Caserne Bridoux

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Guard of the dragoon barracks

The Bridoux barracks , originally Dragoon barracks, is a former cavalry barracks in the Borny district of Metz , which at that time was still an independent municipality. It was built in 1903 when the realm of Alsace-Lorraine was part of the German Empire .

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 garrison troops was constantly 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 barracks were completed in 1903 and occupied by the Schleswig-Holstein Dragoon Regiment No. 13 . It was intended for a total of 720 men and the corresponding number of horses (500 to 600). The buildings are built in the neo-renaissance style, with the simpler form being chosen. The buildings are located in the east of the city center between Voie rapide Est, Rue Claude de Bernard, Rue de la Poule and Rue du Général Delestroint.

use

After the end of the First World War , the barracks passed to the French army in 1919 . From this it was renamed "Caserne Bridoux". Used again by the Germans from 1940 to 1944, a remont depot was set up here for artillery supplies . This central repository with a population of around 1500 horses and mules was abandoned on August 15, 1944, and the animals were brought to Germany. In November 1944, French troops moved in again and stayed until the barracks were abandoned as military property in 1990.

In 1993 the University of Metz took over the building and set up its third campus (le troisième campus) there.

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.
  6. ↑ René Caboz, La Bataille de Metz , Éditions Pierron, Sarreguemines, 1984 (p. 111).

Coordinates: 49 ° 6 ′ 55 ″  N , 6 ° 12 ′ 49 ″  E