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Hussar barracks

In 1895 the construction of the "Queen Carola Barracks" began. With accommodation buildings, officers' mess, hospital, various stable buildings, residential buildings for the soldiers stationed there and guard buildings, it was the seat of the 2nd Royal Saxon Hussar Regiment No. 19 Move into the 3rd barracks. On August 7th, 1914, at the beginning of World War I, the 2nd Royal Saxon Hussar Regiment No. 19 with 35 officers, 675 soldiers and 754 horses left the city and the barracks for the French border. In December 1918, the survivors of the four squadrons returned after the end of World War I.  Since the rapid development of war technology had made the cavalry of the hussar regiment superfluous as a branch of arms, the more than 100-year history of the hussars in the city came to an end with the end of World War I. After the end of the war, the barracks were occupied by French occupation troops until 1929. When these withdrew in 1929, the buildings were used as civil living space until 1936 and from 1936 the barracks were used again by various armed forces, whereupon the barracks was expanded and the name changed to "Riemann-Kaserne". After World War II it became the location of the 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Division. After the fall of the Wall, some buildings became the tax office and apartments.

However, there are still a large number of former barracks buildings from the imperial era to be seen in 2021, especially stables that were not demolished due to monument protection and contaminated sites. It is interesting how the GSSD turned the old horse stables into garages for their vehicles. The elaborate architectural style from the time before the First World War is also impressive.

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