Hindenburg barracks (Tübingen)
 Burgholzkaserne
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Former barracks buildings. Here in the Wankheimer Täle the parade ground now built over with Block 25 (July 2008) |
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| today | French quarter | ||
| local community | Tübingen | ||
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 31 ' N , 9 ° 5' E | ||
| Opened | 1935 | ||
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| 1938-1945 1945-1991 |
Hindenburg barracks Quartier Désazars de Montgailhard (western part) |
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| 24th Hunter Battalion |
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Location of the Burgholz barracks in Baden-Württemberg |
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A barracks on the south-eastern outskirts of Tübingen along Reutlinger Strasse was built as the Burgholzkaserne in the 1930s . It was renamed the Hindenburg barracks in 1938 and used by the French occupation forces under French names after the end of the war . After their withdrawal, the area was planned over in the 1990s under the provisional name Hindenburg-Areal. The partially newly built district has been known as the French Quarter since the increasing number of people moved in from 1996 , where student residences form the student village of Hibuka (short for “Hindenburg barracks ”).
Surname
Burgholzkaserne is the original name of the barracks, which was officially used from the time it was planned in the early 1930s until it was renamed in 1938. It refers to the field name of the neighboring wooded, steeply sloping area. In 1938, she was the same time as about 20 years older than the New Barracks (now Loretto barracks called) by the Nazis after their pioneer Paul von Hindenburg in Hindenburg barracks renamed. Since the barracks were used by the French after World War II, their official name was French. Because of its size, the barracks were divided into two separate barracks. At that time the western part was called Quartier Désazars de Montgailhard and the eastern part was called Quartier de Maud'huy . Of course, the population of Tübingen did not use these long names. Both names were German. After the French withdrew, there was no clarity about the name. In the plans from the 1990s and 2000s, the name Hindenburg-Kaserne was used more often until the local council decided in 2012 that it should no longer be used.
history
The barracks opened on October 28, 1935 after a short construction period. It served the expanding Wehrmacht , which corresponded to Hitler's armament plans. The eastern part of the Burgholz barracks and the railroad tracks of the freight yard were hit in air raids on April 18, 1944. A building of the Hindenburg barracks can be clearly seen destroyed on old aerial photographs. There were several bomb craters in the area of today's Mistralweg and the Wankheimer valley.
From 1945 to 1991 French troops were housed there and the large barracks area was divided into two separate barracks. In the western part, the 12ième Régiment de Cuirassiers and, most recently, the 24e Bataillon de chasseurs à pied (24th hunter battalion on foot) were stationed until 1991 .
After the withdrawal of the French troops, the Burgholzkaserne underwent extensive urban renovations into an area of around 120 hectares for civil use. To this end, the city of Tübingen announced a competition for its renovation. From the 43 drafts received, the draft of a student group from the University of Stuttgart was selected.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Village council of student dormitories, former Hindenburg barracks in the French Quarter: Student Village Hibuka. French quarter . Web site, accessed March 8, 2018.
- ↑ Named after General Louis Ernest de Maud'huy , who led the 10th French Army against the Germans during the Loretto Battle.
- ↑ ... and say hello to the world! Tübingen ... , pp. 136-138
- ↑ Eckhard Strubel: Conquest of the South - New apartments behind former barracks walls . In: "Die Zeit" 18/1992, April 24, 1992.
literature
- Pierre Michael: Local politics of the city of Tübingen under National Socialism - the example of the Hindenburg barracks , approval work, University of Tübingen 2009
- ... and give my regards to the world! Tübingen - a university town on old postcards , ed. by Udo Rauch and Antje Zacharias, Tübingen: Stadtmuseum 2007, ISBN 978-3-910090-78-1 , pp. 136-138.
