Barracks Brugg
The barracks Brugg is a barracks of the Swiss Army in Brugg in the canton of Aargau . It was built from 1897 to 1898 and is a cultural asset of regional importance .
history
The old Bernese granary in the Lower Hofstatt, which was converted for this purpose in 1856, served as the first barracks in the old garrison town of Brugg. In 1895/96, the Swiss Confederation decided to build a new barracks for engineering troops on the previously undeveloped Schützenmatte. In 1897/98 the barracks were built according to plans by builder Jakob Gottlieb Belart senior. built. In 1912 the cleaning hall was added to the northwest of the main building. In 1937/38 Carl Froelich added the extension to the east of the old building. In 1956 and 1959, the old genius barracks were rebuilt.
architecture
The old Geniekaserne von Brugg is a massive, three-story plastered building in the late classical style. The elevated, three-axle central wing protrudes strongly at the rear as a staircase risalit . It has a flat roof and a representative design on the façade due to the attic floor with three axes, three-part arched windows and high parapets . The four-axle wing structures attached to the side had hipped roofs that were formerly covered with porticoes , which had to give way to the roof extension of the 1950s. The risalit and side wings are framed by wide, rusticated corner cuboids, which are also carved in granite , like the rusticated cuboids of the building base. The upper floors are separated from the ground floor by a strong shell limestone cornice. Cement cast walls were chosen for the window frames, with the exception of the middle section of the show facade, where defensive-looking granite was used.
Interior of the building
Access is via the staircase risalit and lengthways rear corridors. In the basement with houris ceilings, the room program includes the kitchen, food stores, showers, drying and heating rooms and holding cells. The dining rooms for the crew and NCOs as well as offices and theory rooms are located on the ground floor. There are dormitories of various sizes on the first and second floors. Toilet facilities flank the stairwell. The upstream extension with washrooms is more recent (1959).
swell
- KGS short inventory, ZSO Brugg Region, KGS inventory number 91
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Coordinates: 47 ° 29 '14.1 " N , 8 ° 12' 39.3" E ; CH1903: 658,205 / 259897