The Rossauer Barracks () is a barracks in the 9th district of

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

, in the

Alsergrund Alsergrund (; ) is the ninth district of Vienna, Austria (). It is located just north of the first, central district, Innere Stadt. Alsergrund was incorporated in 1862, with seven suburbs. As a central district, the area is densely populated. Accor ...

quarter of the city. It serves as the headquarters of the Defense Ministry. In January 2020 the Rossauer Barracks were renamed the Bernardis-

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-Kaserne.

History

It was built as the Crown Prince Rudolf Barracks (''Kronprinz-Rudolf-Kaserne'', named after

Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (Rudolf Franz Karl Josef; 21 August 1858 – 30 January 1889) was the only son and third child of Franz Joseph I of Austria, Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. He was heir apparent to the imp ...

), at the same time as the Franz-Joseph-Kaserne and

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, as part of an overall approach to protect the city in the aftermath of the

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