Falckenstein barracks
 Falckenstein barracks
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Barracks gate with guard |
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| country | Germany | ||
| local community | Koblenz | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 22 ′ N , 7 ° 35 ′ E | ||
| Opened | 1937/38 | ||
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| 1945–1957 | Caserne Marceau |
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Pioneer Battalion 34 Army Command |
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Location of the Falckenstein barracks in Rhineland-Palatinate |
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The Falckenstein barracks is a barracks in Koblenz . It was built in 1937/38 as one of several new barracks built by the Wehrmacht in the Lützel district for Pioneer Battalion 34. Before that there was a barracks of the same name for the 1st Rhenish Pioneer Battalion No. 8 in the area of today's Saarplatz as early as 1898–1918 . It is named after the Prussian infantry general Maximilian Vogel von Falckenstein , who was the commanding general of the VIII Army Corps in Koblenz.
history
Old Falckenstein barracks
The first barracks with the name Falckensteins existed as early as 1898–1918 in the area north of today's Saarplatz between the districts of Altstadt and Rauental for the 1st Rhenish Pioneer Battalion No. 8 . The parade ground and the officers' mess were located between the southern bridge ramp to the Europabrücke , which has cut through the former barracks since it was built in 1932–1934, and the left stretch of the Rhine (there is now a parking garage at this point). Two team buildings in Baedekerstrasse ( 50 ° 21 ′ 43.4 ″ N , 7 ° 35 ′ 14.6 ″ E ) have been preserved to this day and house the State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Welfare .
New Falckenstein barracks
After the remilitarization of the Rhineland in 1936, an extensive barracks complex for the Wehrmacht was built in Koblenz-Lützel from 1937–1938. Then the Pioneer Battalion 34 occupied the new barracks.
After the Second World War , the American and, from June 1945, the French occupation army took over the complex under the name "Caserne Marceau ". In the years 1951–1952 the barracks were expanded by a few buildings. The Bundeswehr took over the barracks on April 30, 1957 and gave it its old name again. French troops were stationed in the barracks until September 1969.
The barracks gate was originally located on Bundesstraße 9 . After this had been expanded into a four-lane expressway, the entrance was relocated to the rear area (Von-Kuhl-Straße).
The barracks complex has a sports field with a covered grandstand and an indoor swimming pool.
The bronze statue of the Goeben monument has been erected on the grounds of the Falckenstein barracks since 2006 .
Occupancy
Former occupancy
- Pioneer Battalion 34 (Wehrmacht)
- French occupation forces
- Corps Telecommunications Battalion 213
- Telecommunications Battalion 310
- Telecommunications Battalion 330
- Telecommunication repair company 300
- Headquarters and Headquarters Corps Telecommunications Command III
- Telecommunication training company 1 / III and 2 / III
- Topography battery 301
- Topography battery 900
- Topography train 300
- Headquarters Telecommunications Regiment 310
- Army Command
- Army command
- 2nd Company Repair Battalion 310
- On-site clothing store 2
- The battalion for operational information 950 (OpInfoBtl 950), the last battalion remaining in Koblenz, was disbanded on December 6, 2013.
Current occupancy
- Bundeswehr Medical Service Command
- Medical regiment 2, control area Koblenz
- Training and simulation center medical regiment 2
- Electronics Center of the Bundeswehr - parts of Koblenz (SKB)
- Evangelical Military Parish Office Koblenz I
- Catholic Military Parish Office Koblenz I
- other small offices
Monument protection
Part of the Falckenstein barracks has been a protected cultural monument under the Monument Protection Act (DSchG) since 2013 and is registered in the list of monuments of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is located in Koblenz-Lützel at Von-Kuhl-Straße 50 .
The Falckenstein barracks have been part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002 .
literature
- City archive Koblenz: (StAK) DB 8 military, 07 barracks.
- Rüdiger Wischemann: The Koblenz Fortress. From the Roman fort and Prussia's strongest fortress to the largest garrison of the Bundeswehr. Rhenania Buchhandlung, Koblenz 1978, (note: outdated in many ways, but still the best representation for an overview).
- Ulrike Weber (edit.): City of Koblenz. City districts (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Vol. 3, 3). Werner, Worms 2013, ISBN 978-3-88462-345-9 .
Web links
- Falckenstein barracks in: diefernmelder.de