Category:Caserne Stirn

English: In the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian war, Strasbourg became an important garrison for Prussian troops. The Manteuffel-Kaserne was built from 1884 until 1887, and housed three infantry battalions. The central place was used for exercises and drill. The barracks were named after Field Marshall Edwin von Manteuffel (1809-1885), who was Imperial Lieutenant of occupied Alsace–Lorraine at the time of his death.

The first unit stationed in the barracks from 1887 on was 138th Infantry Regiment. In 1906, the 138th swapped its garrison with the 136th Infantry Regiment (formerly Dieuze), which now occupied the Manteuffel-Kaserne until the start of the First World War in 1914.

After 1918, the barracks were renamed Caserne Foch by the French Army. In 1940, the Wehrmacht took over the barracks, and reverted the name back to Manteuffel-Kaserne. After 1945, the barracks were again renamed by the French Army, this time to Caserne Stirn - after French General Jean Paul Ernest Stirn.

In 1959, the Ecole Militaire de Strasbourg (EMS) moved into the complex after extensive work on the buildings. The EMS was disbanded in 1985. After that, the Joint School of Intelligence and Linguistic Studies (today the Joint Intelligence Training Center - Centre de formation interarmées au renseignement, CFIAR) moved in to the Caserne Stirn.