The Mudra-Kaserne ("Mudra Barracks"), named after World War I General Bruno von Mudra,[1] was completed in 1936 in what were then the outskirts of Nienburg. It was occupied by Pionier-Bataillon 22[2] of the 22. Infanterie-Division[3] until August 1939, when the unit was deployed to the Siegfried Line on the borders of France as part of 5.