Nordringkaserne

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The so-called Nordringkaserne in Hanover is an ensemble of buildings built for military purposes at the beginning of the 20th century . Together with Welfenplatz , the group of buildings documents the historical significance of today's Lower Saxony state capital as a garrison town . The location of the partially listed barracks on the north ring of the List district is Möckernstrasse 30 . Today the address also designates the headquarters of the Hanover Federal Police Directorate .

History and description

Cenotaph for the fallen of telegraph battalions 3 and 6
Inscriptions with the plaque of the "traditional communities of the news departments 6 and 19"

Similar to other military buildings of the German Empire , the Nordringkaserne was built outside of the expanding construction areas on the edge of the populated urban area: The military facility built in the north of the List, on the Nordring, in the years 1906 to 1908 enlarged the " Garrison Hannover" , which had been expanded since the Wars of Liberation . . For the Prussian telegraph battalions 3 and 6, several buildings with outbuildings were initially built, which are grouped symmetrically around a courtyard. A heavy tower , possibly used for telegraphy , sets a structural accent above the north wing. The original ensemble with its strictly structured architecture already shows influences from the Neo-Renaissance , but appears "surprisingly progressive for the time it was built."

After the First World War , the artillery and the intelligence department were housed in the Nordring barracks .

Also in the Weimar Republic , a memorial was erected in front of the barracks on October 5, 1924 as a memorial for the fallen soldiers of telegraph battalions 3 and 6, and in the presence of Field Marshal a. D. Paul von Hindenburg and other high-ranking officers in front of the barracks of the 6th Prussian Intelligence Department with lowered flags.

At the time of National Socialism and after the beginning of the Second World War , the later Minister of Social Affairs of Lower Saxony, Karl Abel, had to stand in the Nordring barracks on September 25, 1940, according to his memoir , where the accompanying documents from the Gestapo were already available.

After around 48% of the city of Hanover had been destroyed by the air raids on Hanover , the Nordring barracks were initially taken over by the British during the time of the British occupation zone immediately after the end of the war in 1945, in order to then be set up as emergency accommodation for civilians.

After the rearmament in the post-war period , the Nordringkaserne was used from June 1956 by the first army soldiers of the newly established Bundeswehr , the Federal Border Guard (BGS) East Border Guard Command . Those accommodated at the Nordring made their solemn pledge on July 1st in the Eilenriedestadion . The first units of the 1st Grenadier Division , the later 1st Panzer Division, were formed from parts of the command stationed there .

In 1976, at the foot of the memorial for the fallen in front of the barracks in 1924, an additional memorial plaque was installed for the fallen and missing from intelligence departments 6 and 19.

The preserved, original facility on the north ring is now surrounded by newer buildings and sports fields and was used by the Federal Border Police.

See also

Web links

Commons : Nordringkaserne  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ilse Rüttgerodt-Riechmann: Barracks. In: Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, City of Hanover , Part 1, Volume 10.1, ed. by Hans-Herbert Möller , Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Institute for Monument Preservation , Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig 1983, ISBN 3-528-06203-7 , p. 17f .; as well as List in the addendum to part 2, volume 10.2: List of architectural monuments acc. § 4 ( NDSchG ) (except for architectural monuments of the archaeological monument preservation ), status: July 1, 1985, City of Hanover , Lower Saxony State Administration Office - publications of the Institute for the Preservation of Monuments, pp. 12-15
  2. ↑ Compare the information on the website bundespolizei.de [undated], last accessed on December 12, 2018
  3. ↑ Compare the inscription on the memorial
  4. ↑ Klaus Mlynek : Garrison City Hannover , in ders., Waldemar R. Röhrbein (ed.): History of the City of Hannover , Vol. 2: From the beginning of the 19th century to the present , Hannover: Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1994, ISBN 3- 87706-364-0 , pp. 489f .; limited preview in Google Book search
  5. ↑ Gerhard Schneider : Militarization of Consciousness and National Consensus Foundation - War Memorials in Hanover 1919 to 1933. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series 43 (1989), pp. 85-118; here: Appendix / Monuments to those who fell in the First World War , p. 111f .; limited preview in Google Book search
  6. ↑ Compare the subtitled photo print of Carl Thies successor under the title Military Memorials. In: Tageblatt-Bilder. Weekly supplement of the Hannoversche Tageblatt , issue 27 of October 18, 1924 [without page number]
  7. ↑ Christian Heppner (ed.): As a socialist and communist under four regimes. The memoirs of Lower Saxony's first social minister, Karl Abel (1897-1971) (= Schaumburger Studies , vol. 67), Bielefeld: Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89534-677-4 , p. 283; limited preview in Google Book search
  8. ^ Klaus Mlynek: Second World War. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , pp. 694f.
  9. ↑ a b c Klaus Mlynek: Barracks. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 339; limited preview in Google Book search
  10. ↑ a b Herbert Rogge: From the city / Bundeswehr in Hanover / A piece of military history ends ... , article on the page of the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung from December 10, 2015, last accessed on December 12, 2018
  11. ↑ Gerhard Schneider: "... not fallen in vain"? War memorials and the cult of the dead in Hanover (= Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , special volume), publisher: Landeshauptstadt Hanover, Hanover: Hahnsche Buchhandlung und Verlag, 1991, p. 337; limited preview in Google Book search

Coordinates: 52 ° 24 ′ 11 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 38.9"  E