15th June 1942
Vierhöf kaserne

Vierhöf kaserne

Čtyři Dvory (German: Vierhöf) is a part of České Budějovice (German: Budweis)

The four courts (Čtyry Dvory) were originally created as a group of farm courts of the townspeople of České Budějovice (the first of the four large courts that gave the settlement its name was first mentioned in 1369). In 1850, a self-governing village named Čtyry Dvory (less than 200 inhabitants) was established here, in 1900 there were already 1,945 inhabitants. In 1952, the village became a settlement of České Budějovice and in 1970 it was administratively abolished and incorporated into the České Budějovice 2 district.

Source: Wikipedia

A number of barracks were built in České Budějovice in the 19th and 20th centuries, but only one was private.

In the village of Čtyři Dvory, the landowner Karel Ploner built large barracks on his land in 1915-1916 and rented them to the military administration for the location of artillery regiment No.105.

The area is located between Husová and Rošického (Haklodvorská) streets.

Apparently Ploner was counting on renting them out. He built them for 3.5 million crowns. There was a courtyard next to it across the street, and to the left of Haklodvorská lay the older Execier Platz (literally, military training ground).

Karel Ploner was a member of the board of directors of Měšťanské pivovar, owner of houses and real estate. He pushed to build an aircraft factory in the city, but there was not enough interest. In 1924, he sold "his" barracks to the state for 7 million CZK. Artillery Regiment No.105 was still based in the area, and the headquarters of the motorized artillery division was added.

The staff building with a tower in the late Art Nouveau style was built by the České Budějovice company Procházka and Bazanella, the buildings for the team, warehouses and stables were also built by a local company – Bratří Petrášové. It was the last built barracks in the city (in other words, the youngest, if we do not count the unit of the Border Guard at the military cemetery). At that time, these were modern barracks. It's a shame that the tower of the staff building was later needlessly demolished and the park in front of it was cancelled. The UNION hotel was built on the opposite side of Husova.

Source: ceskobudejovicky-denik-cz

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