Garnisonsschützenhaus, Military garrison building in Stuttgart, Germany
Garnisonsschützenhaus is a military building in Stuttgart featuring Swiss-style architecture with half-timbered facades and a corner tower at its core. The site occupies the northern edge of a former shooting range and includes several outbuildings and grounds from the original military complex.
The building was constructed in 1893 as a canteen and workshop for the Royal Stuttgart Garrison. It remained part of an active military complex that shaped this area for more than a century.
The name refers to the garrison's shooting house: the main building held the canteen, the gable annex the target workshop. The site is not open as a museum; a citizens' initiative founded in 2014 informs the public about the vacant buildings and presses the city of Stuttgart, their owner, to act. Nearby street and parcel names such as Schießbahnweg and "Schießbahn 10/4" recall the range.
The buildings stand vacant and are not open to the public; the exterior can be viewed from the path along the northern edge of the Dornhaldenfriedhof. Three walking routes reach the site: about 1 km from the Seilbahn at Waldfriedhof, 1.9 km from the Zahnradbahn terminus in Degerloch via Schießbahnweg and Dornhaldenweg, or 1 km from the Lerchenrainschule bus stop. By car, a long parking strip runs from the cemetery halls to the barrier before the house.
The shooting lanes themselves are gone; what survives are two earthen walls that once separated them. One, shortened, stands beside the cemetery halls; the other keeps its original length, running from near the Schützenhaus to the end of the Dornhaldenfriedhof.
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