Magdeburg barracks

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The memorial stone to the namesake of the Magdeburg barracks at the entrance to the barracks

The Magdeburg barracks was a barracks of the Austrian army in Klosterneuburg in Lower Austria. It is named after the captain Friedrich Freiherr von Magdeburg (1784–1810) , who succeeded in destroying a French bridge over the Danube in 1809 and thus contributed significantly to the victory over Napoleon Bonaparte in the battle of Aspern .

Pioneer Troop School

Since 1956 the pioneer troop school was housed in the barracks . On December 31, 2013, the barracks was abandoned by the armed forces.

Reuse

For this reason, the city of Klosterneuburg is negotiating, which wants to build a security center on the eleven hectare site. From December 1, 2014 to May 31, 2015, the barracks served as a care center to meet the basic needs of asylum seekers ( Federal Law Gazette II No. 321/2014 ). At the auction at the beginning of 2015, Klosterneuburg Abbey was awarded the contract. The plan is to work with the city of Klosterneuburg to build a settlement with the entire infrastructure on the site.

description

The barracks was built in 1873 as a pioneer equipment depot. It was expanded in the years 1883 to 1899 and 1913. The multi-wing building complex is built according to a pavilion system, with the buildings mostly two to three storeys.

In front of the entrance there is a memorial stone to the namesake in the form of a rectangular granite stone and opposite the entrance there is a memorial stone with a portrait medallion and a crowned eagle about Karl Freiherr von Birago , who was an Austrian military engineer and inventor of the bridge system named after him.

See also

literature

  • Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria: Lower Austria south of the Danube. Part 1. A - L . Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Berger Verlag, Horn / Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85028-364-X , pages 1083.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Open House in the Pioneer Troop School - PiTS 2004 ; Retrieved December 11, 2010
  2. ↑ Klosterneuburg wants to buy barracks on ORF from February 23, 2013 accessed on February 23, 2013
  3. ↑ Klosterneuburg Monastery buys barracks on ORF Lower Austria from May 5, 2015, accessed on May 6, 2015

Coordinates: 48 ° 17 ′ 52.9 "  N , 16 ° 20 ′ 19.8"  E