Kemmel barracks

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former barracks after the conversion

The Kemmelkaserne was a barracks in Trier that was built in 1936/37 as part of the armament of the Wehrmacht . It was named after the village of Kemmel in Flanders , which was completely destroyed in the First World War , on the Kemmelberg ridge , which was heavily fought over at the Battle of Armentieres . It is located in the Trier-Kürenz district on the Petrisberg , as an extension of Sickingenstrasse. During the war , a prisoner of war camp , the STALAG XII D, was located next to the barracks from February 1941. The most famous inmate was the French philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre . After the war it was used by the French army until it left in 1999. The barracks then became a conversion area .

history

The Artillery - Regiment 34 of the 72nd Infantry Division (Trier) was there from 1937 to 1945 in garrison . For his 35th birthday, June 21, 1940 was Jean-Paul Sartre as a soldier of the 70th artillery regiment in Lorraine captured and Trier on the Petri mountain in the main camp STALAG XIID, from August 1940 to March 1941, interned . He describes the relatively humane conditions in the Trier camp in "Matthieus Tagebuch". He also wrote his first play "Bariona or the Son of Thunder" in Trier. The area, fenced in with barbed wire , had two areas. In the first, French , Belgians and Dutch were interned in the former . From the summer of 1941, Russians joined them, which was divided with an electrified fence. While the situation in the French part was "pleasant", there was enough food thanks to the aid packages from the relatives of the soldiers. In the Russian camp, on the other hand, there was malnutrition and disease, especially since the camp was hopelessly overcrowded. The Russians were forbidden to use the medical facilities , the chapel and the library . Up until the camp was evacuated , in October 1944, the largest groups were: French, followed by Yugoslavs , Russians, Poles and Belgians. From 1943 onwards, Italians , British and Americans joined them.

After the war, the Kemmel barracks became the “Quartier Belvedère” (beautiful view). For over 40 years, used by the French army until 1998 and supplemented by the “André Genet” military hospital , French soldiers were a daily sight there. After the withdrawal of the French troops, the area was now available to the city of Trier for subsequent use and the planning for a science park and residential areas in connection with a state horticultural show in 2004 could be concretized on this area. The development company Petrisberg mbH (EGP mbH) was founded to implement these concepts. Campus II of the University of Trier with the departments geography , computer science and business informatics is located in the former military hospital . In the course of the conversion, a large part of the former barracks building was demolished, but the larger buildings were retained and converted into office and residential buildings. It was redesigned through additions, colored versions and other changes, but the original shape is still recognizable.

French units stationed

Long text abbreviation at the location Others
90 ° battalion du Génie 90 ° BG November 16, 1945 to April 18, 1946 Quartier Pétrisberg
Groupe de Transports 529 - Reserve Générale GT 529 January 16, 1949 to November 1, 1951
Groupe de Transports 500 du 2 ° Corps d'Armée GT 500 November 1, 1951 to March 1, 1960
481 ° Groupement Anti aérien Léger 481 ° GAAL October 4, 1951 to February 23, 1953 Belvédère district
311 ° Compagnie du Train Amphibian CTA 311 February 1, 1957 to May 28, 1957
Brigade Cynophiles January 1, 1959 to December 31, 1960
51 ° Compagnie Médicale Divisionnaire 51 ° CMD August 16, 1960 to June 30, 1973
1 ° Compagnie d'Eclairage de Brigade CEB1 January 1, 1970 to December 31, 1972
81 ° Compagnie Médicale Divisionnaire CMD 81 July 1, 1973 to June 30, 1978
403 ° Bataillon de Commandement et de Soutien 403 ° BCS February 6, 1974 to February 24, 1977
Bureau Postal Frontière "P" BPF / P June 1, 1978 to June 30, 1994
Company Anti Char CAC / 1 July 1, 1982 to December 31, 1992
Commissariat de l'Armée de Terre Zône Nord adapté à la 1 ° Division Blindée CATA 1 ° DB September 4, 1985 to November 25, 1987
Hôpital Complémentaire d'Armée André Genet CHA André Genet January 1, 1949 to July 1, 1963 Hospital of Mercy
Hôpital d'Evacuation Lourde 413 HEL 413 January 28, 1946 to May 28, 1947
157 ° Compagnie Médicale CM 157 May 16, 1947 to February 28, 1947
Hôpital d'Evacuation André Genet HE André Genet May 29, 1947 to July 1, 1963
Hôpital des Armées André Genet CHA André Genet July 1, 1963 to June 30, 1992 Army Hospital André Genet
Maternity CHA André Genet July 1, 1963 to August 1, 1982
Pharmacie de Cession CHA André Genet January 1, 1965 to June 30, 1992
Dispensaire Familial CHA André Genet January 1, 1975 to June 30, 1992
1st Battalion of the 7th Regiment de Tirailleurs Algériens 7 ° RTA / 1 November 20, 1947 to August 31, 1951 Belvédère district
481 ° Groupement Anti aérien Léger 481 ° GAAL October 4, 1951 to February 23, 1953
Direction des Travaux du Génie de Trèves October 10, 1951 to November 25, 1987
2nd Battalion of the 7th Regiment de Tirailleurs Algériens 7 ° RTA / 2 June 14, 1947 to August 30, 1951
1 ° Regiment de Spahis Marocains 1 ° RSM September 15, 1951 to October 10, 1955
Escadron Haffner (Instruction) from the 1st Regiment de Spahis Marocains 1 ° RSM September 15, 1951 to October 10, 1955
3 ° Regiment de Cuirassiers 3 ° CUIR June 20, 1952 to December 31, 1955
503 ° Battalion de Commandement et des Services 503 ° BCS January 1, 1952
81 ° Battalion Médical BM 81 January 1, 1952 to December 31, 1959
Groupe 3/68 Honest-John HY 3/68 January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1973
68 ° Régiment d'Artillerie Lourde Divisionnaire 68 ° RALD August 16, 1960 to June 30, 1974
1 ° Compagnie Légère de Réparation du Matériel 1 ° CLRM May 1, 1962 to July 1, 1968
9 ° Régiment d'Artillerie de Marine 9 ° RAMA October 1, 1974 to December 31, 1992
5 ° Section Mobile de Réparation du 1 ° GRDB 5 ° SMR July 1, 1978
Compagnie Anti Char de la 1st Division Blindée CAC / 1 ° DB July 1, 1982 to October 3, 1991
61 ° Régiment d'Artillerie 61 ° RA August 1, 1992 to May 31, 1999
Bureau Opérations Instruction du 61 ° Régiment d'Artillerie 61 ° RA / BO August 1, 1992 to May 31, 1999
Section réparation de la 7 ° Compagnie du 6 ° Regiment du Matériel 6 ° RMAT January 1, 1996
Service du Génie des Cités Cadres Antenna Belvédaire 13 ° RG Frankenstrasse 4 Trier
Bureau Administratif Local BAL
51 ° Battalion Médical BM 51
Center de Transmissions de la Garrison CT

literature

  • Adolf Welter: Trier during the occupation 1918–1939. Petermännchen-Verlag der Trier Münzfreunde, Trier 1992, ISBN 3-923575-11-4 .
  • Adolf Welter: Trier-Petrisberg 1940-1945, the prisoner-of-war camp Stalag XII D. Petermännchen-Verlag der Trier Münzfreunde, Trier 2007, ISBN 978-3-923575-26-8 .
  • State Center for Civic Education Rhineland-Palatinate: POW camps 1939–1950 Captivity as a topic of memorial work. Mainz / Osthofen 2012, ISBN 978-3-89289-025-6 .
  • Elisabeth Dühr, Frank G. Hirschmann, Christl Lehnert-Leven: Trier Garrison Book . City Museum Simeonstift Trier, Trier 2007, ISBN 978-3-930866-22-9 .
  • Building Department of the City of Trier: The Petrisberg in Trier. From the Roman camp to the science park. 2nd Edition. Weyand, April 2004, ISBN 3-935281-29-3 .
  • Andrea Springler: With Sartre in the German prisoner of war camp. - Mathieu's diary. A fragment. Bariona or The Son of Thunder. A Christmas game. Marius Perrin, Jean-Paul Sartre. Rowohlt, 1983, ISBN 3-499-15267-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The conquest of Kemmelberg retrieved from stahlgewitter.com
  2. ^ Soldiers behind barbed wire, Rathauszeitung from March 13, 2007.
  3. ^ Adolf Welter: Trier-Petrisberg 1940–1945, The prisoner-of-war camp Stalag XII D. Petermännchen-Verlag der Trier Münzfreunde, Trier 2007, ISBN 978-3-923575-26-8 .
  4. ↑ Half dead we arrived in the camp at the NS Documentation Center Rhineland-Palatinate, retrieved from ns-dokuzentrum-rlp.de
  5. ↑ 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 ′ 23.7 "  N , 6 ° 40 ′ 8.9"  E