Struber barracks

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Struber barracks was located in the city of Salzburg between Kleßheimer Allee and Siezenheimer Straße on an area of ​​about seven hectares. The name of the barracks refers to the Werfen landlord and Salzburg freedom fighter Josef Struber (1773–1845), who together with Salzburg and Tyrolean riflemen in 1809 put up bitter resistance against the enemy French and Bavarian troops.

history

Current archaeological excavations have shown that the Struber barracks area has a long history. Finds such as a sickle, coins, parts of a harness or fibula fragments show that the area was used for agriculture as early as the Bronze and Roman times. In Roman times, Kleßheimer Strasse was a road that connected Salzburg with today's Bavaria.

The barracks itself was built in the final years of World War II . At that time, the Kleßheim auxiliary equipment office was housed here. After the Second World War, the Bet Bialik camp for Jewish Displaced Persons  (DPs) was located here . After that, the Struber barracks served the USFA (Camp Kleßheim) as an American command center, tank barracks (until 1951), warehouse and workshop.

On July 17, 1945, the “Hungarian gold train” found by the US Army was housed in the Struber barracks. Under the supervision of Major John F. Back, who was looking for objects from German scientists on behalf of the Supreme Head Quarters, Allies Expeditionary Force ( SHAEF ), the treasure (gold, jewels, cash) was discovered by the Hungarian platoon commander Dr. Avar Laszlo taken over and the G-Company of the 242nd Infantry Regiment of the 42nd Division (" Rainbow Division ") and thus subordinate to Major General Harry J. Collins . It was decided not to give the treasure back to possible owners, as these allegedly cannot be determined.

After 1955, the Austrian Armed Forces (Heereszeuganstalt Salzburg) used the property mainly for the repair of tanks. The prerequisite for this was the good connection to the railway (Stiegl-Bahngleis) .

The remains of the Kitzsteinhornbahn were also stored on the grounds of the Struber barracks for further investigations. In the disaster in the tunnel to the Kitzsteinhorn on November 11, 2000, 155 people were killed.

The last activities worth mentioning in 2004 were a two-day deployment training of the Salzburg military patrol with the special unit EKo-COBRA on the grounds of the Struber barracks. The infrastructure of the facility provided the ideal conditions for this exercise (vehicle controls, intrusion into rooms and search scenarios).

  • Former entrance area to the Struber barracks

  • Construction progress on the site Construction progress (July 1, 2012)

  • Construction progress on the Struber barracks site (July 1, 2012)

Struber barracks today

The barracks were closed in 1995. The further use of the Struber barracks has been discussed since 2001. At that time, parts of the barracks were to be rededicated for the Landesgendameriekommando planned at the time. But this did not materialize. Instead, in 2004 the city of Salzburg considered a new use of the Struber barracks (residential, grassland, commercial). SIVBEG (Strategische Immobilien Verwertungs-, Beratungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH of the Austrian Federal Ministry for National Defense and Sport ) put the sale of the property out to tender on October 30, 2006. A subsidiary of the Holland Jerusalem Group first prevailed as a buyer. Since 2010 the area has been owned by the Salzburg construction company Alpine and Steiner Wanner Wohnbau (25%) as well as the non-profit housing developer Salzburger Siedlungswerk, gswb, Heimat Austria and the Salzburg cooperative (75%).

The site is used under the name "Freiraum Maxglan" for around 360 residential and commercial purposes.

A special feature on the site is the so-called tank hall. This was built in 1939 and expanded in 1952. The tank hall has a length of almost 200 meters, a width of 50 and a ridge height of 16 meters. It was previously divided into four sections and had a floor space of over 10,000 square meters. The tank hall of the barracks was used as a workshop for tanks, trucks ( 12M18 ) and other vehicles until the Austrian Armed Forces withdrew . Mighty wooden beams, striking brick walls and 40 m large wooden gates created a striking appearance. In 2011, the army's former tank hall was sold to the Gußwerk operator Marco Sillaber. This building was restored, adapted and revitalized with a new architecture.

  • Tank hall of the Struber barracks (2019)

  • Struberkaserne - Panzerhalle (back side) (2019)

  • Struberkaserne - residential development (2019)

See also

literature

  • Gerhard F. Fasching; Otto H. Rainer: The dislocation of the US armed forces from 1945 to 1955 in Salzburg. In: Hans Bayr et al. (Ed.), Salzburg 1945 - 1955. Destruction and reconstruction (pp. 289–321). 1995, Salzburg: Salzburger Museum Carolino Augusteum, ISBN 3-9010-14-43-8 .
  • SIVBEG Strategische Immobilien Verwertungs-, Consulting- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft: Kleßheim office building - former Struber barracks (sales and offer documents) . 2006, Vienna.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jewish DP camps in Salzburg , salzburg.com
  2. ^ Günter Haase: Art theft and art protection , Vol. I (p. 526). Books on Demand.
  3. ↑ Investigations on the Kaprun disaster , news.at
  4. ↑ Salzburg military patrol exercises together with COBRA , bmlv.gv.at
  5. ↑ Open space Maxglan . In: Salzburg Housing . ( salzburg-wohnbau.at [accessed on October 26, 2017]).

Coordinates: 47 ° 48 '36.26 "  N , 13 ° 0' 24.35"  E