Boelcke barracks (Koblenz)
| Boelcke barracks | |||
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Entrance and remaining building of |
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| Surname | since 1938 | ||
| local community | Koblenz | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 21 ' N , 7 ° 35' E | ||
| Opened | 1890 to 1899 | ||
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Bundeswehr technical school in the city of Koblenz |
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| Old barracks names | |||
| 1899-1923 1923-1925 1925-1929 |
Telegraph barracks Caserne Jemappes Caserne Kléber |
  
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Telegraph Battalion No. 3 Artillery Regiment 312 Machine Gun Regiment 12 III. corps |
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Location of the Boelcke barracks in Rhineland-Palatinate |
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The Boelcke barracks is a former barracks in Koblenz . It is located in the Rauental district and was used by the military from 1899 to 2000. Today there is a residential area on the site, while parts of the Bundeswehr technical school (administration and accommodation) are housed in the remaining barracks buildings . The barracks was named after the First World War fighter pilot Oswald Boelcke .
location
The Moselweißer Schanze and the following first barracks from 1899 were located approx. 1.5 km in front of the city wall . When the barracks were built, there were no fortified buildings around. Today the site is located at the southern end of the Rauental district, directly on the Moselle route .
The first barracks area was bordered in the south by Bardelebenstrasse (since 1948 Hoevelstrasse) and in the east by a military road. Until about 1890 it was the only access to the Moselweißer Schanze. In 1900 the street was renamed Montalembertstraße and in 1948 Yorckstraße. The barracks expansion from 1906 extended to Behringstrasse, that of 1912 to Behringstrasse.
history
The first barracks were built after the fortification of Koblenz was demolished from 1896 to 1899 on the site of the Moselweißer Schanze (formerly also called Fort Blücher). The accommodation was given the name Telegraphen-Kaserne , corresponding to the first occupancy by the Telegraph Battalion No. 3 on October 2, 1899 . In two stages from 1906 to 1912 and from 1911 to 1915 an expansion to the north and northwest took place.
After the First World War , the barracks were occupied by American occupation troops until January 24, 1923. After the Battle of Jemappes it became French property as Caserne Jemappes . Later it was named Caserne Kléber after Jean-Baptiste Kléber . In it were Génie - and Train stationed units. The 312nd French Artillery Regiment was also housed here until 1926, after which it was replaced by three companies from the 12th Machine Gun Regiment. On December 30, 1929, Caserne Kléber passed to the German Empire .
The barracks got their old name back and was used by the Prussian state protection police until 1936, which earned it the popular name " Schupokaserne ".
On the 22nd anniversary of the death of the German fighter pilot of the First World War, Oswald Boelcke , the barracks were renamed Boelcke barracks on October 28, 1938 . Boelcke had served in the Koblenz Telegraph Battalion from 1911 to 1914.
After the Second World War , French troops moved in again on July 10, 1945. The barracks remained under French administration until 1955. Then it was used by the newly founded Bundeswehr until it was dissolved on June 27, 2000, for the most part by the staff units and commands of the III. Corps - Corps Pioneer Command / Corps Artillery Command / Corps SanKommando etc.) occupied. The current use of the barracks area and the main building was decided by the Koblenz city council in June 1997. Two years later, after almost the entire area had been sold by the federal government, the renovation and new construction began. The block visible in the picture next to the barracks gate that still exists today belongs to the Bundeswehr technical school. The name Boelcke-Kaserne still exists, at least unofficially.
Name pad at the barracks gate
The barracks around 1910
Web links
- History of the Boelcke barracks in Koblenz (PDF; 1.9 MB)