Old Isar barracks
The Alte Isarkaserne was a cavalry barracks of the Bavarian Army in Munich . It was on the coal island on which the German Museum has stood since the early 20th century .
It was one of the oldest military buildings in the Munich garrison ; the first facilities are said to have been built at the time of Elector Maximilian Emanuel in the early 18th century. After a fire, the barracks was rebuilt in 1762. Their location was strategic. On the outskirts of the Isar was the suburb of Au , which at the end of the 18th century was mainly inhabited by workers and was the third largest city in Bavaria. Their proximity to the royal seat of Munich could have posed a significant threat in the event of social unrest.
history
Around 1800 the elongated two-story main building was about 140 m long and offered space for 724 horses on the ground floor, which was used for stables, and space for 954 soldiers on the upper floors . In a southward direction behind the main building there was another parade ground. In 1803 the barracks stood empty for a few months and was then occupied by the 1st Cuirassier Regiment "Minucci", which remained there as the 1st Dragoons Regiment "Minucci" until autumn 1804. During the third coalition in 1805 the depot of the 1st Dragoon Regiment and the horse hospital were housed, and the regiment returned in spring 1806.
In 1806/1807, in addition to the 1st Dragoon Regiment, the depot of the 4th Chevaulegers Regiment "Bubenhofen" was located in the old Isar barracks. Due to the lack of space, some squadrons moved to the makeshift Lehel barracks , while parts of a wagon battalion were billeted on the Coal Island. Around 1808 the barracks housed around 600 soldiers ( Chevaulegers and Dragoons ). Between 1813 and 1820, barracks in Maxvorstadt and on Gasteig were dismantled and rebuilt at the Isar barracks so that another 120 horses could be accommodated. The stables held 236 horses in 1822, while the crew quarters were only calculated for 142 men. The New Isar Barracks, located on the bank, accommodated a large part of the cavalry billeted in the Lehel barracks and the old Isar barracks . The 1st squadron of the 4th Chevaulegers Regiment moved to the old Isar barracks in 1824, while in 1825 infantry of the 1st Line Infantry Regiment "König" was moved to the Turkish barracks . Thus, in 1825, 128 Chevaulegers and 394 infantry (including non-commissioned officers) of the 2nd Jäger Battalion were barracked on the island. In 1827 technical companies and supply personnel were moved from the Lehel barracks to the old Isar barracks. The advance in Augsburg located Monturdepot was moved in 1828 to the old Isar barracks, where it remained until 1848th
The stables, which were mainly used by the 1st Artillery Battalion and for riding training for the wagon soldiers, were in such a miserable condition at the beginning of the 1830s that one of the barracks had to be evacuated in 1833 due to the acute danger of collapse. By 1849, two stables had been demolished and three renovated or rebuilt. From 1828 to 1834 the old Isar barracks was actually only used as a stable and not as a troop accommodation. Presumably under the impression of a major fire in the Freising garrison, it was ordered in 1834 that the old Isar barracks should be occupied by wagon soldiers who should bring the horses to safety in the event of a fire.
After the gear depot had been relocated, the newly established 3rd Artillery Regiment was housed in the old Isar barracks in 1848. In 1849 the stables were modernized, which at that time held 415 horses. The 3rd artillery regiment moved to the Max II barracks in 1872 , the old Isar barracks were occupied by two squadrons of the 3rd Chevaulegers regiment . During the renovation of the new Isar barracks in the 1890s, the old Isar barracks was used as alternative quarters for the 1st Heavy Rider Regiment . The garrison administration had been conducting sales talks for the old Isar barracks as early as 1884. The city of Munich finally acquired the site in 1888 for 850,000 marks. The handover took place after the last military officers had withdrawn in March 1892.
The city administration of Munich occupied the building with various authorities, including the military office and, from 1895, the first Munich employment office . At the turn of the century, several exhibitions took place on the Coal Island, which included the building of the old Isar barracks in the exhibition rooms. When Oskar von Miller announced the plan for the national technology museum in 1903, the city of Munich donated the Coal Island as building land for the new German Museum. As early as January 1, 1909, some temporary exhibitions were shown in the building of the old barracks. Until 1914, the military and employment offices also remained in the old Isar barracks. Later the entire barracks was demolished and replaced by the buildings of the Deutsches Museum.
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- ↑ Martin Arz: Die Isarvorstadt , Hirschkäfer Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-940839-00-8 , page 156
Coordinates: 48 ° 7 '50.2 " N , 11 ° 35' 5.4" E