List of military barracks in Munich
In its history, the state capital Munich housed a large number of military barracks , of which only a few exist today and are used by the Bundeswehr . Former and still existing barracks in Munich are listed on a memorial stone in the Bayern barracks.
Former Munich barracks
Name (s) | Type | location | district | Establishment | Barracks since | Barracks up | demolition | Remarks | image |
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Bavaria barracks | originally anti-aircraft barracks, then an alternative point for the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich |
Heidemannstrasse ( map ) |
Freimann | 1936-1938 | 1936 | 2009 | first General Wever barracks, 1945 Henry barracks, today's name from 1968 | ||
Railroad barracks | Barracks of the railway battalion |
Dachauer Strasse ( map ) |
Neuhausen | 1888/89 | 1890 | 1976 | today military area administration and student housing complex |
more pictures |
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Flanders barracks | Barracks of the Pioneer Battalion 47 | Dachauer Strasse 126 | Neuhausen | ? | ? | ? | destroyed or canceled | ||
Radio operator barracks | Telegraph Force Barracks | Lazarettstrasse 7 ( map ) |
Neuhausen | 1909/10 | 1910 | 1945 | destroyed or canceled | Preserved: Building Schachenmeierstrasse 35 | |
Radio barracks | Domagkstrasse, Frankfurter Ring ( map ) |
Freimann | 1936 | 1992 | Parts listed | ||||
Hofgartenkaserne , Max-Joseph-Kaserne | Artillery barracks |
Hofgarten (Ostrand) ( map ) |
Old town | 1801-1808 | 1804-1808 | 1899 | from 1900 construction of the Bavarian Army Museum |
more pictures |
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Old Isar barracks | Cavalry barracks |
Museum Island (then called Coal Island ) ( map ) |
Isarvorstadt | 1700 | 1700 | 1892 | after 1914 | on the site of today's German Museum |
more pictures |
New Isar barracks, heavy rider barracks | Cavalry barracks | Erhardtstrasse, Zweibrückenstrasse ( map ) |
Isarvorstadt | 1811-1817 | 1817 | 1902 | 1953 | in place of today's German Patent and Trademark Office |
more pictures |
Kosttor barracks | Artillery barracks |
Maximilianstrasse ( map ) |
Old town | 1705 | 1705 | 1855 | 1855 | named after the nearby Kosttor | |
Cross barracks | Infantry barracks | Karlstor to near Josephspital ( map ) |
Old town | 1670 | 1670 | 1825 | 1883 | oldest barracks of the Munich garrison, named after the Kreuzkirche | |
Kronprinz-Rupprecht barracks , Alabama depot |
Schleissheimer Strasse ( map ) |
On the hard | 1963 | 1994 | |||||
Lehel barracks | Artillery barracks | next to the St. Anna monastery church ( map ) |
Lehel | 1806/07 | 1807 | 1901 | |||
Luitpold barracks | Airship barracks | Infanteriestrasse ( map ) |
Schwabing-West | 1896 | 1896 | 1999 | - | now used by companies |
more pictures |
Marsfeld barracks | Infantry barracks |
Arnulfstrasse , Maillinger Strasse ( map ) |
Maxvorstadt | 1888 | 1945 |
more pictures |
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Maximilian II barracks | Artillery barracks | Leonrodstrasse ( map ) |
Neuhausen | 1865 | 1945 | destroyed in World War II |
more pictures |
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McGraw Barracks | US Army barracks |
Tegernseer Landstrasse ( map ) |
Obergiesing | 1935-37 | 1945 | 1992 | - | originally Reichszeugmeisterei , now Munich Police Headquarters |
more pictures |
Barrack barracks Oberwiesenfeld , Oberwiesenfeld barracks | Infantry barracks |
Dachauer Strasse ( map ) |
Neuhausen | 1893-95 | 1893 | 1969 | - | now used by companies, the former riding arena as an event location |
more pictures |
Barracks Oberwiesenfeld | Luftwaffe anti-aircraft missile group |
Lerchenauerstrasse 115 | Milbertshofen | before 1939 | until 1969 | after 1969 | Overbuilding of the site with the Olympic Village (Munich) | ||
Prinz-Eugen-Kaserne , Lohengrin-Kaserne | Pioneer school | Cosimastraße ( map ) |
Oberföhring | 1938 | 1938 | 2009 | 2010 | named after Prince Eugene of Savoy , a new residential area planned |
more pictures |
Prince Leopold Barracks | Cavalry barracks | Schwere-Reiter-Strasse ( map ) |
Schwabing-West | 1902 | 1902 | 1945 | - | named after Prince Leopold of Bavaria , now used by the Free State of Bavaria |
more pictures |
Silk house barracks | Artillery barracks |
Hofgarten (southeast) ( map ) |
Old town | 1796 | 1803 | 1893 | 1899 | named after a silk manufacturer that was housed there until 1803 | |
Salzstadelkaserne , Jägerkaserne | Infantry barracks | at the Starnberg wing station ( map ) |
Maxvorstadt | 1780 | 1849 | 1890 | former storage building | ||
Stetten Barracks , Indiana Depot | Motorbike rifle barracks | Schwere-Reiter-Strasse ( map ) |
Schwabing-West | 1931 | 1994 | ||||
Telegraph barracks | Lazarettstrasse ( map ) |
Neuhausen | 1909/10 |
more pictures |
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Turkish barracks , Prince Arnulf barracks | Infantry barracks |
Türkenstrasse ( map ) |
Maxvorstadt | 1823/24 | 1824 | 1945 | Part of the entrance building was preserved as a Turkish gate |
more pictures |
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Waldmann barracks , Jensen barracks | Corps news barracks | Schwere-Reiter-Strasse ( map ) |
Schwabing-West | 1934 | 1994 |
Barracks still in existence today
Surname | Type | location | district | Establishment | Barracks since | Remarks | image |
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Prince Wrede Barracks | originally artillery and tank hunter barracks , today military area command South Germany , state command Bavaria , Feldjägerregiment 3 , Bundeswehr technical school |
Ingolstädter Strasse ( map ) |
Freimann | 1936 | 1936 | initially Verdun barracks, 1945 Will barracks, today's name from 1972 Parts were sold in 2006 |
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Ernst von Bergmann barracks | Originally SS barracks, today the Bundeswehr Medical Academy and Bundeswehr institutes for pharmacology and toxicology , microbiology and radiobiology | Neuherbergstrasse ( map ) |
On the hard | 1934-1936 | 1936 | first barracks in Munich-Freimann, 1950 Warner barracks, today's name from 1968 |
more pictures |
See also
- List of former Bundeswehr locations in Germany
- List of closed foreign military bases in Germany (Bavaria)
- List of Bundeswehr locations in Germany
Web links
Commons : Barracks in Munich - album with pictures, videos and audio files
- Military , state capital Munich
- Munich and surroundings (1812), at: Deutsche Fotothek (several of the barracks that existed at the time mentioned in the article can be recognized in good representation)
- US Army Installation - Munich (English), USAREUR
Individual evidence
- ↑ Austrian National Library -Anno, Salzburg folk ball 23 November 1939 "collection point for officer candidates three of the Air Force"
- ↑ Traditional association of the anti-aircraft rocket group 34, anti-aircraft rocket group 34 chronicle ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.