a small city on the west bank of the Rhine River some 20 miles south of Wiesbaden would have hardly suspected the part this amiable wine town played in the waning days of World War II and German and American flags waving side by side indicate the spot in the first successful Rhine river assault crossing since Napoleon completed the construction of a 366 meter floating bridge to carry elements of General George S This remarkable engineering accomplishment undoubtedly contributed to the shortening of the war thus saving countless lives on both sides of the conflict As the 75th anniversary of the crossing approaches plans for a commemoration ceremony that’s open to the public have been announced city officials and the Nierstein History Association working in cooperation with the Rhineland-Palatinate State Center for Political Education with a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument At the Guntrum winery located just a short walk away remarks will be delivered by city and state officials Military historian Russ Rodgers will serve as the guest speaker He will deliver a speech titled “The Human Side of War: The Campaign in the Palatinate and Patton's Rhine Crossing.” Rodgers is the author of a book titled “Nierstein and Oppenheim 1945: Patton Bounces the Rhine,” which will be released in June of this year His speech will be followed by a discussion with German eyewitnesses of the event Company said to be eyeing Anderson Barracks for new campus NTT is reportedly planning a large data center campus outside Frankfurt The company is said to be working closely with the city of Nierstein and the Rhein-Selz collective municipality to create the necessary framework conditions News a company was potentially interested in developing a data center campus on the site of a former US Army barracks in Nierstein surfaced in May Reports suggest the campus could total 500MW or more across some 70 hectares but more information is expected by the end of the year The Rhein-Selz-Park spans around 750,000 sqm (8 million sq ft) of the former US Army barracks It is being developed by the real estate firm Richter Group the site was use by the US armed forces from 1953 to around 2009 – plans for an industrial park were announced in 2015 The base was home to the 123rd Main Support Battalion and the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion NTT GDC, a division of NTT Data, operates four data center sites across Frankfurt. Frankfurt 1 and 2 are located in Frankfurt am Main at Eschborner Landstraße 100 and Hanauer Landstraße 320 respectively The former offers 77MW across a 52,200 sqm (561,875 sq ft) campus while the latter offers 1.1MW across 1,500 sqm (16,145 sq ft) offers 60.5MW across 28,300 sqm (304,620 sq ft) Brookfield-owned Data4 is another company developing a large data center campus on a former barracks site outside Frankfurt Two regional Edge data centers - including the world's first 3D-printed facility - are located in a former barracks site in Heidelberg Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Every year, the Nierstein Tourist Association, as the organizer, puts a lot of thought into an interesting wine theme in advance and this year, too, wine lovers can look forward to a wine tasting to get in the mood for the Nierstein Wine Festival. Admission is at 6 p.m., the wine tasting begins at 7 p.m. Admission: €29.00 per person including a glass, available from Eventbrite at bit.ly/3ztgT0o Important note: The wine tasting is an open-air event please make sure you wear weatherproof clothing You can find more information at www.verkehrsverein-nierstein.de This work, Army Reserve supports memorial dedication for World War II Rhine River crossing, by Jefferson Wolfe, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright