Breitenseer barracks

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The Breitenseer barracks , originally Kaiser Franz Joseph -Kavallerie- barracks , located in the district Breitensee in Penzing , since 1938 the 14th district of Vienna . It consists of two parts separated by Breitenseer Straße , which have had different names since 1967. A complete cavalry regiment could be accommodated in the barracks .

history

Breitenseer Kaserne (n) (site plan 1904)

The barracks was built in 1901–1904 as a replacement for the then demolished Josefstädter barracks in the 8th district as part of the barracks transaction carried out at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century , the relocation of army bases from the densely built-up urban area . The construction management was the kuk military construction management for the transaction buildings in Breitensee .

Until 1918 cavalry was here the Imperial Army , the joint forces of Austria and Hungary, quartered (1904-1914 each a Hungarian regiment), in the interwar period Infantry of the Armed Forces , from 1938 to 1945 the German Wehrmacht . During the occupation period 1945–1955 French soldiers were stationed here as the 14th district was part of the French sector of Vienna. In 1955 the facilities were again taken over by the armed forces. In 2010/2011, City Councilor for Housing Michael Ludwig negotiated with the Ministry of Defense about the sale of both parts of the barracks to the Vienna city ​​administration.

Biedermann-Huth-Raschke barracks

Biedermann-Huth-Raschke barracks

The "Kleine Breitenseer Kaserne" was built in 1901–1903 on the northern side of Breitenseer Straße and housed two squadrons and a pioneer train. The officers' living quarters were built at Breitenseer Straße 82 and 82A, while the officers' mess (officers' school and menage building) was outside the area on the next street corner at Maroltingergasse 2. Today the Bahai Center Austria is located here . Architecturally responsible was Eduard Frauenfeld jun. (1853-1910).

In 1967 it was named "Biedermann-Huth-Raschke-Kaserne" after the three Austrian officers of the German Wehrmacht, Major Karl Biedermann , Captain Alfred Huth and First Lieutenant Rudolf Raschke , who were executed as resistance fighters in April 1945 during the battle for Vienna . In November 2012, the approximately 23,000 square meter property was put up for sale by the Ministry of Defense with a minimum price of 10.7 million euros.

Around 150 privately financed condominiums and a school (working title: AHS Wien West) are to be built on the area sold in 2013. Some of the existing components should continue to be used. The Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft organized an architecture competition for the school building.

Vega-Payer-Weyprecht barracks

Vega-Payer-Weyprecht barracks

The "Große Breitenseer Kaserne" was built in 1904 on the southern side of Breitenseer Straße on a larger piece of land opposite the Kleiner Breitenseer Kaserne. This building with the main entrance at Breitenseer Straße 61 offered space for four squadrons , regimental staff and cadres. The area included the staff building (on today's Leyserstraße), NCO's residential building (on Spallartgasse, since 1914 called Gottfried-Alber-Gasse), four team residential buildings, three covered and six open riding schools, twelve stable buildings and a large formation area. Individual objects were from the temporary Otto Wagner - and Max von Ferstel -Students István Benkó :; designed (István Medgyaszay 1877-1959).

This part of the Breitensee barracks was named Vega-Payer-Weyprecht-Kaserne in 1967 after the engineer, mathematician and officer Jurij Vega and the two polar explorers Julius Payer and Carl Weyprecht , the leaders of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition . The Army Logistics School (formerly HVS Army Supply School) is housed here.

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christa Veigl: The modern in barracks construction. On the architecture of the Kaiser Franz Joseph cavalry barracks in Vienna-Breitensee, built around 1900 . In: Association for the History of the City of Vienna (ed.): Wiener Geschichtsblätter , 65th year, issue 4/2010 , ISSN  0043-5317 , p. 281 ff.
  2. ↑ Christa Veigl: The modern in barracks construction. On the architecture of the Kaiser Franz Joseph cavalry barracks in Vienna-Breitensee, built around 1900 . In: Association for the History of the City of Vienna (ed.): Wiener Geschichtsblätter , 65th year, issue 4/2010 , ISSN  0043-5317 , p. 286.
  3. ^ Andreas Anzenberger: Living on old barracks grounds . In: Daily newspaper Kurier , Vienna, February 7, 2011, p. 18.
  4. ^ Eduard Frauenfeld junior. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770-1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
  5. ↑ Next barracks before sale . In: Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper , Salzburg, November 22, 2012, p. 11.
  6. ^ Roland Kanfer: School with a concept and a backbone. In: City, the magazine for urban design , Vienna 2015, issue 1/2015, p. 10
  7. ↑ Historical overview plan in: Christa Veigl: Die Moderne im Kasernenbau. On the architecture of the Kaiser Franz Joseph cavalry barracks in Vienna-Breitensee, built around 1900 . In: Association for the History of the City of Vienna (ed.): Wiener Geschichtsblätter , 65th year, issue 4/2010 , ISSN  0043-5317 , p. 283.
  8. ↑ Istvan Benko. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.

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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 9 ″  N , 16 ° 18 ′ 1 ″  E