Caserne Colbert
The Caserne Colbert is a barracks in Reims . It was built from 1853 by the architect Narcisse Brunette on the site of the "Tour des Trois-Museaux" of the former city wall. It was the largest barracks in Reims.
The barracks are located on "Boulevard de la Paix" (formerly Boulevard Cérès). Between 1873 and 1914 the staff and parts of the "132 e Régiment d'infanterie de ligne" were housed here. The barracks also housed the equipment depot of the “332 e Régiment d'infanterie” (inactive reserve regiment ) and the “46 e Régiment d'infanterie territoriale” (inactive reserve regiment).
The buildings were destroyed during World War I , but rebuilt in the 1920s.
Up until 1992, the barracks, now called Quartier Colbert , were home to the “1 er bataillon de chasseurs à pied” (1st battalion of hunters on foot) and the mobilization office for its reserve battalion, the “41 e bataillon de chasseurs à pied” ( 41 e groupe de chasseurs). The barracks were then abandoned.
Although initially intended for demolition, it was then decided to keep the most important buildings and integrate them into the cityscape. The supervisory authority for the project is the city of Reims in cooperation with the “Association de defense La Tour des Trois-Museaux”.
literature
- Paul Hess: La Vie à Reims pendant la guerre de 1914–1918 - Notes et impressions d'un bombardé. Anthropos, Paris 1998.
- Jacques Pernet, Michel Hubert: La Garrison de Reims 1852-1939. Editions Alan Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 2005, ISBN 2-84910-210-5 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 15 ′ 10 " N , 4 ° 2 ′ 26" E