Caserne Roques

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Inner courtyard of the 67 infantry barracks. The guard building between the two accommodation blocks was demolished.

The Caserne Roques (originally: '67 barracks ) was an infantry barracks in Le Ban-Saint-Martin in the fortress area of Metz .

Historical

From a military point of view, Metz was an extremely important strategic point for the German Empire , which 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 built in 1898 to house troops of the newly established XVI. To accommodate Army Corps . It lies at the foot of the "Mont Saint-Quentin" on the one hand and on the banks of the Moselle on the other. The buildings are built in the Wilhelmine style . The facility was large enough to accommodate most of the 67th Infantry Regiment .

use

Until 1919 German troops were in the barracks, which after the loss of Alsace-Lorraine passed to the French army and was then called "Caserne Roques". From 1926 the "402 e régiment d'artillerie" (402nd artillery regiment) was garrisoned here. During the Second World War , the property was used by the Wehrmacht between 1940 and 1944 . In 1945 it was again taken over by the French army, it was renamed “Caserne Roques” and assigned the “2 e  régiment du génie” (2nd pioneer regiment). Telecommunications were then quartered and the property was ultimately only used as a depot. Military use ended in 1970 and the former German barracks was converted into student and social housing from 1980. The name of the complex has since been: "Résidence Saint-Quentin". The original buildings are no longer completely preserved. B. the guard.

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. ^ Philippe Martin: Metz en 1900 . In: L'Express , 18.-24. October 2007.
  4. ↑ François Roth: Metz annexée à l'Empire anglais: 1871-1918 (. You François-Yves Le Moigne). In: Histoire de Metz . Private, Toulouse 1986, p. 362.
  5. ^ Poste principale, 1893. Structurae.de

Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ′ 9 ″  N , 6 ° 8 ′ 34 ″  E