Infanteriekaserne Eschweiler, Military barracks in Eschweiler, Germany.
The Infanteriekaserne Eschweiler is a barracks complex built in 1913–1914 on a 3½-hectare site at the corner of Gartenstraße and Preyerstraße, with 6,713 square metres of built area. The Mannschaftshäuser face Gartenstraße, while the Stabsgebäude, Beamtenhaus, Unteroffiziersfamilienhaus and Kammergebäude line Preyerstraße. The buildings now house companies, the Städtisches Gymnasium Eschweiler and the police.
Eschweiler's council began seeking a garrison in 1907 under mayor Ludwig Carbyn, and Berlin's war ministry chose the town for an infantry battalion on 14 September 1912. Buildings rose from 1913 to 1914 on the former Stürtz property, with the foundation stone laid on 12 April 1913. On 1 July 1914 four companies of Infantry Regiment 161 moved in, only to leave for the front at midnight on 5–6 August 1914.
The street beside the barracks was renamed repeatedly: today's Preyerstraße was Kasernenstraße until 1955, earlier Hindenburgstraße, and in the 19th century Lohner Straße. The complex itself was called Hermann-Göring-Kaserne during the Nazi period and is now known as the former Infanteriekaserne. Companies, the Städtisches Gymnasium Eschweiler and the police use the buildings today.
The buildings along Gartenstraße and Preyerstraße are in active civilian use by companies, the Städtisches Gymnasium Eschweiler and the police, so they are not open to casual visitors. The complex lies in Eschweiler's city centre, at the corner of Gartenstraße and Preyerstraße, and can be viewed from the surrounding public streets.
The officers' casino stood 200 to 300 metres from the barracks at the corner of Gartenstraße and Parkstraße; it was demolished after the Second World War and replaced by housing for Bundeswehr personnel. The main complex was built in 1913–1914 on the former Stürtz property, with 6,713 square metres of built area on a 3½-hectare site.
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