Goeben barracks (Trier)

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August Karl von Goeben

The Goeben barracks , also called Göben barracks in contemporary plans , was a barracks in Trier . The construction of the barracks began in 1907, was completed in 1912 and named after the Prussian general August Karl von Goeben . It is located in the Trier-Nord district between Thyrsusstrasse and Franz-Georg-Strasse, east of the Ambrosius primary school.

history

John J. Pershing

In the Goeben barracks from October 1, 1912, the II. And III. Battalion and the MG company of the 7th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 69 stationed. Since Trier was close to the western front during the First World War , several military hospitals were set up there, the Goeben barracks was the reserve hospital VII. In 1918, Trier was initially occupied by US troops, and the barracks from December 1, 1918 by them occupied. The Commanding General of the US expeditionary force in Europe (Commanding General, American Expeditionary Forces, Europe), General John J. Pershing , spoke there to the soldiers. The French military later took over the facility and divided it into two barracks: the "Quartier du Vieil Armand" (after the hard-fought area around the Hartmannswillerkopf , a strategically exposed elevation in the Vosges ) and the "Quartier Bouchavesnes " (after a town which was totally destroyed during the summer battle ). In this area there is said to have been another French barracks with the name "Quartier Chateau Thierry" (after the battle of Château-Thierry ), but this cannot be proven more precisely. In the 1930s, the military buildings were converted into residential units, and additional buildings were erected in the large inner courtyards. This created the two streets "Am Beutelweg" and "Ambrosiusstraße". The St. Ambrosius day-care center has been located there since 1993 and is currently called “KiTa gGmbH Trier Catholic day-care center St. Ambrosius”. The former parade hall of the barracks was converted into the parish church of St. Ambrosius after the Second World War .

French units stationed

Long text abbreviation at the location barracks
4 ° mixed Zouaves et Tirailleurs EM and CHR August 11, 1919 to September 3, 1919 Referred to as Goeben Kaserne 1
4th mixed Zouaves et Tirailleurs 7th battalion August 11, 1919 to September 3, 1919 Referred to as Goeben Kaserne 1
4 ° mixed Zouaves et Tirailleurs 6 ° battalion August 11, 1919 to September 3, 1919 Referred to as Goeben Kaserne 2
12th Battalion de Chasseurs Alpins 12 ° BCA August 12, 1919 to December 31, 1928 Bouchavesnes district
12 ° Regiment de Cuirassiers 12 ° CUIR August 12, 1919 to December 31, 1928 Bouchavesnes district
14th Battalion de Chasseurs Alpins 14 ° BCA August 12, 1919 to December 31, 1928 Quartier du Vieil Armand
31 ° Section de Commis et Ouvriers d'Administration SCOA 31 August 10, 1919 to June 1, 1930 Quartier Château Thierry
Magasin Central des Coopératives de l'Armée du Rhin August 10, 1919 to June 1, 1930 Quartier Château Thierry

literature

  • Adolf Welter: Trier during the occupation 1918–1939. Petermännchen-Verlag der Trier Münzfreunde, Trier 1992, ISBN 3-923575-11-4 .
  • Adolf Welter: Franz Idzior, the (un) known Trier photographer. Petermännchen-Verlag der Trier Münzfreunde, Trier 2008, ISBN 3-923575-27-0 .
  • Elisabeth Dühr, Frank G. Hirschmann, Christl Lehnert-Leven: Trier Garrison Book . City Museum Simeonstift Trier, Trier 2007, ISBN 3-930866-22-6 .
  • Emil Zenz: History of the city of Trier in the first half of the 20th century. Volume 2, 1914-1927. Trier 1971. (= series Ortschroniken des Trier Land , Volume 12.) ( online at the regional library center of the Rheinische Landesbibliothek Koblenz )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gottfried Kentenich: History of the city of Trier from its foundation to the present. Memorandum for the 100th anniversary of the city's membership of the Prussian state. Ed .: City of Trier. Linz'sche Buchhandlung, Trier 1915, p. 1053 .
  2. ↑ Military hospitals in Trier retrieved from arge-deutsche-geschichte.de (German history group)
  3. ↑ General JJ Pershing speaks to US soldiers in front of the Göben barracks (1918). In: Rathaus-Zeitung of February 27, 2007
  4. ↑ Like from another planet. In: Trierischer Volksfreund from November 30, 2008
  5. ^ Emil Zenz: History of the city of Trier in the first half of the 20th century. Volume 2, 1914-1927. Trier 1971.
  6. ^ Adolf Welter: Trier during the occupation 1918-1939. Petermännchen-Verlag der Trier Münzfreunde, Trier 1992, ISBN 3-923575-11-4 , p. 19.
  7. ↑ Overview of French units stationed in Trier ( Memento from May 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 157 kB) Veterans Association of military personnel stationed in Germany (French).

Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 59.4 "  N , 6 ° 39 ′ 35.9"  E