Horn barracks (Trier)

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Horn barracks photographed from the Markusberg (picture from the regiment's commemorative publication)

The Hornkaserne was a barracks in Trier , which was built between 1889 and 1892. It was named after the Prussian general Heinrich Wilhelm von Horn . It was in the Trier-West / Pallien district between Hornstrasse and Markusberg (corner of Hornstrasse and Markusstrasse), southwest of the Marian column . The barracks were demolished in the 1970s to make way for apartments.

history

Preserved building at Hornstrasse 24
Former riding and parade hall, now the Catholic parish church of Christ the King
Preserved building at Christ-König-Platz 1–3

The Horn barracks was the first new barracks in Trier to be built by the Prussian military treasury. The 3rd Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 29 von Horn was garrison there from 1891 to 1918. Since Trier was a front-line town, several hospitals were operated there; Reserve hospital IV was located in the Horn barracks.

US troops briefly used the barracks from 1918 to June 1919 . From October 1919 to June 1930 the French 19th Alpine (Mountain) Jäger Battalion (19ème Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins, BCA) was stationed in the barracks. Charles de Gaulle was battalion commander of the 19th BCA in Trier from 1927 to 1929 . During the use by the French military , the barracks were called "Quartier Sidi-Brahim" after the " Battle of Sidi Brahim " which took place from 23 to 26 September 1845 in Algeria .

Due to the housing shortage in Trier in the 1920s, emergency apartments were set up in the south wing of the barracks in 1925. In 1930 the city acquired the entire barracks site and had additional apartments built in the barracks buildings. On March 7, 1936, the buildings were partially occupied by the 1st Battalion of Infantry Regiment 36 of the Wehrmacht . On October 6th of the same year the 2nd Battalion of the regiment followed. In order to cope with the enormous housing shortage after 1945, emergency apartments at ground level were created in the former barracks yard. In 1970 the Horn barracks began to be demolished. An initial demolition of the main building failed because the building turned out to be more resistant than expected. Today there are apartments on the former barracks site. Only a few of the buildings in the Horn barracks have survived:

  • the corner building in the northeast of the barracks at the corner of Hornstrasse 24
  • The former parade and riding arena, today the Catholic parish church of Christ the King
  • Next to the church in the southwest of the area, the building with the current address Christ-König-Platz 1 to 3.

French units stationed

  • 4 ° Groupe de Chasseurs Cyclistes 4 ° GCC (January 30, 1919 to December 31, 1929), ( cycling squadron ).
  • 5 ° Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins 5 ° BCA (April 1, 1920 to December 31, 1925), Alpine / mountain hunters.
  • 19 ° Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins 19 ° BCA (December 1, 1921 to March 31, 1930).

literature

  • Adolf Welter: Bild-Chronik, Trier during the occupation period 1918–1930. Petermännchen-Verlag der Trier Münzfreunde, Trier 1992, ISBN 3-923575-11-4 .
  • Elisabeth Dühr, Frank G. Hirschmann, Christl Lehnert-Leven: Trier Garrison Book . City Museum Simeonstift Trier, Trier 2007, ISBN 978-3-930866-22-9 .

Web links

Commons : Hornkaserne (Trier)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Military hospitals in Trier retrieved from arge-deutsche-geschichte.de (German history group)
  2. ^ Occupiers left as friends. In: City Hall newspaper City of Trier. May 26, 2009.
  3. ↑ Autumn parade at the fruit market. In: Trierischer Volksfreund. October 7, 2007.
  4. ↑ 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 ′ 20 ″  N , 6 ° 37 ′ 20 ″  E