Goeben barracks (Koblenz)
The Goeben barracks , named after August Karl von Goeben , was a barracks in Koblenz . It was built from 1937 to 1938 as one of several new barracks for the Wehrmacht on the Pfaffendorfer Höhe (since October 1981 as Asterstein's own district of Koblenz). After the Second World War , the barracks were closed and converted into a residential area.
history
In the course of the remilitarization of the Rhineland in 1936, a number of new barracks had to be built to accommodate the troops, as some old barracks were no longer available due to demilitarization. So in 1937/1938 the Goeben barracks was built in the throat of the former Rheinhell Fort as accommodation for the 1st Battalion of Infantry Regiment 80, which follows the tradition of the 2nd Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 28 (von Goeben)took over. After the end of the Second World War, the site was initially taken over by the French occupation, but they released it in 1946. In the following time, the accommodation blocks were converted into residential buildings (Goeben settlement), and in 1950 the Asterstein artists' settlement was set up in the former horse hospital. The barracks buildings in the settlement have been undergoing high-quality refurbishment since 2010, and new residential buildings are being planned. In December 2015, the Koblenz city council refused to rename it Goeben-Park.
literature
- Koblenz city archive: (StAK) DB 8 military, 07 barracks: 3.27 Goeben barracks.
- Rüdiger Wischemann: The Koblenz Fortress. From the Roman fort and Prussia's strongest fortress to the largest garrison of the Bundeswehr. Koblenz 1978. (Note: outdated in many ways, but still the best representation for an overview).
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Rhein-Zeitung No. 296 of December 21, 2015, p. 21: "The City Council in Brief."
Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 59 ″ N , 7 ° 37 ′ 4 ″ E