Provision magazine Minden
The Proviant-Magazin in Minden in North Rhine-Westphalia in East Westphalia is a four - story neo - Romanesque building that was built from 1835 to 1836 as part of the Minden fortress .
In the upper old town on dry ground, he had as provisions magazine along with the located next to the provisions magazine Heeresbäckerei , the task of the stock of the Prussian army to ensure in the fortress Minden.
The provision magazine (also called grain magazine by the people of Minden ) was built from 1835 to 1836 as part of the Minden fortress and covers 3360 square meters . The building comprises three full floors above a high, rusticated base floor under the vaulted cellar. The top floor was equipped with a bomb beam ceiling and snow floor until it was destroyed after the Second World War . The outer walls are faced with porta sandstone .
In the last fighting for Minden in World War II, it was set on fire by German troops when they gave up the left bank of the Weser . It burned out and was in ruins for 30 years. Since 1975 it has housed a school, the Weser College .
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- ↑ Ed .: City of Minden: Minden, witnesses and testimonials to its urban development , Minden 1979, p. 276, Fig. 24
Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 18.8 ″ N , 8 ° 54 ′ 55.5 ″ E