New Golden Steed Barrack, Military architectural complex in Mainz, Germany
The Neue Golden-Ross-Kaserne stands at Mombacher Straße 66 and 68 in Mainz. Number 68 is the unrendered yellow-brick Mannschaftsgebäude in plain Neorenaissance style: a large symmetrical block with a six-axis central risalit framed by two four-storey side wings and four-axis projecting corner oriels. Number 66 is a small hipped-roof Wirtschaftsgebäude of 1913 that held the canteen.
The barrack was built during the German Empire period for the 21st Division of the Prussian Army and stood at the Mombach Gate of the Rheingau fortification wall. It was constructed as part of the defensive structure to secure the Mainz garrison in the late 1800s.
The barracks takes its name from the baroque Golden-Ross-Kaserne in Mainz, not from any statue on this site. It housed the Magdeburgisches Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 6, a cavalry unit of the Prussian army. The name was carried over to the new building on Wallstraße, which is why the two barracks share a designation.
The barracks stands at Mombacher Straße 66 and 68 in the Hartenberg-Münchfeld district, not in Mombach. The ORN Betriebshof Mainz depot now occupies the grounds, so the site is not open to visitors; the yellow-brick building at number 68 and the 1913 hipped-roof economy building at 66 are seen from the street.
The barracks takes its name from the older Baroque Golden-Ross-Kaserne in Mainz, not from any statue on this site. The cavalry unit housed here was the Magdeburgisches Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 6. Since 2017 the grounds have served as the ORN bus depot, and parts of the complex are listed as individual monuments.
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