In the course of the war preparations in 1939, Nunkirchen was expanded into a main base for rear army units. In the forest area of the "Großer Lückner" a main ammunition distribution point for a men's division was planned. To transport people and goods, members of a field railway company built a field railway from Nunkirch station to the "Große Lückner". After World War II the railway was completely dismantled. The route of the field railway in Nunkirchen began in the former furniture workshop Franz Müller, where a 25 meter long wooden engine shed stood. A shunting track with a turntable allowed the locomotives to enter and exit. Small railway material was used for the construction of the single and double track line. The railway line ran parallel to the track of the small railway through the meadow area, crossed the current B 268 in front of the Lauk property and led behind the Lauk property through the street "Am Felswäldchen" to the street "In den Weihern", from there on two tracks to the Lückner. The tracks ran to the right in front of and left behind the houses in the direction of Haus Schnur, where they came together in a kind of "station". Nunkirchen remained a stage and supply point for the front on the Saar until the end of the war. One of the last testimonies from the days of war was a former pioneer shed on the site of today's Wasgau market, which was initially used by the Billen blacksmith shop and was demolished in the first post-war years. There were two ammunition issuing points in the operational area: one for infantry ammunition near Düppenweiler and one for artillery ammunition in the Großer Lückner near Oppen. The former was dissolved again and merged with the distribution point in the Great Lückner to form the main ammunition distribution point. Construction work began on September 25, 1939, because two kilometers of road had to be built to the main distribution point. The issuing office in Großer Lückner had 1,200 tons of ammunition as divisional supplies, stored in 80 sheds, each 25 square meters in area. In addition, there was a barracks for specialist staff and security guards and a shelter of 30 square meters to protect against bombardment and planes. From October 1939, the construction of four barracks, four storage sheds and a meat house for the catering office began at Nunkirchen station, connected by the field railway system. Source: text information board
The issuing office was able to supply food for two regiments at the same time. The "Reichsarbeitsdienst" built barracks and roads, a carpenter built hay and oat sheds, a railway company built the field railway and soldiers built the meat house. Labor service men created two tool sheds at the station. The catering office with two field kitchens was housed in the Franz Müller furniture store. In the street "In den Weihern" there were barracks for clothing, equipment, fuel, etc.; In the direction of Lückner, sutlers' goods, tobacco products, brandy, bread and meat were housed in barracks. A meat shop was built as part of the "Nunkirchen catering distribution point", as well as a large bakery with three double ovens, put into operation at the beginning of January 1940. 9000 loaves of bread were baked here every day. Hay and oats were stored in barracks in the immediate vicinity and in the Lückner. The railway led from the Lückner westwards through the area at the Geisweiler Hof via the Honzrath/Düppenweiler road to the terminus. At the end of April 1940, the work on the Honzrath field station was completed and the field railway to the pioneer park in the Großer Lückner was completed. The Großer Lückner was now accessible with a field railway. Ammunition supplies were stored here as well as in the Friedwald on the way from Düppenweiler to Hüttersdorf.Similar to the one in Outside, a larger underground tunnel system in the Roman grove near Reimsbach is likely to be connected with the construction of the divisional command post there.The division's slaughterhouse was in Schmelz, the bakery was with the catering office in barracks in the train station f Nunkirchen coupled. The field post office of the 95th I.D. should be moved to Nunkirchen. Fritz Glutting compiled the above information in his Heimatbuch from 1992. Source: text information board
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