Field artillery barracks
The field artillery barracks was a barracks in Koblenz . It was built from 1913 to 1918 on the Petersberg in the Lützel district on the former glacis of the Kaiser Franz festivals and the parade ground of the festivals in the direction of the Bubenheimer Flesche . From the complex, which had to be closed after the French occupation withdrew in 1929 due to the provisions of the Versailles Treaty in the course of demilitarization , the family house and partly two stable buildings are still preserved in today's Bodelschwinghstraße. These are now used as residential buildings.
history
To accommodate the second division of Field Artillery Regiment No. 23, a new barracks was planned in Koblenz-Lützel as early as 1901 on the site of the Kaiser Franz fortress, which was closed in 1890. This had become necessary because the unit in the castle barracks was very poorly housed due to the conditions there. However, construction work did not begin until the summer of 1913. By the outbreak of the First World War , most of the buildings could be completed, but not yet handed over to their intended use. The entire ensemble was finally completed in 1918 and included u. a. the following buildings: team house, farm building, family house, staff house, gun shed, three stables, hospital and two riding houses. The barracks also included three riding arenas and a jumping garden. After the end of the war, the field artillery barracks were requisitioned at the end of 1918, initially by the American and from 1922 by the French. Together with the Bubenheimer Flesche, the barracks were named Fort Drouot at this time . After the French withdrawal, the Herberge zur Heimat association bought the entire site including superstructures in 1930 and set up a home for hikers in the former staff house , which was given the name Von-Bodelschwingh-Haus . By 1935, the association was able to create 211 new apartments in the former barracks buildings. In the Second World War, some buildings were destroyed and not rebuilt after the war. From the 1960s onwards, the hostel had a large part of the old buildings replaced by new residential developments with a row of shops, so that today only a few buildings are reminiscent of the barracks.
use
The military use of the field artillery barracks was limited to a few years due to the First World War. Since the barracks had not yet been completely completed when the war broke out and had not been officially handed over to their intended use, an emergency occupancy took place from July 1914 to autumn 1915. At the beginning of August 1914, two companies of Infantry Regiment No. 28 were already housed in the stables . At the same time, the barracks were initially occupied by female workers and a little later by shoemakers and tailors from the nearby corps clothing office . The emergency kitchen set up for supply was in operation until 1917. It is not known which unit was in the barracks until the end of the war. The American crew, who took over the complex in late 1918, used the barracks as a remount depot in 1922 and sent their equipment back to the United States from here. On July 1, 1922, the Americans gave up the barracks. From July 22nd, the 5th Battalion of the 230th French Artillery Regiment with seven officers and 450 men occupied the facility, initially called Caserne Marceau and later Fort Drouot . It is unclear whether the unit remained in the barracks until the French withdrew in 1929. From 1930, the civilian use of the area by the hostel began .
literature
- Matthias Kellermann: The field artillery barracks in Koblenz-Lützel, Bonn 2014. ( Download )
- Matthias Kellermann: The Franz Feste in Koblenz-Lützel - a search for traces , in: Feste Kaiser Franz. On the history of the fortress and the Franz Feste system in Koblenz-Lützel. Festschrift for the 10th anniversary Feste Kaiser Franz eV, ed. from Feste Kaiser Franz eV, 3rd edition, Koblenz 2012, p. 27ff. ISBN 978-3-934795-55-6 .
- Matthias Kellermann: New research on the festivals Kaiser Franz and the system Franz , in: Feste Kaiser Franz ... a part of the fortress Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein, ed. von Feste Kaiser Franz eV, 2nd, revised and expanded edition, Koblenz 2010, p. 24f.
- Rüdiger Wischemann: The Koblenz Fortress. From the Roman fort and Prussia's strongest fortress to the largest garrison of the Bundeswehr. Koblenz 1978, p. 150. (Note: Outdated in many ways, but still the best representation for an overview).
Individual evidence
- ↑ This could be translated as repatriation depot.
Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 20 ″ N , 7 ° 35 ′ 23 ″ E