Barbara barracks (Cologne)
| Barbara barracks Cologne | |||
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Barbara barracks (1918) |
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| country | Germany | ||
| Federal Office of Administration | Administration building | ||
| local community | Cologne | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 58 ′ N , 6 ° 58 ′ E | ||
| Opened | 1893-1895 | ||
| owner | federal agency for Real Estate tasks | ||
| Formerly stationed units | |||
| III. Prussian Field Artillery Regiment No. 23 Bergisches Feldartillerie Regiment No. 59 Artillery Regiment No. 52 |
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Location of the Barbara barracks in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia |
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The Barbara-Kaserne Köln was a barracks of the Prussian army in the Cologne district of Riehl .
history
The barracks were to be built on a former bridle path that was to be converted into a road. This avenue, laid out as an avenue, was named Amsterdamer Straße on August 16, 1894, where the barracks were at No. 138. Built between 1893 and 1895, the barracks area with an area of 54,000 m² was ready for occupancy in April 1895. On September 18, 1895, the III. Field Artillery Regiment No. 23 entered here, on October 1, 1899, the barracks passed to Field Artillery Regiment No. 59 ( 15th Division ). It was named after Saint Barbara , the patron saint of all "black collars" ( artillerymen and pioneers ). In the same year, the barracks were expanded to the east, which was given the name Fischer barracks and was ready for occupancy in 1901. Their military use ended in August 1927 when the city of Cologne's women's home moved here.
The British 1st Cavalry Division used the area between December 1918 and January 1919 after the First World War. In March 1936 the Artillery Regiment No. 52 moved here. The writer Heinrich Böll was relocated here on January 22, 1942. In 1945 the barracks was hit and badly damaged during World War II . After the war, the unused area was initially used as a storage room by the Welfare Office of the City of Cologne. Families later moved into the crew quarters. For this purpose, the 1951 federal budget provided funds for the repair of war damage and for the expansion of six apartment blocks in which 104 families were accommodated.
Today's land use
In 1971 the decision was made to build a new administration building on the former site, and in January 1975 the federal government made the first plans to use the federally owned part of the site of the former Barbara barracks. The communal conversion of this former military site was not completed until the foundation stone was laid for the Federal Administration Office in August 1980 . The administration building was handed over on June 6, 1984.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Prussian Army on the III. Field Artillery Regiment No. 23 Retrieved May 12, 2019
- ^ Harri Bernhardt, History of the City, Fortress and Garrison Cologne , 1959, p. 59
- ^ Harri Bernhardt, History of the City, Fortress and Garrison Cologne , 1959, p. 111
- ↑ Viktor Böll / Jochen Schubert, Heinrich Böll , 2002, p. 34
- ↑ Eric Taylor / Willy Niessen, Frontstadt Köln: Endkampf 1945 an Rhein und Ruhr , 1980, p. 148
- ^ Federal budget for the year 1951 , 1950, p. 87
- ^ German Bundestag (ed.): Negotiations of the German Bundestag , 1973, p. 1174