Flak-Kaserne Ludwigsburg

Main entrance (April 2007)

Location of the Flak -Kaserne Ludwigsburg in Baden- Württemberg

The Flak Kaserne in Ludwigsburg district Oßweil is a former barracks of the German Flak - Regiment 25 and later the U.S. Army. It lies between the residential area and Schlößlesfeld Oßweil.

History

History until the war ended

Construction took place in late 1935 and lasted until the spring of 1937 as the first soldiers and officers of the Flak - Regiment 25 of the approximately 19 hectare site moved in. First, we built several buildings offering accommodation for the soldiers and a makeshift parade ground in 1938 still an elegant Officer's Mess was built. The topping out ceremony took place on 12 September 1936 in the presence of Colonel Kolb ( Commander of Flak - Regiment 25), Colonel Heilingbrunner, former Ludwigsburg mayor Dr. Karl Frank and other guests instead. During the ceremony, flew over the barracks military aircraft.

For the soldiers of the anti-aircraft regiment also cultural events such as theater or vaudeville were offered for amusement. So came into the gym ( which is not demolished because of the monument protection ) and Others Zarah Leander and Ilse Werner on.

In April 1945, French and American troops occupied the city of Ludwigsburg and the barracks commander handed over the area to the victorious powers. After initial skirmishes, the French withdrew from the city. Had control of the city is now Captain (later Major) John Lindsay as Chief of the American military government.

The flak barracks as an internment

As the detention barracks was named by Americans bearing IC74. It was the largest Nazi camps in the U.S. Army. After 1948, the barracks served for two years as a refugee camp for displaced persons. Among the inmates included, inter alia, August Wilhelm of Prussia, Richard Walther Darré and Johann Ludwig Graf Schwerin von Krosigk.

The Flak Kaserne as a base for the U.S. Army

1950 went to the barracks under the administration of the American armed forces. After renovations pulled a Transportbataillion and remained until 1991. At the start of the Gulf War, the last soldier left the barracks.

Today

Since 1991, the barracks was empty. After the departure of the soldiers the site had to be restored because the earth was contaminated by gasoline. Later it came to repeated vandalism; Windows were smashed and destroyed the interior. The area was heavily overgrown with plants. In part, it was used as a parking area for truck trailers or as a training ground for the police.

Since 2007, the site of the former flak barracks of the city belongs. After years of negotiations, the purchase agreement with the Federal Agency for Real Estate (BImA ) was signed. On the grounds of the development area " Hartenecker height" is created. The purchase price was approximately 8.25 million euros.

The nearly 18 -acre site is to offer the best conditions for a diverse, high-quality residential offer for all population groups. 1,600 people are to be found on the Hartenecker height in a few years a new home. Section, the terrain with multi-storey buildings, townhouses, double and single-family homes to be built on. But first, residues like toxins, oil and asbestos must be removed. 2007 began the demolition work and for the conversion into a residential area. The development of the site was carried out in autumn 2008. Since the end of 2009, the first people to live in the new residential area Hartenecker height.

Use of the listed building

2008, the owner of a bakery acquired the guard house to renovate it and to open its sixth Bakery therein. There were plans for a cafe with outdoor management and rental apartments and commercial spaces. These plans were never realized, and the bakery stepped back from buying. Later, another bakery bought the building in order there also to open a bakery. 2012 began with the conversion. Among other things, the building houses a bakery, a small museum about the history of the barracks, and 2 condos.

The officers' mess, built in 1938, houses, among other things, a dining room with a stucco ceiling and wall paneling, and a fireplace room with ornamental plant. Up to 3500 square feet of floor space, the hotel offers. The casino is currently being renovated into a residential building. By the end of 2013, the work should be completed.

The old gymnasium on the grounds of the former anti-aircraft barracks was converted into a children and family center. Where once ertüchtigten soldiers can now run around children. Accordingly, the new daycare center was built as a " house within a house " in the listed building. The hall remained as an outer shell including roof construction made ​​. Was in the interior of the hall as a kind of second building, the children and family center integrated. In this case, but not the entire inner surface is used. More than a third remained to exist as a kind of covered outdoor area. The children can so even in bad weather "outside" play. To maintain sufficient to direct daylight into the interior of the old gym, the roof and the façade were broken in several places and glazed.

Key data

Conservation

Almost all buildings were demolished a few exceptions. Conditions of preservation are at least 300 of the 600 trees, the gym, the former casino, as well as the guard house and part of the stone wall to save it from demolition. Retained from 1984 also the monument to the fallen of the 25th Flak Regiment, as well as a plaque for the 50th anniversary of the barracks.