Encke barracks
The Enckekaserne is a former barracks in Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt . Today the barracks is mainly used for residential purposes and is a listed building .
location
It is located in Magdeburg's Stadtfeld West district at the address An der Enckekaserne 1-128 . The Hohendodelebener Straße runs to the south and the Beimsstraße to the east. The Hermann-Beims-Siedlung borders to the north and west .
history
The barracks were built in 1912/13 according to plans by the government master builder in the new military building department of Endert on the site of the former Fort IV of Magdeburg fortress . It was named after the Prussian Lieutenant General August Encke . It served as the garrison of the foot artillery regiment "Encke" (Magdeburgisches) No. 4 of the Prussian army , which had been completely stationed in Magdeburg since 1889. Planning for the barracks began in 1906, and use began in 1913.
The foot artillery regiment only used the barracks for a short time. After the end of the First World War , it was initially stationed in Halberstadt and dissolved there in 1919. The Enckekaserne was still used for military purposes, however, from 1921 by the Reichswehr . The 9th Company (cyclists) of the 2nd Battalion of the 12th Infantry Regiment , the 3rd Squadron of the Driving Department 4 and the 2nd Company of the Motor Driving Department 4 (the latter from 1935 anti-tank department of the Wehrmacht ). The 9th Company / 12. IR was moved to the Am Zuckerbusch barracks in 1928 . In 1937 truck garages were built in the northern part of the complex, for which the eastern part of the central green corridor of the Hermann-Beims-Siedlung was used.
During the Second World War , replacement and training troops were housed in the Enckekaserne. It was the location of Panzerjäger Department 13 of the 13th Panzer Division . After the war ended in 1945, the US Army initially used the barracks. She operated a collection point for forced laborers from Eastern Europe in the facility . It was briefly used by the British Army . From 1946 the headquarters of the 3rd Shock Army (from 1954 3rd General Army ) of the group of Soviet armed forces in Germany was located in the barracks . The Soviet Army withdrew in 1991 as a result of the two plus four treaty .
The barracks then stood largely empty. The former parade ground was shaped by large trees. Only the former chamber building and parade house was used by the technical relief organization. In addition, there was a Johanniter accident relief facility . At the beginning of the 21st century, many of the other buildings were renovated and converted into residential buildings. The building ensemble of the barracks has largely been preserved.
On January 22, 2016, a roof fire broke out in one of the residential buildings in the south of the facility .
The building is listed as a barracks in the local monument register under registration number 094 82662.
architecture
Simple three- to four-story plastered buildings were built as team houses, which were arranged around a generous drill and gymnastics area. The layout of the facility is rectangular, with the crew houses arranged on the long sides on the east and west sides. The team houses consist of a long three-story central wing with a side corridor and two large head risers at the ends of the building. There is also a three-storey central projectile facing outwards. The entrances were arranged in flat uniaxial risalits crowned by a triangular gable on the front sides. The team buildings, like the other buildings, each rise on a base made of iron bricks. The facades are characterized by a small-scale window structure and a flat Lisenengliederung divided. The cornice of the three-storey areas is also continued over the four-storey head buildings. Above the cornices there is a horizontal structure with flat, wide bands. At the time of construction, the facades were designed in at least two colors. The flat pilaster strips were made lighter. The buildings are covered with hipped roofs , with some of the original dormers being preserved.
There is a smaller two-storey farm building between each of the team houses. On the west side there is also a smaller team house for the clothing department. In the head buildings of the team buildings I-IV and the clothing department, rooms were added at the level of the top floors for reasons of internal service operations. The Army Construction Office received a separate permit from the construction police for this deviation from the usual building regulations . These rooms were only used as storage for peace clothing and as cleaning and mending rooms. There was no permanent accommodation for people there.
A riding arena was built on the north side of the site, bordered by a riding arena and the horse stables of the clothing department. There was a hardware shop and also a sick bay.
The officers' mess was built in the northeast of the facility . It is much more elaborate and homely designed than the other buildings. There are risalits, bay windows , roof bay windows and decorative architectural elements . Above the entrance on the east side there is a curved gable field with vestons and volutes around an ox's eye . Various window shapes were used in the officers' mess. Covered, the building is covered by a large hipped roof, which covers almost half of the entire height of the house and thus characterizes the rather rural appearance of this building. The window frames of the roof houses of the officers' mess are decorated with facia .
The headquarters building was erected in the southeast. In the south of the complex is the large parade house with clothing room. It has a pagoda roof . The narrow central risalit in which the entrance is arranged is crowned by a triangular gable. There are two family houses on the south side of Hohendodelebener Straße. They are smaller than the crew buildings and each have two entrances from the north. Originally there were four entrances to the barracks. Three were in the south, the main entrance in the east.
The barracks area is surrounded by a 2.5 meter high wall. In the area of buildings, the wall height is only 1.75 meters and is increased by attached grids.
In contrast to older barracks in the city, representative elements were largely dispensed with. The design was based on the style of neoclassicism .
literature
- Sabine Ullrich, Magdeburg Barracks , State Capital Magdeburg, City Planning Office 2002, page 165 ff.
- List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 14, State Capital Magdeburg , State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-531-5 , page 80 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann-Beims-Siedlung , Magdeburg City Planning Office, 1994, page 21
- ↑ Peter Ließmann, roof structure burns out completely in Magdeburger Volksstimme of January 23, 2016, page 21
- ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , Magdeburg.pdf, page 2741 f.
Coordinates: 52 ° 7 '23.6 " N , 11 ° 35' 39.4" E