Barracks Barbot

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Nanziger Straße to the north, on the right the Bayern barracks, then Barracks Barbot - on the left the Prinz Friedrich Karl barracks

The barracks Barbot (originally: Bayern Kaserne ) is a former infantry - barracks in Metz . It was built by the German Empire during the time when Alsace-Lorraine was part of Germany.

This facility in its entirety was also referred to as the Prince Friedrich Karl barracks. The Bayern barracks formed the eastern part of the complex, which was separated by Nanziger Straße (in this area today Avenue de Lattre de Tassigny ).

Historical

From a military point of view, Metz was an extremely important strategic point for the German Empire that had to be secured after the acquisition. Immediately after Alsace-Lorraine fell to Germany, the military authorities began to upgrade the city militarily. Great efforts were made to build new barracks in addition to the fortifications and thus to enlarge the garrison. The strength of the troops permanently stationed here was between 15,000 and 20,000 men of all branches of service, only to grow to 25,000 men before the beginning of the First World War . During a visit on the occasion of a tour of the construction work in the city and at the Gürtel forts, Kaiser Wilhelm II said:

“ Metz and his army corps are a pillar for the Prussian military in Germany, designed to ensure peace in Germany and also in Europe. "

Construction and location

The buildings were erected between 1890 and 1893 to house troops of the newly formed XVI. Take up Army Corps . It is now located in the area between Avenue de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Avenue Joffre, Place du Roi-George and Rue Wilson.

use

After completion, the royal bay. 4th Infantry Regiment here permanently. In 1919 the “Bayern Kaserne” was taken over by the French army and renamed “Caserne Barbot” in honor of General Ernest Jacques Barbot . In 1933 the 146 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne was stationed here. During the Second World War , the German Wehrmacht used the barracks as a hospital. After that there was no longer any military use. In October 1949, the national school authorities took over the building and installed part of the Lycée Fabert in it . Today, as Collège Barbot, it is part of the Lycée Georges de la Tour of the Académie de Nancy-Metz .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 20 more were added to the four existing ones from the French period
  2. ^ René Bour, Histoire de Metz , 1950, p. 227.
  3. ^ L'Express , numéro | 2937, du 18 au 24 octobre 2007, dossier “Metz en 1900”, Philippe Martin de l'université de Nancy 2.
  4. ↑ François Roth, Metz annexée à l'Empire anglais: 1871-1918 , (dir François-Yves Le Moigne.), Histoire de Metz , Privat, Toulouse, 1986 (S. 362).
  5. ^ Structurae.de , article "Poste principale", année 1893.

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Coordinates: 49 ° 6 ′ 39 ″  N , 6 ° 10 ′ 7 ″  E