Becelaere barracks
 Becelaere barracks
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Former main entrance on Wäldenbronner Strasse |
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| country | Germany | ||
| today | residential area | ||
| local community | Esslingen am Neckar | ||
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 45 ' N , 9 ° 19' E | ||
| Opened | 1914 | ||
| owner | Private | ||
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Infantry Regiment No. 125
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Location of the Becelaere barracks in Baden-Württemberg |
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The Becelaere barracks in Esslingen District High Cross was the first independent barrack this garrison town .
history
Although troops were stationed in Esslingen as early as the 18th century, barracks were only built in 1914/1915. Previously, the soldiers were temporarily housed in existing buildings that were originally built for other purposes.
The prerequisite for the construction of the barracks was the sale of Hohenkreuz Castle and the surrounding land by Baron Carl Alexander von Palm to the city. The barracks area extended to the previously undeveloped height between the castle and the St. Bernhardt Church .
The barracks was designed by the military construction inspector Graser and named after the town of Becelaere near Ypres , where the 2nd Battalion of Infantry Regiment No. 125, stationed in the new barracks, fought in the First World War.
It is based on the neoclassical style of Theodor Fischer's school . The team buildings on the northeast side have hipped roofs , dormers, all-round eaves cornice on consoles, triangular gables in the classicism style, etc. The officers' houses were designed even more elaborately. The buildings are grouped around a rectangular parade ground, which was divided into individual segments such as riding and gymnastics arenas by planting.
The First World War initially prevented the area around the Hohenkreuz castle, which had been developed by the barracks, from being built on. After the war, however, the infrastructure was used. The later Hohenkreuz district was built on the front of the barracks and around the castle, while the radio barracks were built on the back in 1935 and almost reached the St. Bernhardt cemetery.
After the Second World War , the Becelaere barracks was used by the American troops; especially the rear part of the barracks, the radio operator barracks, was needed. Even after this war, building activity on the land once sold by Baron von Palm revived; now z. B. on the Hohenbühl settlements for immigrants. The barracks, once laid out in the open, were now surrounded by residential buildings.
Between 1956 and 1961 the barracks were restored. She was then assigned to the 10 Medical Battalion.
Conversion
Towards the end of the 20th century, the buildings were no longer used as barracks and the area was made a residential area under the name Palmscher Park . The northern districts of Esslingen then recorded a disproportionate and not always unproblematic increase in population. A large part of the barracks building was after renewed restoration, e.g. Sometimes including small parts of the garden, sold as houses or condominiums. Further densely populated new buildings were built behind the radio barracks. An underground car park was set up under the barracks courtyard, the courtyard itself was landscaped and provided with play areas for common use by the residents. The surrounding wall still stands in part and closes the complex off from the adjacent buildings and residents.
Cultural monument
The Esslingen monument protection authority found: The whole thing represents [...] a cultural monument [...]. There is public interest in its preservation because of the documentary and exemplary value as well as the originality value for the structural design and architecture of a late Wilhelmine barracks in Württemberg .
literature
- Rik Opsommer : Kemmelbergweg, Langemarckstein, Becelaerekaserne, Ypresstraße en Flanders sports ground: onbekend, onbemind. Vlaamse propagandistische toponiemen in Duitsland na de eerste wereldoorlog (= Ieperse historical studies , 9), Ieper: Stadsarchief, 2003
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Becelaere, today Beselare, is part of Zonnebekes. It is not uncommon for names of places from World War I to no longer match those of today. The former Meesen barracks from Lübeck got its name after the conquest of Mesen , if we look at the regimental histories of Gheluvelt instead of Geluveld, or when they talked about St. Julien , they meant Sint-Juliaan .
- ↑ http://www.usarmygermany.com/LaborService/USAREUR_6936th%20LSC.htm