in Camp Poellnricht until their deactivation in 2001. From 1956 to 1988, the Hohenfels Training Area was used by NATO forces consisting primarily of American, German, Canadian, and occasionally British and French forces.

In 1988, Hohenfels became the home of the Combat Maneuver Training Center (CMTC), the mission of which was to provide realistic combined arms training for the United States Army, Europe, and Seventh Army's maneuver battalion task forces in force-on-force exercises. CMTC was transformed and officially named the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in December 2005.

See also

• Grafenwöhr

Towns and municipalities in Neumarkt Berching | Berg | Berngau | Breitenbrunn | Deining | Dietfurt | Freystadt | Hohenfels | Lauterhofen | Lupburg | Mühlhausen | Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz | Parsberg | Pilsach | Postbauer-Heng | Pyrbaum | Sengenthal | Seubersdorf | Velburg