Seidenhauskaserne

The Silk House barracks was an artillery barracks of the Bavarian Army in Munich. The name comes from the barracks ago; prior to its military use from 1803 it briefly served as a factory for the production of silk. The barracks was located at the southeast corner of the Hofgarten, at about the point where today the Hofgartenstrasse passes at the Bavarian State Chancellery.

Building and location

The two-storey house silk barracks was located on the southeast corner of the Hofgarten. Your main tract formed together with the adjacent courtyard barracks a right angle. Situated between courtyard garden and courtyard garden barracks parade ground so received a degree to the south. To the south, on the opposite side of the barracks courtyard, two side wings were attached to the main building of the Silk House barracks, so that a rectangular, open at one side of the courtyard was built.

Use history

Been built, the building was the Silk House Barracks in 1796 as a manufactory for silk; however, it was only produced for a short time there. Already in 1803 leased the owner Sebastian Altmutter the building to the Munich garrison, which used it as an artillery barracks. Because of its layout, the former factory building for a barracks, however, was not particularly well suited. First, the barracks for about 250 soldiers was established, the ground floor was partly rented privately. In 1808 the garrison bought the house from his debt-ridden owners. A plan to expand the building for a capacity of 500 men failed for financial reasons. In 1833, the barracks was occupied by about 340 men of the 1st Artillery Regiment. Like the Hofgarten Barracks Barracks house the silk was considered not suitable since the 1850s due to their low position as gesundheitsgefärdend and for the accommodation of soldiers. After the construction of the barracks Maximilian artillerymen were eventually relocated there, in the house of silk barracks rooms drew 1869, the military district court. However, since not enough space for troops was available, but again attracted soldiers, this time the Royal Bavarian Infantry Guards Regiment, which occupied the barracks courtyard garden. Both barracks were connected in 1871 by an annex. An officer dining room was set up in 1872, 1872, Seidenhaus barracks connected to the water supply from the Mangfalltal. The typhoid epidemic in 1893 was the occasion to discontinue the silk house barracks; however, it was used six more years for offices of the military administration and only in 1899 demolished.