Kaserne Tauentzienstraße, Military barracks in Jüterbog, Germany.
Kaserne Tauentzienstraße is the core of Jüterbog II, the barracks town laid out northwest of Jüterbog station from 1890 to 1902. Its three-storey troop buildings on Tauentzienstraße, erected 1890–1893 in Märkische Backsteingotik brick Gothic, have stepped gables on houses 2 and 4, short side wings and a central risalit on the courtyard side. Building 11, built in 1900 for the III. Lehrabteilung, carried a tower with a water tank and is now a ruin.
The site began in 1890 as an artillery school for the Prussian Army and continued serving military purposes through the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht eras until 1945. Soviet forces then occupied the facility from 1945 to 1994, after which it became available for architectural study and preservation.
The site's name, Jüterbog II, comes from the post office responsible for the district at the time; it was never an official town quarter. Most streets are lined with rows of different tree species, and the former canteen and NCO mess of the field artillery school, built 1893–1903, gained a fourth wing in the 1930s.
The site is located on former military grounds, so it is important to check current access rules and conditions before visiting. The buildings and water tower are visible from outside, though not all areas may be open to the public.
The water tower was built between 1893 and 1902 and shows interesting engineering approaches to water supply from that period. Standing north of Bülowstraße, it serves as a notable landmark within the complex.
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