Red Barracks (Memmingen)
The Rote Kaserne is an old soldier's barracks in the Upper Swabian town of Memmingen in Bavaria .
location
The Red Barracks stands between the Soldier Tower and the Lindauer Tor .
Appearance
The building is a two-story half - timbered building . The second floor is reached via a wooden, arbor-shaped external staircase. The soldier tower is on the left. The city wall serves as the rear wall.
history
The Bavarian Elector Maximilian II had the Red Barracks built on the western city wall in 1702 for the soldiers stationed in Memmingen after he had taken the city after a siege. The Black Barracks built at the same time burned down in 1898. Soon, however, Memmingen became a Free Imperial City again , making the barracks superfluous. Since then, apartments have been housed in the Red Barracks.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 58 '53.8 " N , 10 ° 10' 47.1" E